Mike Wood MP: written questions 2025
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Office for National Statistics: OfficesCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70511More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the PCS press release entitled PCS industrial action escalated at ONS, published on 7 August 2025, what steps are being taken by the Office of National Statistics in response to the zero-office attend
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 29th August is attached.
Answered 7 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSummer Internship ProgrammeCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70510More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is his Department's preferred methodological (a) definition and (b) classification of a working class person.
Answer: The refocused Fast Stream Summer Internship scheme will give talented undergraduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to see what a career in the Civil Service is like. We will assess eligibility for the summer internship scheme based...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: BuildingsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70509More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question HL9068 on Civil Servants: London, if he will list the 11 buildings he plans to close by 2030.
Answer: In addition to the buildings named in the announcement on Places for Growth dated 14 May 2025 (102 Petty France, 39 Victoria Street and Caxton House), a further 8 buildings will close by 2030. Details will be announced following the conclusion of ongoing ...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70508More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) Ministers and (b) Departments utilise the rooms in 26 Whitehall.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) now occupy 26 Whitehall.Their Ministers are listed below:Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Chair)Lord Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Research a...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIntelligence Services: Unpaid WorkCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70507More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for the MI5, MI6 and GCHQ Summer Intelligence Internship on people from disadvantaged white working class backgrounds.
Answer: In recent years, UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) has run a number of internships and placement schemes. They are designed to provide insight about what it is like to work in UKIC to individuals who have particular skills and experience, want to work in a...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70506More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the costs for any contracts with his Department's strategic suppliers have increased following the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions in April 2025.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not hold the information regarding the detail of contract increases following the rise of employers' National Insurance contributions in April 2025.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPolicyCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70505More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 21256 on Government: Policy, what the total cost was for the Plan for Change event on 5 December 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 6 January 2025, Official Report, PQ 21256.
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic AppointmentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will place in the Library a copy of any correspondence between his Department and the Commissioner for Public Appointments relating to public appointments without open and fair competition since
Answer: Under the Governance Code for Public Appointments there is no requirement to publish correspondence between the Department and the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Income: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70503More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics has made a recent assessment of the Office for Budget Responsibility's GDP deflator forecasts.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 29th August is attached.
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood InquiryCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70502More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's policy paper, Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report Government Response, published on 30 July 2025, what is the estimated cost of delivering those recommendations.
Answer: The policy decisions that the Government announced on 21 July, and included in the Government Response on 30 July, are currently estimated to cost around £1 billion in further compensation payments. However, the total cost could change depending on what i...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Bloom Procurement ServicesCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70501More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the award of Contract_17123 for the Test, Learn and Grow Strategic Delivery Partner, what portion of the contract is retained by Bloom Procurement Services Ltd in (a) management fees, (b) commi
Answer: The Cabinet Office appointed Bloom Procurement Services Ltd as a Strategic Sourcing Partner for the Professional Services Category in September 2023, under the previous government. A Managed Services Fee of 5% is applicable for all Work Orders procured th...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants and Special Advisers: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70500More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question HL6565 on Senior Civil Servants and Special Advisers: Pay, what is the (a) salary level and (b) grade of seniority at which there is a policy of public disclos
Answer: Departments publish salary information for all their Senior Civil Service (SCS) roles in quarterly organograms on data.gov.uk and for all SCS operating at Board level in their Annual Accounts. The Cabinet Office will publish a new 2025 'high earner' list ...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: Unpaid WorkCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70499More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release, Internship Scheme To Get More Working Class Students Into Civil Service' published on 1 August 2025, whether the socio-economic background criteria for civil ser
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 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGender RecognitionCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70498More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23677 on Transgender People, whether his Department has completed its revision of the guidance on gender reassignment.
Answer: The current model Gender Reassignment HR policy and guidance was issued in 2019. A review to update it was started in 2023 under the previous administration. The recent Supreme Court ruling in the For Women Scotland case and revision of the Equality and H...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-departmental Public BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70497More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 38049 on non-departmental public bodies, if he will list the 249 non-departmental public bodies operating as of September 2025.
Answer: A list of non-departmental public bodies can be found on the ALB Landscape Analysis 2023/24. This dataset includes information on Arm's Length Bodies (ALBs) that were sponsored by the UK Government during the 2023/24 Financial Year. This dataset is publis...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70496More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 4 July 2025 to Question 63007 on Government Departments: Equality and of 12 June 2025 to Question 54833 on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality, whether he considers the a
Answer: The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Expenditure Guidance requires that departments consider whether any standalone EDI related roles should be incorporated into broader HR. Recruitment is a delegated matter where departments make their own decisio...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service Muslim Network and Civil Service Race ForumCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70495More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Terms of Reference for the (a) Civil Service Muslim Network and (b) Civil Service Race Forum.
Answer: Staff networks are volunteer networks, organised by employees within various Civil Service Departments. As the Terms of Reference are internal documents of volunteer-led networks, there are no current plans to publish them. All network activity must align...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for National Statistics and UK Statistics Authority: Trade UnionsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70494More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much facility time is provided to the PCS trade union in (a) ONS and (b) UKSA in (i) monetary terms, (ii) headcount and (iii) as a percentage of paybill; and whether check-off facilities are provided.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 29th August is attached.
Answered 7 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNick JoiceyCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70493More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4667 on Nick Joicey, for what reason the internal move was deemed exceptional circumstances.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to 4667. The Civil Service Commission is operationally independent of the government.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Unpaid WorkCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70492More
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, how many Civil Service internship schemes the Governme
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 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Media Unit: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70491More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37432 on Prime Minister: Communication, how many headcount staff are assigned to work in the New Media Unit; and what the budget cost of the Unit is in 2025-26
Answer: The New Media Unit currently has 19 FTE, of which 17 are permanent and 2 are loanees. Assuming the NMU is fully staffed with a consistent grade mix, throughout the financial year the annual salary costs currently would be circa £1.28 million.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Air ConditioningCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70490More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Property Agency plans to install air conditioning in government buildings.
Answer: In Government Property Agency (GPA) managed buildings we hold responsibility for the lifecycle maintenance and upgrade of office assets. This will include the replacement of heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) systems of buildings. When these assets r...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Communication Service: MarketingCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70489More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Government Communication Service guidance entitled Guidelines for influencer marketing; and whether influencers must declare the source of their government funding.
Answer: There are no current plans to publish the Guidance for Influencer Marketing. As per Advertising Standards Authority regulation, influencers must make sure ‘advert’ or ‘#Ad’ is clearly visible at the start of any paid for influencer content and it is obvio...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCommon Purpose: FinanceWomen and EqualitiesTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70488More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Cabinet Office has funded Common Purpose since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Common Purpose was paid to provide a one-off day of team development for the Office of Equality and Opportunity in February 2025.
Answered 9 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70487More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54804 on Public Bodies: Statistics, whether the (a) UK Statistics Agency and (b) ONS have reviewed the use of Social Time Preference Rate discounting by the Gove
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 29th August is attached.
Answered 23 Sept 2025
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