Mike Wood MP: written questions 2025
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Advisory Committee on Business Interests: StandardsCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74658More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of applications from (a) ministers to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments were processed with substantive advice within 15 working days and (b) all other crown servants at SCS3 or equ
Answer: The latest report from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments for its work between 2020 and 2024 sets out the proportion of cases completed within the 15 and 20 working day timelines, for ministers and crown servants, at page 6: https://assets.pu...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74287More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much her Department has allocated (a) overall, (b) to the Ministry of Defence and (c) to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to fund payments under the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos
Answer: The overall cost of the agreement can be found in the document ‘UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia’ published by the government on 22 May 2025, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukmauriti...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury BoardTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74286More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the Treasury Board has met since 4 July 2024; and on what dates she attended.
Answer: There are no plans for the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to meet. As set out in the Annual Report and Accounts, the Treasury Board met once since July 2024 and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was in attendance.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Public AppointmentsTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74285More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Business Engagement Lead is a (a) special adviser, (b) direct ministerial appointment, (c) civil servant appointed by open and fair competition and (d) civil servant appointed by recruitment principles e
Answer: There is a business engagement team in HMT made up of civil servants recruited via fair and open competition.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational IncomeTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74284More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Government Actuary Department has made of the accuracy of the GDP deflator forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Answer: Economic forecasts, including assessments of the impact of policy decisions, are the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR are required to produce a Forecast Evaluation Report (FER) each year under the Budget Re...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Summer Internship ProgrammeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Internship Scheme To Get More Working Class Students Into Civil Service, published on 1 August 2025, whether children of (a) NHS doctors and (b) NHS nur
Answer: The Summer Internship Programme (SIP) is a Cabinet Office run scheme. The scheme places interns into Government departments. The Department of Health and Social Care participates in the scheme and is allocated interns from the Cabinet Office.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSummer Internship ProgrammeCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74279More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Internship Scheme To Get More Working Class Students Into Civil Service, published on 1 August 2025, whether prison wardens are defined as working class, for the purp
Answer: As we set out in August, we will be opening our Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme exclusively for undergraduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds for 2026. We will determine eligibility based on parental occupation at age 14 in line with guidan...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChevening Scholarships Programme: GazaHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the students from Gaza granted permission to study in the United Kingdom under the Chevening scheme will be subject to any security checks or vetting.
Answer: Robust security checks will be undertaken on the Chevening Scholars and all students who enter the UK through this process. Biometrics will be collected as part of the visa application process and prior to the final decision on granting entry to the UK as...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security Adviser: Inter MediateCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74277More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 August 2025 to Question 69070 on Syria: Inter Mediate, what meetings the Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser has had with Inter Mediate.
Answer: I refer the member back to PQ 73311.
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: Official HospitalityCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74276More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of each official reception in 10 Downing Street since 4 July 2024.
Answer: As under previous administrations, details of official receptions are published in quarterly transparency returns on gov.uk.
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74275More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the iphones provided to No.10 staff use a Virtual Private Network.
Answer: It is a longstanding principle that for security reasons, it would not be appropriate to comment on 10 Downing Street’s IT systems.
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74274More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the name of each of the Prime Minister's (a) special representatives, (b) envoys and (c) direct ministerial appointments who were in post on 2 September 2025.
Answer: The names of special representatives, envoys and direct ministerial appointments are published on gov.uk at the time of their appointment.
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51154, if he will publish the declaration by the Ambassador to the United States of America.
Answer: It has been the long-standing policy under successive governments to require ambassadors to declare personal or business interests and report gifts and hospitality. These declarations are reviewed internally on a regular basis.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in what circumstances would the (a) Mauritius and (b) UK Government be able to terminate the UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia
Answer: Details of grounds for termination can be found under Article 15 of the Agreement.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74211More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37808 on Prime Minister: Recruitment, if he will list the job title of each position in the Prime Minister’s Office that was filled by exception since 4 July 2
Answer: As was the case under the previous Government, where over 9,000 such exceptions were used in the year ending March 2023, exceptions are a long-established part of bringing talent and expertise into the Civil Service. A list of appointments by exception (S...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: DisabilityCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74210More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the document entitled Statistical bulletin - Civil Service Statistics: 2025, published on 30 July 2025, for what reason the proportion of staff in his Department who have self-reported a disabi
Answer: The figures referenced are Civil Service wide, rather than Cabinet Office departmental statistics. The correct 2025 figure is 17.9%. This increase is most likely due to a range of activity conducted by departments to increase self-reporting rates as well ...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCentral Government: Supply EstimatesCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74209More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to p.382 of the document entitled Central Government Supply Estimates 2024-25, Main Supply Estimates, HC139, published on 17 July 2025, what policy area relates to the Cabinet Office’s contingent
Answer: The contingent liabilities referred to are related to a small number of cases and disputes which are subject to legal privilege. Given this, we are unable to disclose any details.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Unions: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74208More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's policy is on whether (a) trade union diversity networks are eligible for trade union facility time and (b) whether staff can claim both diversity network time and facility time.
Answer: Trade unions are separate organisations from the Civil Service and they may have their own diversity networks for their members.In line with the Cabinet Office Facility Time Framework, trade union representatives are entitled to be granted reasonable unpa...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHRConnect: PublicationsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74207More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library copies of each HR Connect newsletter issued since 1 January 2025.
Answer: HR Connect is an internal staff digital newsletter which provides updates and news relevant to civil servants in the People Function. As was the case under the previous administration, it is an internal document and therefore not intended for external pub...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74206More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the (a) Crown Commercial Service and (b) Government Communications Service has (i) a framework agreement for the procurement of social influencers and (ii) roster of preferred or recommended influencers.
Answer: The procurement of social influencers in Cabinet Office can be done through the CCS Framework RM6125 - Lot 1 End to end campaign solutions, which can be found on this link here.. There is no roster of preferred or recommended influencers.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74205More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's planned timetable is for the publication of the seventh UK National Action Plan for Open Government; and what consultation his Department has undertaken in relation to the sixth UK National
Answer: The Seventh National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP7) will be developed next year with final publication by 31 December 2026. Simultaneously, the UK is co-chairing the OGP Action Framework Task Force with the goal of making the action framework more...
Answered 7 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74204More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the total cost of the Civil Service paybill in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: Salary data for the Civil Service is published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics, an Accredited Official Statistics release, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2025
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Bloom Procurement ServicesCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74203More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information (a) his Department and (b) the Crown Commercial Service hold on the fee structures used by Bloom Procurement Services Ltd under the NEPRO3 framework; and what proportion of public contracts awar
Answer: The price of each individual work order procured through Bloom Procurement Services Ltd for the Cabinet Office includes the 5% Delivery Partner’s Managed Services Fee. No other fees are applied.The Crown Commercial Service holds no information on the fee ...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSummer Internship ProgrammeCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74202More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government press release entitled Internship Scheme To Get More Working Class Students Into Civil Service, published on 1 August 2025, whether children of (a) House of Commons Ministers and
Answer: As we set out in August, we will be opening our Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme exclusively for undergraduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds for 2026. We will determine eligibility based on parental occupation at age 14 in line with guidan...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCollege for National Security: Data ProtectionCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73730More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with which (a) external processors and (b) IT suppliers are (i) special category data and (ii) other personal data shared under the College for National Security Privacy Notice, published on 19 June 2025; and wh
Answer: No identifiable information is currently collected or stored by or with external processors or IT suppliers. Basic information required to allow courses to operate is stored on Cabinet Office systems and in line with information management best practice. ...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
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