Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Prevailing Market Rates
I am announcing today a temporary reduction in the maximum student loan interest rate following the recent decline in the prevailing market rate for comparable unsecured personal loans.In accordance with the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, where t...
Introducing an Approved Sales System for National Lottery Products
My Right Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Media and Data, John Whittingdale MP, has made the following Statement:Following a consultation, the government announced last year that it was raising the age at which National Lottery products can be ...
Prevailing Market Rates
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Universities (Michelle Donelan), has made the following statement.I am announcing today a temporary reduction in the maximum student loan interest rate following the recent decline in the prevailing market ra...
COVID-19 Update
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Sajid Javid) has today made the following written statement: I wish to inform the House of the action the Government is taking to consider how to further improve uptake of Covid-19 and Fl...
Housing update
I am repeating this statement to rectify a minor error within the Written Ministerial Statement published on Monday 6 September - the reference to the 2020 Housing Delivery Test measurement data should have related to the financial years 2017-18, 2018-19 ...
Sport Broadcasting Update
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) wrote to the DCMS and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committees on 2nd August to set out the final decision on making an Exclusion Order under the Competition Act 1998, regarding...
Sport Broadcasting Update
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) wrote to the DCMS and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committees on 2nd August to set out the final decision on making an Exclusion Order under the Competition Act 1998, regarding...
Economy Update
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today I can inform the House that I have launched Spending Review 2021 (SR21) to set departmental Resource and Capital DEL ...
Role of the Speaker’s Committee in Holding the Electoral Commission to Account
My Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution (Chloe Smith MP), has today made the following written statement:As set out in a previous statement to this House (HCWS100), the Government has proposed a series of measures in the ...
Roads Update
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement:I have on several occasions announced to this House the importance of road safety to me and my Department. After hearing the publ...
Use of the Industrial Development Act 1982 for Coronavirus related assistance
I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Hon. Members to bring to their attention spend under the Industrial Development Act 1982. In addition to the obligation to report on spend under the Industrial Development Act annually, the Coronavirus Act 20...
Notification to Parliament of a Contingent Liability: Indemnification to UNFCCC
I am writing to notify Parliament of a contingent liability that will be created when the government signs the Host Country Agreement for hosting the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Chang...
Update on the Government response to the loot box call for evidence
I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to respond to the loot box call for evidence. The call for evidence received over 30,000 responses which clearly reflects the immense amount of interest in the issue.The Government takes concerns about...
Publication of the Government response to the Report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review (IMMDS Review)
The Report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review (IMMDS Review) was published on 8 July 2020.On 11 January, I updated the House on the government’s progress in responding to the recommendations of the IMMDS Review.I am pleased to ...
Publication of the national strategy for autistic children, young people and adults: 2021 to 2026
Today I am announcing the publication of ‘The national strategy for autistic children, young people and adults: 2021 to 2026’. The strategy is aimed at significantly improving the lives of autistic people in England.This strategy builds on improvements ma...
Government Responses to the CQC ‘Out of Sight - Who Cares?’ Report and to Baroness Hollins’ Interim Report on Seclusion and Restrictive Practice for People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People
Today we have published two formal responses to independent reports that the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care commissioned to address and reduce the use of restrictive practice in the care of people with a learning disability or autistic...
HOUSING UPDATE
Today marks the next major step on our path towards a robust, but proportionate, building safety regime. We seek a regime that delivers high standards of safety for people’s homes, particularly those which are high-rise and therefore somewhat higher risk ...
NCA Remuneration Review Body Report 2021
I am today announcing the government’s decision on pay for the National Crime Agency (NCA) 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 ...
Police Pay
The seventh report of the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) was published today. The Body considered the pay and allowances for police officers up to and including the chief officer ranks in England and Wales. The Government appreciates and values th...
Response to the 2021 Senior Salaries Review Body Report
I am today announcing the Government’s decision on pay for the senior civil service, senior military, senior managers in the NHS and the judiciary.The Government recognises that public sector workers play a vital role in the running of our public services...
Teachers Update
The 31st report of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) is being published today. Its recommendations cover the remit issued in December 2020, regarding the pay award for teachers that is due to be implemented from September 2021. The report will be pr...
DHSC update
I am responding on behalf of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister to both the 34th Report of the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) and to the 49th Report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Renumeration (DDRB). I am grateful to both Chairs and the me...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UPDATE
On 12 October 2020 [HCWS502] I told the House that I had issued invitations under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) to principal councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire, and Somerset, including associated existin...
Building Beautiful Places
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Government has set out to put beauty and design, for the first time, at...
Consumer Update
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kwasi Kwarteng) has today made the following statement:Today I will lay before Parliament two consultation papers on competition issues which respond to propos...