Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Cabinet OfficeCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20663More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will list the name of each business unit in each of the restructured (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and (c) OneGov Delivery Agency.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20662More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18042, on Freedom of Information, if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent Round Robin guidance on answering incoming Freedom of Information
Answer: The Freedom of Information Round Robin list is circulated twice weekly to departments. The Cabinet Office will not be placing the most recent copy of the list in the Library as it would likely prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs by inhibitin...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordArms Length Bodies: LobbyingCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20661More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18647, on Lobbying: Finance, whether stakeholder engagement of parliamentarians through external public affairs or lobbying firms is permitted by NDPBs; and wh
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: SecondmentCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20660More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18040, on Cabinet Office: Secondment, if she will publish a list of each organisation that has (a) seconded staff in and (b) had civil servants seconded staff
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordMinistersCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20659More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the planned timetable for publishing an updated (a) List of Ministerial Interests and (b) List of Ministerial Responsibilities.
Answer: An updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities is still in production following the formation of government. As set out in the Ministerial Code, a statement covering relevant ministers’ interests is published on a quarterly basis. The next List of Minist...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAI TaskforceCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20658More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Cabinet Office press release, AI to power change at the heart of government as Lord Vallance appointed chair of new PM AI Taskforce, of 24 July 2026, what are the differences in responsibilities a
Answer: AI Minister Kanishka Narayan will lead the AI Taskforce and attend Cabinet. Lord Vallance, as Chair, will bring together expertise from across government and industry, and report directly to the Prime Minister.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 16928 on Equality: Impact Assessments, through what mechanism have other government departments been informed of the approach to equalities impact a
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordArms Length Bodies: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20656More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 17739 on Arms Length Bodies: Equality, what assessment she has made of the level of non-reporting by other ALBs for the financial year 2024-25: and what steps h
Answer: All external Equality, Diversity and Inclusion expenditure for the financial year 2024/2025 that was reported to the Cabinet Office has been published. The same principle will be applied for 2025/2026. It is the responsibility of arm’s-length bodies that ...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: BuildingsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20655More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the answer of 23 July 2026 to Question HL1906 on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Buildings, what is the policy of the (a) Government Property Agency and (b) Office for Government Property on
Answer: The Government Property Agency (GPA) and the Office for Government Property (OGP) work closely to ensure the government estate is efficient, sustainable, and fit for purpose. (a) In respect of the Government Property Agency (GPA), there is no prescribed p...
Answered 23 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20654More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff does the Chief of Staff to the AI Minister (a) direct and (b) line manage.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20653More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 16039 on WPP: Contracts, whether there is one central Influencer Platform, or whether each contracted company would provide one.
Answer: There is one central Influencer Platform. Under RM6364, the Influencer Platform is provided by WPP, as the Lot 1 Media Planning and Buying agency, operating as WPP650, and acts as the single, centralised hub for information, delivery and reporting across ...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Procurement Review ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20652More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 15722 on Metropolitan Police: Palantir, whether the PPRS may review individual decisions not to award a contract to a particular supplier.
Answer: The Public Procurement Review Service (PPRS) can review individual decisions not to award a contract to a particular supplier. To determine whether a specific concern is in scope, the supplier making the referral would submit the case to the PPRS via GOV....
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Private SecretariesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20651More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes have been made to the role of Parliamentary Private Secretaries and the activities that they can undertake.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Freud CommunicationsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20650More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 14613 on DHSC: Freud Communications, why the activity was not undertaken through in-house communications staff in DHSC or NHS England.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPublic ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20649More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question HL1470, on Solar Power: Safety, what guidance has the Cabinet Office given on consultations which last (a) 2 weeks, (b) 8 weeks and (c) 12 weeks.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPublic ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20648More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office policy paper, Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement, of 31 July 2026, how many statutory duties for local authorities to consult has her Department identified as part of its
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPublic ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20647More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office policy paper, Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement, of 31 July 2026, how many statutory duties to consult has the Cabinet Office identified.
Answer: Using the AI tool, the Cabinet Office has identified approximately 7000 statutory duties to consult.
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20646More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office policy paper, Rewiring the State – Cabinet Statement, of 31 July 2026, whether the Government plans primary legislation to revoke statutory duties to consult; and whether the
Answer: As set out in the Rewiring the State statement, the government is considering a range of options, including primary legislation, to streamline statutory consultation duties. We are also exploring how participatory tools, including Citizens' Assemblies, ca...
Answered 24 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Skills: GenderCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20645More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office publication, Applicant guidance: Government Skills College of Experts, of 31 July 2026, Annex A: Diversity Monitoring for Equal Opportunities, for what reason the Cabinet Off
Answer: Government Skills launched an open recruitment campaign for its College of Experts on the 31st July 2026.Government Skills is collecting this information to monitor fair and open competition in line with Equality Act protected characteristics.This data (a...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEquality: ResearchCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20644More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office publication, Applicant guidance: Government Skills College of Experts, of 31 July 2026, for what reason Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is a priority research topic, and wh
Answer: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Mobility (EDI) is one of six research themes that form the Government Skills Priority Research Topics. These themes together form the strategic framework of long-term questions where external research and evidence...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CommunicationCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20643More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the official statistics, Civil Service statistics: 2024 and Civil Service statistics: 2026, Tables 8, what is the reason for the increase in civil servants working in the Communications profess
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Special AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20642More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to paragraph 15 of the Model Contract for special advisers, what are the mandatory training requirements for (a) Downing Street and (b) Cabinet Office special advisers.
Answer: All staff within the Cabinet Office, including special advisers, are required to complete core mandatory training annually.The mandatory courses cover essential operational standards across the Civil Service, comprising:Security and Data ProtectionCivil S...
Answered 23 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Conditions of EmploymentCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20641More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the updated Special Adviser model contract published on 29 July 2026, whether all existing special advisers who were re-appointed under the new Administration further to the change in the Prime
Answer: In line with the Model Contract for Special Advisers, when a special adviser’s appointing minister leaves office special advisers’ contracts are automatically terminated. The Model Contract sets out the conditions of probation.A breakdown of how many spec...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: AdvertisingCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20640More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office guidance, Roles of third-party vendors currently used to deliver digital advertising for the Cabinet Office, of 31 July 2026, how much has the Cabinet office spent on goods a
Answer: This information is not centrally held by the Government Communication Service.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EU: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the FCDO Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, HC521, of 16 July 2026, page 73, and with reference to the answer of 6 February 2026 to Question HL14054 on UK
Answer: Under the Public Sector Equality Duty, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is required to pay due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between different people when...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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