Mike Wood MP: written questions 2025
1186 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Prime Minister: Civil Servants and Special AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46759More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 19408 on 10 Downing Street: Staff, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers are assigned to work on foreign policy matters.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 17 December 2024, Official Report, PQ 19408.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy ReviewCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46758More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 19635 on Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, if he will publish the full terms of reference.
Answer: The Prime Minister announced on 25 February in the House that a single national security strategy would be published before the NATO summit in June 2025. A full terms of reference for the National Security Strategy will not be published, however the Strat...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46757More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the wage bill of the (a) Civil Service, (b) central Government Departments and (c) public sector was in (i) June 2024 and (ii) the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: Salary data for the Civil Service is published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics, an Accredited Official Statistics release, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2024. The most recent estimated salary ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46756More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the headcount of the civil service (a) including and (b) excluding non-Departmental public bodies was in (i) June 2024 and (ii) the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd April is attached.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Poverty TaskforceCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46755More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the declarations of interest of each member of the Child Poverty Taskforce.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce is a ministerial taskforce and members' interests are published regularly, in line with the Ministerial Code.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ReorganisationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46754More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to restructure his Department to reduce Departmental expenditure.
Answer: We are reorganising the Cabinet Office into a more strategic, specialist, and smaller department as part of our plan to deliver £110 million in annual departmental expenditure savings by the 2028/29 financial year.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Salaries Review BodyCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46753More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a framework agreement in place for the Senior Salaries Review Body.
Answer: The Cabinet Office is actively working to finalise a Framework Agreement for the Senior Salaries Review Body. This will be agreed in due course.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service CommissionCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46752More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update the Memorandum of Understanding between the Civil Service Commission and his Department.
Answer: The Memorandum of Understanding between the Civil Service Commission and the Cabinet Office has been replaced by a consolidated Framework Agreement for the Independent Offices (covering the Civil Service Commission, Advisory Committee on Business Appointm...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRegulatory Innovation Office: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether appointments to the Regulatory Innovation Office will be included in the Public Bodies Order in Council; and whether the Chair appointment will be classified as a significant ap
Answer: The Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) was established as an Office within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in 2024 to support regulators to update regulation, speed up approvals, and ensure different regulatory bodies work together s...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: SurveysCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46750More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 12079 on Civil Service: Surveys, if he will publish the September to October 2024 People Survey data for staff in 10 Downing Street.
Answer: The Cabinet Office will not be publishing 2024 People Survey data for staff in 10 Downing Street. This data has been withheld in previous years and this has been approved by successive Ministers responsible for transparency since 2013.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Zero Hours ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46749More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 10991 on Civil Service: Zero Hours Contracts, how many Cabinet Office (a) staff and (b) contractors are on zero hour contracts in the most recent period for
Answer: Cabinet Office has 423 Contingent Labour workers on zero hour contracts as at 28 April 2025 via the contract Cabinet Office has with Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd. Cabinet Office uses zero hours contracts to selectively manage temporary demand. To end expl...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46748More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many transactions have been statutorily notified to his Department under the terms of the National Security and Investment Act since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The government publishes information on the operation of the National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) in the NSIA Annual Report. The most recent report, covering the 2023/24 reporting period, can be found on GOV.UK. The government received 753 mandator...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Centre of Policing: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46747More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government intends to lay a new Official Statistics Order to designate the National Centre of Policing’s statistical outputs as official statistics.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd April is attached.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Strategy Council: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46746More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to lay a new Official Statistics Order to designate the Industrial Strategy Council’s statistical outputs as official statistics.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd April is attached.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Statistics Authority: International CooperationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46745More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) countries and (b) international organisations the (i) Office for National Statistics and (ii) UK Statistics Authority has (A) signed and (B) planned to sign co-operation agreements or treaties with.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd April is attached.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45018More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 6074 on Special advisers, whether his Department has set a maximum cap on the number of special advisers who can be appointed.
Answer: In line with the Ministerial Code, Cabinet Ministers and, with the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Ministers who regularly attend Cabinet, may appoint special advisers. All special adviser appointments require approval of the Prime Minister.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45017More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost was of the Civil Service paybill, by (a) salary costs, (b) National Insurance Contributions, (c) employer Pension Contributions, (d) severance costs and (e) total pay costs in the most recent
Answer: Salary data for the Civil Service is published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics, an Accredited Official Statistics release. The most recent salary cost figures as at 31st March 2024 were provided in response to Peter Bedford MP’s question on 1...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45016More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 1.41 of the Civil Superannuation Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, HC481, which employers are part of the Civil Service Scheme.
Answer: The requested information can be found in the attached document.
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45015More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18822 on Government Departments: Social Media, how much his Department has spent on social media advertising, by individual firm since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Please see below Cabinet Office spend by social platform from 5 July 2024 to 8 April 2025: PlatformTotal SpendMeta£533,432.96LinkedIn£59,908.73Snapchat£62,535.42Reddit£840.75
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBorder Security Command: Public AppointmentsHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether appointments to the Border Security Command will be included in the Public Bodies Order in Council; and whether the chair appointment will be classified as a significant appointment.
Answer: The Border Security Command was established on 5 July 2024. Martin Hewitt CBE QPM was appointed as Border Security Commander, as a Civil Servant, on 7 October 2024.The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill will place the role of the Border Security...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45013More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has received recent representations from firms involved in transactions referred to his Department under the National Security and Investment Act since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Parties with an interest in acquisitions being reviewed under the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act 2021 can submit representations via the Investment Security Unit in the Cabinet Office. Given potential commercial and security sensitivities, the...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIntelligence ServicesCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45012More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report entitled Security and Intelligence Agencies Financial Statement 2023-24, published on 2 December 2024, whether he has considered publishing the individual governance statements for t
Answer: As has been the policy of successive governments, the government does not comment on matters relating to the intelligence agencies. The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament scrutinises the policies, expenditure, administration and operations ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommittee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and MedalsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45011More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals has met since 4 July 2024; and when those meetings occurred.
Answer: Since 4 July 2024, the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals has met on two occasions - 1st August and 19th November.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Special AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45010More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will include the policy areas that each Number 10 special adviser works on in the next published list of special advisers.
Answer: In line with the approach under previous administrations, the Government does not publish specific responsibilities of individual special advisers in the Annual Report on Special Advisers.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45009More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Cabinet Office staff appointed by exception on a temporary basis were subsequently made full-time employees in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Answer: In the last 12 months, no Cabinet Office employees have been made permanent using Exception 10 (conversion to permanency of suitable candidates appointed under Exception 1 and 2) of the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →