28 September - Multiple assessments for children with significant and complex needs - DfES report
9 October - Economic and social value of volunteering - FaCSIA report
9 October - New research into Future Intelligent Transport Systems - DfT announcement
The Secretary of State for Defence, Des Browne, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, announced today that military personnel will receive a tax free bonus of up to £2,240 for deployment on an...
The Secretary of State for Defence, Des Browne, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, announced today that military personnel will receive a tax free bonus of up to £2,240 for deployment on an...
The Foreign Office today revised its travel advice for the Philippines. We are now advising against all travel to Mindanao.
Housing and Planning Minister Yvette Cooper today called for new homes to be built at Scandinavian standards and welcomed the work of the Home Builders Federation and other organisations to push environmentally ...
The upgraded Harrier GR9 aircraft has entered service with the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force after a half billion pound improvement package, Defence Minister Adam Ingram announced today.
Joint Press Release by the Health Protection Agency and Defra
Tony Blair has welcomed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Downing Street for the third annual UK-India summit. We have some images from the day's events.
This matter arises out of two housing benefit redeterminations made by the Defendant Rent Service on 20th December 2004 and 25th May 2005. Those redeterminations concerned the Claimant's rented flat, 100 West One...
This is no ordinary race discrimination case. The setting is an application for judicial review of common law powers exercised by the Secretary of State for Defence (the Secretary of State) to set up an ex gratia...
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The Forum for Renewable Energy Development in Scotland (FREDS) Hydrogen Energy Group (HEG) report. This report details HEG's recommended actions to develop hydrogen and fuel cell capabilities in Scotland.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), from today, will be providing a helpdesk to support UK business in the run-up to the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of CHemicals (REACH) regulations coming into...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been asked to take on the role of UK Competent Authority for REACH, a new European regime for regulating chemicals, the Government announced today.
Public Health Minister Caroline Flint has today outlined the government's radical new approach to improving health and tackling health inequalities as she unveiled the most comprehensive picture ever of the state...
A new campaign aimed at securing dignity in care for older people was announced today by Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis.
Announcing the publication of the Personal Capability Assessment (PCA) review, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, Jim Murphy, stated the need for a change in attitude towards mental health.
Ian McCartney MP, FCO Minister with responsibility for Human Rights, has said today on the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty 2006:
Asked by the Independent when the Cabinet would discuss Trident, the PMOS said whenever it seemed appropriate to do so, given the exhaustive process of analysis that was going on. Asked if that might be before the...
Asked what was the reasoning behind the change of heart regarding the awards, the PMOS replied that for the details, people should wait for Des Browne's statement later today. As the Prime Minister had said this...
Asked if Margaret Beckett would be making a statement today on North Korea, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said no decision had yet been taken. Mrs. Beckett yesterday spoke to the Foreign Ministers...
Major retailers and football clubs are getting involved in the Government's drive to improve the nation's health. The PM went to a sports centre in east London as a series of maps were released to give a picture...
The Queen is pleased to approve the re-appointments of Professor Jeffrey Jowell QC and Professor Steve Rayner as members of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution for a term of three years with effect from...
Tony Blair has welcomed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Downing Street for the third annual UK-India summit, praising his counterpart for his "extraordinary intellect and practical courage".
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: North Korea, Soldiers' Awards and Trident
New measures to stop the commercial sale of animals at pet fairs will be introduced under the Animal Welfare Bill, Defra announced today.
New drive to improve employers' attitude to the mentally ill
Announcing the publication of the Personal Capability Assessment (PCA) review, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, Jim Murphy, stated the need for a change in attitude towards mental health.
The Queen has been pleased to approve the re-appointments of Professor Jeffrey Jowell QC and Professor Steve Rayner as members of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution for a term of three years with effect...
A major new £4.1 million research project aimed at reducing traffic pollution through the use of mobile sensors was announced today by Minister for Transport Stephen Ladyman.
The Queen has decided that November 12 shall be observed as Remembrance Sunday. The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on behalf of the Cabinet, is making the necessary arrangements for the ceremony...
The Government today published its map of Assisted Areas showing the zones where businesses can apply for regional aid for the next seven years. The Government also unveiled a new package of measures to help areas...
The Government intend to bring forward legislation in the Finance Bill 2007 to amend an omission which has been identified in the recent trusts modernisation legislation included in the Finance Act 2006.
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The Informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) took place in Helsinki on 8 and9 September 2006.
The Informal Council discussed global competition, innovation and productivity, including the...
