The Prime Minister has published an updated list of Cabinet Committees, and who chairs them. Read the list here

Strategic Environmental Assessment relating to the Scotland Rural Development Programme 2007 -2013

Asked if the Government was worried about the job losses at the Vauxhall car plant, the PMOS said that we were working with the company to try and give them as good a chance as possible of getting the new...

Put that unemployment was the highest for three years, the PMOS said that employment was the highest, and if people looked at the number of people out of work, and if the inactivity figures were taken into account...

Put that the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM)was chairman of five Cabinet Committees, deputy chairman of seven, and chairman of five sub-committees, and which ones were the new jobs, and had the job of chairman to the...

Asked if the Prime Minister thought that it was satisfactory that we "did not have the faintest idea" how many illegal asylum seekers were in the country, the PMOS replied that the reality was that no government...

Asked at what point in the drafting of Prime Minister's speech did he highlight the nuclear energy issue, which people had been led to believe was not going to make a big push initially, the Prime Minister's Official...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Nuclear Power, Asylum Seekers, Cabinet Committees, Unemployment and Vauxhall Job losses

The Defence Secretary Des Browne is today visiting British service personnel in South East Iraq for the first time since taking up his new appointment.

The owners / master of a French trawler, Camisard II (DP912362) were fined a total of £20, 214 and ordered to pay costs of £3000 for fishing illegally in British waters.

Fishermen will get cash towards the cost of revolutionary life saving equipment, the Government announced today.

Patients are set to receive even better care in primary care settings and will have the opportunity to participate in more research in these areas thanks to a new School for Primary Care Research launched by Health...

Visiting Ellesmere Port this morning Trade & Industry Secretary Alistair Darling said:

Mr Mark Canning has been appointed to be Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Union of Myanmar (Burma) in succession to Ms Vicky Bowman who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Canning will...

Nuclear power, renewable energy and energy efficiency are "back on the agenda with a vengeance", the PM told the CBI. We have the full speech and an update on the Energy Review.

The Human Rights Act, Iraq, foreign prisoners and the criminal justice system were at the top of the agenda in PMQs this week.

John Prescott will chair nine cabinet committees and deputy chair a further seven in a busy programme outlined by the Prime Minister.

Efficiency Technical Notes MARCH 2006

A strategy to increase the diversity of the judiciary was announced by Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer today.

Tessa Jowell announces plans to mark first anniversary of terrorist attacks

The Government is to help care providers stamp out abuse by workers by issuing a step by step guide, launched today by Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis.

The provision for the Government Indemnity Scheme is made by the National Heritage Act 1980. The scheme facilitates public access to loans of works of art and other objects for public display made to museums, galleries...

I would like to place on record my appreciation for the important work being done by Professor Simon Wessely and his colleagues at King's College, London, on the health of personnel who have served on Operation ...

The following performance targets for 2006-07 have been set for the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD).To evaluate pesticide approval applications and applications for detergent derogations according to published...

I have set the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) the following performance targets for 2006-07.To authorise veterinary medicines against legislative requirements according to published targets and fees and ...

The following performance targets for 2006-07 have been set for the Central Science Laboratory (CSL).Service DeliveryTo achieve a minimum of 90 per cent. of project milestones in commissioned projects which support...

I have set the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) the following performance targets for 2006-07.FinancialTo achieve full cost recovery.EfficiencyTo deliver 2.5 per cent. efficiency savings.Service DeliveryTo meet...

I have set the Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) the following performance targets for 2006-07.Fishing vessel licensingIssue 100 per cent. of over 10 metre licences by 23 March and 100 per cent. of under 10 metre licences...

Section 29 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 sets out the procedure for approval of certain codes of practice of the human tissue authority. The codes have today been laid before Parliament. The codes give advice and...

I am today announcing an allocation of £24 million for the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Research and Development Programme. DFID is supporting this programme in partnership with the International...

I am making a statement today to the House on the interaction of existing Government policy and planning procedures with regard to the need for additional gas supply infrastructure.This statement reiterates previous...

It has been a tight winter for energy supply, and this has led to high energy prices. The energy market had taken steps to prepare for the winter, and Government worked closely with Ofgem and National Grid to ensure...

We announced in November last year that the Department for Transport will be undertaking a small number of trials at stations on London's surface and underground rail networks, to test the effectiveness of passenger...

I have today published my Department's annual report for 2006. Copies have been laid before Parliament and placed in the Libraries of both Houses.The report sets out the Department's activities and achievements ...

Asked if the new Minister for drugs, Vernon Coker, had told the Prime Minister that he had had experience of drugs in the past, and what was the Prime Minister's view, the PMOS replied that as it was the first...

Asked if it would be fair to say that it was the first time that the Prime Minister had explicitly backed the nuclear option as one of three specifics, the PMOS said: no. The Prime Minister had always talked about...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) told journalists the Prime Minister's argument tonight was about the key long term decisions that faced us as a country. The Prime Minister would say that: "these...

Tony Blair is answering questions from MPs in Parliment in his weekly PMQ session.

Economic Report on Agriculture

A summary of the post-campaign evaluation of the 2005/06 Domestic Abuse advertising campaign.

This report provides a post-campaign evaluation of the 2005/6 Domestic Abuse advertising campaign

The owners / master of a French trawler, Camisard II (DP912362) were fined a total of £20, 214 and ordered to pay costs of £3000 for fishing illegally in British waters.

Today's labour market figures show that:

prepared by the DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

Rate up to 74.7% in 3 months to Mar 2006

Pay growth steady in the year to Mar 2006

Tony Blair will answer questions from MPs today in his weekly PMQ session. You will be able to watch the broadcast live here from 1200 GMT. A summary of the topics covered, along with a transcript, will be available...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Prime Minister's speech to CBI dinner, Nuclear Power and Vernon Coker