Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Children's Social Care Update
This Government is committed to levelling up across the country. In order to do this, it is absolutely vital that we start with children and families – particularly the most vulnerable – so that we can realise the benefits of establishing firm and loving ...
Community Pharmacy Vaccinations
I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable members to bring to their attention two contingent liabilities. One relating to clinical negligence liabilities incurred by pharmacy led Covid-19 vaccination sites between 1 Ja...
Planning and Heritage 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: Protecting our nation’s heritage I would like to update the House about th...
Awarding Qualifications in 2021
My Right Honourable Friend The Minister of State for School Standards has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On Friday 15 January, Ofqual and the Department for Education published a joint consultation outlining detailed proposals for altern...
Use of the Industrial Development Act 1982 for Coronavirus related assistance
My Honourable friend the Minister for London and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets) (Paul Scully) has today made the following statement:I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Hon. Me...
Update on Overseas Territories
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Dominic Raab), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: The UK is extremely concerned about the state of good governance in the British Virg...
Children's Social Care Update
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:This Government is committed to levelling up across the country. In order to do this, it is absolutely vital that we start with children...
Community Pharmacy Vaccinations
My Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment)(Nadhim Zahawi), has made the following statement:I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable members to bring to their att...
Contingencies Fund Advance
My Hon. Friend, the Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government (Luke Hall) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I give notice that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government intends to seek an advance from the C...
Application of the second-hand margin scheme in Northern Ireland in respect of motor vehicles sourced from Great Britain
Under the Northern Ireland Protocol (‘the Protocol’), EU VAT rules in respect of goods will continue to apply in Northern Ireland. However, Northern Ireland is, and will remain, part of the UK’s VAT system.As set out in the 10 December 2020 Command Paper ...
Update on the UK Internal Market (UKIM) Bill
The UK Internal Market (UKIM) Bill is fundamental to providing a reliable legal basis for the effective and coherent functioning of the UK internal market. It guarantees that businesses and consumers across the UK are not subject to harmful internal trade...
DHSC Contingencies Fund Advance
The Department of Health and Social Care has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £34,000,000,000The Department of Health and Social Care’s Net Cash Requirement cash limit has been used in full between April 2020 and December 202...
Machinery of Government Change
The sponsorship and secretariat of the Social Mobility Commission will move to Cabinet Office to be part of the new Equality Hub. This machinery of government change will put the Commission’s work at the heart of Government and ensure our commitment to le...
The 2025 UK Border Strategy
Today, the Government will publish the 2025 UK Border Strategy. As we reach the end of the transition period, we have a unique opportunity to redesign our border for the benefit of the UK. The 2025 UK Border Strategy sets out how we will do this in partne...
State of the Estate in 2019-20
I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to Section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, the “State of the Estate in 2019-20”. This report describes the efficiency and sustainability of the Government’s Civil Estate and records the progress that Govern...
Update on Reciprocal Healthcare Arrangements
Today I am notifying the House about arrangements the Government has made to support people who require ongoing, routine healthcare treatment in order to be able to travel to the European Economic Area or Switzerland after the end of the Transition Period...
Future Nuclear Deterrent Annual Update 2020
On 18 May 2011, the then Secretary of State for Defence, the Right Hon. Member for North Somerset (Dr. Liam Fox) made an oral statement to the House (Official Report column 351) announcing the approval of the Initial Gate investment stage for the procurem...
National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing in the UK
The UK’s status as a global financial centre, our openness to trade and investment, and the ease of doing business here are all vital for our prosperity. These remarkable strengths also make us vulnerable to the risk of illicit financial flows from money ...
Bilateral loan to Ireland under the Loans to Ireland Act 2010
I would like to update Parliament on the loan to Ireland.In December 2010, the UK agreed to provide a bilateral loan of £3.2 billion as part of a €67.5 billion international assistance package for Ireland. The loan was disbursed in 8 tranches. The final t...
Contingencies Fund advance
HM Treasury and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury have agreed additional Resource DEL funding of £40,500,000 for National Savings and Investments to respond to Covid-19 issues, build greater operational resilience and prepare for a major retendering eve...
Updating the Special Resolution Regime Code of Practice
I have today laid before Parliament an update to the Special Resolution Regime Code of Practice. This update accounts for the transposition of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) II; changes made to the Special Resolution Regime as a result ...
Tax exemptions: Employer-reimbursed coronavirus antigen tests and easement for employer-provided cycles exemption
Employer-reimbursed coronavirus antigen tests: Exemption from Income Tax and National Insurance contributionsOn 9 July 2020, the Government agreed to introduce an income tax exemption and National Insurance contributions (NICs) disregard to ensure that Co...
Covid-19 Update
Local action is vital to our strategy of suppressing the virus, while protecting the economy, education and the NHS, until a vaccine can make us safe. Help is on its way thanks to the rollout of a safe and effective vaccine, but we are not there yet.While...
Financial Services Update
On 24 November, in a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) (HCWS595), I committed to working with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to lay before Parliament and publish online Dame Elizabeth Gloster’s report into the FCA’s regulation and supervision of ...
Treasury Update
Today I can inform the House that I have asked the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast for a Budget on 3 March 2021.