Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Building Safety Monthly Update
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:I have undertaken to provide the House with a monthly building safety updat...
Extending COVID Local Support Measures
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Dr Thérèse Coffey MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Covid Winter Grant Scheme has enabled Local Authorities in England to provide targeted support to families and ind...
Reporting contingent liabilities in relation to cancellation compensation for event organisers participating in phase one of the Events Research Programme
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP, has made the following Statement:I am tabling this statement for the benefit of all members of this House to bring to their attention...
COVID-19 Vaccination Update
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Matt Hancock) has made the following written statement: I wish to inform the House of actions we are taking to improve uptake of vaccines across the adult social care sector. In February ...
Notification of contingent liability – mortgage guarantee scheme
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.It is normal practice when a government department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 and fo...
HS2 6 monthly report to Parliament
OverviewThis is the second bi-annual update to Parliament on the progress of High Speed Two (HS2). It marks one year since the Government gave Phase One of the scheme, between the West Midlands and London, the green light to begin civils construction. The...
Healthy Weight Programme: funding for local authority weight management services
On the 4th of March this year, the Prime Minister announced an additional £100 million over 2021/22 to support people living with obesity to lose weight and maintain healthier lifestyles. I am pleased to confirm that the Government is dedicating £34.9 mil...
Update on the Government’s response to the Independent Inquiry into the Issues raised by Paterson
It is now 12 months since the Independent Inquiry into the issues raised by the convicted breast surgeon, Ian Paterson, published its report. The report made for difficult reading and describes the terrible harms that can occur when the malpractice of an ...
Report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on the operation in 2019 of the Terrorism Acts
Jonathan Hall QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has prepared a report on the operation in 2019 of the Terrorism Acts. In accordance with section 36(5) of the Terrorism Act 2006, I am today laying this report before the House, and copi...
Public Service Pensions: Guaranteed Minimum Pension indexation consultation, government response
The Government is today publishing its response to the consultation titled ‘Public Service Pensions: Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) indexation consultation’. The consultation, which took place between 7 October and 30 December 2020, considered how the G...
Oil and Gas Decommissioning Relief Deeds
At Budget 2013, the government announced it would begin signing decommissioning relief deeds. These deeds represented a new contractual approach to provide oil and gas companies with certainty on the level of tax relief they will receive on future decommi...
Tax policies and consultations - Spring 2021
I have today laid before Parliament “Tax policies and consultations - Spring 2021” [CP 404]. The measures set out in this command paper will shape the next steps in delivering the Government’s tax administration strategy, announced in July 2020. The comma...
Libya update
In March 2019, the then Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, appointed Mr William Shawcross as his Special Representative on UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism. Mr Shawcross was commissioned to write an internal scoping report on the s...
The Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021
Yesterday the Minister of State made the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 which are today being laid before Parliament. The Regulations have been made because women and girls in Northern Ireland are still unable to access high-quality abortion...
DWP – Expanding Our Services
As part of the Government’s ongoing commitment to support claimants back into work, DWP is moving at pace this spring and summer to introduce new Jobcentres, as a direct response to the pandemic.On top of the 13,500 new Work Coaches who will be in place b...
Update on the Government’s response to the Independent Inquiry into the Issues raised by Paterson
My Hon. Friend the Minister of State (Minister for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health) (Nadine Dorries) has made the following written statement:It is now 12 months since the Independent Inquiry into the issues raised by the convicted br...
Healthy Weight Programme: funding for local authority weight management services
My Hon. friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care) (Jo Churchill), has made the following statement:On the 4th of March this year, the Prime Minister announced an additional £100 million ove...
Report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on the operation in 2019 of the Terrorism Acts
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Jonathan Hall QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has prepared a report on the operation in 2019 of...
Publication of the Government response to the Law Commission report on Technical Issues in Charity Law
My Noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Baroness Barran has made the following statement:Today the Government has published its response to the recommendations made by the Law Commission in it...
Financial Services Update
I can today inform the House of the disposal of approximately £1.1bn worth of government-owned NatWest Group (NWG, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS) shares, representing 4.86% of the company, by way of a directed buyback transaction.Approximately £1.1...
Project Gigabit
Gigabit broadband is being rolled out rapidly, from one in ten households in 2019 to almost two in five today. The UK is on track for one of the fastest rollouts in Europe and for half the country to have access to gigabit speeds by the end of this year.G...
Local Transport Update
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement.The Government and Mayor of London have agreed to extend the current Transport for London funding deal. The deal was due to run o...
Publication of the Government response to the Law Commission report on Technical Issues in Charity Law
Today the Government has published its response to the recommendations made by the Law Commission in its report ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’ published in September 2017. The report addresses a number of technical issues in charity law which were firs...
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 of the disposal of approximately £1.1bn worth of government-owned NatWest Group (NWG, formerly ...
Project Gigabit
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Matt Warman MP, has made the following Statement:Gigabit broadband is being rolled out rapidly, from one in ten households in 2019 to almost two in five...