Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Jalal Uddin InquiryHome OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2025, to Question 70519, on Public Inquiries, what has been the total public cost to date of the Jalal Uddin Inquiry.
Answer: The Jalal Uddin Inquiry reported on 10 July 2025, and it is now closed. The Inquiry's costs are £1,095,614.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDisinformationCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124132More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026, to Question 116505, on Disinformation, if he will set out what public narratives have been monitored using the tool in the last month.
Answer: Storyzy's platform empowers users to detect information manipulation and understand the information environment by analysing large quantities of data points to understand public narratives.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: VettingCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124131More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026, to Question 120612, on Government Departments: Vetting, whether individuals joining the Civil Service are advised on giving false or misleading information in any other p
Answer: Civil Servants applying for NSV Security Vetting (NSV) are advised of their responsibilities throughout the process and through the guidance published on gov.uk. This includes the need for full and complete disclosure.
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CommunicationCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124130More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2026, to Question HL15004, on Government Departments: Communication, whether the Prime Minister approved the new guidance on UK/HM Government branding, or whether it was approv
Answer: Relevant officials and special advisers reviewed the branding guidance.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124129More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of UK GDPR data protection principles on his Department's disclosure of Lord Mandelson's personal information under the humble Address.
Answer: I refer you to the Oral Statement on the 23rd February, in the name of the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, and the Government's response to the Urgent Question tabled on 16th March, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The Gov...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Ministerial BoxesCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124128More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 120836 on Prime Minister: Ministerial Boxes, whether there is guidance on how (a) oral, (b) written and (c) electronic responses by Ministers to formal advice
Answer: Yes there is. The Guidance for the management of Private Office information and records has been published and can be found on gov.uk.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMinisters and Special Advisers: Electronic MessagingCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124127More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department considers that electronic messages held on non-corporate devices relating to official government business held by (a) Ministers and (b) Special Advisers are owned by the Government.
Answer: Official information, wherever stored, is considered to be held by the Crown. I refer the Member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire to the Government’s 2023 ‘Guidance on Using Non-Corporate Communication Channels for Government Business’ for further...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMorgan McSweeneyCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124126More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Morgan McSweeney, since departing Crown employment, has passed information held on his non-corporate communication devices relating to official government business to the Cabinet Office or the Prime Mini
Answer: There is an established system for special advisers in place for the management of official government information held on non-corporate devices during the departure process. The policy covering non-corporate communication channels is published on gov.uk....
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCovid-19 Inquiry: CostsCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124125More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what has been the total public cost to date of the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Answer: The UK Covid-19 Inquiry publishes a quarterly financial report of its costs. The latest publication for Q3 2025/26 shows that the total cost from when the Inquiry was established on 28 June 2022 to 31 December 2025 was £204m. Since the financial year 2023...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124124More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 17 March 2026, HCWS1407, on Online Advertising Taskforce Progress Report 2025, whether the adherence to the Influencer Marketing Code of Conduct will be embedded in to
Answer: Government procedure and contracts with creative agencies and social media influencers align to requirements set out in the ISBA Influencer Marketing Code of Conduct.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordFreedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124123More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to make (a) primary legislative, (b) secondary legislative, (c) statutory guidance or (d) non-statutory guidance changes to activity under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my previous answer (UIN122783).
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Mobile PhonesCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124122More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Downing Street staff are required to inform the No10 Security Team if their (a) official or (b) personal phone has been stolen.
Answer: It would not be appropriate to detail internal security matters. There are long established and robust processes to manage information security following the theft of No10 work devices
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124080More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps did Darren Tierney, then the head of the Propriety and Constitution Group, take to ensure that Lord Mandelson was personally interviewed before his appointment as Ambassador.
Answer: No such interview took place. It is not unusual for political appointments to take place without direct conversations with the Cabinet Office. I refer the Hon Member to the Government's statement and release of information on 11th March which sets out the...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordScience: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Collection entitled Areas of Research interest of June 2017, whether there are plans to update the Government Office for Science's area of research interests.
Answer: The Government Office for Science does not publish its own Areas of Research Interests (ARIs). It instead provides advice and input to Departments, who are each responsible for developing and updating their own ARI. The latest version of each Department’s...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Mobile PhonesCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124078More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government phones were (a) lost and (b) stolen in the Prime Minister’s Office since 4 July 2024.
Answer: It would not be appropriate to detail internal security matters. There are long established and robust processes to manage information security following the theft of No10 work devices
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: TheftCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124077More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to special advisers on speaking to the police about stolen Government property.
Answer: Cabinet Office's Security Breach Policy requires individuals, including SpAds, to follow directions from Cabinet Office Security when there is a security breach, such as theft of Government property. As part of its standard operating procedures Cabinet Of...
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeneyCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123698More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether electronic communications between Lord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney have been copied to the official record and retained for the Humble Address.
Answer: I refer you to the Government's statement and release of information on 11th March, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The Government is working to ensure that Parliament’s instruction is met with the urgency and transparency that ...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123697More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary sent guidance on the transfer of group electronic messages to the Cabinet Office division handling the Humble Address.
Answer: I refer you to the Government's response to the Urgent Question tabled on 12th February, the Written Ministerial Statement in the name of the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister that same day, and the Oral Statement on the 23rd February, in the name of ...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEU Cohesion FundTreasuryTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123696More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK Government will be required to contribute to EU Cohesion Funds as a consequence of the UK/EU reset.
Answer: The UK is not currently contributing to EU Cohesion Funds as a consequence of the UK/EU reset. Whilst the EU is seeking to establish a mechanism for a UK financial contribution towards reducing economic and social disparities between the regions of the Un...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLabour TogetherCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123695More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the status of the Cabinet Office fact-finding investigation into Labour Together, separate to the report by the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards.
Answer: The fact-finding exercise has concluded. The Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards wrote to the Prime Minister on this issue on 27 February. His letter is available online: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69a32870f534e7e99adaeaf8/Let...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments: Business InterestsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123694More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2026, to Question 119894, on Gambling Commission: Managers, which specific public sector regulators (a) are and (b) are not subject to the Business Appointments Applications pr
Answer: The Business Appointment Rules (BARs) apply to various individuals through specific codes of conduct. For instance, civil servants are subject to them via the Civil Servant Management Code, ministers through the Ministerial Code, and Special Advisers via ...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEU Emissions Trading SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding on linking the Emission Trading Systems of the European Union and the United Kingdom, of December 2025, what assessment he has made o
Answer: The UK and EU agreed to work towards linking their respective emissions trading schemes at the May 2025 Summit and linking negotiations to that end are underway. The EU Emissions Trading System is undergoing review currently and proposals emanating from t...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123692More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2026, to Question 111932, on Lord Mandelson, what assessment has been made of why the letter from Lord Glasman to the Prime Minister's Office on the probity of Lord Mandelson wa
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 9 February 2026, Official Report, PQ 111932.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Bills: Impact AssessmentsLeader of the HouseTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123655More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the number of Impact Assessments for Bills that were published late in the process.
Answer: The Guide to Making Legislation makes clear that, when they are required, impact assessments should be published alongside bills. Government departments are responsible for publication of any required impact assessments.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: ArtworksDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026, to Question 118010, on FCDO: Artworks, if she will publish information on artworks installed at her Department’s headquarters in London since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Government Art Collection is a working collection, used across government buildings in the UK and the global estate, which means that artworks may change their display location from time to time. Current locations of artworks in the collection can be ...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
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