Mike Wood Portrait

Mike Wood

Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

6,303 (14.0%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 7th May 2015

Opposition Whip (Commons)

(since July 2024)

Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)

(since November 2024)

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
12th Feb 2025 - 18th Mar 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
19th Jul 2024 - 6th Nov 2024
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
14th Nov 2023 - 5th Jul 2024
Football Governance Bill
8th May 2024 - 23rd May 2024
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]
7th Feb 2024 - 20th Feb 2024
Media Bill
29th Nov 2023 - 12th Dec 2023
Assistant Whip
28th Oct 2022 - 14th Nov 2023
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
7th Jun 2023 - 11th Jul 2023
International Trade Committee
14th Dec 2021 - 26th Apr 2023
Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill
7th Dec 2022 - 15th Dec 2022
Nationality and Borders Bill
22nd Sep 2021 - 4th Nov 2021
Nationality and Borders Bill
15th Sep 2021 - 19th Sep 2021
European Scrutiny Committee
7th Nov 2016 - 3rd May 2017


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Mike Wood has voted in 144 divisions, and 2 times against the majority of their Party.

26 Nov 2024 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
Mike Wood voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 23 Conservative Aye votes vs 35 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 47
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
Mike Wood voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 24 Conservative Aye votes vs 31 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 366 Noes - 41
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Georgia Gould (Labour)
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
(31 debate interactions)
Andrew Western (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
(12 debate interactions)
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
(9 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Cabinet Office
(73 debate contributions)
Department for Work and Pensions
(51 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(9 debate contributions)
Department for Business and Trade
(8 debate contributions)
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Kingswinford and South Staffordshire Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Petitions with highest Kingswinford and South Staffordshire signature proportion
Petitions with most Kingswinford and South Staffordshire signatures
Petition Debates Contributed

We think that changing inheritance tax relief for agricultural land will devastate farms nationwide, forcing families to sell land and assets just to stay on their property. We urge the government to keep the current exemptions for working farms.

I would like there to be another General Election.

I believe the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.


Latest EDMs signed by Mike Wood

2nd September 2024
Mike Wood signed this EDM on Monday 2nd September 2024

Social Security

Tabled by: Rishi Sunak (Conservative - Richmond and Northallerton)
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (S.I., 2024, No. 869), dated 22 August 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on 22 August 2024, be annulled.
81 signatures
(Most recent: 10 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 75
Independent: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Scottish National Party: 1
31st October 2017
Mike Wood signed this EDM on Tuesday 14th November 2017

ROLE OF IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS

Tabled by: Bob Blackman (Conservative - Harrow East)
That this House joins the Government to express serious concerns over the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) role in human rights violations in Iran and support for terrorism abroad, including destabilising activities in the region and reports of Iran's links and backing of military and proscribed groups; notes that the …
70 signatures
(Most recent: 9 Jan 2018)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 28
Conservative: 16
Scottish National Party: 7
Democratic Unionist Party: 6
Independent: 5
Liberal Democrat: 3
Plaid Cymru: 3
Non-affiliated: 1
Crossbench: 1
The Independent Group for Change: 1
View All Mike Wood's signed Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Mike Wood, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Mike Wood has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Mike Wood has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

2 Bills introduced by Mike Wood


This Bill received Royal Assent on 23rd March 2016 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to require local authorities to maintain a register of heritage public houses in their area and to make provision in connection with the compilation and maintenance of such registers; to make provision relating to planning applications in respect of public houses on such a register; to place restrictions on the sale of heritage public houses; to make provision relating to the nomination of heritage public houses as assets of community value; to make provision about the listing of heritage public houses; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 21st October 2024
Next Event - 2nd Reading
Friday 16th May 2025
Order Paper number: 17
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)

Mike Wood has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 50 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
9 Other Department Questions
29th Apr 2025
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 42602 on Stonewall: Subscriptions, whether the National Audit Office pays subscription fees to Stonewall.

The National Audit Office does not pay subscriptions to Stonewall.

29th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the press notice entitled Radical action plan to cut red tape and kickstart growth, published on 17 March 2025, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of measures in the Equality law call for evidence, published on 7 April 2025, on the Government's target to reduce the administrative cost of regulation on business by a quarter.

The Call for Evidence on Equality Law, published on 7 April 2025, seeks evidence on how we can better remove barriers to ambition and success for everyone, to improve the lives of working people and strengthen our country as part of our Plan for Change.

The purpose of the Call for Evidence is not to put forward detailed policy proposals and it would therefore not be possible or appropriate to produce an impact assessment at this stage. All evidence submitted to the Call for Evidence will be taken into account when developing policy. We will assess the impact of any proposed policy in the normal way, working in partnership with business, trade unions and civil society, to ensure any potential impacts are fully considered.

