Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Gigabit Broadband Roll Out
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure, Matt Warman MP, has made the following Statement:This government has ambitious plans to achieve nationwide rollout of future-proof gigabit broadband as soon as pos...
Covid-19: DWP Update
My honourable Friend The Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work (Justin Tomlinson MP) has made the following Written Statement.We have been carefully considering what steps need to be taken in order to reduce the risk to vulnerable claiman...
Independent Reservoir Review Report
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.On 3 September 2019 my Rt Hon Friend the then Secretary of State (Teresa Villiers) commissioned an independent review following the Toddbrook Reservoir inci...
In Work Progression Commission
My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Dr Thérèse Coffey MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Department for Work and Pensions is establishing an In-Work Progression Commission in order to increase its eviden...
Automatic Enrolment into Workplace Pensions: Seafarers and Offshore Workers
My honourable Friend, The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions & Financial Inclusion (Guy Opperman MP) has made the following Written Statement.I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable Members to bring ...
Alleged Serious and Significant Offences (Diplomatic Immunity): 2018
In 2018, three serious and significant offences allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomatic or international organisation-related immunity in the United Kingdom were drawn to the attention of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Parliamentary a...
Debts owed by Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the United Kingdom: 2018
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials have held meetings with a number of diplomatic missions and international organisations about outstanding parking fine debt, outstanding National Non-Domestic Rates payments and unpaid Congestion Charge debt...
Government Response to the Consultation on the draft Human Tissue (Permitted Material: Exceptions) (England) Regulations 2020
The Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 heralds a new system of consent for organ and tissue donation in England. Subject to Parliament’s approval of the secondary legislation and Code of Practice for healthcare professionals, the new system is inten...
Finance Bill 2020
The Finance Bill will be published on 19 March. Explanatory notes on the Bill will be available in the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office and placed in the Libraries of the House on that day. Copies of the explanatory notes will also be available on...
Public Service Pension Scheme Indexation and Revaluation 2020
Legislation governing public service pensions requires them to be increased annually by the same percentage as additional pensions (State Earnings Related Pension and State Second Pension). Public service pensions will therefore be increased from 6 April ...
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s report on Westminster
Today the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its latest report, which can be found at www.iicsa.org.uk. This report relates to its investigation into Westminster. I pay tribute to the strength and courage of the victims and survivor...
Response to consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published the Government response to the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood on Friday 21st February. This consultation ran between August and October 2018.Wood burning sto...
Relaxation of licensing hours to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ) Day
Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a Licensing Hours Order (‘Order’) relaxing opening hours for licensed premises (any premises with a premises licence or a club premises certificate) in Eng...
Response to consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published the Government response to the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and w...
Relaxation of licensing hours to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ) Day
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a L...
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust maternity services.
IntroductionI made a statement on 28th January about concerns regarding maternity services in East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. I explained that I had sought reports from both the Health Service Investigation Branch and the Care Quality...
Relaxation of licensing hours to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a Licensing Hours Order (‘Order’) relaxing opening hours for licensed premises (any premises with a premises licence or a club premises certificate) in Eng...
Automatic Enrolment Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band Review 2020/21
Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions (AE) has been a great success to date with over 10 million people having been automatically enrolled and more than 1.6 million employers meeting their duties. Over 2019/20, working people will save an estimated ...
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust maternity services.
My Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety (Nadine Dorries) has made the following written statement:IntroductionI made a statement on 28th January about concerns regarding maternity ...
Relaxation of licensing hours to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a L...
Automatic Enrolment Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band Review 2020/21
My honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions & Financial Inclusion (Guy Opperman MP) has made the following Written Statement.Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions (AE) has been a great success to date with over 10 mi...
Establishing a public inquiry into the death of Jermaine Baker
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am announcing today the establishment by the Home Office of an inquiry, under the Inquiries Act 2005, to investigate...
Light Dues 2020 - 21
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Nusrat Ghani) has made the following Ministerial Statement.A strong and growing maritime industry is vital to the economy of the United Kingdom and it is critical that we treasure and ...
Government response to the third annual Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Report
My Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Care (Caroline Dinenage) has made the following written statement:Following the publication of the third annual report from the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme on 21 May 2019, and the state...
Update on Online Harms
DCMS and the Home Office are today publishing an initial response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation. This is an important step towards our aim of making the UK the safest place in the world to be online, and the best place to start and grow a d...