Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Serious Fraud Office (Contingencies Fund Advance)
I would like to inform the House that a cash advance from the Contingencies Fund has been sought for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).In line with the current arrangement for SFO funding agreed with HM Treasury, the SFO will be submitting a Reserve claim as...
Fire reform
I want to update the House on progress made since the Prime Minister, as then Home Secretary, set out plans last May to reform the fire and rescue service in England to become more accountable, efficient and professional than ever before.Services are alre...
Government response to the Law Commission recommendations on Bills of Sale
My honourable friend The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Simon Kirby) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.In 2014, HM Treasury asked the Law Commission to review the Victorian-era Bills of Sale Acts. This legislation enables con...
Fire reform
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Fire and Policing (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I want to update the House on progress made since the Prime Minister, as then Home Secretary, set out plans last May to...
Use of the National Health Service
This Government is committed to making sure that only those people who are living here and contributing to the country financially will get free National Health Service care. Following a two year programme of work to improve identification and cost recove...
Hillsborough: Bishop James Jones Review
In April 2016, at the conclusion of the fresh inquests into the deaths which resulted from the Hillsborough stadium disaster on 15 April 1989, Bishop James Jones was commissioned by my predecessor, the Rt Hon Member for Maidenhead, to produce a report on ...
Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Levy 2016/17
The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (Levy) Regulations 2014 require active employers’ liability insurers to pay an annual levy based on their relative market share for the purpose of meeting the costs of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS)....
Advance from the Contingencies Fund on behalf of the Department for Exiting the European Union
In the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that additional funding would be made available to the Department for Exiting the European Union for the 2016-17 financial year. However, as is normal in machinery of government moves, full legal and finan...
Hillsborough: Bishop James Jones Review
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:In April 2016, at the conclusion of the fresh inquests into the deaths which resulted from the Hillsborough stadium dis...
HS2 Phase One: Government Response to the Lords Select Committee Report
I am today publishing the Department’s response to the Special Report from the House of Lords Select Committee for the HS2 Phase One hybrid Bill that was published on 15 December 2017. The Lords Select Committee was tasked with considering petitions from ...
Outcomes from the 66th meeting of the International Whaling Commission
I was unable to attend last year’s meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC66) on the 24-28 October 2016 in Slovenia but there was a strong UK delegation present. This meeting marked the 70th anniversary of the International Convention for the...
Phalanx Availability Contract - Contingent Liability
The Secretary of State for Defence has retrospectively laid before Parliament a Ministry of Defence (MOD) Departmental Minute describing the Contingent Liability within the Phalanx Close In Weapons System Availability Contract with Babcock Marine. The Dep...
OBR Fiscal sustainability report 2017
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has today published its sixth Fiscal Sustainability Report (FSR), fulfilling its legal obligation to publish an analysis of the sustainability of the long-term public finances and an assessment of the public sect...
Charter for Budget Responsibility autumn 2016 update
Today I have laid before Parliament an updated Charter for Budget Responsibility. The updated Charter sets out a new fiscal framework, changes to the operation of the welfare cap, and minor amendments to text on the operation of debt management.The update...
Homelessness Reduction Bill
I am today updating the House on a commitment I made at Second Reading of the Homelessness Reduction Bill – the Member for Harrow East’s Private Members’ Bill – to fund the costs of the Bill in line with the new burdens doctrine.I can confirm that the Gov...
WINTER FLOODING 2015/2016
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Local Growth and the Northern Powerhouse (Andrew Percy) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I would first like to thank all of those who supported local communities in the wake of the flooding in De...
Outcomes from the 66th meeting of the International Whaling Commission
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.I was unable to attend last year’s meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC66) on the 24-28 October 2016 in Sloveni...
HS2 Phase One: Government Response to the Lords Select Committee Report
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Chris Grayling), has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am today publishing the Department’s response to the Special Report from the House of Lords Select Committee for the HS2 Phas...
OBR Fiscal sustainability report 2017
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has today published its sixth Fiscal Sustainability Report (FSR), fulfilling...
Charter for Budget Responsibility autumn 2016 update
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Philip Hammond) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today I have laid before Parliament an updated Charter for Budget Responsibility. The updated Charter sets out a new fis...
Homelessness Reduction Bill
My Hon Friend the Minister for Local Government (Marcus Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I am today updating the House on a commitment I made at Second Reading of the Homelessness Reduction Bill – the Member for Harrow Eas...
Phalanx Availability Contract - Contingent Liability
The Minister for Defence Procurement (Harriett Baldwin) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Secretary of State for Defence has retrospectively laid before Parliament a Ministry of Defence (MOD) Departmental Minute describing the Cont...
WINTER FLOODING 2015/2016
I would first like to thank all of those who supported local communities in the wake of the flooding in December 2015 and early January 2016. It is important that we recognise the enormous amount of effort that has gone into supporting households, busines...
OSCE Ministerial Council, Hamburg, 8-9 December 2016
My right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Sir Alan Duncan), has made the following written Ministerial statement:I represented the United Kingdom at the 23rd Ministerial Council meeting of the Organisation for...
Defence Infrastructure Reform
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel (Mark Lancaster) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Defence infrastructure is a vital component in enabling the Armed Fo...