Nia Griffith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
7th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her Departments document entitled Response to call for input on single-sex spaces guidance, published on 17 December 2024, when she will publish new guidance; and whether (a) her Department and (b) the Equality and Human Rights Commission will consult on that guidance.

The Government is sharing with the EHRC all the submissions that met the criteria of the previous Government’s call for input on single-sex spaces guidance.

It is vitally important that service providers understand the single-sex service exceptions in the Equality Act 2010 and feel confident using them. The Government has committed to ensuring that there is guidance in place which gives service providers assurance about the rights afforded by the Act and how to lawfully apply its single-sex exceptions. We will set out our next steps on this soon.

Nia Griffith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
7th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the guidance entitled Response to call for input on single-sex spaces guidance, published on 17 December 2024, if she will publish each of the non-confidential responses.

The Government is sharing with the EHRC all the submissions that met the criteria of the previous Government’s call for input on single-sex spaces guidance.

It is vitally important that service providers understand the single-sex service exceptions in the Equality Act 2010 and feel confident using them. The Government has committed to ensuring that there is guidance in place which gives service providers assurance about the rights afforded by the Act and how to lawfully apply its single-sex exceptions. We will set out our next steps on this soon.

Nia Griffith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
2nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the consultation document on ethnic and disability pay gap reporting, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including a question to consultation respondents on the costs to employers of the new measures.

The public consultation seeks views on the proposed approach to mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting in order to inform the drafting of the legislation.

We are separately engaging with a wide range of organisations, including employers, and gathering evidence in a more systematic manner on the likely costs and benefits of the proposed reporting requirements. This work will inform the impact assessment that will be published alongside the draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
15th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government’s policy is on the scope of the public sector equality duty in relation to private sector organisations that provide goods and services to the public sector.

The scope of the Public Sector Equality Duty (the PSED) is set out in the Equality Act 2010 (the Act). It extends to all public authorities listed in Schedule 19 of the Act and all parties carrying out public functions. This came into force in April 2011 and includes private sector and voluntary organisations.

The PSED requires organisations in scope to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations between different people.

The government remains committed to upholding the PSED and ensuring that all parties exercising public functions comply with its provisions.

13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is to support equality of opportunity for young white working class males.

Whoever you are, wherever you come from, Britain should be a country where hard work means you can get on in life. Our work in the Opportunity Mission aims to break the link between background and success to ensure all children, including those from white working-class backgrounds, are able to achieve and thrive today so they can succeed and flourish tomorrow.

13th Nov 2024
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to commence the caste provisions in the Equality Act 2010 as amended.

We are currently considering our position on caste discrimination. We will announce our plans in due course.

1st May 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers are asked to provide details of (i) spent and (ii) unspent criminal convictions when applying for (A) CTC and (B) SC security clearance.

All vetting applicants for Counter-Terrorist Check and Security Check clearances are asked to declare spent and unspent convictions.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
1st May 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42043 on Elish Angiolini, whether the Government was aware of the legal restriction before the public announcement of Lady Angiolini as the Lord High Commissioner.

I refer the honourable member to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42043.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
29th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to make reforms to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.

The Government has taken the decision to close the consultation to reform the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, which began in 2017. The scheme terms as set out in 2010 will remain in place but the Government remains open to reviewing the terms of the scheme in the future.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
29th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on policing announcements during the pre-election purdah period.

The Cabinet Office published guidance on conduct for civil servants during the pre-election period on 20 March. The guidance includes advice on government announcements during the pre-election period

The guidance can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/election-guidance-for-civil-servants

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
29th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 42039 on Cabinet Office: Staff, what the average number of staff attached to the Skills Match Hub was in each of the last six months.

The Skills Match Hub operates with a dynamic staffing model that adapts to the evolving needs of various business units. Consequently, the number of individuals associated with the Hub at any given moment can fluctuate. These variations typically arise from internal reorganisations or the return of staff from temporary assignments where their previous roles have since changed. This inherent fluidity means the precise staffing level is subject to continuous adjustments.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
24th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued on transparency in relation to levels of remuneration for direct ministerial appointments.

The Cabinet Office has not issued specific guidance on transparency around remuneration offered when making direct ministerial appointments.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
24th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to stop public bodies imposing equality, diversity and inclusion requirements on private sector companies which are not otherwise directly required by primary legislation.

The Public Sector Equality Duty (the PSED) requires organisations in scope to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations between different people.

The scope of the PSED is set out in the Equality Act 2010 (the Act). It extends to all public authorities listed in Schedule 19 of the Act and all parties carrying out public functions. This includes private sector and voluntary organisations when carrying out public functions.

The Government expects regulating public authorities to ensure organisations comply with their legal requirements. It is not the role of regulators to intervene where legal requirements do not apply.

