Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Government accountability and transparency
The Minister for the Constitution has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Since 2010, the Government has been at the forefront of opening up data to allow Parliament, the public and the media to hold public bodies to account. Such onlin...
Draft health and care workforce strategy for England
My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health has made the following written statement:I wish to update Parliament that on 13th December 2017, Health Education England published the consultation: 'Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future’ a draft health and...
Justice and Home Affairs post-Council statement
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council of Ministers met on 7 and 8 December in Brussels. I represented the UK for Inte...
Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council
On Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 November, I chaired the sixth meeting of the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council in London. The Council was attended by elected leaders and representatives from Anguilla, Ascension Island, Bermuda, the British Vir...
Employment and Support Allowance
My Right Honourable Friend [The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions] (The Rt. Hon. David Gauke MP) has made the following Written Statement.Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) was introduced in 2008. In 2011 the Department began reassessing people...
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL (TRADE) 10-13 DECEMBER 2017
The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) will meet in Buenos Aires during the 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Council will meet on the 10th December before the formal opening of the Ministerial Conference. The Minister...
EU Transport Council
I will attend the only formal Transport Council under the Estonian Presidency (the Presidency) taking place in Brussels on Tuesday 5th December. The first item on the agenda will be a progress report on Phase One of the Mobility Package, focusing on propo...
Presidential elections in Somaliland on 13 November
On 13 November, people across Somaliland took part in elections to choose a new President. The UK played an active role as part of a group of international donors in supporting the Somaliland National Election Commission in planning, preparing and deliver...
Contribution to the Law and Order Trust Fund Afghanistan
On 28 November 2017 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office fulfilled the pledge made by the former Prime Minister at the NATO Chicago Summit in 2012 to commit £70 million for each of the calendar years 2015-2017 towards Afghan National Defence and Security F...
Update on Children and Young People's Mental Health
Together with my Right Honourable friend, Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, we have today laid before Parliament “Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper” (Cm9523). The Green Paper forms part of th...
ECOFIN: 5 December 2017
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Brussels on 05 December. EU Finance Ministers will discuss the following items: Early Morning SessionThe Eurogroup President will brief Ministers on the outcomes of the 04 De...
Update on planning and capacity
Our Housing White Paper is clear that fixing our broken market requires solutions that look to the long-term. It requires action to boost local authority planning capacity to plan strategically and across local authority boundaries; to support local autho...
Childcare update
Today the Government is launching a public consultation on its proposed approach to revising the eligibility criteria for the early education entitlement for disadvantaged 2 year olds in light of the roll out of Universal Credit.Universal Credit is replac...
EU Transport Council
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Chris Grayling), has made the following Ministerial Statement.I will attend the only formal Transport Council under the Estonian Presidency (the Presidency) taking place in Brussels on Tues...
Contribution to the Law and Order Trust Fund Afghanistan
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mark Field), has made the following written Ministerial statement:On 28 November 2017 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office fulfilled the pledge made by the former Prime...
Presidential elections in Somaliland on 13 November
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Rory Stewart), has made the following written Ministerial statement:On 13 November, people across Somaliland took part in elections to choose a new President. The UK played ...
Update on Children and Young People's Mental Health
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has made the following written statement:Together with my Right Honourable friend, Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, we have today laid before Parliament “Transforming Children and You...
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL (TRADE) 10-13 DECEMBER 2017
My Rt Hon Friend the Minister of State for Trade Policy has today made the following statement:The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) will meet in Buenos Aires during the 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Council will ...
ECOFIN: 5 December 2017
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Philip Hammond) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Brussels on 05 December. EU Finance Mi...
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) services in England
We are today making a statement on the decisions taken by NHS England at its Board meeting on 30 November 2017 regarding future commissioning arrangements for adults’ and children’s CHD services in England, following its Review of and full public consulta...
ECOFIN: 7 November 2017
A formal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) was held in Brussels on 07 November. European Finance Ministers discussed the following items: European Free Trade Association (EFTA) dialogue In their annual meeting, Ministers met w...
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services Inspection Report: ‘An inspection of the National Crime Agency’s Specialist Operations Centre, Crime Operational Support and Serious Crime Analysis Section’
The National Crime Agency (NCA) was established to lead the fight against serious and organised crime. It has the power to task other law enforcement partners and a capability, with local to international reach, to disrupt the impact of serious and organi...
ECOFIN: 7 November 2017
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Elizabeth Truss) made the following Written Ministerial Statement on Friday 1 December.A formal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) was held in Brussels on 07 Novem...
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) services in England
My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health has made the following Written Statement:We are today making a statement on the decisions taken by NHS England at its Board meeting on 30 November 2017 regarding future commissioning arrangements for adults’...
Investigatory Powers Act 2016 - Consultation on the Government’s proposed response to the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 21 December 2016 regarding the retention of communications data
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:In order to maintain the essential capabilities of law enforcement to catch paedophiles, terrorists and criminals, the ...