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Ministerial Directions

This series brings together all published Ministerial Directions.

Section 3.4 of Managing Public Money sets out that accounting officers should routinely scrutinise significant policy proposals or plans to start or vary major projects and then assess whether they measure up to the standards set out in Managing Public Money. The accounting officer should draw any issues to the attention of the responsible minister to see whether they can be resolved.

If the minister decides it is nevertheless appropriate to continue with a course that does not meet the Managing Public Money standards, the accounting officer should ask for a formal written direction to proceed. Since 2011, there has been a presumption that such directions are published, unless the matter must be kept confidential.

Below are links to all the directions that have been published since 2011. There were no Ministerial Directions published between 2011 and 2014.

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Updates to this page

Published 1 October 2020
Last updated 11 April 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added the ministerial direction for the pollack compensation scheme.

  2. Added the ministerial direction for the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant.

  3. Added 'NHS pay settlement: ministerial direction request'.

  4. Added UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre: ministerial direction.

  5. Added Ministerial directions for Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.

  6. Maintenance of UK Export Finance cover limit for Ukraine added

  7. Migration and economic development partnership: ministerial direction added

  8. Added: Coronavirus (COVID-19): ministerial direction on independent sector contracting

  9. Added '£27m fund for fire alarms in buildings with a waking watch: ministerial direction'. 

  10. Added Treatment of Historical Institutional Abuse payments in means-tested benefits to 2021.

  11. Increase to UK Export Finance’s cover limit for Ukraine added

  12. Added 'The Passenger Name Record Data and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018: ministerial direction'.

  13. Added the 'Movement Assistance Scheme: ministerial direction'.

  14. Updated with: Ministerial direction: £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund for unsafe high rise buildings.

  15. Updated with: Manston Airport: ministerial direction on procuring consultants for independent review.

  16. Updated with: Manston Airport: seeking direction on procuring consultants for independent review.

  17. First published.