Mike Wood MP: written questions 2025
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Foreign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54768More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many transactions referred to his Department under the National Security and Investment Act have involved private equity firms connected to state-backed sovereign wealth funds since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Government publishes an annual report on the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act 2021, with information about the transactions that it has been notified about and reviewed. The period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 will be covered in the ne...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTransparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014Cabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54767More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49754 on Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, whether the post-legislative review of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administra
Answer: Post-legislative scrutiny of the Lobbying Act 2014 was undertaken by the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee and has concluded. Their report, Lobbying and Influence, was published on Parliament's website here: https...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54766More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office: Staff, what is the reason for the entries marked nothing supplied by BU.
Answer: The entries marked “nothing supplied by BU” indicate that the Business Unit in which the individual works had not yet provided a role description for the position in the Cabinet Office’s position management system.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54765More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office: Staff, for what reason the EU Relations Secretariat appears in the February 2025 dataset but not in the May 2025 dataset.
Answer: A transitional data processing error caused EURS staff to appear temporarily under ’NULL’ in the May 2025 dataset following structural changes in Cabinet Office systems.This has since been rectified. These staff are identifiable by their ‘EURS’ position I...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54764More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025, to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office: Staff, and the associated SCS data, for what reason there no salary data for the EU Relations Secretariat Senior Civil Service staff in
Answer: The February 2025 dataset is based on data as at 31 December 2024. At this point EU Relations Secretariat staff had commenced work in the Cabinet Office but had not completed their payroll transfer from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Senior Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54763More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office; staff, what are the job responsibilities of the Deputy Director for Meaningful Work.
Answer: There is no Deputy Director for Meaningful Work. Meaningful work refers to work that an employee must be provided with and undertake during the redeployment process. The nature of the work should be appropriate for their grade, skills and competencies and...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: Council TaxCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54762More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50220 on Admiralty House, how much the council tax is for the two unoccupied flats in Admiralty House in 2025-26.
Answer: Admiralty House residences are valued in Council Tax Band H.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament record9 Downing Street: Repairs and MaintenanceCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54761More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he considered preparing a business case for the refurbishment of the media room in 9 Downing Street.
Answer: A business case was not required.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: LocationCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54760More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office press release entitled Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, whether civil servants who are relocated
Answer: The majority of roles moved from London will occur through natural churn. Departments have delegated responsibility for managing relocations in accordance with the Civil Service Management Code. Civil Servants can voluntarily relocate in line with their d...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: LocationCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025WithdrawnUIN 54759More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release, Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, whether the civil servants who are relocated outsid
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54280More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, whether civil servants relocated outside of
Answer: Decisions on pay, including London weightings, are delegated to individual departments.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Repairs and MaintenanceCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54279More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether business units in his Department are required to produce business cases to undertake expenditure on refurbishment.
Answer: All Government Departments have an obligation to apply Treasury Guidance (notably the Green Book) in how they fund and seek approval for expenditure on refurbishment works. How this is applied depends on the scale and cost of the individual project. By wa...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCentral Government: Empty PropertyCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54278More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which central Government non-residential properties are unoccupied.
Answer: I refer the honourable gentleman to the response given for PQ 53204.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54277More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the response to the Freedom of Information Act request reference FOI2025/05759, dated 16 May 2025.
Answer: The Honours Committee handbook released through this request is a version from January 2023 which is currently being updated. An updated version will be laid in the House Library as soon as is practicable.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54276More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 50568 on Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence, for what functions his Department uses Redbox; and in which offices it is used.
Answer: The Cabinet Office is promoting the adoption of artificial intelligence among staff through the implementation of AI ‘assistant tools’. One such tool is Redbox. It allows staff to harness AI throughout their work in an assured, safe, and secure manner. Re...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54275More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average cost was of domestic flights taken by the Prime Minister since July 2024.
Answer: It has been the practice of successive administrations not to publish granular information relating to the official movements of Ministers and those accompanying them within the United Kingdom. Information about official overseas travel is published as pa...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: PublicityCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54274More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he approved a communications spending control exception for the spending on the Government-branded beer mats.
Answer: I refer the Honorable Member to the answer to PQ 52686.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: SanitationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54273More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has received representations from PCS on guidance on using female (a) toilets and (b) changing rooms in Government buildings.
Answer: The Cabinet Office holds frequent discussions with Civil Service trade unions on a number of topics.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Zero Hours ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54272More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 46749 on Cabinet Office: Zero Hours Contracts, which business units the 423 staff work for.
Answer: The Cabinet Office uses zero hours contracts to selectively manage temporary demand. The Cabinet Office Pillars that the 423 contingent labour workers who can be classed as having zero hours contracts are as follows: National Infrastructure and Service Tr...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: WomenCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54271More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 50575 on Cabinet Office: Women, if he will publish that intranet update.
Answer: There are no plans to publicly publish intranet updates as they are targeted at the internal civil service audience.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DirectorsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54270More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether non-executive board members have to declare (a) past and (b) current membership of a political party; and what guidance he has issued to Departments on that subject.
Answer: Guidance on the declaration of interest process for Non-Executive Board Members, including political activity, was updated and published on 28 November 2024: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-executive-board-member-declaration-of-interests-pr...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54269More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 50576 on Cabinet Office: Recruitment, which SCS roles were not advertised externally; and for what reason those roles were not advertised externally.
Answer: As was the case under the previous administration,the Civil Service advertises all SCS vacancies on the principle of External by Default. External by Default means that vacancies will be open to external candidates outside the Civil Service, as well as ex...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: FlagsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54268More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 51165 on Government Departments: Flags, who provided the Pride flag; and whether that flag was a Progress flag.
Answer: The flag was sourced via the Government Property Agency contract and manufactured by the Hampshire Flag Company (HFC). The flag is a 6 stripe rainbow flag.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordData, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent ReviewCabinet OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53901More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, through what mechanism the UK Statistics Authority will communicate its response once it has considered the (a) findings and (b) recommendations in the Sullivan Review.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 21st May is attached.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53900More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 49956, and the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 21390, both on Armed Forces: Equality, what his Department's policy is on spending on equality, diversity an
Answer: The controls outlined in the Civil Service Equality Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance which was published on 14 May 2024 remain in place.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
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