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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With reference to the Answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 121749 on Bank Notes: Design, whether the Banknote Character Advisory Committee still has members and still meets.
The Banknote Character Advisory Committee is no longer active. This Committee was established in 2015 to advise the Governor of the Bank of England on the designs for the current (Series G) banknotes. The Bank established a new internal advisory group in ...
With reference to the Independent research into government transparency releases published by the Ethics and Integrity Commission on 12 May 2026, paragraph 32 onwards, what steps the Cabinet Office is taking to
The EIC’s review into lobbying, disclosure and access to government includes looking at whether the current arrangements for transparency around lobbying are sufficient, including the government's publication of monthly and quarterly integrity data; and t...
With reference to the Answer of 10 October 2025 to Question 70579 on Treasury: Training, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) HMT and (b) HMRC staff network guidance.
We do not routinely publish internal documents, so we do not intend to place them in the library.
With reference to the Answer of 21 April 2026 to Question 112661 on Growth Mission Board, how many times the Kickstarting Economic Growth Mission Board has met since the Mission Boards were de-designated as Cabinet
The Growth and Living Standards Committee has replaced the Growth Mission Board. It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its committees - including mission boards - including their att...
With reference to the answer of 17 March 2026, to Question 119055, on Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands, whether any estimate has been made of the potential impact on tax revenue as a consequence of the 60 per cent ta
The Office for Budget Responsibility is the government's official independent forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook including the impacts of government policy. This incorporates judgements about behavioural responses to t...
What the annual budget is of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
The Ministry of Justice publishes details of ministers’ overseas travel and meetings every quarter. Information on the Deputy Prime Minister’s travel for September to December 2025 is available, with the next quarter due to be released shortly: Ministry o...
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....
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.
What his planned timetable is for issuing an updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities.
An updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities is still in production due to a number of further ministerial changes announced on 12 and 14 May 2026, and will be published in due course.
Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Welsh Government's Deposit Return Scheme for glass on the UK Internal Market.
The UK Internal Market Act exclusion relating to glass bottles in scope of the Welsh Government’s Deposit Return Scheme was considered and agreed following the processes set out in the review of the UKIM Act published in 2025. The Government engaged exten...
Pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 1187 on Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Email, whether (a) his Department and (b) 10 Downing Street Freedom of Information team determine that Government emai
The Cabinet Office adheres to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the 2018 FOI Code of Practice, and the relevant guidance set out by the Information Commissioner.
If he will publish the fact finding report produced by his Department on Labour Together and Josh Simons.
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to PQ 3796.
If he will list any datasets that the UK Government is still obliged to send to the European Commission, and what changes have been made to EU reporting requirements since July 2024.
The UK acts in accordance with the reporting and information sharing provisions set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement, including the Windsor Framework, all of which were agreed by the previous government. The UK and E...
What definition of (a) official and (b) personal information his Department is using to consider whether information is in scope of Humble Addresses.
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...
With reference to the Answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 129014 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, whether the efficiency savings are reported to HM Treasury by Departments before the publication of the
The Government Efficiency Framework sets out how departments should monitor and report efficiency savings. Section 5 of the Framework sets out that departments are expected to have central data monitoring processes in place and report efficiencies to HM T...
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 his Department assigns (a) codes and (b) traffic light ratings to written parliamentary questions.
The department does not apply traffic light ratings.
Whether Lord Mandelson provided advice on the Ministerial reshuffle on 5 September 2025 to the Office of the Prime Minister.
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...