Mike Wood MP: written questions 2025
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Lord-Lieutenants: Political ActivitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43224More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on political activity by deputy lieutenants.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not issue guidance on the performance of their duties to deputy lieutenants. However the Association of Lord-Lieutenants provides guidance to Lord-Lieutenants on political activity for all Lieutenancy officers.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Unions: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43223More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministers are required to declare trade union meetings in transparency returns.
Answer: Meetings with external organisations and individuals are declared quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Published declarations include official meetings with trade unions, subject to any exemptions listed in the Guidance. Updated guidance on ministers' meetings...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHonours: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43222More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Honours Committees handbook.
Answer: The Honours Committees handbook is a document used on their appointment to induct independent committee members and chairs to the honours system and the committee process.More information on these can be found on gov.uk.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordStonewall: Arms Length BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43083More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on whether any arm’s length bodies are members of Stonewall.
Answer: Information on how issued funding is spent by arms length bodies, including any membership of third party organisations, is not gathered centrally.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTransgender PeopleCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43082More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23677 on Gender Dysphoria: Health Services, if he will make it his policy to place a copy of the revised guidance in the Library.
Answer: As was the case with the previous Gender Reassignment guidance under the last administration, which was not published, there are no current plans for the revised Gender Reassignment guidance to be published once it has been finalised. This is consistent w...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: AdvertisingCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43081More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 25850 on Government Departments: Advertising, if he will list (a) each of the seven instances of campaign-specific flexibility and (b) the date on which each
Answer: There are no plans to publish the list of instances of campaign-specific flexibility. All requests for campaign-specific flexibility are considered on a campaign by campaign basis. Platforms and publishers are assessed on their unique offer to reach our a...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43080More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has a target for a reduction in the size of the headcount of (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the Civil Service in 2025.
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out his ambition to deliver long-term, impactful changes to reshape the British state and the Government is taking forward a number of measures to deliver greater efficiency and transformation in the Civil Service. Each departme...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRemuneration CommitteeCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43079More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14704 on Remuneration Committee, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) remit are of that Committee.
Answer: The Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) Remuneration Committee's remit focuses on overseeing all aspects of remuneration for GCO staff, including setting strategic direction for remuneration and reward, and ensuring pension administration is managed ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43078More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14973 on Civil Service: Equality, if he will list each exemption reported by Departments since 14 May 2024.
Answer: Any reported exemptions will be published in due course.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental ResponsibilitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43077More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 December 2024 on Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, HCWS285, if he will make it his policy to establish a unit to monitor the Government's progre
Answer: A specialist Mission Delivery Unit has already been set up in the Cabinet Office to support delivery of the Missions. It advises the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on the delivery of the government’s five missions and the mile...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43076More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to other Departments on methods for monitoring workplace attendance.
Answer: As separate employers, it is for each department to determine methods for monitoring workplace attendance of employees. Current Civil Service guidance requires Civil Servants to attend the office or work face-to-face with colleagues at least 60% of the ti...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42579More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21685 on Civil Service: Pensions, if he will publish the most recent Employer Pension Notice from the Cabinet Office to Government departments on the disclosu
Answer: The most recent Employer Pension Notice (EPN), EPN 727, was published on the Civil Service Pension website on 31 January 2025.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42578More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 22202 on Foreign Investment in the UK: National Security, how many transactions have related to China 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 those it subsequently called in for a full national security assessment.The repor...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42577More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 1260 on External by Default Recruitment, what criteria were applied to determine whether a role was urgent or critical during the pre-election period.
Answer: The guidance regarding recruitment of Senior Civil Servants during the pre-election period was published on the gov.uk website here.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42576More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 1260 on External by Default Recruitment, how many urgent exemptions to external by default recruitment were granted during the pre-election period.
Answer: Details of exemptions to External by Default recruitment are not held centrally. It is the responsibility of all Ministerial departments, Non-Ministerial departments, Executive Agencies and Crown Non-Departmental Public Bodies to hold their own recruitmen...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42575More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 1283 on Public Finance, whether there have been recent reviews of the process outlined in the Cabinet Manual for access talks.
Answer: The process for access talks remains as set out in the Cabinet Manual; these arrangements have not been formally reviewed since publication.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector Reform and Innovation FundCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42574More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the headcount is of the team administering the test-and-learn programme; and what proportion of the fund is allocated to cover their costs.
Answer: The Programme will deploy Test and Learns teams into the frontline around the country over the next three years to design and test innovative solutions to our biggest public service challenges in partnership with local places – and ensuring that local lea...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Trade UnionsCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42573More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22040 on Government departments: trade unions, which unions pay their trade union membership subscriptions via check-off in the Cabinet Office; how many memb
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not deduct trade union subscriptions from staff via payroll.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIntelligence Services: FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42572More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Security and Intelligence Agencies Financial Statement 2023-24, for what reason the administration cost estimate for 2023-24 was higher than the outturn; and what assessment he has made of
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 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42571More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much time his Department allocates to each of the cross Civil Service Equality Diversity and Inclusion networks for staff who work in his Department.
Answer: There is no specific allocation of network time allocated to each of the cross Civil Service Equality Diversity and Inclusion networks, for staff who work in the Cabinet Office.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42570More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the portal for all transparency data announced in July 2023 has been cancelled.
Answer: The portal, announced by the previous Government in July 2023, did not receive funding at the time and this remains the case.This Government has already introduced tangible improvements to transparency data, notably the monthly Register of Ministers’ Gift...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42569More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 13804 on Civil Service: Workplace Pensions, if he will list the non-Civil Service organisations whose employees are eligible for the Civil Service Pension S
Answer: A list of the non-Civil Service organisations whose employees are eligible for the Civil Service Pension Scheme is available in the public domain and can be found on the member section of the Civil Service Pension website.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPropriety and Constitution Group: IncentivesCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42568More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 25447 on Propriety and Constitution Group, whether civil servants in Propriety and Constitution Group have been awarded bonuses in the last 12 months.
Answer: A total of 97 individuals have been awarded bonuses between April 2024 and March 2025.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMission BoardsCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42567More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14952 on Departmental Coordination, whether the mission boards are Cabinet sub-committees.
Answer: Yes, Mission Boards are Cabinet committees. The list of Cabinet committees has been placed in the House of Commons library and published on gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-cabinet-committees-system-and-list-of-cabinet-committees).
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Boston Consulting GroupCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42462More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 38758 on Cabinet Office: Contracts, whether the Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service was involved in the approval of payments to the Boston Consulting
Answer: The Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service is not involved with the process for the approval of payments to suppliers. The purchase to pay process is managed between the Cabinet Office Finance team and the respective Contract Manager. At the time o...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
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