Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Finance Bill 2021-22: draft legislation and tax documents
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.In line with the tax policy-making framework, the Government is publishing draft legislation to be included in Fin...
A new pro-competition regime for Digital Markets
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, The Rt. Hon. Oliver Dowden CBE MP, has made the following Statement:Following the announcement of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industria...
Energy Update
My Right Honourable friend the UK International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency and Minister of State (Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change) (Anne-Marie Trevelyan) has today made the following statement:We to...
Business Update
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kwasi Kwarteng) has today made the following statement:The National Security and Investment Act 2021 received Royal Assent on 29 April and provides for a new i...
Improving Support for Disabled People and People with Health Conditions
My honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work (Justin Tomlinson MP) has made the following Written Statement.I am pleased today to update the house on the publications of Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability...
Traffic Light System Update
From 04:00 BST Monday 19 July, the following countries will be added to the Government’s green list: BulgariaCroatiaHong KongTaiwan Croatia and Taiwan will also be added to the green watchlist, signalling to passengers that these countries are potentially...
Transport Decarbonisation
Transport decarbonisation is a dull way of describing something much more exciting and far-reaching.Because transport is not just how you get around. It is something that fundamentally shapes our towns, our cities, our countryside, our living standards, o...
Publication of the Online Media Literacy Strategy
I am pleased to inform the House that the Government is today publishing our Online Media Literacy Strategy. This strategy is a complementary measure to the proposed Online Safety Bill and will play a critical role in allowing us to meet our ambition of m...
Business Update
As we look ahead to publishing our comprehensive Net Zero Strategy and hosting COP26 in the autumn, we must focus on how we invest in the UK’s most important asset – our workforce – so that people have the right skills to deliver the net zero transition a...
Level 3 Qualifications Reform
Today, I am pleased to announce the next stage of the government’s reforms to post-16 qualifications at level 3 in England.Reforming post-16 education and skills is at the heart of our plan to build back better and level up the country by ensuring that st...
Publication of the Online Media Literacy Strategy
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Digital and Culture, Caroline Dinenage MP, has made the following statement:I am pleased to inform the House that the Government is today publishing our Online Media Literacy Strategy. This strategy is a comp...
Transport Decarbonisation
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement.Transport decarbonisation is a dull way of describing something much more exciting and far-reaching.Because transport is not just...
Level 3 Qualifications Reform
Today my honourable friend The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills (Gillian Keegan), made the following statement.Today, I am pleased to announce the next stage of the government’s reforms to post-16 qualifications at lev...
Business Update
My Right Honourable friend the UK International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency and Minister of State (Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change) (Anne-Marie Trevelyan) has today made the following statement:As we...
HMICFRS’s Inspection Report: An inspection of the National Crime Agency’s Crime Reduction Function
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...
Treasury Update
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The government has acted on a scale unmatched in recent history in responding to the twin health and economic emergencies, with o...
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill
I have made a statement under Section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 that, in my view, the provisions of the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill are compatible with the convention rights. A copy of the statement has been placed in the Li...
HMICFRS’s Inspection Report: An inspection of the National Crime Agency’s Crime Reduction Function
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...
Correction to Statement UIN HLWS129
Subsequent to my Written Statement regarding the Subsidy Control Bill on Wednesday 30th June (UIN HLWS129), I wish to correct the record and to confirm that reference to a “Statement of Policy” is a corrigendum and as such will not be deposited in the Lib...
English Votes for English Laws
Today, I am informing the House that the Government intends to bring forward a motion for the House of Commons to consider whether to amend the Standing Orders to remove the English Votes for English Laws procedure from the legislative process in the Hous...
Education Update
Qualifications and assessments in 2021/22Today, Ofqual and the Department for Education published joint consultations outlining detailed proposals for alternative arrangements for awarding general qualifications in 2022 and vocational and technical qualif...
Employment and Support Allowance
I am pleased to confirm that the exercise to correct past Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) underpayments and pay arrears, following conversion from previous incapacity benefits is now complete. All cases have been considered, reviews completed where...
Treasury Update
The government has acted on a scale unmatched in recent history in responding to the twin health and economic emergencies, with over £400 billion of total support for the economy since the start of the pandemic to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods, an...
Employment and Support Allowance
My honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work (Justin Tomlinson MP) has made the following Written Statement.I am pleased to confirm that the exercise to correct past Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) underpayments ...
Education Update
Qualifications and assessments in 2021/22Today, my right honourable friend the Minister for School Standards (Nick Gibb) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, Ofqual and the Department for Education published joint consultations outl...