Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Supplement to the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body Report 2016 - Government Response
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Supplement to the 2016 Report of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body (AFPRB) making recommendations on the pay of Service M...
Tribunals
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister for Human Rights (Dominic Raab) has made the following Written Statement."The Government has today published a consultation paper proposing new fees for proceedings...
Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation: Report on the operation from July 2014 to July 2015 of Section 40(4a) of The British Nationality Act 1981
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has completed the first review on the operation of sect...
Staff Counsellor for the Security and Intelligence Agencies
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:I have appointed Julian Miller as Staff Counsellor for the Security and Intelligence Agencies. He will start in May 2016. He was Deputy National Security Adviser...
Senior Salaries Review Body
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:The 38th report of the Senior Salaries Review Body is being published today. This makes recommendations about the pay of the Senior Civil Service, senior militar...
Condition Improvement Fund
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools (Lord Nash) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today I am announcing the outcome of the Condition Improvement Fund 2016-17, which provides funding for the improvement and expansion o...
Government Response to the Consultation on Ofqual’s National Reference Test
Today, 24 March 2016, the Government is publishing its response to its public consultation[1] on the introduction of new secondary legislation to require selected schools to take part in the National Reference Test (NRT).The NRT is a further step in the G...
The Food Standards Agency's Triennial Review of Six Scientific Advisory Committees - Final Report
On 10 September 2015, I announced (HCSW183) the commencement of the triennial review by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for the six Scientific Advisory Committees (SACs) for which the FSA is the sole or lead sponsor. The six Committees are: the Advisory C...
CONDUCT GUIDANCE FOR ELECTIONS ON 5 MAY
As is normal ahead of the forthcoming elections, guidance has today been issued for civil servants in UK Government departments and those working in arm’s length bodies on the principles that they should observe in relation to the conduct of Government bu...
Intention to transfer CERT-UK to the new National Cyber Security Centre
In the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review the Government confirmed that we would invest £1.9 billion over the next five years in protecting the UK from cyber attack and developing our sovereign capabilities in cyber space, including by creating a ...
The Modern Crime Prevention Strategy
I am pleased to announce that I am today publishing the Government’s Modern Crime Prevention Strategy (“the Strategy”).Crime has fallen dramatically over the last twenty years, with previously high-volume crimes like burglary, vehicle-related theft and st...
Culture White Paper
I am today laying and publishing a government white paper on culture. It is the first ever government white paper for all the cultural sectors together, and the first covering the arts for over fifty years. This white paper sets out our ambition and strat...
Maritime and Coastguard Agency's Business Plan for 2016-17
I am pleased to announce the publication of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) business plan for 2016-17.The business plan sets out:the services that the agency will deliver and any significant changes it plans to make;the resources the agency req...
Consultation on legislative measures for a new broadband Universal Service Obligation
In November, the Prime Minister announced the Government’s intention to implement a new broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) – heralding a step change in our ambition for broadband services and reflecting that many now see broadband as an essentia...
DfT's Motoring Agencies Business Plans for 2016-17
My Noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon), has made the following Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to announce the publication of the 2016-17 business plans for the Department for Transport’s Mot...
Government Emergency Donation of Meningitis C Vaccine to the World Health Organization
It is the normal practice when a government department proposes to make a gift of a value exceeding £300,000, for the department concerned to present to the House of Commons a minute giving particulars of the gift and explaining the circumstances; and to ...
EU Referendum – Counting Officers' Regulations
The Cabinet Office wishes to report the entry into force today, Wednesday 23 March 2016, of the European Union Referendum (Counting Officers’ and Regional Counting Officers’ Charges) Regulations 2016. The Regulations are the final piece of legislation whi...
Performance Targets for the Intellectual Property Office (an operating name of the Patent Office) for 2016 – 2017
As an Executive Agency and Trading Fund of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, we set targets which are agreed by Ministers and laid before Parliament. For 2016 – 2017 our targets are:We will complete all remaining UK steps necessary for t...
The Modern Crime Prevention Strategy
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to announce that I am today publishing the Government’s Modern Crime Prevention Strategy (“the Strategy”)...
Culture White Paper
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (Ed Vaizey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am today laying and publishing a government white paper on cul...
March Agriculture and Fisheries Council
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following statement.I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 14 March in Brussels.Commissioner Hogan introduced the first agenda item on financial inst...
Consultation on legislative measures for a new broadband Universal Service Obligation
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (Ed Vaizey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In November, the Prime Minister announced the Government’s inten...
DfT's Motoring Agencies Business Plans for 2016-17
I am pleased to announce the publication of the 2016-17 business plans for the Department for Transport’s Motoring Executive Agencies - the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and the Vehicle Certific...
Maritime and Coastguard Agency's Business Plan for 2016-17
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Robert Goodwill), has made the following Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to announce the publication of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) business plan for 2016-17.The business plan se...
EU Referendum – Counting Officers' Regulations
My Honourable friend the Minister for Constitutional Reform (John Penrose) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: The Cabinet Office wishes to report the entry into force today, Wednesday 23 March 2016, of the European Union Referendum (Cou...