Written Question
Thursday 5th February 2026
Asked by:
Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 98794 on Mission Boards, who the internal and external members are of the Health Mission Board.
Answered by Karin Smyth
- Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Mission boards have been reformed to become delivery-focused forums benefitting from external and industry expertise, led by the relevant Secretary of State.
The 10-Year Health Plan, published in July 2025, is delivering our Health Mission. Ministers and external stakeholders are involved in a variety of forums to take forward the various elements of the 10-Year Health Plan.
Written Question
Thursday 5th February 2026
Asked by:
Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2025, to Question 69770, if he will publish information on meetings held with officials.
Answered by Seema Malhotra
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) already publishes quarterly transparency data on the external meetings held by the department's permanent under secretaries, directors general, and finance and commercial directors. Publishing comprehensive lists of all the external meetings held by every member of FCDO staff based in the UK and overseas could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Written Question
Thursday 5th February 2026
Asked by:
Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Commissioner for Public Appointment annual report 2024-25, published in December 2025, Appendix: direct appointments, what the business case was for appointing a non-executive director for three years; and whether she has had correspondence with the Commissioner.
Answered by Olivia Bailey
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
The departmental board provides important strategic oversight and challenge. We had an existing non-executive director vacancy and made this appointment to bring in highly valuable delivery expertise. The direct appointment process was followed in full in line with the guidance, including consultation via correspondence with the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration
"I have already given way twice and I may give way later, but I need to get through my speech so that the Minister can reply, because I know that hon. Members will want to hear her response.
Philippa retired in May and suffered a nervous collapse triggered by pension …..."Mike Wood - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration
"As I have said, I did not see the details of the bid. Obviously, with any bid, it is right to look at previous performance. There will be some causes for concern with any of the bidders for large Government contracts because of the complexity of those contracts...."Mike Wood - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration
"I appreciate that the right hon. Gentleman has not always been an uncritical friend of the current Government, but he has to recognise that his party has been in government for more than a year and a half, during which there were opportunities to take action if they were unhappy …..."Mike Wood - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration
"I have given way four times; I really ought to conclude.
We can all agree that it is now in everyone’s interest for operational stability to be restored as quickly as possible, for the Government to ensure rigorously and transparently that Capita meets its contractual obligations consistently and that any …..."Mike Wood - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration
"I congratulate the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Fleetwood (Lorraine Beavers) on securing this important and timely debate. The situation is an entirely unforced error by Capita, and it has caused real and significant financial distress to thousands of former public servants—people who dedicated their working lives to serving …..."Mike Wood - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration
"I am sure that the hon. Lady will accept that because I was not a Minister in the previous Government, I did not have access to the tendering process, and do not have the details of the bid. However, there was a clear failure by the previous providers and there …..."Mike Wood - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration
"No. The hon. Gentleman is obviously trying to hide from the fact that his party was part of the Government that awarded that contract in 2012 to the mutual joint venture. He may wish to look at his own party’s part in that if he thinks that it was a …..."Mike Wood - View Speech
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