Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Correction to Written Parliamentary Questions 90063, 97759, 117196 and 117198
I would like to inform the House that a written answer I gave on 24 September 2020, Official Report 90063 (and subsequent to that, answers 97759, 117196 and 117198), to the hon. Member for Romford and the hon. Member for Scunthorpe was incomplete. In 2018...
Central Bank Digital Currency
The UK, like many countries, is actively exploring the potential role of a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) as a complement to cash and bank deposits. A retail CBDC would be a new form of digital money, denominated in Sterling and issued by the...
Financial Services
The government has today laid before Parliament the second consultation on the Future Regulatory Framework (FRF) Review, Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework Review: Proposals for Reform (CP 548). The FRF Review provides a once-in-a-generation o...
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton has replaced the Rt. Hon. the Lord Jopling DL as a Member of the United Kingdom delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Common Frameworks update
I am today laying before Parliament a report, ‘The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks: 26 March to 25 June 2021’. I am laying this report because it is a legal requirement under the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 for quarterly reports to be m...
Further Education Update
Today I am announcing details of the government’s capital investment of £83 million in 2021-22 to help eligible post-16 education providers[1] accommodate the expected demographic increase in 16 to 19-year-olds.Thirty-nine post-16 education providers have...
Early Adopters Programme for Licensed Standing in Seated Areas
On 22 September, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) announced an ‘Early Adopters Programme’ for licensed standing in seated areas at football stadia. The ‘Early Adopter Programme’ wil...
Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations Annual Report and Accounts 2019-2020
Today I am placing the Council of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations (CRFCA) Annual Report and Accounts 2019-2020 in the Library of the House, in accordance with the RFCA Regulations 2014. I am also replacing the RFCA Review 2019 report in the Libra...
Sport Broadcasting Legislation Update
Following my Written Ministerial Statement of 8 September, I would like to further update the House on the making of an Exclusion Order under the Competition Act 1998 regarding the Premier League’s domestic broadcasting agreements.In that statement I conf...
Lorry Parking
I wish to update the House on the joint initiative between the Department for Transport and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on planning reforms for lorry parking, and to emphasise the critical importance of the freight and logistics s...
Early Adopters Programme for Licensed Standing in Seated Areas
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Honourable Friend, the Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society, Nigel Huddleston MP:On 22 September, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media ...
Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations Annual Report and Accounts 2019-2020
My hon. Friend the Minister for the Armed Forces (James Heappey MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today I am placing the Council of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations (CRFCA) Annual Report and Accounts 2019-2020 in the Libra...
Sport Broadcasting Legislation Update
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Honourable Friend, the Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society, Nigel Huddleston MP:Following my Written Ministerial Statement of 8 September, I...
Lorry Parking
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement:I wish to update the House on the joint initiative between the Department for Transport and Department for Levelling Up, Housing ...
DLUHC update
I welcome the UK Statistics Authority publishing the new Concordat on Statistics between the UK Government and the devolved administrations. This concordat represents a significant milestone in our work to put data at the heart of decision making in gover...
Avian Influenza: Enhanced biosecurity measures introduced
High pathogenicity H5N1 avian influenza has been circulating in Europe in recent weeks. There have now been three confirmed cases in kept birds in Great Britain. One in a wild bird rescue centre in Worcestershire, one in a small backyard flock in Wales an...
Treasury Update
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today the government is publishing the Finance Bill 2021-22 which will include a clause to increase the normal minimum pensi...
DLUHC update
My Hon. Friend, the Minister for Levelling Up, the Union and Constitution (Neil O’Brien) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I welcome the UK Statistics Authority publishing the new Concordat on Statistics between the UK Government ...
Avian Influenza: Enhanced biosecurity measures introduced
My Hon Friend the Minister of State (Victoria Prentis) has today made the following statement.High pathogenicity H5N1 avian influenza has been circulating in Europe in recent weeks. There have now been three confirmed cases in kept birds in Great Britain....
DLUHC update
Further to the Written Ministerial Statement made by My Hon. Friend, the Minister for Levelling Up, the Union and Constitution (Neil O’Brien) yesterday, which I repeated, I am today making a further Written Ministerial Statement to make minor corrections ...
Climate Change Update
I am today providing an update on the UK’s CCUS Cluster Sequencing Process which was launched in May this year. Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage, or CCUS, will be essential to meeting our Net Zero ambitions and will be an exciting new industry to capture...
Soil Health Action Plan for England
This statement follows the recent announcement made by my Noble Friend Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 8 September 2021 on the government’s commitment to publish a new Soil Health Action Plan for England and to outline further details on this upcoming ...
Draft Legislation: The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
I have today published as a draft the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and an accompanying draft Explanatory Memorandum. The draft Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/ 2864) (the ...
Engagement with Civil Society and Business Organisations on the Trade and Cooperation Agreement
My noble Friend, the Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (the Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG), has today made the following written statement:As the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) is a broad Agreement that touches on the lives of people across the UK, t...
Armed Forces Update
I am today announcing the Government’s decision on pay for the Armed Forces for 2021-22.The Government recognises that public sector workers play a vital role in the running of our public services, including in their remarkable commitment to keeping the p...