APA Referencing Guide — Official publications (Government publications, Hansard)

Official publications referencing guide (PDF download).

Note

• This can include government publications, white papers, research briefings and NICE guidelines.
• When citing from the GOV.UK website, use the government department name in place of the author. If the department is not obvious, then use HM Government as the author.
• Many UK government publications are published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, which can be shortened to HMSO in the publisher field.
• When the author and publisher are the same name, do not include the publisher in the reference list
• If there is more than one publisher, separate each one with a semi colon, e.g. BMJ Group; Pharmaceutical Press.

Choose the most relevant link below:

• Government reports
• Hansard
• NICE guidelines/ guidance