Mike Wood MP: written questions 2025
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Departmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22318More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, if he will make it his policy to publish minutes of cross-departmental delivery board meetings to monitor the im
Answer: I refer to The Right Hon. Member to the answer I gave to PQ7447 on 14 October 2024.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22317More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, if his Department will commission an independent review of the (a) reliability and (b) robustness of the (i) tar
Answer: The Plan for Change sets out clear and transparent milestones, and our plan to achieve them. These milestones will allow the public to track our progress and hold the government to account for their delivery.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22316More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, whether his Department plans to have an independent audit of the plan's performance metrics.
Answer: The Plan for Change sets out clear and transparent milestones, and our plan to achieve them. These milestones will allow the public to track our progress and hold the government to account for their delivery.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22315More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cross-departmental dependencies are identified and managed in
Answer: Missions are a new way of doing government. The core aim of the missions is to break down silos between departments to achieve specific, long-term outcomes. The Prime Minister has established 5 designated mission boards which bring together Ministers from...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22314More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, what guidance his Department has issued to ensure cross-departmental alignment.
Answer: Missions are a new way of doing government. The core aim of the missions is to break down silos between departments to achieve specific, long-term outcomes. The Prime Minister has established 5 designated mission boards which bring together Ministers from...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22313More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the document entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, what plans his Department has to publish guidance for Departments on using consistent (a) definitions, (b) methodologies and
Answer: In the Plan for Change we published graphs and links to the statistics on the milestones. The statistical annex in the Plan for Change – Milestones for mission-led government provides further detail and has been published on gov.uk. These link to various ...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22312More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the document entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, if his Department will take steps to publish a consolidated annual report on the Government’s performance against the Plan f
Answer: The Plan for Change sets out clear and transparent milestones, and our plan to achieve them. These milestones will allow the public to track our progress and hold the government to account for their delivery.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector Reform and Innovation FundCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22311More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Key Performance Indicators have been set to evaluate the success of the test-and-learn programme during its (a) initial wave and for (b) planned expansion.
Answer: The Evaluation Taskforce is working to ensure a robust framework for evaluation, supporting understanding of impact and assessing potential to scale learning across public services. The outcomes for the programme will support delivery of the Government’s ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment In UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22310More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many transactions were referred to his Department under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 have involved organisations with links to the Chinese (a) state and (b) Community Party since 5 July 2024
Answer: The Government publishes an annual report on the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, with information about the transactions that it has been notified about and those it subsequently called in for a full national security assessment. The reports i...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22309More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure transparency in tracking the progress of the Plan for Change m
Answer: In the Plan for Change we published graphs and links to the statistics on the outcomes for the milestones. The statistical annex published on gov.uk on the Plan for Change – Milestones for mission-led government provides further detail.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22308More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, what steps the Government is taking to prevent duplication of efforts across departments involved in delivering
Answer: Mission-led government is about breaking down silos between departments in the delivery of the Plan for Change. Each mission has a Secretary of State who takes responsibility for coordinating the activity of other relevant departments, including by chairi...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22307More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, whether the Government has implemented a formal reporting framework to hold individual (a) Secretaries of State
Answer: The Plan for Change sets out clear, ambitious milestones for change that we aim to reach by the end of this Parliament. The Prime Minister meets regularly with the Secretaries of State in charge in order to hold them to account for the delivery of the Gov...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Energy: InvestmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, if his Department will publish an annual report detailing private investment leveraged by it
Answer: The Government and DESNZ publishes information on clean energy private investment flows, most recently announcing around the International Investment Summit in October that £34.8bn of clean energy investment has been committed to the UK [1]. DESNZ utilise...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy SupplyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, what key performance indicators his Department will use to measure energy security; and how
Answer: As part of the Government’s Clean Energy Superpower Mission, the milestone this Parliament is to secure Britain’s energy supply with home-grown, clean power, which protects the country from exposure to unstable international fossil fuel markets. We will m...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to lay an Official Statistics Order to include Great British Energy.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon Member for Basildon and Billericay (Richard Holden) to Question UIN 21394.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordClean EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, whether his Department plans to publish an updated roadmap for achieving 95% clean power by
Answer: The Government published the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan ‘a new era of clean electricity’ on 13 December 2024 detailing our plan to achieve deliver clean power by 2030. The Department has not set annual interim targets for clean power generation.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, what criteria he will use to measure the success of Great British Energy; and if his Departm
Answer: Great British Energy’s (GBE) mission is to drive clean energy deployment, to create jobs, boost energy independence, and ensure UK taxpayers, billpayers, and communities reap the benefits of clean, secure, homegrown energy. GBE will be held accountable th...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, how she plans to measure good development for school readiness; whether she plans to use teacher-completed Earl
Answer: Giving young children the best start in life is the foundation of the government’s Opportunity Mission. Children’s earliest years are crucial to their health, development and life chances.The department has set a milestone of a record proportion of childr...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPoliceHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 6 of the policy paper entitled Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, how many and what proportion of the additional polic
Answer: The Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee will be supported by the commitment to deliver an additional 13,000 additional police officers, PCSOs and special constables in neighbourhood policing roles. There will be funding of £100 million to kickstart delivery,...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordClean EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 6 of the publication entitled Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, what metrics his Department will use to track the commitment to generate at least
Answer: The Government will take a whole-system approach towards measuring progress towards our Clean Power 2030 target, including tracking power generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure, in addition to the development of flexible power production...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, at what grades new teachers will be recruited; and if she will publish recruitment targets by subject area.
Answer: Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and boost the life chances for every child. The within school factor that makes the biggest difference to a young pers...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, how she plans to measure progress towards her target for children to be thriving at school; and if she will mak
Answer: The Opportunity Mission will break the link between a child’s background and their future success. Driving high and rising standards is at the heart of the department’s vision for all schools, and these standards are crucial in supporting all children and...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime Prevention: Urban AreasHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, how she plans to measure progress towards her target for safer town centres; and what her target is f
Answer: We are currently in the process of devising a new performance framework for neighbourhood policing to improve standards and performance across the country. We are engaging with police forces, the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs’ Council to ...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 33 of the policy paper entitled Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, how she plans to measure success in building confidence in the
Answer: We are still developing this pillar of the mission and will say more in due course.We regularly publish victim engagement data for the criminal justice system in the Criminal Justice System Delivery Data Dashboard. These metrics cover the percentage of in...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PolicingHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 34 of the policy paper entitled Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, how she plans to measure the success of the neighbo
Answer: We are currently in the process of devising a new performance framework for neighbourhood policing to improve standards and performance across the country. We are engaging with police forces, the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs’ Council to ...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
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