Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Defence Equipment Plan
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I wish to inform Parliament that the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Defence has written to the Chair of the ...
Public Interest Intervention Notice - Telegraph Media Group
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lucy Frazer KC MP:My Department has written to the Barclay family and RedBird IMI,...
Sport Update
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lucy Frazer KC MP:I wish to inform the House that the Government has today publish...
EU programmes update
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology; Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP.On Monday 4 December the UK and EU will sign our be...
Update on the AUKUS Defence Partnership
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Just over two years ago, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia launched the ground-breaking new strateg...
Health and Disability White Paper Tests and Trials
I would like to update the House on the progress of a number of tests and trials set out in Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published in March this year.Our ambitious White Paper plans are part of our next generation of welfar...
Online Safety Act - Super-Complaints Consultation
The government is working at pace to ensure that the new online safety regulatory framework set out in the Online Safety Act is fully operational as quickly as possible. Today we are launching the first consultation related to the Act on the eligible enti...
Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023
Later today I will lay before this House the Office for Nuclear Regulation Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023. This document will also be published on the ONR website.I can confirm, in accordance with Schedule 7, Section 25(3) of the Energy Act 2013, th...
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by Net Zero Teesside Power Limited and Net Zero North Sea Storage Limited for development consent for a full chain carbon capture, usage and storage project wh...
Boosting the Future of our Renewables Sector
The Government has today published key details of next year’s Contracts for Difference allocation round, Great Britain’s flagship renewables auction scheme. This announcement cements the UK as a world leader in renewables, particularly against the backdro...
Building Safety Update
Today, for the first time, the government is publishing comprehensive remediation data on the progress made to fix residential buildings over 11 metres with unsafe cladding in England.The laws passed by this Parliament and the actions taken by this govern...
Publication of the Equality and Human Rights Monitor Report
Today the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published its report The Equality and Human Rights Monitor 2023.The report can be found on the EHRC website later today. The EHRC has a statutory duty (under Section 12 of the Equality Act 2006) to...
Labour Market Update
Later today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and I will announce a new Back to Work Plan. This is a package of employment-focused support that will help people to stay healthy, to move off benefits and to...
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Amanda Solloway) has today made the following Statement:This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by Net Zero Teesside Power Limited and Net Z...
Online Safety Act - Super-Complaints Consultation
My Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology; Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP, has made the following Ministerial Statement.The government is working at pace to ensure that the new online safety regulatory framework set o...
Boosting the Future of our Renewables Sector
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Claire Coutinho) has today made the following Statement:The Government has today published key details of next year’s Contracts for Difference allocation round, Great Britain’s ...
Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023
My honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions (Paul Maynard MP) has made the following Written Statement.Later today I will lay before this House the Office for Nuclear Regulation Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023. This ...
Publication of the Equality and Human Rights Monitor Report
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy), Maria Caulfield MP, has today made the following statement:Today the ...
Building Safety Update
My Honourable friend the Minister for Housing and Planning (Lee Rowley MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement today:Today, for the first time, the government is publishing comprehensive remediation data on the progress made to fix reside...
Labour Market Update
My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mel Stride MP) has made the following Written Statement.Later today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and I will announce a new Bac...
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
My noble friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Callanan) has today made the following statement:This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park Limit...
Review of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy
My Noble Friend the Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Commonwealth and United Nations (Lord Ahmad) has today made the following statement:I am announcing today a review of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), an E...
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park Limited for development consent for the North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park project, located in Flixborough, Scunthorp...
Review of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy
I am announcing today a review of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), an Executive Non Departmental Public Body of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).The WFD was established in 1992 and is dedicated to strengthening democr...
Rail Update
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Huw Merriman), has made the following Ministerial Statement.HS2 Six-Monthly Report to Parliament: November 2023 Review of High Speed Two (HS2) including programme update, benefits, local community...