Written Ministerial Statements

British Council Annual Report

My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Alok Sharma), has made the following written Ministerial statement:Copies of the British Council’s Annual Report and Accounts for the 2015-16 financial...

Schools Funding

The Government is firmly committed to introducing fairer funding for schools, high needs and early years. This is an important reform, which will fairly and transparently allocate funding on the basis of schools’ and children’s actual needs, rather than s...

ECOFIN: 12 July 2016

My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I attended this meeting in my capacity as the Financial Secretary to the Treasury. A meeting of the Economic and Finan...

Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the United Kingdom with unpaid London Congestion Charge Bills and Fines: 2015

My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Boris Johnson), has made the following written Ministerial statement:The value of unpaid Congestion Charge debt incurred by diplomatic missions and international org...

Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations with an outstanding National Non-Domestic Rates Bill over £10,000: as at 31 December 2015

My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Boris Johnson), has made the following written Ministerial statement:The majority of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom pay the National Non-Domestic Rates (N...

Cross Government Prosperity Fund

My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.In the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) the Prime Minister announced the creation of a new £1.3bn Cros...

Alleged Serious and Significant Offences (Diplomatic Immunity): 2015

My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Boris Johnson), has made the following written Ministerial statement:In 2015, 11 serious and significant offences allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomati...

Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association External Scrutiny Team Report 2016

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of a report into the condition of the Reserves and delivery of the Fut...

Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the United Kingdom with Unpaid Parking Fines over £1,000: 2015

My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Boris Johnson), has made the following written Ministerial statement:In 2015, 4,858 parking fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in ...

Armed Forces' Pay Review Body Appointments

My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel and Veterans (Mr Mark Lancaster) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to announce that I have invited Tim Flesher CB and Vilma Patte...

Annual Update to Parliament on UK Support and Funding for International Criminal Justice

My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Boris Johnson), has made the following written Ministerial statement:Sunday 17 July marked the Day of International Criminal Justice, a perfect opportunity to look a...

Countering Terrorism

My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Keeping our people and interests safe – both here and overseas – is the primary duty of Government. The horrific attack...

Publication of HMIC Reports: Re-inspection of the National Crime Agency and Inspection of the UK International Crime Bureau

My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The NCA was established to lead the fight to cut serious and organised crime, and to focus on the relentless disruption...

Government consultation on reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect

My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office (Sarah Newton) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:My hon Friend Edward Timpson, Minister of State at the Department for Education, and I have today launched a pu...

Cedars pre-departure accommodation

My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration (Robert Goodwill) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am today announcing the Government’s decision to close Cedars pre-departure accommodation, and replace it with new pre-de...

Handling Members’ Correspondence in 2015

I am today publishing a report on the performance of Departments and Agencies on handling correspondence from Members and Peers during the calendar year 2015. Details are set out in the table below. Correspondence statistics for 2014 can be found on 3 Jun...

UK Presidency of the Council of the European Union

The UK had been scheduled to host the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2017. On Tuesday 19 July the Prime Minister confirmed to President of the European Council Donald Tusk that the UK would be relinquishing ...

First World War Centenary Repairs Fund: outcome of successful bids

I am today publishing the list of successful bidders to the First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund.Cathedrals are powerful symbols of Britain’s shared history and are important not only for their architecture, history and religious learning but ...

Update on the UK Commission for Employment and Skills

My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Education (Robert Halfon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.As announced in the 2015 Spending Review, in order to prioritise funding to allow the core adult skills participation budge...

Conflict Stability and Security Fund 2015 /16 and settlement for 2016 /17

I wish to update the House on how the Government has been supporting our national security interests through conflict prevention, peace building, stabilisation, peacekeeping and conflict resolution using the Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).The...

HS2: South Yorkshire Update

Since the Government proposed that South Yorkshire should be served by a High Speed station at Meadowhall in 2013, opinion amongst local stakeholders has remained divided. This has made the decision about where to best to locate an HS2 station in South Yo...

Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16

Later today the Office for Nuclear Regulation’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2015-2016 (HC 112) will be published. Having consulted the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change who is accountable for nuclear security and the Office for Nuclear R...

Annual report on the exercise of powers over the Office for Nuclear Regulation

Later today the annual report to Parliament setting out the use of the Secretary of State’s powers exercised to the Office for Nuclear Regulation during the year, will be published. This is in accordance with Section 108(1) of the Energy Act 2013

INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2015 SECTION 49: COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADVICE ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF UK ONSHORE PETROLEUM WITH MEETING THE UK’S CARBON BUDGETS

I wish to inform the House that the Government is today laying the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) advice on the compatibility of UK onshore petroleum with meeting the UK’s carbon budgets, as well as the Government’s response to that advice[i]. These ...

Cremations

Today the government is publishing its response to the recent consultation on infant cremations, which sought views on proposals for a number of changes to the Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008, and for improving other aspects of cremation pr...