Written questions by Wood.

Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 4176 on Monarchy: information, whether he has considered initiating legal action to obtain official information held by the Crown retained by Lord Mandelson and

Awaiting answer.

What estimate his Department has made of the yearly cost of trade union facility time under the 2026 Facility Time Framework to his Department.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment he has made of the dependency of government departments and agencies on IT systems provided by (a) Microsoft and (b) Google; and whether the Government is contracted to those suppliers.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to the press release, Business and civil society leaders brought together to help build digital ID system that works for the public, of 10 June 2026, whether the Advisory Group of Experts have mad

Members of the Digital ID Advisory Group completed declarations of interests prior to the Group’s first meeting. They are not ministerial appointments.

Pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 2052 on Sanctions, whether the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has granted any licences relating to sanctioned Russian individuals and expenditure on pu

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) can only issue licences where specific licensing grounds exist within the relevant sanctions regime and where the conditions of those grounds are satisfied. It is not able to provide a breakdown of t...

Pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2026 to Question 2755 on Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries, whether the Australia and New Zealand schemes allow for (a) benefit payment eligibility and (b) families

The UK’s Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements provide valuable cultural exchange opportunities for young people aged 18-30 (or 18-35 for some nationalities) to experience life in another country for up to two or three years.Eligible foreign citizens, ...

Further to Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume II Part I, HC2-I, publi

I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question 5975.

Pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 1188 on Government Departments: Procurement, what transparency requirements do Departments have on publishing expenditure for tendered services to individual org

The government takes transparency and accountability seriously, and publishing data is key to this.Under the Grants Functional Standard, central government departments and their arm's length bodies (ALBs) are required to provide details of their grants sc...

Pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3790 on 10 Downing Street: Libraries, whether she has donated a book to the Prime Minister’s library.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will consider making a donation to the Prime Minister's Library in due course.

Pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4163 on Government departments: marketing, whether each of the Cabinet Office’s Arm’s Length Bodies have undertaken any expenditure on branded goods since the Go

The information requested is not held centrally and therefore cannot be answered without incurring disproportionate costs.

With reference to the answer of 13 January 2026, to Question 102672, on WPP Media: Contracts, whether he has set Key Performance Indicators for the WPP Media contract.

Key Performance Indicators for the Media and Creative Services framework agreement (RM6364), under which WPP Media is appointed, are detailed within Framework Schedule 4 (Framework Management).The framework documentation is publicly available on the Gover...

Pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2026 to Question 6440 on Prime Minister: Mobile Phones, and with reference to paragraph 24 of the Cabinet Office guidance, Non-corporate communication channels for government bu

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer of 10 June 2026, PQ 6440.

With reference to his Department's publication entitled Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - April 2026 (Cabinet Office Core), published on 28 May 2026, what was the conference or event relating to the

Awaiting answer.

Whether the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists has powers to fine individuals for breaches of the registration requirements if their consultant lobbying firm has subsequently become insolvent.

Awaiting answer.

What guidance the Cabinet Office provides to Departments on the (a) copyright and (b) ownership of electronic messages retained on non-corporate devices relating to official government business after a (i) civil

Official information, wherever stored, is considered to be held by the Crown, as set out in the Government’s 2023 ‘Guidance on Using Non-Corporate Communication Channels for Government Business’.

What was the average amount of Civil Service facility time as a percentage of the paybill in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2025-26.

The average spend on facility time as a percentage of the pay bill in 2023-2024 was 0.04%, as answered in Parliamentary Question 2098 on May 18 2026. The Cabinet Office does not hold information on Civil Service facility time for 2025-26. This is because ...

Whether his Department plans for the updated Cabinet Manual to seek to establish new conventions.

The Cabinet Manual is a record of fact that describes the existing laws, rules, and conventions affecting the operation of government. It does not create new rules or establish new conventions.

Pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2026, to Question 3298, on UK Trade with EU: Dispute Resolution, whether he plans for the individuals appointed by the Government to be posted on the Direct Ministerial Appointme

The list of expert panellists is for agreement by the Trade Specialised Committee on Level Playing Field for Open and Fair Competition and Sustainable Development under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The individuals listed in PQ 3298 are not d...

Whether changes (a) have been made and (b) are being made to the (i) staff resources and (ii) facilities being allocated to facility time in (A) the Cabinet Office and (B) its agencies as a consequence of the up

No changes have been made to Cabinet Office staff resources or allocated facility time in the Cabinet Office or agencies since the publication of the Civil Service Facility Time Framework and Guidance.

What the policy of the Civil Service People Group is on (a) departments and (b) Arm's Length Bodies restricting access to internship schemes on the basis of (i) race and (ii) ethnicity.

Individual departments are responsible for recruitment decisions and they are required to meet all obligations of relevant legislation, including the Equality Act 2010. If a department wants to restrict an internship programme to a specific group or group...