Written Ministerial Statements
Tuesday, 5 February 2013

• Cabinet Office
  • Committee on Standards in Public Life (Triennial Review)
    I announced on 18 September 2012, Official Report, column 31WS that I had asked the right hon. Peter Riddell CBE to carry out a review of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. In the...
• Treasury
  • Equitable Life Payment Scheme
    The Treasury can confirm that the Equitable Life payment scheme has made £535 million in payments and has paid nearly 80% of eligible individual policyholders. In addition, the scheme has...
  • Public Service Pensions (Up-Rating 2013)
    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....
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Government Wine Cellar
    I have today placed a copy of the annual statement on the Government wine cellar for the financial year 2011-12 in the Libraries of both Houses. Following the outcome of the review of the...
• Health
  • Mental Health (Registered Practitioners and Approved Clinicians)
    In my oral statement on 29 October 2012, Official Report, column 32, I said that I had asked Dr Geoffrey Harris to conduct an independent review into the technical irregularities that had...
• Justice
  • Judicial Pensions Reform
    On 17 July 2012, my predecessor informed the House that he had written to the heads of jurisdiction setting out his proposals for reform of judicial pensions, Official Report, column 131WS. The...
• Prime Minister
  • Communications Data (Intelligence and Security Agencies)
    I am grateful to the Intelligence and Security Committee for its valuable work and its latest report, entitled “Access to communications data by the intelligence and security...
• Transport
  • Driving Test Language Support
    The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) today launched a consultation on the language support available to candidates taking theory and practical driving tests. The consultation seeks views on whether...
• Work and Pensions
  • Universal Credit
    I am pleased to announce that later today the Government will publish the Command Paper: “Government’s response to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee’s...