Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) (No.2) Bill
I have made a statement under Section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 that, in my view, the provisions of the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) (No.2) Bill are compatible with the convention rights. A copy of the statement has been placed in...
Independent Review into Handling of Information about Child Sexual Abuse in Rotherham
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sajid Javid) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Home Office is today publishing an Independent Review of information passed to the Home Office in connection with ...
UK Support and Funding for International Criminal Justice
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Jeremy Hunt), has made the following written Ministerial statement:Today is the Day of International Criminal Justice, which provides an opportunity to update Parliam...
Managing fiscal risks and the OBR 2018 Fiscal sustainability report
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today sees the publication of two reports which underscore the need for continued fiscal responsibility: the Office...
Justice update
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Edward Argar) has made the following Written Statement."I have laid a draft proposal for a Remedial Order to amend section 9 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) to allow an a...
Grant In Kind
I have today laid before the House a Departmental Minute describing a package of equipment and infrastructure that the UK intends to provide to the Jordanian Armed Forces. The value of the package is estimated at £5,194,000. The provision of equipment wil...
GP update
NHS Digital recently identified a supplier defect in the processing of historical patient objections to the sharing of their confidential health data. An error occurred when 150,000 Type 2 objections[1] set between March 2015 and June 2018 in GP practices...
Proposed Directive on credit servicers, credit purchasers and the recovery of collateral – JHA opt-in decision
The proposed EU Directive on credit purchasers, credit servicers and the recovery of collateral contains, among other things, provisions on a new EU mechanism for out-of-court collateral enforcement. The Directive is part of a broader package of EU measur...
Childcare update
I wish to update the House on two important changes the Government is making to childcare.I have today laid a new Statutory Instrument, The Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement...
Student Finance
EU StudentsI am today confirming that eligibility rules for students from the European Union, and their family members, who commence courses in England in the Academic Year starting in August 2019 will remain unchanged. EU nationals will remain eligible f...
Society Lotteries Consultation
I wish to inform the House that on Friday, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published a consultation on proposals for changes to the sales and prize limits for society lotteries to help charities raise more money.The consultation follo...
Housing Policy Update
Since we published our Housing White Paper last year, we have been making significant progress in fixing the broken housing market, reforming our planning system and increasing housing supply to start to improve affordability, as well as taking steps to e...
Grant In Kind
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I have today laid before the House a Departmental Minute describing a package of equipment and infrastructure that the UK i...
GP update
My hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Jackie Doyle-Price) has made the following statement:NHS Digital recently identified a supplier defect in the processing of historical patient objections to the sharing of their confid...
Childcare update
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families (Nadhim Zahawi) has made the following written ministerial statement.I wish to update the House on two important changes the Government is making to childcare.I have...
Student Finance
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (Sam Gyimah) has made the following written ministerial statement.EU StudentsI am today confirming that eligibility rules for students from the European Union, a...
Society Lotteries Consultation
I wish to inform the House that on Friday, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published a consultation on proposals for changes to the sales and prize limits for society lotteries to help charities raise more money.The consultation follo...
Proposed Directive on credit servicers, credit purchasers and the recovery of collateral – JHA opt-in decision
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The proposed EU Directive on credit purchasers, credit servicers and the recovery of collateral contains, among other things...
Housing Policy Update
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing,Communities and Local Government ( James Brokenshire), has today made the following Written Ministerial Satement.Since we published our Housing White Paper last year, we have been making si...
Piloting alternative electoral canvassing models - Evaluation Report
The Minister for the Constitution has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I am publishing the Government’s evaluation of the pilots conducted in 2017 in England, Scotland and Wales testing alternative approaches to the current annual ca...
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) 21st June 2018, Luxembourg
My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Employment (Alok Sharma MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on the 21th June 2018 in Luxembourg. The Deputy Permanent Representa...
Industrial Strategy
My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Greg Clark), has today made the following statement:As part of the Industrial Strategy, the Government committed to making the most of the UK’s strengths, so we can deve...
Energy Policy
My hon friend Richard Harrington, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Business and Industry has made the following written ministerial statement:In its Written Ministerial Statement of 11 January 2018, the Government set out its commi...
ISC Detainee Reports
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:The Government agreed with the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) in December 2013 that it would enquire into the themes and issues identifi...
Building Safety Update
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (James Brokenshire), has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, my Department has published the Building Safety Programme: monthly d...