Atkins, the FRES Systems House, has placed two Technology Demonstrator Programme (TDP) contracts with Lockheed Martin (UK) Ltd and Thales, announced Lord Drayson, minister for Defence Procurement today.   

The Government is to launch a new programme to help retrain Iraqi doctors and other clinicians.   

Minerals are an important national resource. There is a continuing need for an adequate and steady supply of minerals for a variety of purposes. Equally, working must be fully reconciled with policies to protect...

Automated Registration of Title to Land (ARTL) is a Registers of Scotland Executive Agency project to introduce automated, electronic registration of routine property dealings in the Land Register of Scotland.

Asked about the Prime Minister's concerns with respect to Law and Order given the spate of recent well publicised violent crime, the PMOS said that, as we had said many times, we had to keep the actual level of ...

Asked about the Prime Minister's view of the current trade negotiations between the EU and China, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) pointed out that the European Commission was the sole negotiator in...

London's Regent Street and an Eco Centre in Wales are among 18 environmentally-friendly projects that will share over GBP 1.5million in funding.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: EU and China trade negotiations and law and order.

A standard set of powers for Community Support Officers (CSOs) will help tackle crime and anti-social behaviour and increase community safety, the Home Office announced today.   

Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, today announced her intention to appoint new members to the following authorities:   

New system makes it easier to monitor patients with long-term conditions   

The United Kingdom, as Presidency of the European Union, condemns in the strongest terms the mortar attacks on Shia pilgrims in Baghdad which led to today's tragic loss of life and offers condolences to the families...

A standard set of powers for Community Support Officers will help tackle anti-social behaviour the Home Office said today.

The UK, as current President of the European Union, has condemned in the 'strongest terms' the mortar attacks on Shia pilgrims in Baghdad which led to today's tragic loss of life.

National Workforce Planning Framework: 2005

Summary document

Progress Report on Scottish Sustainable Development Indicators.

The Government's Key Worker Living Programme (KWL) is making a positive contribution towards improving recruitment and retention of key workers, such as teachers, nurses and police.   

The following statistics were released today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC):   

David Colin-Thome will be the new Chair of the Task Force on Medicines Partnership. He replaces Jim Smith, who will be retiring from his position as Chief Pharmaceutical Officer at the Department of Health at ...

Revised short introduction to the new Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

Progress Report on Scottish Sustainable Development Indicators.

A revised version of guidance designed to help employers who supply and use personal protective equipment (PPE) at work meet their duties under the law has been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).   

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently investigated several complaints relating to flame failure devices (FFDs) on gas forges used primarily by farriers. The key issues are the purchase of suitable equipment...

Home Office Minister Paul Goggins today announced that the Government intends to ban possession of extreme pornographic material, and published a consultation paper inviting views on the proposals.   

The Competition Commission (CC) is greatly saddened to report that its Chairman Professor Paul Geroski died on Sunday 28 August. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer, which had been diagnosed earlier in ...

The Competition Commission (CC) has today published an issues statement as part of its inquiry into the classified directory advertising services market.   

Details of how the review of legal aid procurement will be taken forward over the next few months were announced today.   

People who may not always be able to make their own decisions as a result of an illness like dementia, disability or injury and those who live and work with them - including banking, legal, finance, health and social...

The Rural Development Service (RDS) reminded farmers today that they can still submit Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) applications for the majority of their farms; they don't have to wait until outstanding issues ...

Industry, conservation groups and the public are being invited to give their views on a major piece of legislation that will improve the management of Britain's seas.   

The following statistics were released today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre:   

Fourth successive annual increase in UK

1 in 10 children has a mental disorder

London's Regent Street and an Eco Centre in Wales are among 18 environmentally-friendly projects that will share over £1.5million in funding.