Mike Wood MP: written questions
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EU Budget: ContributionsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20813More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the OBR forecasts published in the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 11413, on Council tax, and with reference to table 4.15: Assumed annual path of EU financial settlement in the forecast horizon, for
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility's forecast of the EU Financial Settlement is presented on a net basis and reflects both payments from the UK to the European Union and receipts by the UK arising from the Financial Settlement.The forecast negative valu...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Security: ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20812More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026, to Question 17649, on National Security: Finance, if he will list the specific items of expenditure, broken down by departmental contribution, that were counted towards the UK
Answer: The UK has met NATO’s 1.5% defence and security-related spending target, as defined by NATO. NATO’s definition sets out that spend should be to protect our critical infrastructure, defend our networks, ensure our civil preparedness and resilience, unleash...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFuels: PricesTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20811More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury holds any evidence of price gouging by (a) supermarkets and (b) petrol stations, following the current instability in the Middle East.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure consumers get a fair deal. We continue to work closely with the CMA to monitor prices in light of instability in the Middle East, and fully support the CMA’s ongoing efforts to protect consumers and investigate any e...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Special AdvisersTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20810More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any of his department’s special advisers have been given the title of Chief of Staff.
Answer: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Will Straw as his Chief of Staff.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20809More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's guidance entitled Service Costing in Government, published 6 August 2026, whether the guidance is intended to assist assessments on whether to outsource government functions.
Answer: The Service Costing Guidance (found here: Service Costing in Government - GOV.UK) is intended to help departments and arm's-length bodies (ALBs) develop robust and proportionate information on the full cost of delivering public services. This supports bet...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBudget November 2025TreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20808More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2026 to Question HL1393 on Budget November 2025, if he will list each policy that was trialled or announced prior to the November 2025 Budget Statement within the rationale cited in
Answer: There are occasions where the Government will trail and/or announce policy ahead of a Budget to provide context and help the public understand major fiscal events. Consistent with the Macpherson Principles, the Civil Service Code, The Ministerial Code and...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Temporary EmploymentCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20807More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what figures does HM Treasury hold of central government expenditure on contingent labour in each year since 2023-24.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordNuclear WeaponsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20806More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 123365 on Nuclear Weapons, if he will make it his policy to repeal the exclusion on facilities intended for the production of weapons grade nuclear material
Answer: The Green Financing Framework, published in 2021 and updated in 2025, explains how proceeds from green gilts and NS&I’s retail Green Savings Bonds will finance public expenditures that have the goal of delivering a direct and positive environmental im...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDarlington Economic Campus: Remote WorkingDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 16029 on Darlington Economic Campus: Remote Working, how many DCMS departmental staff are assigned to work at the Darlington Economic C
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: International CooperationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2026, to Question 18834, on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: International Cooperation, whether there is a consolidated list of international ag
Answer: The Treaties section of the UK Parliament’s website lists international agreements which are subject to parliamentary scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. An official record of the UK's treaty obligations under international l...
Answered 22 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational GalleryDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer to 22 July 2026, to Question 18829, on National Gallery, how much members of the National Gallery Citizens’ Assembly are paid.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordNational GalleryDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer to 22 July 2026, to Question 18829, on National Gallery, if she will ask the National Gallery to provide the business case for the £250,000 of expenditure on a Cit
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordSarah FoxDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what is the duration of Sarah Fox's secondment from DCMS to the Commission.
Answer: Sarah Fox has been seconded to the Gambling Commission for a period of up to two years.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Gallery: FlagsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2026, to Question 18835, on National Gallery: Flags, and with reference to the paragraph 8.1 of the Framework Agreement between the National Gallery and
Answer: While DCMS Ministers are accountable to Parliament for matters concerning the National Gallery, the Gallery remains operationally independent from the Government, with all decisions about building management and flag flying taken by its trustees. As set o...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling Commission: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what is the Gambling Commission Board's expected timetable recruiting a chief executive.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordGambling Commission: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026, to Question 10178, on Gambling Commission, and with reference to the answer of 1 April 2026, to Question 123211, on Gambling Commission: Managers,
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 recordCompetition and Markets Authority: Darlington Economic CampusDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 16029, on Darlington Economic Campus: Remote Working, how many CMA staff are assigned to work at the wider Darlington Economic C
Answer: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has 20 staff assigned to work at the Darlington Economic Campus and 16 desks allocated to CMA staff at that location. Expected office attendance for staff based in Darlington varies by grade, ranging between 40-...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDarlington Economic Campus: StaffDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many previously (a) DSIT and (b) DBT departmental staff are now assigned to work at the Darlington Economic Campus.
Answer: There are currently 69 former DSIT and 245 former DBT departmental staff based at the Darlington Economic Campus.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: StrikesDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the answer of 29 July 2026 to Question HL2203, what information his Department holds on the attendance of individual Ministers on departmental strike days for (a)
Answer: I refer the member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire to the answer given to UIN HL2203 on 29 July 2026.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInsolvency Service: Global CounselDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15574 on Insolvency: Data Protection, whether the Insolvency Service has requested that the relevant records of Global Counsel are
Answer: Global Counsel Ltd entered Administration on 20 February 2026. William Wright and Stephen Absolom of Interpath Ltd were appointed as the Joint Administrators. It is the Joint Administrators responsibility to secure and retain the company’s accounting reco...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLeader of the House of Commons: Official HospitalityCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20793More
Question: To ask the Minister of the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office's document entitled Leader of the House of Commons and Whips - Ministers' Hospitality - June 2026, updated on 6 August 2026, what was discussed at the meeting between the Rt h
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordJason ArdayDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much funding has been provided to Professor Jason Arday, directly or to co-investigators, by project name through (a) UK Research and Innovation, (b) the Economic and Social Re
Answer: No funding has been identified as having been provided to Professor Jason Arday by AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, Innovate UK or other parts of UKRI since July 2024.ESRC allocated funding of £15,191 to Professor Arday in his role as Co-Investigator on the Equality, ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFreedom of Information: AppealsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many Freedom of Information Act appeals are currently before the Information Commissioner, how many are more than (a) one year (2) two years, (3) three or more years from date of app
Answer: The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is independent of Government and is responsible for deciding how Freedom of Information Act complaints are prioritised, investigated and resolved. Whilst DCMS sponsors the ICO, government policy for Freedom of I...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFreedom of Information: AppealsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what is the average time for the Information Commissioner to (a) open a case on a Freedom of Information Act appeal from time of application and (b) to substantively make a decision on a
Answer: The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is independent of Government and is responsible for deciding how Freedom of Information Act complaints are prioritised, investigated and resolved. Whilst DCMS sponsors the ICO, government policy for Freedom of I...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's Office: PayDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to Question 15826, on Information Commissioner’s Office: Pay, if she will place a copy of the ICO Career Banding Framework in the Library.
Answer: The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is an independent regulator responsible for its own staffing and pay arrangements. Further information about the ICO Career Banding Framework is a matter for the ICO to respond.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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