Written questions by Wood.

How much the Cabinet Office has spent under contracts with Freuds since July 2024, including contracts sub-contracted to Freuds.

The Cabinet Office has not made any payments under contracts with Freuds since July 2024.

With reference to the Government Response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Sixty-eighth to the Seventy-fifth reports from Session 2024-26, CP 1587, May 2026, page 20, if he will publish the terms of re

The Cabinet Office has commissioned the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) to conduct a targeted review across 15 organisations with significant consultancy spending.The terms of reference for this commission focus on assessing whether these organisa...

With reference to the answer of 10 April 2026, to Question 121753, on Erasmus+ programme, whether affiliating to Erasmus+ will be subject to a vote in Parliament.

A decision of the Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement agreed by the previous government, amending Protocol I of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, finalised the UK’s association to Erasmus...

For what reason the dataset of Key Performance Indicators for government’s most important contracts was published on 25 December 2025.

The timetable for publishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is set by the Government Commercial Function (GCF). Data for July to September 2025 was published on time, and in the usual way, with publication usually on the final Thursday of the month. Si...

Whether he plans to reform the Freedom of Information Act.

The Government is committed to Freedom of Information (“FOI”) and continues to monitor the performance and implementation of the FOI Act to ensure it is operating as intended by Parliament.We do not have any current plan to amend the FOI Act.

Pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 122 on Government Departments: marketing, whether the list of approvals for branded items relates to approvals solely for his Department.

The list of approvals for branded items provided in the answer of 19 May 2026 solely relates to the Cabinet Office.

With reference to the answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 122495 on Lobbying: Finance, whether his Department holds information on the grants for 2024-25 in relation to (a) his and (b) other Departments which ha

The information requested by the Hon. Member is not held.

Pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 122 on Government Departments: marketing, whether the guidance on branded merchandise issued on 6 April 2025 applies to arm’s length bodies.

The Government Chief Commercial Officer wrote to departments to request they implement measures to restrict the purchase or procurement of branded merchandise. Departments were also asked to apply these standards where relevant and possible to their arm's...

With reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's response to the urgent question of 19 May 2026, whether information within scope of the Humble Address will be withheld or redacted on grounds of comm

I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...

What steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to encourage government procurement in British companies in relation to (a) shipbuilding, (b) steel-making, (c) energy and (d) artificial intelligence.

This government believes that it matters where things are made and who makes them. We also believe Government procurement should do much more to protect national security including in critical UK industries, in line with our international trade agreements...

With reference to the answer of 8 April 2026 to Question 121753 on Erasmus+ Programme, whether he plans to bring forward a debatable motion in Parliament to approve the (a) association and (b) cost.

A decision of the Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement agreed by the previous government, amending Protocol I of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, finalised the UK’s association to Erasmus...

Pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 1237 on Former Ministers: Departmental Records, whether his Department has guidance on that issue.

The Guidance for the Management of Private Office Information & Records is published on gov.uk and sets out the legal and institutional framework for the management of ministerial records, the types of records that should and should not be preserved, ...

With reference to the answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105551 on Jaggaer and Oxygen Spend: Expenditure, whether those companies produce summary reports; and who can access the spending reports from those co

Both Jaggaer and Oxygen Finance produce summary reports and data analytical tools regarding procurement expenditure.Jaggaer provides a centralised spend analysis console on behalf of central government, which generates summary reports from data submitted ...

In what month he will start negotiating the cost of the Erasmus+ scheme in 2028; and what the deadline is for final decision on affiliation for a second year.

A decision of the Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement agreed by the previous government, amending Protocol I of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, finalised the UK’s association to Erasmus...

With reference to para 1.3 of the Treasury's document Budget Information Security Review, February 2026, published in February 2026, what recommendations were made by his Department's leak inquiry into the Finan

I refer the Honourable Member to PQ 116492 answered on 11 March 2026. The recommendations from the Cabinet Office leak inquiry have been published and are included in the HM Treasury Budget Information Security Review.

Whether party political communications are in scope of Government responses to a Humble Address.

I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...

What information his Department holds on the APCO Worldwide report commissioned by Labour Together.

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to PQ 3796.

Whether the Propriety and Ethics Team uses AI tools for its due diligence work.

As has been set out previously, including by the former Cabinet Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee in October 2025, due diligence is largely a collation of open source material.

With reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's response to the urgent question of 19 May 2026, what is the name of the independent KC who is advising the Government on the response to the Humble Ad

David Blundell KC is the independent KC providing advice to the Cabinet Office on the Government's response to the Humble Address.

With reference to the Independent research into government transparency releases published by the Ethics and Integrity Commission on 12 May 2026, page 23, whether (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants met with Ch

The government publishes, quarterly, details of ministers' and certain senior officials' meetings with all external individuals and organisations. Full guidance on the publication of information about ministerial meetings can be found at: https://www.gov....