Nia Griffith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
24th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the European Union on fishing rights.

We are discussing a range of issues with the EU and I met my counterpart Maroš Šefčovič in London last week (29 April). We will not give a running commentary on those discussions. We remain committed to protecting the interests of our fishers and meeting our commitments on marine protection.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
23rd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to use AI technology for public appointments.

AI technology is not currently used in the public appointments process. AI technology may be used in the future to support certain elements of the process.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
23rd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to publish a frequently asked questions section as part of the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance, published on 14 May 2024.

There are no plans to publish a frequently asked questions section for this guidance.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
23rd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on the acquisition of UK Artificial Intelligence firms by foreign-owned firms.

The government has powers under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 to review and, where required, intervene in investments that may pose a risk to national security. The NSI Act both facilitates investment into sensitive sectors - such as artificial intelligence - with appropriate safeguards where needed and provides powers to act where necessary and proportionate.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update the Memorandum of Understanding between the Civil Service Commission and his Department.

The Memorandum of Understanding between the Civil Service Commission and the Cabinet Office has been replaced by a consolidated Framework Agreement for the Independent Offices (covering the Civil Service Commission, Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and the Commissioner for Public Appointments). This was published on 18 February 2025.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many transactions have been statutorily notified to his Department under the terms of the National Security and Investment Act since 5 July 2024.

The government publishes information on the operation of the National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) in the NSIA Annual Report. The most recent report, covering the 2023/24 reporting period, can be found on GOV.UK. The government received 753 mandatory notifications in that period.

Data on the number of mandatory notifications received between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025, broken down by month, will be published in the next Annual Report later this year.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 19635 on Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, if he will publish the full terms of reference.

The Prime Minister announced on 25 February in the House that a single national security strategy would be published before the NATO summit in June 2025. A full terms of reference for the National Security Strategy will not be published, however the Strategy’s core aims are to:

  • Cohere national security related reviews into a single narrative.

  • Articulate the Government’s priorities in the national security space with the aim of making sure the country is safer, growing securely, and increasingly resilient against interconnected threats.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 19408 on 10 Downing Street: Staff, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers are assigned to work on foreign policy matters.

I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 17 December 2024, Official Report, PQ 19408.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the wage bill of the (a) Civil Service, (b) central Government Departments and (c) public sector was in (i) June 2024 and (ii) the latest period for which data is available.

Salary data for the Civil Service is published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics, an Accredited Official Statistics release, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2024. The most recent estimated salary cost figures as at 31st March 2024 were provided in response to Peter Bedford MP’s question on 16th October 2024. Civil Service Statistics 2025 is due to be published on 30 July 2025.

The Cabinet Office does not hold information on the wage bill for the wider public sector.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to restructure his Department to reduce Departmental expenditure.

We are reorganising the Cabinet Office into a more strategic, specialist, and smaller department as part of our plan to deliver £110 million in annual departmental expenditure savings by the 2028/29 financial year.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government intends to lay a new Official Statistics Order to designate the National Centre of Policing’s statistical outputs as official statistics.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd April is attached.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to lay a new Official Statistics Order to designate the Industrial Strategy Council’s statistical outputs as official statistics.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd April is attached.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the headcount of the civil service (a) including and (b) excluding non-Departmental public bodies was in (i) June 2024 and (ii) the latest period for which data is available.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd April is attached.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 12079 on Civil Service: Surveys, if he will publish the September to October 2024 People Survey data for staff in 10 Downing Street.

The Cabinet Office will not be publishing 2024 People Survey data for staff in 10 Downing Street. This data has been withheld in previous years and this has been approved by successive Ministers responsible for transparency since 2013.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the declarations of interest of each member of the Child Poverty Taskforce.

The Child Poverty Taskforce is a ministerial taskforce and members' interests are published regularly, in line with the Ministerial Code.

Ellie Reeves
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18221 on Supreme Court: Judgments, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Supreme Court ruling on the (a) practices of the Cabinet Office and (b) its Arms Length Bodies.

As the ruling has no direct impact on the Cabinet Office, no considerations have been made as yet. The Cabinet Office will consider the impact, on the department and its Arms Length Bodies, in due course.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
22nd Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a framework agreement in place for the Senior Salaries Review Body.

The Cabinet Office is actively working to finalise a Framework Agreement for the Senior Salaries Review Body. This will be agreed in due course.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals has met since 4 July 2024; and when those meetings occurred.

Since 4 July 2024, the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals has met on two occasions - 1st August and 19th November.

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Cabinet Office staff appointed by exception on a temporary basis were subsequently made full-time employees in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

In the last 12 months, no Cabinet Office employees have been made permanent using Exception 10 (conversion to permanency of suitable candidates appointed under Exception 1 and 2) of the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Public and Commercial Services Union's press notice entitled PCS demands Cabinet Office meeting over Gaza, published on 26 July 2024, what discussions his Department has had with PCS.

