Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Cabinet Committees
Today I am publishing an updated Cabinet Committee list. I have placed a copy of the new list in the Libraries of both Houses.
Contingencies Fund Advance
I hereby give notice of the Wales Office’s intention to seek an advance from the Contingencies Fund. The department requires an advance to meet an urgent cash requirement pending parliamentary approval of the Main Estimates 2020-21.In response to the coro...
Capital Update
Today, the government is announcing a transformative, ten-year school rebuilding programme as part of ambitious plans that will benefit schools and colleges across England.Investing in our school and college buildings is vital to deliver the world-class e...
Prisons update
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, has previously made clear his focus on tackling crime and last year announced investment of up to £2.5 billion to create 10,000 additional prison places that are decent, safe and secure and support the modernisation...
Travel update
On 8 June, regulations came into force across the UK requiring people arriving into the UK from outside the common travel area to self-isolate for 14 days, with the exception of those on a short list of exemptions. These measures have contributed to keepi...
Business Update
The UK’s world-class research and researchers play a vital role in delivering local and national economic prosperity but we recognise that some of that research is at risk from a range of income losses as a result of Covid-19. That is why the Government i...
Cabinet Committees
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement: Cabinet Committees Today I am publishing an updated Cabinet Committee list. I have placed a copy of the new list in the Libraries of both Houses.
Capital Update
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, the government is announcing a transformative, ten-year school rebuilding programme as part of ambitious plans t...
Business Update
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Alok Sharma) has today made the following statement:The UK’s world-class research and researchers play a vital role in delivering local and national economic p...
Final Report of the MoJ Expert Panel on Harm in the Family Courts and Implementation Plan
In May 2019, the Ministry of Justice established a panel of experts to lead a review into how the family courts deal with risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases involving domestic abuse and other serious offences. The panel hel...
Surveillance Camera Commissioner – Annual Report
My Rt Hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying the 2018/19 Annual Report of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner before the House, as required by section 35 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. The Surveillance Camera Commissioner is an independen...
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
This Statement concerns applications made by Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited and Norfolk Vanguard Limited for development consent for the installation, operation and maintenance of, respectively, the proposed Hornsea Project Three and Norfolk Va...
Planning update
Responding to Covid – 19 – temporary measures to ease restrictions on the planning systemToday the Government has introduced the Business and Planning Bill in Parliament. The Bill responds to the Covid-19 emergency and brings forward temporary changes to ...
Covid-19 update
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Matt Hancock) has made the following written statement:Reducing healthcare-associated COVID-19 infection is a top priority. Today, the NHS has set out plans for testing of NHS staff. This...
Ministerial Correction: Response to Lord Clement-Jones on Test and Trace App
During the Private Notice Question on the NHSX Covid-19 app tabled by Lord Clement-Jones on 22 June 2020, I was asked by Lord Truscott about the cost of the app to taxpayers. I told the House the cost to date has been £11.8 million and I would like to cor...
Final Report of the MoJ Expert Panel on Harm in the Family Courts and Implementation Plan
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Chalk) has made the following Written Statement."In May 2019, the Ministry of Justice established a panel of experts to lead a review into how the family courts deal with ri...
Surveillance Camera Commissioner – Annual Report
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:My Rt Hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying the 2018/19 Annual Report of the Surveillance Camer...
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
My Rt. honourable Friend, the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, made the following Statement today:This Statement concerns applications made by Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) ...
Planning update
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Housing (Christopher Pincher) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Responding to Covid – 19 – temporary measures to ease restrictions on the planning systemToday the Government has introd...
Additional Funding for Rough Sleeping
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 am announcing a further £105 million for local authorities to enabl...
Second meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee
The second meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee will take place on 12 June 2020 by video conference.The meeting will be co-chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP and Vice President of the European Commis...
Negotiations on the UK's future relationship with the EU: update
The Government has made a commitment to update Parliament on the progress of our future relationship negotiations with the EU. This statement provides an update on the fourth round of negotiations.Negotiators from the UK and the EU held discussions throug...
Departmental Contingent Liability Notification (Trade Credit Reinsurance Scheme)?
I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable Members to bring to their attention details of the support provided to businesses and supply chains through the Trade Credit Reinsurance Scheme. Trade Credit Insurance provides...
Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan 2018-2022: Annual Report 2019
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence, are publishing the 2019 annual report on progress against the UK's fourth National Action Plan on ...
Departmental Contingent Liability Notification (Trade Credit Reinsurance Scheme)?
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Alok Sharma) has today made the following statement:I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable Members to bring to their at...