Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Finance Bill 2022-23 L-Day Update
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Lucy Frazer) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Government will introduce the Finance Bill following the next Budget.In line with the approach to tax policy ma...
Publication of the Final Report of the Jermaine Baker Inquiry
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 12 February 2020, I announced the establishment an independent Inquiry, under the Inquiries Act 2005, to investigat...
Education Update
My Honourable Friend, The Minister of State for School Standards (Robin Walker), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Key Stage 2 (KS2) national statistics released today show that the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard...
Continued Support to Ukraine
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Ben Wallace) has made the following written statement. Today, I am pleased to update the House with further details on the UK-led training programme of Ukrainian armed forces announced by the Pri...
Transport Update
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement.Today, 5 July 2022, I am announcing the shortlist of the most suitable potential locations for the national headquarters of Great...
HMICFRS’s Inspection Report: An inspection of the National Crime Agency’s effectiveness at safeguarding vulnerable people
The National Crime Agency (NCA) leads the fight against serious and organised crime. It has the power to task other law enforcement partners and a capability, with local to international reach, to disrupt the impact of serious and organised crime on the U...
Financial services update
I can today inform the House that the government has announced an extension to its existing trading plan to sell part of the government’s shareholding in NatWest Group (NWG, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS) for a further 12 months from 12 August 2022...
Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, Main Supply Estimates HC 396
I have today laid Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, Main Supply Estimates HC 396. This is a replacement for HC 53 laid on 12 May which has today been withdrawn. This replacement includes updates as a result of the government’s cost of living an...
Local Government Update
All Hon Members will recognise the critical role local councils play in providing essential statutory services to their residents and being accountable to the communities they serve. That is why the situation at Nottingham City Council is of such concern....
Cost of Living Payments and the Welfare Cap
In accordance with HM Treasury’s obligations to operate the welfare cap, set out in the Charter for Budget Responsibility, the Treasury is required to determine items of welfare expenditure within scope of the welfare cap. Today, I would like to inform th...
Business Update
Government will shortly lay before Parliament two Statutory Instruments: the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022, and the Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort (Increase of Limits on Damages) Or...
HMICFRS’s Inspection Report: An inspection of the National Crime Agency’s effectiveness at safeguarding vulnerable people
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The National Crime Agency (NCA) leads the fight against serious and organised crime. It has the power to task other la...
Financial services update
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I can today inform the House that the government has announced an extension to its existing trading plan to sell part of the...
Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, Main Supply Estimates HC 396
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Lucy Frazer) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I have today laid Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, Main Supply Estimates HC 396. This is a replacement ...
Local Government Update
My Hon. Friend, Minister of State for Equalities, Local Government, Faith and Communities (Kemi Badenoch) has today made the following statement: All Hon Members will recognise the critical role local councils play in providing essential statutory service...
UK Life Sciences
The life sciences have played an essential role in helping us to learn to live with COVID-19. The UK’s natural strengths, and our world-beating vaccine programme, has allowed us to lead the way in this. As we learn the lessons of COVID-19, it is essential...
The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022
Upgrading our homes to be more energy efficient is the best long-term solution for reducing our energy costs, keeping ourselves warm and healthy in winter and tackling fuel poverty. It is also essential for our transition to net zero and in supporting loc...
UK-Ukraine Infrastructure Summit
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade (Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP) has today made the following statement.On Friday 17 June, we hosted a UK-Ukraine Infrastructure Summit in London. The Summit, with Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys S...
Homes for Ukraine: Update
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations (Rt Hon Michael Gove MP), has today made the following written statement:The Homes for Ukraine scheme will allow eligible chil...
Reporting a contingent liability in relation to the Shared Rural Network
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Honourable Friend, the Minister for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure, Julia Lopez MP:I wish to inform the House that I have today laid a Departmental Min...
LGBT Veterans Review
My Hon Friend the Minister for Defence, People and Veterans (Leo Doherty MP) has today made the following statement:The pre-2000 ban on LGBT personnel serving in the Armed Forces was totally wrong. In January this year, the Government committed to deliver...
Gulf Cooperation Council Trade Negotiations Update
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade (Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP) has today made the following statement.Today I am formally launching free trade negotiations between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from Riyadh, Saudi...
Introduction of the Bill of Rights
My right honourable friend the Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Dominic Raab) has made the following written statement.'Today the Government is delivering on our manifesto commitment to overhaul the Human Rights A...
Monkeypox Update
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Sajid Javid) has made the following written statement:The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) yesterday published its updated vaccination strategy in response to the current mon...
UK Life Sciences
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Sajid Javid) has made the following written statement:The life sciences have played an essential role in helping us to learn to live with COVID-19. The UK’s natural strengths, and our wor...