Written Ministerial Statements

National Crime Agency Pay Award

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) Remuneration Review Body has recently made recommendations on pay and allowances for N...

Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects

My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth Kwasi Kwarteng has today made the following statement:.This Statement concerns the application made by Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited for development consent for the...

The 2019 Government Chemist Review

My Honourable Friend the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Amanda Solloway has today made the following statement:The twenty-third Annual Review of the Government Chemist has been received. The Review will be placed in the Libraries of the Hou...

Senior Civil Service, Senior Military and Judiciary Pay Awards

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Rt Hon Michael Gove MP), has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am today announcing the Government’s decision on pay for the Senior Civil Service (SCS), senior military and...

Government response to the 48th report of the DDRB

My Hon Friend the Minister of State (Minister for Care) (Helen Whately) has made the following written statement:I am responding on behalf of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the 48th Report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Renumeratio...

Publicly accessible registers of company beneficial ownership in the British Overseas Territories

My Honourable Friend, the Minister for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development (Baroness Sugg), has made the following written Ministerial statement:The Government welcomes the statements made by eight Overseas Territories in which they have ...

Independent Review of College Financial Oversight

I am publishing today the report of the Independent Review of College Financial Oversight, conducted by Dame Mary Ney DBE.At the heart of the report is recognition of the contribution of colleges to their local communities and economies– essential to meet...

The First Report on the Use of the Petition of Concern Mechanism in the Northern Ireland Assembly

I am today laying before both Houses of Parliament the first report by Her Majesty’s Government on the use of the Petition of Concern mechanism in the Northern Ireland Assembly.As part of the New Decade, New Approach deal upon which the devolved Executive...

Update on implementation of the Immigration Health Surcharge exemption for health and care workers

Following announcements by the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care earlier this week, I would like to further update the House on progress made by the Department of Health and Social Care towards implementing the Immigrati...

National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland - 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019

This is a summary of the main findings from the report by His Honour Brian Barker QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. His Honour Brian Barker conc...

Publicly accessible registers of company beneficial ownership in the British Overseas Territories

The Government welcomes the statements made by eight Overseas Territories in which they have committed to greater transparency by announcing they will establish publicly accessible registers of company beneficial ownership.The eight Territories – Anguilla...

Independent Review of College Financial Oversight

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills (Gillian Keegan) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I am publishing today the report of the Independent Review of College Financial Oversight,...

The First Report on the Use of the Petition of Concern Mechanism in the Northern Ireland Assembly

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following statement:I am today laying before both Houses of Parliament the first report by Her Majesty’s Government on the use of the Petition of Concern mecha...

National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland - 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following statement:This is a summary of the main findings from the report by His Honour Brian Barker QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrange...

Reappointment of Lynne Owens as Director General of the NCA

My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I have reappointed Lynne Owens to be the Director General of the National Crime Agency for a further two years from Ja...

Flood and coastal erosion risk management policy

My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (George Eustice) has today made the following statement: I recognise the immense impacts that flooding and coastal erosion can have on homes and businesses across the cou...

HS2 Safeguarding

My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Andrew Stephenson), has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am today publishing additional Safeguarding Directions to protect a site in Leeds which we anticipate may be needed to build Phas...

Finance Bill 2020-21 L-day update

My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) made the following Written Ministerial Statement yesterday.The Government will introduce the Finance Bill following the next Budget.In line with the approach to tax policy m...

Higher Technical Education Reform

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, I am pleased to launch the government’s new reforms of higher technical education in England.Take up of higher t...

HMICFRS’s Inspection Report: ‘An inspection of the National Crime Agency’s Criminal Intelligence 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 (SOC). It has the power to task ot...

Negotiations on the UK’s future trading relationship with Australia: Update

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade (Elizabeth Truss MP) has today made the following statement.Trade negotiators from the UK and Australia held the first round of negotiations for a UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) betw...

Amendments to the Withdrawal Agreement

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Rt Hon Michael Gove MP), has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:At its second meeting on 12 June 2020, the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee, co-chaired by the Chancellor ...

Annual European Union Finances Statement

My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Steve Barclay) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am today laying before Parliament, “the European Union Finances 2019: statement on the 2019 EU Budget and measures...

Planning 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:Planning update: preventing loss of cultural venues and planning conditions...

Children’s Social Care Update

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families (Vicky Ford) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On 24 April 2020 regulations were introduced to provide local authorities and children’s social car...