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
(82 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 53,119 signatures (0.19%)
of 241,068 signatures (0.19%)
of 63,217 signatures (0.16%)
of 265,100 signatures (0.16%)
of 241,068 signatures (0.19%)
of 265,100 signatures (0.16%)
of 158,252 signatures (0.15%)
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 3 weeks 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.
Petition Closed
Call a General Election
Gov Responded - 6 Dec 2024 Debated on - 6 Jan 2025 View Mike Wood's petition debate contributionsclosed 2 weeks ago
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 20th June 2025
Order Paper number: 21
(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)11 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)
There is no definition of gender, sexual orientation or gender identity formally recognised and used by the diversity networks in the Cabinet Office.
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 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.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
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.
The Honours Committee handbook released through this request is a version from January 2023 which is currently being updated. An updated version will be laid in the House Library as soon as is practicable.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Guidance on the declaration of interest process for Non-Executive Board Members, including political activity, was updated and published on 28 November 2024: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-executive-board-member-declaration-of-interests-process/non-executive-board-member-declaration-of-interests-process#context
The Governance Code on Public appointments makes clear that political activity should not affect any judgement of merit nor be a bar to appointment for a candidate being considered for a public appointment. The Governance Code already requires, for successful candidates, public disclosure where candidates, in the last five years, have been employed by a political party, held a significant office in a party, have stood as a candidate for a party in an election, have publicly spoken on behalf of a political party, or have made significant donations or loans to a party.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
All Government Departments have an obligation to apply Treasury Guidance (notably the Green Book) in how they fund and seek approval for expenditure on refurbishment works.
How this is applied depends on the scale and cost of the individual project.
By way of example, the full refurbishment of a large building is likely to require the Department to develop Outline Business Cases and Final Business Cases at the right project gateway to secure the funding available to that Department from its SR settlement.
At the other end of the spectrum, a Department can spend against its SR settlement for Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) or maintenance works where the gateway process will be reflective of the reduced investment.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
There are no plans to publicly publish intranet updates as they are targeted at the internal civil service audience.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the Honorable Member to the answer to PQ 52686.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the honourable gentleman to the response given for PQ 53204.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The rules for civil servants and special advisers on the acceptance of outside appointments after departing from the Crown service are set out in the Business Appointment Rules.
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 21st May is attached.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Details of the number of senior and junior civil servants working in the European Union Relations Secretariat can be found in the quarterly organogram published on data.gov.uk.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Civil Service Code sets out that civil servants must have ministerial authorisation for any contact with the media. The Civil Service Management Code provides further guidance for civil servants on their obligations.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
As has been the case under successive administrations, contracts for Permanent Secretaries and all other SCS are not published publicly so we will not be placing a copy on GOV.UK.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
As of the 30th April 2025 there were less than 5 individuals on secondment to the Cabinet Office as Directors or Director Generals. Details of the number of Directors and Director Generals can be found in the quarterly organogram published at https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/ff76be1f-4f37-4bef-beb7-32b259413be1/organogram-cabinet-office.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer he was given to PQ UIN 46285 on 28 April 2025.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The House of Lords Appointments Commission is an independent, advisory non-departmental public body. The Commission is responsible for vetting all nominations for life peerages for propriety and advises the Prime Minister on these matters.
Information about the Commission’s approach to vetting nominees for propriety is set out on its website.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The UK-EU SPS Agreement will cut costs, remove red tape and reduce delays at the border for businesses for most agrifood products imported from the EU. Supermarkets have said publicly the SPS Agreement will help to ease the pressure on food prices.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Common Understanding between the UK and the EU sets out the results of exploratory discussions and a new agenda for cooperation. The UK and the EU have agreed to take forward these commitments swiftly through technical negotiations. The government will follow normal processes for any necessary legislative changes.
No legislative changes are currently proposed as a result of the Security and Defence Partnership.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
There has been one recruitment campaign to appoint independent members to the House of Lords Appointments Commission since July 2024. This campaign is still live.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The following Departments have formally informed the Cabinet Office that their Minister has delegated the decision to approve external Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) expenditure to the Permanent Secretary:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
HM Treasury
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Department for Business and Trade
Cabinet Office
Home Office
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Transport
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 20th May is attached.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The answer to Question 45016 has now been corrected to include an attachment with the requested information.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office, as Scheme Manager for the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS), considers all requests to join the CSPS as part of an employer’s application process. Neither Great British Energy nor National Wealth Fund have submitted an application to join the CSPS, but any such application would be considered by the Cabinet Office in the normal way.
