Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
The integration of Building Digital UK into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Today I am announcing that Building Digital UK (BDUK) will be integrated into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) from 1 November 2025. BDUK is currently an executive agency of the department and will become a directorate within t...
Government of Service
On 21 July 2025 the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster laid out the government's plans to put ethics and integrity at the heart of the Government’s approach to public service. Today, we are delivering on those plans.Ethics and Integrity Commission The E...
Regulations to update the public service broadcasting quotas system
I am pleased to update the House that, following their publication in draft on 6 May 2025 on gov.uk, I can now confirm the following statutory instruments have today been laid in draft: The Broadcasting (Regional Programme-making and Original Productions)...
Announcement of a Joint Framework agreed between the UK Government and the Government of Ireland on the legacy of the Troubles
My Noble Friend Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent made the following statement on Friday 19 September:I wish to report to the House on the Government’s approach to dealing with the legacy of the Troubles and today’s publication of a joint framework agre...
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
This Statement concerns two applications for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008: one by GT R4 Limited, trading as Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind for the construction and operation of an offshore generating station comprised of up to 100 Win...
British Virgin Islands - governance
In 2022, Sir Gary Hickinbottom’s Commission of Inquiry identified gross failures of governance in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a British Overseas Territory. The Inquiry found that, with limited exceptions, the people of BVI had been badly served in t...
Upgrading of UK Bilateral Relationships with Armenia and Azerbaijan and Lifting the UK Arms Embargo
This Statement supersedes the Written Ministerial Statement of Wednesday 01 July 2025 on the ‘Arms Embargo (Azerbaijan and Armenia)’ (Statement UIN HCWS760).I wish to inform you of the significant developments in the South Caucasus and the United Kingdom’...
Announcement of a Joint Framework agreed between the UK Government and the Government of Ireland on the legacy of the Troubles
I wish to report to the House on the Government’s approach to dealing with the legacy of the Troubles and today’s publication of a joint framework agreed between the UK Government and the Government of Ireland. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ...
Consultation on Football Governance Act: Owners’ and Directors’ test statutory deadline SI
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Honourable Friend the Minister for Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth, Stephanie Peacock MP: I wish to inform the House that the Government ha...
Exercise PEGASUS – Pandemic Preparedness
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention (Ashley Dalton MP) has made the following statement:I am today confirming that, on the 18th of September, Exercise PEGASUS, the National ‘Tier 1’ pandemic pre...
Renaming of the Home Office Science Advisory Committee
I am pleased to announce the formal name change of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group, to the Science and Technology Ethics Advisory Committee. The name change has sought to accurately encompass the full remit of this scientific advisory group whic...
Investigation led by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:In July this year, the High Court and the Investigatory Powers Tribunal handed down judgments following MI5’s provision of incorrect evidence to the Courts in relation to the case of Age...
Machinery of Government – Skills
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government change.I am today confirming that responsibility for apprenticeships, adult further edu...
The UK’s Contribution to NATO’s Eastern Sentry
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Right Hon. John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 10 September, Polish air space was recklessly violated by a number of Russian uncrewed aerial systems, in the mos...
Correction to PQ HL8160
We will issue this statement at a later date.
Product Regulation and Metrology Act
My Hon Friend the Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets (Justin Madders MP) yesterday made the following statement.The Product Regulation and Metrology Act (the Act) received Royal Assent on 21st July 2025. The Act will preserve the UK’s...
Government response to public consultation on combatting the threat of ransomware
Today the Government has published its response to the public consultation on our proposed measures to combat ransomware. Ransomware is the most significant cyber crime threat of our time. I would like to thank all who responded to the consultation, the G...
ME/CFS final delivery plan
I am pleased to announce to the House that today the Government has published its final delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).This government has a clear commitment to ensure that people with long-term conditions li...
Age assessment checks – ICIBI report
In the Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May, we undertook to improve the robustness of the age assessment process, including exploring scientific and technological methods to ensure that adults entering the asylum or immigration system are not wro...
Update on next steps post Costa Beck Court of Appeal Judgment on River Basin Management Plans
The water industry is failing. Our rivers, lakes and seas are polluted with record levels of sewage. Water pipes have been left to crumble into disrepair. We share customers’ fury at rising bills. The lack of water infrastructure is blocking economic grow...
Creator Remuneration from Music Streaming: Label-led Principles
The UK’s music industry is a globally significant sector, recognised for its cultural and economic contribution. The UK is currently the third-largest music market in the world and the second-largest exporter of recorded music. This success is underpinned...
0.7 per cent of GNI on ODA target 2024
My Noble Friend the Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean (The Rt Hon Baroness Chapman of Darlington) has today made the following statement:The FCDO’s Annual Report & Accounts 2024-25, published today, reports t...
Correction of Written Parliamentary Question
It has been brought to my attention that a written answer given to Lord Scriven contained inaccurate information related to the work of the Department for Health and Social Care.The reply to written Parliamentary Question HL8983, tabled by Lord Scriven on...
STEP Programme Contingent Liability
My hon. Friend the Minister for Climate (Kerry McCarthy MP) made the following Statement today:I have laid before Parliament a Departmental Minute setting out the particulars of a new contingent liability associated with fusion activities relating to the ...
New nuclear policy update
My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Ed Miliband MP) made the following Statement today:The Government’s clean energy superpower mission is about replacing the UK’s dependence on fossil fuel markets with clean homegro...