Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Civil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54780More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy for each Department to routinely publish details of recruitment principle exceptions below SCS2 level.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon gentleman to the answer to PQ_29020. Aggregate data is published on details of appointments by exception below SCS2 grade. There has been no change to these arrangements since the new government took office
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54779More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the attendance of civil servants in his Department as a proportion of assigned workforce to each building.
Answer: Central data on Civil Service Headquarters (HQ) occupancy is collected and published quarterly on GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-hq-occupancy-data for all HQ buildings of Whitehall Departments, Office for Scotland, Office ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54778More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the cost of domestic flights undertaken by the Prime Minister set out in the Freedom of Information Act response with reference FOI2025/05760 included carbon offsetting.
Answer: The flights in-scope of FOI2025/05760 were not carbon offset. This is in line with the Carbon Offsetting Reduction Scheme.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54777More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2024 to Question 15239 on Arms Length Bodies: Equality, what exemptions have been authorised by (a) departments and (b) arm's length bodies.
Answer: For departments, external equality, diversity and inclusion expenditure for financial year 2024/2025 has recently been published on Gov.uk. Delegated authority from a minister to a Permanent Secretary has been reported to the Cabinet Office for the follow...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporate Hospitality and Official GiftsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54776More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason transparency data on (a) Ministerial gifts and hospitality and (b) senior officials and special advisers are published with different frequencies.
Answer: Following updates to the Ministerial Code in November 2024, the Government moved publication of Ministers' gifts and hospitality from quarterly to monthly. This brought declarations broadly in line with those required by Members in Parliament. As with pre...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54775More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18217 on Government departments: electronic purchasing card solutions, what information his Department holds on the reasons for which some Departments publi
Answer: The policy setting out the requirement to publish Government Procurement Card transactions over £500 remains in place. This is available to all government departments on gov.uk at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e8b4026...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54774More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many responses from his Department to Freedom of Information Act requests have detailed Government Procurement Card spending below £500 in the last two years.
Answer: To establish the number of FOI responses in the last two years which have detailed Government Procurement Card spending below £500 would require a review of all responses issued by the Cabinet Office during that period and can only be provided at dispropo...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54773More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed in each Minister’s office.
Answer: There are 39 staff, at multiple grades, who support the 8 Cabinet Office ministers in private office roles. MinisterNumber of staff in Private OfficeChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster8Minister for the Cabinet Office6Minister Oppong-Asare4Minister Reeves...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental CoordinationCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54772More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement entitled Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, of 5 December 2024, HCWS285, if he will make it his policy to report every six months on the (a) metrics a
Answer: The Plan for Change sets out clear and transparent milestones, and our plan to achieve them. We published graphs and links to the statistics on the outcomes for these milestones. The statistical annex published on gov.uk on the Plan for Change – Milestone...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54771More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to ensure that all jobs advertised on the Civil Service Jobs website are publicly advertised.
Answer: The Civil Service Jobs website is fully accessible to the public. The website is used to advertise roles available to applicants who are external to the Civil Service, though departments may advertise on other websites. The website may also be used to adv...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Digital Service: Senior Civil ServantsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans the Government has to appoint a permanent Chief Executive Officer of the Government Digital Service (GDS); and whether this appointment will be made following an open competi
Answer: The Government Chief Digital Officer (GCDO) leads the Government Digital Service (GDS), within DSIT. GDS is the digital centre of government. The current GCDO is in post on an interim basis. We will be appointing a permanent GCDO through an open competiti...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Senior Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54769More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister met with any of the candidates shortlisted for the Cabinet Secretary position before the appointment.
Answer: The Cabinet Secretary was appointed through a fair and open competition, in line with longstanding process.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54768More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many transactions referred to his Department under the National Security and Investment Act have involved private equity firms connected to state-backed sovereign wealth funds 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 reviewed. The period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 will be covered in the ne...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTransparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014Cabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54767More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49754 on Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, whether the post-legislative review of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administra
Answer: Post-legislative scrutiny of the Lobbying Act 2014 was undertaken by the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee and has concluded. Their report, Lobbying and Influence, was published on Parliament's website here: https...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54766More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office: Staff, what is the reason for the entries marked nothing supplied by BU.
Answer: The entries marked “nothing supplied by BU” indicate that the Business Unit in which the individual works had not yet provided a role description for the position in the Cabinet Office’s position management system.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54765More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office: Staff, for what reason the EU Relations Secretariat appears in the February 2025 dataset but not in the May 2025 dataset.
Answer: A transitional data processing error caused EURS staff to appear temporarily under ’NULL’ in the May 2025 dataset following structural changes in Cabinet Office systems.This has since been rectified. These staff are identifiable by their ‘EURS’ position I...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54764More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025, to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office: Staff, and the associated SCS data, for what reason there no salary data for the EU Relations Secretariat Senior Civil Service staff in
Answer: The February 2025 dataset is based on data as at 31 December 2024. At this point EU Relations Secretariat staff had commenced work in the Cabinet Office but had not completed their payroll transfer from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Senior Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54763More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49766 on Cabinet Office; staff, what are the job responsibilities of the Deputy Director for Meaningful Work.
Answer: There is no Deputy Director for Meaningful Work. Meaningful work refers to work that an employee must be provided with and undertake during the redeployment process. The nature of the work should be appropriate for their grade, skills and competencies and...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: Council TaxCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54762More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50220 on Admiralty House, how much the council tax is for the two unoccupied flats in Admiralty House in 2025-26.
Answer: Admiralty House residences are valued in Council Tax Band H.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament record9 Downing Street: Repairs and MaintenanceCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54761More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he considered preparing a business case for the refurbishment of the media room in 9 Downing Street.
Answer: A business case was not required.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: LocationCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54760More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office press release entitled Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, whether civil servants who are relocated
Answer: The majority of roles moved from London will occur through natural churn. Departments have delegated responsibility for managing relocations in accordance with the Civil Service Management Code. Civil Servants can voluntarily relocate in line with their d...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: LocationCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025WithdrawnUIN 54759More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release, Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, whether the civil servants who are relocated outsid
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54280More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, whether civil servants relocated outside of
Answer: Decisions on pay, including London weightings, are delegated to individual departments.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Repairs and MaintenanceCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54279More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether business units in his Department are required to produce business cases to undertake expenditure on refurbishment.
Answer: All Government Departments have an obligation to apply Treasury Guidance (notably the Green Book) in how they fund and seek approval for expenditure on refurbishment works. How this is applied depends on the scale and cost of the individual project. By wa...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCentral Government: Empty PropertyCabinet OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54278More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which central Government non-residential properties are unoccupied.
Answer: I refer the honourable gentleman to the response given for PQ 53204.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
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