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 20th May is attached.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
‘Project Seahorse' is considering delivery options for decarbonisation. If taken forward, it would be sponsored by The Department of Energy, Security and Net Zero.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The UK Infrastructure Bank has become the National Wealth Fund with an expanded remit, therefore it is not a new ALB. It is captured by the government’s ongoing review of all ALBs, announced on 7 April. This review is part of the government’s plan to streamline the state by closing, merging or repatriating public bodies into departments unless their separate existence can be strongly justified.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office publishes an annual ALB Landscape Analysis around a year in arrears. The most recently published ALB Landscape Analysis was published on 17 December 2024 and is available here. The list of every Arm's Length Body that has existed between July 2024 and March 2025 is due to be published in 2026.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Since 5 July 2024, the Cabinet Office has made one unremunerated Direct Ministerial Appointment. This individual is providing advice on security and defence policy.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
We have agreed that we will work towards the establishment of a balanced youth experience scheme with the EU. We have agreed that any scheme will be time-limited and capped, and we have also been clear that it should be in line with the UK’s existing schemes with countries like Australia and New Zealand. The exact parameters will be subject to negotiation.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The standards of conduct expected of ministers are set out in the Ministerial Code.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Since the UK left the EU, UK nationals, as third-country nationals, cannot use eGates in most Schengen countries. The UK-EU Common Understanding confirms that there will be no legal barriers to eGate use for British Nationals traveling to and from EU Member States after the introduction of the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES). This is a positive step forward and we can now work quickly with Member States to get these arrangements in place and improve our citizens’ travel experience reducing lengthy and imbalanced queues at various entry points across the EU. We continue to work with the European Commission, France and local authorities to ensure we are prepared for the introduction of EES.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
We have agreed to work towards the association of the UK to the EU Erasmus+ programme. The specific terms of this association will be discussed going forward.
Erasmus+ offers a broad range of opportunities across education, youth, and sport sectors. Historically, many UK and EU participants took up opportunities under Erasmus+, which is about short-term exchanges, after which participants return to their home countries.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Common Understanding has the same territorial scope as the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The Crown Dependencies will be able to benefit from many of the measures if they wish to, including the SPS Agreement. The Government has separate negotiations concerning Gibraltar.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Prior to the UK’s departure from the EU, in December 2018, the Government wrote to all 27 EU member states signalling willingness to enter into bilateral agreements to ensure continuity of local election voting and candidacy rights for each other's citizens.
EU citizens from countries that have a bilateral agreement with the UK can therefore vote in local elections in England and Northern Ireland (alongside those who have been legally resident in the UK prior to withdrawal from the EU). We have such agreements with Denmark, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
These agreements are separate from Youth Mobility Schemes.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The UK has taken a sovereign decision to agree to dynamic alignment of some laws. By regulating consistently with the EU in specific areas, we will unlock further market access for UK firms with one of our largest trading partners, thereby improving growth for British people. Where we are making new commitments to introduce new laws Parliament will play a role in scrutinising the legislation that implements those commitments.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The UK has taken a sovereign decision to agree to dynamic alignment of some laws. By regulating consistently with the EU in specific areas, we will unlock further market access for UK firms with one of our largest trading partners, thereby improving growth for British people. Where we are making new commitments to introduce new laws Parliament will play a role in scrutinising the legislation that implements those commitments.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Common Understanding between the UK and the EU sets out the results of exploratory discussions ahead and a new agenda for cooperation. The UK and the EU have agreed to take forward these commitments swiftly through technical negotiations.
The Common Understanding does not provide for oversight of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) within Great Britain or Northern Ireland. Instead it provides that the CJEU will have a limited role in assisting an independent arbitration tribunal responsible for deciding a dispute between the UK and the EU, and only where there is dynamic alignment of laws under any future SPS agreement, ETS linking agreement or an electricity agreement.
The Windsor Framework continues to apply in Northern Ireland with a role for the CJEU within that framework.
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Guidance for Government Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) networks is currently being developed.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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