Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Telecare National Action Plan
The digital phone switchover is a necessary upgrade to our underlying national digital infrastructure as the old analogue landline network is becomingly increasingly unreliable. The safety of telecare users throughout the switchover is government’s utmost...
DVD Enforcement Guidelines
Today the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has published guidelines on how the Secretary of State will approach compliance and enforcement of Designated Vendor Directions (“DVD”) issued under the Communications Act 2003 (the “Act”) as ame...
National Apprenticeships Week
This week is National Apprenticeship Week, where we celebrate the life-changing opportunities that apprenticeships offer people up and down this country. I want to update the House on a range of steps this government is taking to introduce the greater fle...
Public Service Pension Scheme Indexation and Revaluation 2025
Legislation governing public service pensions in payment requires them to be increased annually by the same percentage as additional pensions (State Earnings Related Pension and State Second Pension). Public service pensions will therefore be increased fr...
Ministry of Defence Votes A Annual Estimate 2025-26.
The Ministry of Defence Votes A Estimate 2025-26, has been laid before the House of Commons on 11 February 2025 as HC638. This outlines the maximum numbers of personnel to be maintained for each Service in the Armed Forces during Financial Year 2025-26. T...
Crown Prosecution Service (Contingencies Fund Advance)
My Hon. Friend the Solicitor General (Lucy Rigby) has made the following Written Statement:The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) requires a Contingencies Fund Advance of £60 million to cover urgent payments of RDEL expenditures, such as February payroll and...
DVD Enforcement Guidelines
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms, Chris Bryant MP.Today the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has publi...
Telecare National Action Plan
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Care (Stephen Kinnock MP) has made the following statement:The digital phone switchover is a necessary upgrade to our underlying national digital infrastructure as the old analogue landline network is becomin...
Growth Guarantee Scheme
My Hon Friend the Minister for Services, Small Businesses and Exports (Gareth Thomas MP) has today made the following statement.I wish to make members aware of the details of a proposed variant of the existing Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS), which is desig...
National Apprenticeships Week
My Right Honourable Friend, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities (Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson) has made the following statement.This week is National Apprenticeship Week, where we celebrate the life-changing opportunities t...
Public Service Pension Scheme Indexation and Revaluation 2025
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Darren Jones) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Legislation governing public service pensions in payment requires them to be increased annually by the same percentage as ad...
Ministry of Defence Votes A Annual Estimate 2025-26.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Ministry of Defence Votes A Estimate 2025-26, has been laid before the House of Commons on 11 February 2025 as HC638. This outl...
Improving the Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and Wales
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Ed Miliband MP) has today made the following statement:The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is today publishing a consultation on reforms to the minimum energy ...
Driving eligibility extension for certain Ukrainian licence holders and exemptions from VED/registration for certain Ukrainian plated and registered vehicles
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Lilian Greenwood), has made the following Ministerial Statement:The UK is continuing to support Ukrainians following the illegal invasion by Putin.The Government is extending by 18 mon...
Local Authority Public Health Grant
My Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention (Ashley Dalton MP) has made the following Written Statement. On 7 February, the Government published the Public Health Grant allocations to local authorities in Eng...
Gifting of Fairey Swordfish Mark II (LS326) to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust Limited
I have today laid before Parliament a Departmental Minute describing a gift which the Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to make to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust Limited. Since 1960, the Royal Navy operated a collection of MOD-owned historically important na...
National Infrastructure Planning
Sustained economic growth is central to the Government’s Plan for Change. It is the only way to increase the prosperity of our country and improve the living standards of working people.Building and upgrading the right economic infrastructure – whether th...
Gifting of Fairey Swordfish Mark II (LS326) to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust Limited
My right hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry (Maria Eagle MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I have today laid before Parliament a Departmental Minute describing a gift which the Ministry of Defence (MOD) i...
Contingencies Fund Advance
Due to the General Election held on 4 July, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority required additional funding totalling £52,767,000 to support the transition between the old parliament and the new. The election costs vary with the turnover of ...
Plutonium Disposition Strategy
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will work with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to immobilise the UK-owned civil separated plutonium inventory at Sellafield.Continued, indefinite, long-term storage leaves a burden of security ri...
Plutonium Disposition Strategy
My hon. Friend the Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero (Michael Shanks MP) made the following Statement on Friday 24th of January:The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will work with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to immobilis...
Assimilated Law Report
Today I have laid a Report regarding the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REUL Act) before Parliament and published it on gov.uk. This Report updates the House in line with the obligations under Section 17 of the REUL Act, which requires ...
Infrastructure Planning and Judicial Review Reform
My Noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede), has today made the following statement:"My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) and I are pleased to ann...
Update on Independent Review of the Loan Charge
At the Budget, the Government announced that it would commission an independent review of the Loan Charge to help bring the matter to a close for those affected whilst ensuring fairness for all taxpayers. Today I can set out further details about the revi...
Assimilated Law Report
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Department of Business and Trade (Jonathan Reynolds MP) has today made the following statement.Today I have laid a Report regarding the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REUL Act) before Parl...