Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Armed Forces Commissioner: Public AppointmentsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) appointments to the Armed Forces Commissioner will be included in the Public Bodies Order in Council and (b) the chair appointment will be classified as a significant appointment.
Answer: The Armed Forces Commissioner Bill is in the final stages of its Parliamentary passage. Once the Bill achieves Royal Assent we will place the Armed Forces Commissioner on the Public Appointments Order in Council (subject to the necessary approvals) and th...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54829More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2024, to Question 13438 on Civil Servants: Recruitment, if he will place in the Library a copy of the text on diversity included in civil service job adverts.
Answer: The current text was agreed by the previous administration and has not changed under the current government. The text included in Civil Service Job adverts is: Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54828More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place a copy of the civil service training modules entitled Civil Service Expectations in the Library.
Answer: The details of the learning objectives and course outline are provided on the online prospectus available at: https://prospectus.governmentcampus.co.uk/01-workplace-essentials/xcs-civil-service-expectations/
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54827More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Government Campus training course materials entitled Inclusive Leadership Programme (inclusive cultures, decision making, and relationships).
Answer: The Inclusive Leadership Programme is delivered by a third party supplier, who owns the intellectual property. The learning objectives for this course can be found on the prospectus online: https://prospectus.governmentcampus.co.uk/03-diversity-equality-a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54826More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Government-branded merchandise and away days banned, published on 6 April 2025, whether senior civil servant leadership conferences will be able to take place in exte
Answer: As set out in the relevant policy, departments are required to ensure that external venues for away days are only used when space in government buildings is unavailable.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54825More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department's guidance on away days has been updated since the publication of the press release entitled Government-branded merchandise and away days banned on 6 April 2025.
Answer: The Cabinet Office has updated the guidance on the use of external venues for events and away days.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54824More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Government Campus training course materials entitled Equality Analysis: Making Scrutiny Relevant to Promoting Equality.
Answer: Equality Analysis: Making Scrutiny Relevant to Promoting Equality is delivered by a third party supplier, who owns the intellectual property. An outline for this course can be found on the prospectus online:https://prospectus.governmentcampus.co.uk/02-div...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54823More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51453 on Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of amending the (a) Classic, (b) Classic Plus and (c) Premium
Answer: I have no plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of the changes referred to.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: DirectorsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54822More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the members are of the Cabinet Office Board.
Answer: Recruitment is due to conclude in the coming months for Cabinet Office Non-Executive Board Members. At present John Fallon, Maura Sullivan, and Lisa Tremble have been appointed as Non-Executive Board Members. Full membership of the Cabinet Office Board wi...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54821More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 24138 on Prime Minister: Artificial Intelligence, whether the Downing Street Private Office uses the AI Redbox tool.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer of 23 January 2025, Official Report, PQ 24138.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54820More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51389 on Civil Service: Equality, what his planned timetable is for issuing the guidance.
Answer: A further update will be provided in due course.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54819More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51159 on Civil Servants: Remote Working, whether his Department collects workforce attendance data for buildings other than headquarters.
Answer: I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer given to HC51159. As was the case under the previous administration, the Cabinet Office collects data for departmental HQ attendance only. No other information on occupancy data or workforce attendance is gat...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHonoursCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54818More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what propriety and probity checks are undertaken on people proposed for honours.
Answer: I can advise him that there have been no changes to the guidance or policies that were in place under the previous government. Honours committee members have no formal role in identifying people to receive honours. Members play a role in supporting Govern...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DirectorsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54817More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he considered making the Government Lead Non-Executive Director a regulated public appointment.
Answer: The most recent Public Appointments Order in Council, which sets out all regulated public appointments, was made at Privy Council on 15 November 2023. The Government Lead Non-Executive was not included at that time or any time prior. Consideration of whet...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay: Ethnic GroupsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54816More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the statistical validity of ethnicity pay reporting in small sample sizes, in the context of the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill.
Answer: It is important that ethnicity pay gap reporting by employers is accurate and statistically valid. The public consultation on mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting seeks views on the proposed approach, including questions about data collection, reporting ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHonoursCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54815More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether members of honours committees have a role in identifying people to receive honours.
Answer: I can advise him that there have been no changes to the guidance or policies that were in place under the previous government. Honours committee members have no formal role in identifying people to receive honours. Members play a role in supporting Govern...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Redundancy PayCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54814More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51968 on Civil Service: Redundancy Pay, whether he plans to introduce clawback arrangements for people who return to an organisation that uses the Civil Service
Answer: This is already in place. Under the current terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS), if an individual leaves an organisation with a compensation payment and then returns to any other organisation which uses the CSCS within six months, they a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54813More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44474 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, if she will take steps to ensure that transparency data is published in (a) one central searchable
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my previous answers [UIN42570 and UIN46864] given on the 7th April and 28th April 2025. The Government has no current plans to publish this data as an Application Programming Interface.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54812More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the M6364 Media and Creative Framework Preliminary Market Engagement will include expenditure on (a) branded goods and (b) external public relations.
Answer: During the Preliminary Market Engagement phase for RM6364 Media and Creative Framework, no expenditure was incurred by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) on branded goods or external public relations. The bidding process for RM6364 commenced on 29 May 202...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Industrial DisputesCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54811More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has had discussions with the Public and Commercial Services Union on the industrial action relating to outsourced staff at (a) OCS, (b) ISS and (c) G4S.
Answer: The Cabinet Office meets regularly with Civil Service trade unions to discuss a variety of subjects. As is longstanding practice, the Government does not provide an ongoing commentary on industrial disputes.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54810More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government Procurement Cards are held by staff in 10 Downing Street.
Answer: As of June 2025, 10 Downing Street held 34 Government Procurement Cards. The number of cards held has decreased under this administration since July 2024. In line with the guidance, only staff with an operational need, including travel, maintain a card.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: EnergyCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54809More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51956 on 10 Downing Street: Energy Performance Certificates, what steps his Department has taken to improve the energy efficiency of 10 Downing Street since July
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 04 June 2025, Official Report, PQ 54015.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Photographs and Video RecordingsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54808More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been issued by (a) his Department and (b) the Government Communications Service on whether (i) photographs and (ii) video footage produced by the Civil Service which is not (A) in the public do
Answer: As per GCS Propriety guidance, content created by the civil service should always be used as part of official government communications before being repurposed by Special Advisers or Ministers for political purposes.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: LanyardsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54807More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the (a) cost to the public purse, (b) number and (c) designs for lanyards bought by (i) 10 Downing Street, (ii) the Office for Women and Equalities, (iii) the Civil Servi
Answer: The Cabinet Office has purchased a total of 6,376 lanyards for £5,069.99 since 4 July 2024. This includes those bought for the aforementioned business units and Crown Commercial Service as an executive agency.On 6 April, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisaster Relief and Emergencies: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54806More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the UK Resilience Academy have issued on the consideration of equality, diversity, inclusion and equity in relation to (i) civil contingencies, (ii) emergency planning an
Answer: The Government will soon publish the new Resilience Strategy which will set out our approach to building national resilience for all with particular focus on supporting our most vulnerable individuals and communities. In April, the Cabinet Office publishe...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
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