APA 7th Referencing Guide — Government Reports

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APA Referencing Guide — Government reports

Note

  • 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.
Format and order
  • Organisation(s)/ author(s). (organisation followed by full stop OR family name, comma followed by initials, with full stop and space after each initial)
  • (Date of publication). (year, followed by comma if including month and day, in round brackets followed by full stop)
  • Title (in italics)
  • (Publication and report number). (in round brackets, followed by full stop)
  • Publisher. (followed by full stop)
  • URL
In-text citation

As highlighted in the HM Government's latest report The Future Relationship Between the United Kingdom and the European Union (2018)…

"It shall not be lawful for a landlord to enter upon and resume possession of his own land let as an allotment garden" (Standing Committee B, 1950, p. 5)…

Domestic rental costs soared in 2023 (Wilson & Barton, 2023)…

Reference list

HM Government. (2018). The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (CM 9593). HMSO. http://www.gov.uk/government/publications

Standing Committee B. (1950). Minutes of proceedings on the Allotments Bill (HCP 101). HMSO.

Wilson, W., & Barton, C. (2023). Housing and the cost-of-living (CBP09622). House of Commons Research Library. https://tinyurl.com/yc25ye79

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