Items on the agenda are as follows:
Price Stability Criterion—Finance Ministers will be briefed on the application of the price stability criterion used for assessing entry to the euro.
Stability ...
The Government announced on 14 September 2006 the details of the second year of the Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme (LABGI). LABGI is an incentive scheme that aims to encourage local authorities...
With the agreement of the Lord Chancellor, I am pleased to announce the amendments to the Lord Chancellor's authorisation on inquest funding and related changes to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations...
My Department has today published the audited figures for the NHS for the financial year 2005-06. These show that the NHS recorded a deficit in 2005-06 of £547 million.
At the time of publication...
The chairman of Monitor (the statutory name of which is the Independent Regulator of NHS foundation trusts) announced last week that, in accordance with section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health...
I am gravely concerned about the latest increase in conflict between Fatah and Hamas in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Such violence further damages the prospects for peace and worsens the humanitarian...
I have today laid before this House a copy of the oversight commissioner's second statutory report for 2006, which was published on 28 September, in accordance with section 68(4)(a) of the Police (Northern Ireland...
I have received the 11th and 12th reports of the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC). These reports have been made under article 5 and articles 4 and 7 of the International Agreement that established the ...
This fifth report marks another milestone in the work carried out by the UK Steering Group, currently chaired by the Northern Ireland Office, formed as a result of Patten to examine alternative policing approaches...
I am pleased to announce that I have appointed the right hon. Alun Michael JP MP to the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
Alun Michael MP takes up appointment as the Labour party nominee in succession...
Level crossing orders are made by the Secretary of State under the Level Crossings Act 1983 and specify the protective equipment (lights, barriers, signs, etc) to be provided at a particular crossing. In practice...
On 3 May 2006 in a written ministerial statement, I announced details of a strategic review of the Independent Living Funds which, it was then planned, to be concluded by the end of December 2006.
The review...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement.
At the beginning of this year the UN judged that 8.2 million people in East Africa and the...
The report Analysis of Sickness Absence in the Home Civil Service 2005 prepared for the Cabinet Office by RED Scientific Limited shows that the headline figure for the average level of sickness absence was 9....
The Government have submitted to the EU Council Secretariat details of the United Kingdom's 24 nominees for membership of the Economic and Social Committee. The Government have made these nominations on the basis...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following statement.
I have approved support of £252 million over five years for the second phase of...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following statement.
The recent conflict in Lebanon caused great harm to the civilian populations in both Israel...
We welcomed this Office of Fair Trading report, which was published on 7 March 2006. As part of its statutory role, the OFT regularly reviews undertakings given by organisations following earlier competition ...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office is pleased to announce that the 2006 version of the Public Bodies Directory has now been completed and copies of the directory are available...
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is today publishing the Social Exclusion Action Plan.
We have much to be proud of in our efforts to tackle poverty, promote social justice...
Sudan remains a top priority for the UK Government. The Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are jointly supporting parties in Sudan to deliver the Darfur peace agreement...
I would like to update the House on the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) negotiations on the Doha development agenda. On July 24, Pascal Lamy, the Director General of the WTO announced that he was recommending...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Anne McGuire) has made the following Statement.
On 3 May 2006 in a Written Ministerial Statement, I announced details...
Today I have deposited copies of The Freedom of Information Act 2000—Statistics on Implementation in Central Government April to June 2006 in the Libraries of both Houses. This is the sixth quarterly bulletin...
On Monday 25 September, the Government published their response to the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on the draft Legal Services Bill in its report of 25 July.
The Government regard pre-legislative...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement.
I am gravely concerned about the latest increase in conflict between Fatah and Hamas in ...
My honourable friendthe Minister of State for Transport (Dr Stephen Ladyman) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
Level crossing orders are made by the Secretary of State under the Level Crossings...
In 1996, the independent Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) recommended that parliamentary pay, allowances and pensions should be reviewed every three years starting in 2000. In line with this recommendation, ...
Deficit unchanged at £4.4bn in August 2006
The Antonine Wall, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the Twin Monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow have been chosen as the UK's next three nominations to become World Heritage Sites, Culture Minister David Lammy announced...
LORD JUSTICE RICHARDS: This is an application for permission to apply for judicial review of a decision of Collins J, made in the exercise of powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 as amended by the Terrorism Act ...
UK and Indian business have a great opportunity to take business partnership to the next level, Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling will tell an Anglo-Indian investment summit today.
Circular giving details of commencement plans for Police etc Act 2006, detailing especially provisions commenced on 1/9/06.