Mike Wood MP: written questions 2025
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Regulatory Innovation Office: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41101More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to bring forward a new official statistics order to include the Regulatory Innovation Office.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 23rd March is attached.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41100More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2023 to Question 6096 on Public Appointments, what his Department's timetable is for considering whether to implement the previous Government's commitments made in the report
Answer: As set out in my previous Written Answer on 22 October 2024 (PQ 6096), we are still considering whether the commitments made by the previous administration are sufficient and appropriate for meeting the Committees’ recommendations. We will provide a furt...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHonoursCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41078More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22459 on Honours, if he will publish that guidance.
Answer: New guidance on ministerial involvement in the Honours System will be issued in due course.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41077More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance, published on 14 May 2024, whether any exemptions have been approved since 30 May 2024.
Answer: One exemption has been approved by the Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office.Details of external EDI expenditure will be reported in due course, as per the EDI Expenditure Guidance requirements.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration Scheme: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether TheCityUK has made representations to her Department on China’s classification in the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.
Answer: The Home Office has engaged with a number of sectors and their representatives on the implementation of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, including The City UK.Engaging with businesses and other stakeholders is a normal and important policy devel...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Union RecognitionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21053 on Trade Union Recognition, whether there are exemptions for faith-based organisations.
Answer: There are no exemptions for faith-based organisations. That has been the case since the statutory recognition scheme was set up back in 1999.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: LowickDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings his Department has had with Lowick since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Details of Ministerial and Senior Civil Servant meetings with external organisations are published routinely on Gov.uk as part of the Government’s transparency agenda. The latest returns can be found here for Ministers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Trade Union OfficialsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) total and (b) full-time equivalent trade union representatives in his Department receive trade union facility time; how many trade union representatives spend over 50% of their working hou
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) provides annual data to Cabinet Office on facilities time for its employees who are Trade Union representatives. The report for 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 has not yet been published. Within the last reporti...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40540More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10701 on Special Advisers: Workplace Pensions, whether special advisers have been informed of the consequences to their pensions of leaving service before tw
Answer: Special Advisers are provided with guidance regarding Civil Service Pension schemes during onboarding and offboarding, as well as throughout their tenure. This includes details of leaving the scheme within two years. Special Advisers are also directed to ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordQuadrature CapitalCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40539More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Downing Street special advisers have met with Quadrature since 5 July 2024.
Answer: In line with longstanding process, relevant meetings are declared in the Special Advisor transparency publications.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLabour Party: ConferencesCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40538More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Downing Street civil servants, excluding special advisers, were permitted to attend the 2024 Labour Party conference.
Answer: Civil servants are prohibited from attending party conferences in an official capacity, except in very exceptional circumstances when their presence may be required to carry out essential departmental business unconnected with the conference.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40537More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has used the RAF 32 Squadron’s Dassault Falcon 900LX executive jets for travel inside the UK.
Answer: It has been the practice of successive administrations not to publish granular information relating to the official movements of protected individuals and those accompanying them within the United Kingdom.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Education: Special AdvisersDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether complaints have been received in relation to the (a) conduct and (b) behaviour of special advisers to her Department since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The department holds no records of any complaints about the conduct or behaviour of any of its special advisors.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: InvestmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) Environmental, Social and Governance, (b) green finance and (c) net zero on levels of (i) divestment and (ii) debanking of (A) defence companies and (B)
Answer: This Government is clear that we see no conflict between sustainable investment and investment in our world-leading defence sector. The Defence Industrial Strategy Statement of Intent, published in December 2024, identified the mobilisation of additional ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: AviationMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28652 on Ministers: Aviation, whether the details of the Air Passenger Duty paid for Ministerial travel on RAF flights are held by a public body.
Answer: The information is held by the Ministry of Defence.I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 February 2025 to Question 31166 to the hon. Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild).
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40533More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report entitled Greening Government Commitments April 2021 to March 2024, published on 20 February 2025, what methodologies his Department uses to (a) collect and (b) collate data on (i) TC
Answer: DEFRA sets these methodologies through yearly carbon indices across government, including for the Cabinet Office, in line with the Greening Government Commitments.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: Performance AppraisalCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36677More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes he is making through the Performance management framework for the Senior Civil Service for 2025-26.
Answer: The Senior Civil Service (SCS) performance management framework for the 2025-26 performance year has been published and the changes have been set out within the document. They will take effect from the 1st April 2025.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: SecondmentCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36676More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 27921 on Cabinet Office: Secondment, whether (a) any staff in his Department are seconded from other local authorities and (b) the secondee from Camden coun
Answer: Secondments are part of a range of ways of bringing talent and experience into the civil service for short periods of time and have been used by successive governments. Secondments are arranged at a business unit level and must follow the processes as set...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: HelicoptersCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36675More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30825 on Ministers: Helicopters, if he will list all the providers that can provide helicopter transport under the terms of the Commercial Air Transport con
Answer: The Cabinet Office has a general travel contract in place provided by Corporate Travel Management (North) Ltd (CTM) that can arrange travel by various modes. CTM maintains a comprehensive database of pre-approved operators. Owing to security consideration...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWritten QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30993More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish his Department’s internal guidance on answering written Parliamentary Questions.
Answer: As was the case under previous administrations, there are currently no such plans to publish this guidance.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Communication Service: Cost EffectivenessCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30686More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14946 on Government Departments: Communication and Consultants, whether his Department holds data on programmes included within the £85 million savings with
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer provided to Question 25685 on 30 January 2025.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30685More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any suppliers to his Department have contractual terms and conditions requiring pricing reviews due to changes to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: PolicyCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30684More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made changes to the write-round process for policy clearance since 5 July 2024.
Answer: As has been the practice of successive administrations, in order to maintain the safe space for collective decisions on policy issues, we do not disclose publicly specific details about collective decision-making processes.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Media UnitCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30683More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23486 on Cabinet Office: Staff, whether the New Media Unit has been established; and what it's terms of reference are.
Answer: The New Media Unit has been established. Under the terms of reference, the unit’s purpose is to reach citizens directly with important government information via digital channels.This communication channel will help to reach audiences where they are most ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHonoursCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30682More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14712, on Honours: Public Appointments, at what stage was each of the honours competitions when they were closed and then re-opened; and whether there had t
Answer: PQ 14712 relates to three Honours Committee campaigns which were launched and closed in the summer of 2024: (i) Community and Voluntary Service (ii), Parliamentary and Political Service, and (iii) Diversity and Outreach (formerly called Representation and...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
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