Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Media: RegulationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether representatives of the department and its predecessor bodies have met (a) Stop Funding Hate, (b) Hacked Off and (c) Center for Countering Digital Hate since July 2024.
Answer: Ministers and officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport regularly engage with stakeholders on a range of policy matters. Details of ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis on Gov.uk. DCMS also engages with a range...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament record11 Downing Street and Treasury: ArtworksDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, further to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question HL16694 on FCDO: Artworks, if she will publish the equivalent information for (a) installed and (b) deinstalled Government Art Collecti
Answer: Artworks installed and de-installed in government buildings are routinely published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-art-collection-gac-artworks-installed-and-deinstalled-from-government-buildings
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSouthbank Centre: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 10180 on Southbank Centre: Public Appointments, what is the role of Ministers in appointing the Chair of the Southbank Centre; and what
Answer: From February 2026, the power to appoint new trustees and a Board Chair was vested in the trustees of the Southbank Centre, having previously been a power reserved for the Secretary of State for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). ...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTourism: SurveysDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Official Statistics publication, Community and Engagement Survey 2025/26 - domestic tourism: report, published on 14 August 2026, for what reason the Government is
Answer: Demographic questions - including questions on gender identity and sexual orientation - are asked to all respondents of the Community and Engagement Survey (CES). Demographic data enables us to identify differences and changes over time in engagement, exp...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTourism: SurveysDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Official Statistics publication, Community and Engagement Survey 2025/26 - domestic tourism: report, published on 14 August 2026, footnote 5, for what reason the Ce
Answer: Demographic questions - including questions on gender identity and sexual orientation - are asked to all respondents of the Community and Engagement Survey (CES). Demographic data enables us to identify differences and changes over time in engagement, exp...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling Commission: Legal OpinionDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15824 on Gambling Commission: Legal Opinion, what were the job titles of the three individuals.
Answer: The Civil Service business appointment rules do not apply to Gambling Commission employees. The Gambling Commission's employee Code of Conduct and employment contracts provide the Commission with the ability to manage conflicts of interest. We have no pla...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling Commission: StaffDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of whether a six month restriction is sufficient in length in relation to the head of the gambling regulator working for gambling industry.
Answer: The Civil Service business appointment rules do not apply to Gambling Commission employees. The Gambling Commission's employee Code of Conduct and employment contracts provide the Commission with the ability to manage conflicts of interest. We have no pla...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWritten Questions: Government Controlled CompaniesLeader of the HouseTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21131More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the answer of 20 February 2026 to Question 105707 on Private Companies: Accountability, if he will make it his policy to update the Cabinet Office Guide to Parliamentary Work to set an expectation that Dep
Answer: I will consider this as part of the next update to the Guide to Parliamentary Work.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChurch of England: Climate Change ConventionChurch CommissionersTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21130More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many people were sent by the Church of England to the UN Climate Change (a) COP29 and (b) COP30 delegation.
Answer: The Church Commissioners have indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChurch of England: TrainingChurch CommissionersTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21129More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church of England provides training on (a) unconscious bias, (b) anti-racism, and (c) white privilege.
Answer: The Church Commissioners have indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordOpposition: Domestic VisitsMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the MOD Guidance on visits to military sites by HM Opposition.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124854, on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what was the monetary amount of the qualifying NATO spending in 2025-26.
Answer: NATO's Defence Investment Update, published in July 2026, estimated that the United Kingdom's core defence expenditure in 2025 was £70.511 billion.NATO's figures are compiled in accordance with NATO's agreed definition of defence expenditure. The 2025 fig...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPalantirMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 23 March 2026, to Question 119908, on Palantir, if he will provide a breakdown of which organisations the 11 other personnel and civil servants were from who attended the Palantir
Answer: The civil servants and uniformed personnel in attendance were from the Ministry of Defence, supporting the wider visit.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 18 March 2026, to Question 118778, on Palantir, whether the Ministry of Defence holds a copy of the presentation.
Answer: No. The Ministry of Defence does not hold a copy of the presentation referred to in Question 118778.
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124859 on Defence: Finance, what monetary amount of NATO qualifying spend was outside the MOD budget in 2024-25; and from which departments and funding st
Answer: In 2024-25, the United Kingdom's total NATO qualifying defence expenditure was approximately £65.8 billion, of which approximately £6.3 billion was outside the Ministry of Defence budget. This includes expenditure from other Government Departments, includ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGlobal Counsel: PalantirMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 129003 on Global Counsel: Palantir, whether the wider Department corresponded with Global Counsel on the visit.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence had no contact with Global Counsel with relation to this visit.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Flexible WorkingMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 110793, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Flexible Working, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay (1.0 FTE)
Answer: 1,283 full-time employees are recorded as working one-week compressed hour schedules, representing 2.6 per cent of all full-time employees.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: SecondmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the names of the organisations that have (a) had departmental Civil Servants seconded to them since July 2024, and (b) seconded organisational staff to the department, excluding secondments involv
Answer: Since 1 July 2024, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has seconded civilian staff to the following three organisations:· Unite the Union· The Manufacturing Technology Centre Limited· Land Accident Investigation Bureau, Australian Defence ForceThe MOD has recei...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: International CooperationMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list each Non-Legally Binding Instrument that has been signed by the department and it's Arms Length Bodies since July 2024.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCyber & Specialist Operations Command: CostsMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026 to Question 117534 on Cyber & Specialist Operations Command: Costs, what was the business case for the branded lanyards.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided to the hon. Member for Bridlington and the Wolds (Charlie Dewhirst) on the 11 March 2026, which states the cost for lanyards until March 2026. Additional staff lanyards were procured for £1156.80 in July 2026...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any members of his Department met with or corresponded with Lord Mandelson in relation to commercial deals between the UK Government and Palantir.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has no record of any meetings or correspondence involving Lord Mandelson in relation to the award of the Defence Enterprise Agreement with Palantir. As the former Secretary of State for Defence has previously stated, Lord Mandelson...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: MarketingMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161 on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spend on branded goods and merchandise by the department since the Government Chief Commercial Office
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordIndependent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan: Public AppointmentsMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Direct Ministerial Appointment portal entry, Chair of the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan, what is the business case for paying the chair £452,018 per annum, and whether it will
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ClubsMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the answer by Lord Coaker of 29 July 2026, to Question HL2207, on Armed Forces: Clubs, whether the review in private members’ clubs is considering single-sex clubs.
Answer: The then Deputy Chief of the General Staff directed Corps and Regimental Associations to conduct their own reviews of their affiliations with private members’ clubs, including whether any associated clubs have rules, policies or practices that may not ali...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Government Communication ServiceMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 on Government Communications Service: Staff, and of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount s
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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