Mike Wood
Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
6,303 (14.0%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 7th May 2015
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(since July 2024)Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)
(since November 2024)6 APPG memberships (as of 7 May 2025)
Bus and Coach, Cyprus, Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion, Global Education, Sepsis, Speech and Language Difficulties21 Former APPG memberships
Autism, Beer, Black Country, Black Country Economy, Chemical Industry, City Regions Transport, Commonwealth Games, Commonweatlth Games, Education Governance and Leadership, Football, Furniture Industry, Global Education for All, Homelessness, Learning Disability, Local Growth, Qatar, Road Passenger Transport, Road Passenger Transport - Recovery and Renewal, SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders, Thalassaemia, West MidlandsDivision Voting information
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
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
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
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
(12 debate interactions)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
(9 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(73 debate contributions)
(51 debate contributions)
(9 debate contributions)
(8 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(25,458 words contributed)
(1,890 words contributed)
(1,337 words contributed)
(735 words contributed)
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).
of 228,526 signatures (0.22%)
of 53,993 signatures (0.22%)
of 161,676 signatures (0.20%)
of 228,526 signatures (0.22%)
of 239,448 signatures (0.19%)
of 252,433 signatures (0.16%)
of 161,676 signatures (0.20%)
Petition Closed
Don't change inheritance tax relief for working farms
Gov Responded - 5 Dec 2024 Debated on - 10 Feb 2025 View Mike Wood's petition debate contributionsclosed 1 day, 11 hours ago
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.
c. 15,802 added daily
3,083,405
(Estimated)
Call a General Election
Sign this petition Gov Responded - 6 Dec 2024 Debated on - 6 Jan 2025 View Mike Wood's petition debate contributionscloses in 5 days, 12 hours
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
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.
(Most recent: 10 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 74
Independent: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Scottish National Party: 1
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 …
(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
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.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 16th May 2025
Order Paper number: 14
(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
(View all written questions)10 Other Department Questions
Where a public body decides to undertake an Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) to fulfill its Public Sector Equality Duty obligations, this would be funded as part of the organisation’s administrative budget. EIAs are well embedded in Government policy making and are not considered an additional cost but part of mainstream administrative functions.
In fact, EIAs are likely overall to reduce costs for public bodies, because the entailed analysis and discussion, by highlighting any equality issues greatly reduces the risk of subsequent litigation for alleged law breaches resulting from the particular policy.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
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.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
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.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
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.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
The Equality Act defines the protected characteristic of gender reassignment as a person that is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process (or part of a process) for the purpose of gender reassignment.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
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.
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.
We are currently considering our position on caste discrimination. We will announce our plans in due course.
All vetting applicants for Counter-Terrorist Check and Security Check clearances are asked to declare spent and unspent convictions.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the honourable member to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42043.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
In January 2025, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, announced plans for a second national test of the Emergency Alerts system to take place in 2025. This will ensure the system’s effectiveness in providing life-saving alerts to the public during situations where there is a risk to life. As with the first test in April 2023, a test message will be sent to every compatible phone nationwide, preceded by an extensive communications campaign.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The government is committed to transparency and has already taken a number of steps to restore trust in politics. There are no current plans to bring forward legislative proposals regarding the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, but this is kept under review.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office’s updated organogram is now available at:
https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/ff76be1f-4f37-4bef-beb7-32b259413be1/organogram-cabinet-office
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
For the properties operated by the Government Property Agency (GPA), where flag flying forms part of its service, all buildings with flagpoles have the Union flag. In addition, buildings across the estate will have a variety of other flags depending on their function in Government. There have been no changes to the categories of flags owned since the General Election. Currently the GPA owns the following types of flags:
National
Union Flag
St George’s Cross (England)
St Andrew’s Cross (Scotland)
Y Ddraig Goch (Wales)
Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations
Flag of Ukraine
Flag of Israel
Armed Forces
British Armed Forces Flag
Red Ensign Flag
Royal Airforce Flag
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Flag
Cultural
Pride Flag
Transgender Flag
Bisexual Flag
Windrush Flag
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office Investment Committee has no role in awarding procurement of contracts to specific organisations or suppliers. The Investment Committee scrutinises and approves spending within the department. The Cabinet Office Commercial team manages the contract award process.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
It has been the practice of successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Secondments are arranged at a Business Unit level and must follow the processes as set out in the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. There are mechanisms in place for business units to notify the department's HR as necessary.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Mailboxes held by 10 Downing Street are subject to the Cabinet Office departmental information management policy, as detailed in the previous response.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The review is being led by departments. Departments are to justify every quango otherwise they’ll be closed, merged, or have powers brought back into the department. It will be for individual departments to enact this guidance, with policy teams determining the specifics.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Investment Committee approved the Business Case for CDDO Strategy, Analysis and System Reform in November 2022. Subsequently, a competitive procurement was launched and the contract was awarded to Boston Consulting Group.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 21 January 2025, Official Report, PQ 25454.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office, including the Office for Equality and Opportunity, the Government Property Agency and the Government People Group, has been engaging across the Civil Service, in order to review and update policy and guidance wherever necessary to ensure they comply with the latest legal requirements.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Civil Service remains an inclusive employer and will continue to comply with its legal obligations to all employees. Departments will review their internal policies wherever necessary.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
It is a longstanding policy not to comment on individuals. The Model Contract for Special Advisers is published online and details the circumstances in which severance is payable. Total severance costs are released in the annual report, which will be published in due course.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
As was the case under the previous administration, this information is not routinely published.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The cost and payment date of these works will be published in due course in Cabinet Office transparency returns.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Fast Stream Summer Diversity Internship Programme was replaced by the Summer Internship Programme in 2023.
The Summer Internship Programme is open to any penultimate and final year undergraduates who have the right to work in the UK Civil Service.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
This government is committed to fundamentally reshaping the way the British state delivers and serves working people by becoming more tech-driven, productive, agile and mission-focused. This is a whole of government effort and each department will take its own decision on its individual size and shape. This includes the Cabinet Office which we are reorganising to create a more strategic, specialist, and smaller centre of government, delivering annual savings of £110 million by the financial year 2028/29.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
As announced on 7 April, the government is conducting a review of all arm’s-length bodies to reassess when arm’s-length delivery of public services is appropriate. As part of this review, consideration will be given on whether to update existing Cabinet Office guidance on new ALBs.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
A copy of the information released in the response to FOI2024/14572 has been deposited in the House Library.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
There are currently no plans to fly the bisexual flag at 10 Downing Street.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office has not issued specific guidance on transparency around remuneration offered when making direct ministerial appointments.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
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.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
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.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
There are no plans to publish a frequently asked questions section for this guidance.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 17 December 2024, Official Report, PQ 19408.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)