The Cabinet Office regularly holds discussions with trade unions including the Public and Commercial Services Union. These discussions relate to Civil Service workforce matters. Information about Cabinet Office ministers' meetings are released quarterly on .gov.uk as part of the department’s transparency publications and can be found here.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Freedom of Information - FOI clearing house review, updated on 14 December 2023, when he plans to publish the guidance on cross-cutting themes that are specific to central government.

The Cabinet Office has published guidance on ‘Freedom of Information and the Role of Special Advisers’ and on ‘Communication by Spreadsheet’ on GOV.UK at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for security vetting.

United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) is funded by its customers (government departments, the police, industry) through a burden-sharing model. Funding is agreed with customers on an annual basis, and in parallel with Cabinet Office business planning.

In line with the practice followed by successive administrations, the Government does not otherwise comment on security matters.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 6074 on Special advisers, whether his Department has set a maximum cap on the number of special advisers who can be appointed.

In line with the Ministerial Code, Cabinet Ministers and, with the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Ministers who regularly attend Cabinet, may appoint special advisers. All special adviser appointments require approval of the Prime Minister.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18822 on Government Departments: Social Media, how much his Department has spent on social media advertising, by individual firm since 5 July 2024.

Please see below Cabinet Office spend by social platform from 5 July 2024 to 8 April 2025:

Platform

Total Spend

Meta

£533,432.96

LinkedIn

£59,908.73

Snapchat

£62,535.42

Reddit

£840.75

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has received recent representations from firms involved in transactions referred to his Department under the National Security and Investment Act since 5 July 2024.

Parties with an interest in acquisitions being reviewed under the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act 2021 can submit representations via the Investment Security Unit in the Cabinet Office.

Given potential commercial and security sensitivities, the Government will not generally comment on review of specific acquisitions under the NSI Act, including what, if any, representations have been received.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report entitled Security and Intelligence Agencies Financial Statement 2023-24, published on 2 December 2024, whether he has considered publishing the individual governance statements for the security and intelligence agencies.

As has been the policy of successive governments, the government does not comment on matters relating to the intelligence agencies. The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament scrutinises the policies, expenditure, administration and operations of the intelligence agencies on behalf of Parliament.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister must approve updates to guidance referenced within the Ministerial Code.

The Ministerial Code refers to a range of duties, obligations and guidance. The Code is the Prime Minister’s document and he is responsible for deciding which duties, obligations and guidance it refers to.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost was of the Civil Service paybill, by (a) salary costs, (b) National Insurance Contributions, (c) employer Pension Contributions, (d) severance costs and (e) total pay costs in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Salary data for the Civil Service is published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics, an Accredited Official Statistics release. The most recent salary cost figures as at 31st March 2024 were provided in response to Peter Bedford MP’s question on 16th October 2024.

The latest estimates of the total paybill with and without estimated employer National Insurance contributions were provided in response to Richard Holden MP’s question on 8th April 2025.

Both Employer Pension contributions and severance costs are not published by the Cabinet Office.

For 2024/25, departmental pay awards have been made within the controls of the 2024/25 Pay Remit Guidance. Information on total paybill costs may be published by individual departments, but there is no routine publication of the overall Civil Service paybill figure.

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Q45 of the oral evidence given by his Department's Permanent Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 4 December 2024, HC 463, if he will list the employers in the civil service.

The UK civil service is made up of civil servants employed at over 100 Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Executive Agencies and Crown NDPBs. These are listed and published each quarter by Office for National Statistics at Table 9 of their quarterly public sector employment statistics available at the following web address:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable

Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 5306 on Special Advisers, if he will set out the (a) Minister and (b) senior civil servant in (i) Downing Street and (ii) each department that determines whether a special adviser's appointment is confirmed after the probationary period.

I refer the Hon. member to the answer to PQ 5306.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
8th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will include the policy areas that each Number 10 special adviser works on in the next published list of special advisers.

In line with the approach under previous administrations, the Government does not publish specific responsibilities of individual special advisers in the Annual Report on Special Advisers.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
7th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the monetary levels of the each of the special adviser pay bands.

Special adviser pay bands are published in the Annual Report on Special Advisers.

The most recent publication which includes the payband for the previous administration is availbale at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/674844e62ac8a6da3072393a/Annual_Report_on_Special_Advisers_2024.docx.pdf

The current special adviser paybands will be published as part of the 2025 annual report in the summer.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
7th Apr 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 25674 on Prime Minister: Senior Civil Servants, if he will publish the Principal Private Secretary candidate pack.

Between 13 November and 1 December 2024 the candidate pack for the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister was published and available to download via the Civil Service Jobs website.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)