Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
GOVERNMENT FILES
My Right Honourable friend the Minister for Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Francis Maude) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I welcome the Home Secretary’s announcement today regarding the Inquiry into child sexual abuse in Englan...
Case of low severity avian influenza confirmed in Hampshire
The Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed a case of avian flu in a chicken breeding farm in Hampshire. Tests have confirmed the case as a low severity H7 strain of the disease, a much less severe form than the H5N8 strain found at a Yorkshire duck farm i...
Triennial Review of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI)
On 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 50WS, I announced the commencement of the triennial review of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI), an advisory non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Ministry of Justice.The review has be...
Local Government Finance
The Government has today laid before the House the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2015-16 and the Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2015-16. These reports set out for each local authority in England, in...
Case of low severity avian influenza confirmed in Hampshire
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following statement.The Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed a case of avian flu in a chicken breeding farm in Hampshire. Tests have confirmed the case as a low severity H7 ...
Triennial Review of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI)
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties (Simon Hughes) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement."On 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 50WS, I announced the commencement of the triennial revie...
Local Government Finance
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Kris Hopkins) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Government has today laid before the House the Local Government Finance Report (England) ...
Light Dues 2015 - 16
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (John Hayes), has made the following Ministerial Statement: On 26 July 2010, the Government announced its intention to take determined action in support of the UK shipping industry by address...
Criminal Justice
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement."I am delighted to announce that I have now signed a commencement order that brought into force th...
Probation
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement."I wish to inform the House that Mr Paul McDowell has tendered his resignation from his post as ...
Triennial Review - Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
Triennial reviews of non-departmental public bodies are part of the government's commitment to ensuring accountability in public life. Today I am launching a review of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC). On the grounds of proportionality I ha...
HS2 Phase One Property
I am today announcing to the House the Government’s package of measures to provide assistance to owner occupiers along the line of route for Phase One of the High Speed 2 project (from London to the West Midlands). This is the final outcome of two consult...
Tax Information Exchange Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Principailty of Monaco
A Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the Principality of Monaco was signed in London on 22 October 2014 and in Monaco on 23 December 2014. The text of the TIEA has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and will be made available on HM...
Enhanced Court Fees
I am today publishing the Government Response to part two of the consultation ‘Court Fees: proposals for reform.’ We are rightly proud of our system of justice. We have some of the best lawyers, and finest judges, in the world. That is why so many peopl...
The ambulance service in England
Today I am announcing that NHS England is to pilot a possible change to the way ambulance services respond to 999 calls, based on clinical advice that this will improve the chances of survival for patients, especially those with the most serious condition...
Design and Technology GCSE
We are reforming GCSEs and A levels to strengthen their academic rigour and to ensure young people are prepared for life in modern Britain. The reforms are extensive and represent a new qualifications standard, keeping pace with universities’ and employer...
Permanent Secretary’s Review
I am today publishing the results of a review by my Permanent Secretary into whether the Department for Education (or predecessor Departments) had received warnings relating to extremism in Birmingham schools, and how any such warnings had been dealt with...
Lessons learnt by government departments from Sir Desmond de Silva’s Report of the Patrick Finucane Review
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland appointed Sir Desmond de Silva QC in October 2011 to conduct an independent review into the question of State involvement in the murder of Patrick Finucane in 1989. His report was published on 12 December 2012.O...
Demolition
I would like to update Hon. Members on two separate announcements relating to the issue of demolition. Planning decision on Welsh Streets, Liverpool Yesterday, as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, I issued decisions on a called-in p...
HS2 (Phase 1 Property)
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Patrick McLoughlin), has made the following Ministerial Statement:I am today announcing to the House the Government’s package of measures to provide assistance to owner occupiers along the ...
Code of Practice: Mental Health Act 1983
Following a public consultation, the Government has today laid a revised Code of Practice: Mental Health Act 1983 before Parliament. We intend that the revised code becomes effective from 1 April 2015. The code, which applies in England, is important be...
Disclosure and Barring Service – Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bates) has today made the following written ministerial statement:The 2013-14 Annual Report and Accounts for the Disclosure and Barring Service is being laid before the House toda...
Corporate Transparency
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following statement. I have today published our current plans for the implementation of Parts 7 (‘Companies: Transparenc...
Insolvency Proceedings
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following statement.In August 2014 I announced a Call for Evidence in order to review the way in which Debt Relief Order...
Property Boundary Disputes
The Government is today publishing an initial scoping study on property boundary disputes. This fulfils a commitment given by the Ministry of Justice in response to a Written Parliamentary Question from Charlie Elphicke MP on 14 February 2013 (Commons Han...