Every parliamentary written question tabled by Mike Wood this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Further to the written statement on the UK-EU Competition Cooperation Agreement, of 25 February 2026, HCWS1364, whether (a) payments and (b) payments in kind will be made to the EU as a result of that
The UK will not make any financial contributions to the European Union as a result of the UK-EU Competition Cooperation Agreement. The Agreement which will be operationalised by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), facilitates enhanced dialogue an...
Whether Ministerial-appointed trade envoys are required to obtain Developed Vetting security clearance.
Trade Envoys are not required to obtain Developed Vetting security clearance. Trade Envoys are political appointees. The Department for Business and Trade conducts scrutiny and due diligence as part of the process for appointing Trade Envoys.
Innovation and Technology, what progress the Intellectual Property Office has made on discussions with the EU Intellectual Property Office on a memorandum of understanding to improve administrative cooperation in
The Intellectual Property Office continues to engage constructively with international partners, including the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), across a range of administrative, operational and policy areas.This ongoing cooperation supports innova...
With reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 126604 on UK Export Finance: Media, how multicultural representation is measured for that metric; and whether this requires non-white ethniciti
Since the Honourable Member’s previous question, the contract in question has been re-procured. The new contract was awarded on 11 June 2026, commenced on 14 June, and will run for four years. The social value Key Performance Indicator (KPI) included in ...
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of fines for breaches of UK laws issued by UK bodies based on global turnover on the willingness of multinationals to invest and base themselves in t
The Government has not made a specific assessment of the impact that fines imposed by regulators on businesses have had on global investment decisions.We will continue to work with businesses, their representative organisations, and stakeholders to enable...
How many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay in the Office for Equality and Opportunity work compressed hours over a four day week.
The Office for Equality and Opportunity (OEO) does not centrally hold data on employees working compressed hours. Working compressed hours is a form of flexible working and is agreed and arranged between individual employees and their line managers.
If he will investigate archived records to determine whether Lord Mandelson visited Jeffery Epstein's Zorro Ranch whilst Business Secretary.
Official records of overseas Ministerial travel for 2008-09 and 2009-10 are available on gov.uk. It would be inappropriate to comment further given that there is a police investigation ongoing. The government remains committed to supporting the police and...
What (a) statistics and (b) data his Department collects on industrial action in the public sector.
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Parliamentary Question of 15th June is attached.
With reference to the answer of 28 April 2026, to Question HL16533, on Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny, whether any Memoranda of Understanding and other non-legally binding agreements that do not have
Information on Memoranda of Understanding and other non-legally binding agreements agreed across the Department for Business and Trade and its Arm’s Length Bodies is not held centrally and could only be obtained through extensive manual searches across te...
With reference to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question HL16424 on Intelligence Services: Voluntary Work, whether the Office for Equality and Opportunity have advised on the status of White Irish as an ethni
No. The Office for Equality and Opportunity (OEO) signposts government departments to ethnicity standards set by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), an independent organisation. However, it is down to individual departments to decide whether categor...
With reference to the Treasury's press release, Millions to benefit from lower travel and food costs, of 27 May 2026, whether the tariff reductions on the 125 types of goods will include goods imported
The Government has launched a call for input on suspending tariffs on a range of agri food, which is due to close on 24 June 2026.Any suspensions, where implemented, will apply on a Most Favoured Nation basis. This means they can apply to all imports of t...
With reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 129027 on Equality: Impact Assessments, how that approach to equalities impact assessments will be (a) delivered and (b) enforced.
Our ongoing work is focused on making Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs) more targeted, scaled correctly to the policy in question, and effective at driving inclusive outcomes, rather than just acting as an administrative hurdle.EqIAs are not a requireme...
With reference to the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations, 2026, published on 21 May 2026, if she will outline the changes that the Government requested to
We followed a very specific process outlined in the Equality Act 2006. Following the For Women Scotland ruling, the EHRC submitted a draft to us in September 2025. EHRC continued to work on it and submitted an updated version in April 2026. They made the ...
Pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 1185 on Council of Europe: LGBT+ People, what (a) is the name of the government funded project and (b) are the 36 activities that it has supported.
Pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 1185 regarding the Council of Europe: LGBT+ People, the supported project is officially titled "Promoting human rights and equality for LGBTI persons."Information regarding the project's scope is...
With reference to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 104162 on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, for what reason the 90 Senior Civil Service posts were advertised only across government; and if he will
This information is not gathered centrally by the Cabinet Office.
Which Government departments pay the London weighting to civil servants who are assigned to offices located outside Greater London.
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided for UIN 60496.
Innovation and Technology, with reference to the answer of 13 March 2026 to Question 118349 on DSIT: Public Appointments, which public appointees made a declaration of political activity.
Due to UK GDPR restrictions on the sharing of personal data DSIT is unable to provide details of specific public appointees who have made a declaration of political activity.
Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Independent research into government transparency releases published by the Ethics and Integrity Commission on 12 May 2026, page 17, for what reason the Kanishka N
I refer the Honourable Member to the publication, “Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: Minister’s Hospitality – November 2025”, published on Gov.UK where this was disclosed as hospitality because a dinner was provided.
Innovation and Technology, what the Ministerial approved remits are of the National Security and Online Information Team.
DSIT’s National Security Online Information Team (NSOIT) leads the department’s operational response to information threats. Its publicly available remit, which is kept under review by DSIT ministers, is public safety or national security risk to UK audie...
Whether she has made an estimate of the cost of nationalisation of (a) the water industry and (b) energy utility companies.
DEFRA has estimated the cost of nationalising the water industry. This is set out in a technical note that can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationalising-the-water-sector-how-we-assessed-the-cost/nationalising-the-water-sector...