Written Ministerial Statements

Update on In-Work Progression Commission: Call for Evidence

I established the In-Work Progression Commission - led by Baroness McGregor-Smith - in March this year as part of this government’s commitment to levelling up opportunities for those who want to progress from lower paid jobs into higher paid work. In resp...

THE HUMAN MEDICINES (CORONAVIRUS AND INFLUENZA) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2020

The primary objective of our policy is to support the expansion of the annual seasonal flu vaccination campaign and to support the successful roll-out of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. Throughout the Coronavirus outbreak, the government has brough...

Rail update

My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement. I am updating the House that the Department for Transport has negotiated a further Direct Award for the Cross Country rail franc...

Update on In-Work Progression Commission: Call for Evidence

My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Dr Thérèse Coffey MP) has made the following Written Statement.I established the In-Work Progression Commission - led by Baroness McGregor-Smith - in March this year as part of this...

Application System for Initial Teacher Training

Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, published in January 2019, committed to a range of measures to help great people become teachers. One such measure is the introduction of a new application system for initial teacher training in England. This sy...

Annual Report under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012

The Annual Report to Parliament under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 has today been laid before Parliament.The report is prepared in line with the requirements set out in the Infrastructure ...

Business Update

I wish to inform the House of the laying of the Government response to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) 2020 report on Reducing UK Emissions. While?Covid-19 has presented immense challenges for businesses and governments,?the need for action on clima...

Annual Report under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012

My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Kemi Badenoch) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Annual Report to Parliament under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 for the period 1 April 2019 to...

Business Update

My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma has today made the following statement:I wish to inform the House of the laying of the Government response to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) ...

Meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee

The next meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee will take place in London on 19 October 2020, with delegations attending in person and by video conference.The meeting will be co-chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Rt Hon Mich...

Rough sleeping 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:Today, I have announced additional support for rough sleepers this winter, ...

UK Participation in International Vaccines Procurement Initiative (COVAX)

My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma has today made the following statement:I am confirming that the United Kingdom has joined the global?COVAX?initiative to expedite the discovery, man...

Meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Cabinet Office (Michael Gove), has today made the following Written Statement:The next meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee will take place in London on 19 October...

Warm Home Discount Scheme 20/21 – Direct Support for Pensioners

My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Dr Thérèse Coffey MP) has made the following Written Statement. The Warm Home Discount Scheme (WHDS) provides up to £350m per year to tackle fuel poverty and the pressure placed by ...

Appointment of Additional Grenfell Tower Inquiry Panel Member

My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement: The fire in Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 was an unimaginable tragedy that should never have happened. The Government set up the Grenfell Tower Inquiry to get to the truth about what h...

Contingencies Fund Advance

HM Revenue and Customs will incur new expenditure in connection with the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-21 Parliamentary approval for additional resources of £100,000,000 for this new expenditure will be sought in a Supplementary E...

Government response to Electoral Commission and Association of Electoral Administrators reports

The Government has published its responses to the Electoral Commission’s reports on the administration of the December 2019 UK Parliamentary General Election and May 2019 European Parliamentary (and Local) Elections.We have combined our response to the re...

Homelessness Update

The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, which came into force in April 2018, is the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades and our manifesto committed to enforce the Act in full. It is a key lever for reducing homelessness as we seek to...

Covid-19 update

As the Covid-19 incidence rate continues to rise across the country, a suite of local and national actions is required to break the trains of transmission and enable people to maintain a more normal way of life.The Government will act swiftly and decisive...

Homelessness Update

My Hon. Friend, the Minister of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for rough sleeping and housing (Kelly Tolhurst) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, which came into force in April 2018, is ...

Covid-19 update

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Matt Hancock) has made the following written statement:As the Covid-19 incidence rate continues to rise across the country, a suite of local and national actions is required to break the ...

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks

I am today laying before Parliament a report, ‘The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks: 26 March to 25 June 2020’. I am laying this report because it is a legal requirement under the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 for quarterly reports to be m...

Operation of the UK’s Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2020

Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA 2010), the Treasury is required to prepare a quarterly report regarding its exercise of the powers conferred on it by Part 1 of TAFA 2010. This written statement satisfies that requirement for the per...

Coronavirus update

As set out by the Prime Minister in Parliament on 22 September, the Covid-19 infection rate is rising across the country. It is now vitally important that Government takes decisive action to limit any further spread, and reduce the chance of more restrict...

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks

My hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution (Chloe Smith), has today made the following Written Statement:I am today laying before Parliament a report, ‘The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks: 26 March to 2...