Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Cabinet Office: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53886More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Act response with reference FOI2025/05760 of 14 May 2025.
Answer: A copy of the response issued on the 14 May, with third party removed, has been deposite in the House Library .
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHouse of Lords Appointments CommissionCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53546More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 52338 on House of Lords Appointments Commission, whether other competitions have taken place since 4 July 2024 for the House of Lords Appointments Commission whi
Answer: There has been one recruitment campaign to appoint independent members to the House of Lords Appointments Commission since July 2024. This campaign is still live.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for National Statistics: BuildingsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53545More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51160 on Office for National Statistics: Industrial Disputes, what the average daily occupation is for (a) Newport, (b) Titchfield, (c) London, (d) Manchester, (
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 20th May is attached.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPermanent Secretaries: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53544More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Model Special Adviser Contract published on the Government's website, if he will publish a copy of the equivalent template contract for Permanent Secretaries.
Answer: As has been the case under successive administrations, contracts for Permanent Secretaries and all other SCS are not published publicly so we will not be placing a copy on GOV.UK.
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: UK Trade with EUCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53543More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Prime Minister's post on X dated 19 May 2025, what is the evidential basis for the proposition that the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding will result in “lower food prices at the checkout” for c
Answer: The UK-EU SPS Agreement will cut costs, remove red tape and reduce delays at the border for businesses for most agrifood products imported from the EU. Supermarkets have said publicly the SPS Agreement will help to ease the pressure on food prices.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Labour PartyCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53542More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what costs have been re-charged from (a) Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office to the Labour Party since 4 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 28 May 2025, Official Report, PQ 53200.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53541More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 45016 on Civil Service, if he will issue a Ministerial Correction to the Answer to attach the requested information.
Answer: The answer to Question 45016 has now been corrected to include an attachment with the requested information.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53540More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 52340 on Government Departments: Equality, in which departments have decisions on EDI spending controls been delegated to their Permanent Secretary.
Answer: The following Departments have formally informed the Cabinet Office that their Minister has delegated the decision to approve external Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) expenditure to the Permanent Secretary: Department for Science, Innovation and Te...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Peers: VettingCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53539More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides to the House of Lords Appointments Commission on the processes to follow when vetting peerages.
Answer: The House of Lords Appointments Commission is an independent, advisory non-departmental public body. The Commission is responsible for vetting all nominations for life peerages for propriety and advises the Prime Minister on these matters. Information abo...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEthics and Integrity CommissionCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53538More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the creation of the Ethics and Integrity Commission will involve the (a) abolition and (b) merger of (i) the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, (ii) the Committee on Standards in Public Life, (
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer he was given to PQ UIN 46285 on 28 April 2025.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Energy and National Wealth Fund: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53537More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether new staff members of the (a) National Wealth Fund and (b) Great British Energy will be eligible to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme; and whether existing civil servants who transfer to those new bod
Answer: The Cabinet Office, as Scheme Manager for the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS), considers all requests to join the CSPS as part of an employer’s application process. Neither Great British Energy nor National Wealth Fund have submitted an application to...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EUCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53536More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish a Regulatory Impact Assessment for the measures contained in the (a) UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding and (b) UK-EU Security and Defence Partnership.
Answer: The Common Understanding between the UK and the EU sets out the results of exploratory discussions and a new agenda for cooperation. The UK and the EU have agreed to take forward these commitments swiftly through technical negotiations. The government wil...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Length BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53535More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 48562 on Arms Length Bodies, what the sponsoring department is; and in what policy area Project Seahorse is exploring delivery options.
Answer: ‘Project Seahorse' is considering delivery options for decarbonisation. If taken forward, it would be sponsored by The Department of Energy, Security and Net Zero.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53534More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what unpaid advisers have been appointed by (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) his Department since the general election.
Answer: Since 5 July 2024, the Cabinet Office has made one unremunerated Direct Ministerial Appointment. This individual is providing advice on security and defence policy.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth FundCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53533More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Public Bodies Handbook – Part 2: The Approvals Process for the Creation of New Arm’s-Length Bodies, whether his Department's public bodies team assessed the N
Answer: The UK Infrastructure Bank has become the National Wealth Fund with an expanded remit, therefore it is not a new ALB. It is captured by the government’s ongoing review of all ALBs, announced on 7 April. This review is part of the government’s plan to stre...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBorder Security Command: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53532More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to lay a new Official Statistics Order to designate the Border Security Command’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 20th May is attached.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSkills EnglandDepartment for EducationTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether appointments to Skills England will be included in the Public Bodies Order in Council; and whether the chair appointment will be classified as a Significant Appointment.
Answer: The department will give due consideration on whether to request the inclusion of Skills England in the Public Appointment Order in Council at the point when the Cabinet Office invites departments to nominate bodies for inclusion in the Order. Concurrentl...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Senior Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53530More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2023 to Question 202664 on Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants, how many (a) Directors and (b) Director Generals there are in the Cabinet Office; and how many of thos
Answer: As of the 30th April 2025 there were less than 5 individuals on secondment to the Cabinet Office as Directors or Director Generals. Details of the number of Directors and Director Generals can be found in the quarterly organogram published at https://www....
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Length BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53529More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 41435 on Arms Length Bodies, what the total number of Arms Length Bodies was on 4 July 2024; and what the total number was on 20 May 2025.
Answer: The Cabinet Office publishes an annual ALB Landscape Analysis around a year in arrears. The most recently published ALB Landscape Analysis was published on 17 December 2024 and is available here. The list of every Arm's Length Body that has existed betwee...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53528More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers have used Admiralty House as an office workplace in the last 30 years.
Answer: We do not hold this information.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: TravelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Ministers may use diplomatic passports for personal overseas travel.
Answer: Where Ministers exceptionally hold a diplomatic passport, this is for official use only and not for personal overseas travel.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: EU CountriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the policy paper entitled Security and defence partnership between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, published on 19 May 2025, what potential role
Answer: The Security and Defence partnership (SDP) agreed with the EU at the UK-EU Summit on 19 May 2025 demonstrates that this Government is delivering on our manifesto pledge to strengthen European security, support growth, and reinforce NATO. This is a legally...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: EU CountriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the policy paper entitled Security and defence partnership between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, published on 19 May 2025, if he will list the
Answer: The Security and Defence partnership (SDP) agreed with the EU at the UK-EU Summit on 19 May 2025 demonstrates that this Government is delivering on our manifesto pledge to strengthen European security, support growth, and reinforce NATO. This is a legally...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSecurity Action for EuropeMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the news story entitled PM secures new agreement with EU to benefit British people, published on 19 May 2025, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of participation in the EU's Security A
Answer: The Security and Defence partnership (SDP) agreed with the EU at the UK-EU Summit on 19 May 2025 demonstrates that this Government is delivering on our manifesto pledge to strengthen European security, support growth, and reinforce NATO. This is a legally...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: UK Relations with EUMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the policy paper entitled Security and defence partnership between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, published on 19 May 2025, what additional fina
Answer: The Security and Defence partnership (SDP) agreed with the EU at the UK-EU Summit on 19 May 2025 demonstrates that this Government is delivering on our manifesto pledge to strengthen European security, support growth, and reinforce NATO. This is a legally...
Answered 28 May 2025
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