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01 May 2013

Guidance: Community-based English Language competition: stage 2 prospectus
seen at 18:30, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

We want to use this competition to discover innovative ways of delivering community-based English language programmes that will help to integrate participants into their local communities.

Stage...

Policy paper: Creation of dialogue between the UK and UAE
seen at 18:30, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

The Participants will establish a “Dialogue of Values” (DoV) to provide another platform upon which to deepen mutual understanding in both countries and to ensure the further development of their partnership ...

Transparency data: Payroll costs and non-consolidated pay data, 2012 - 2013
seen at 18:30, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added data for March 2013.

Monthly management information on staff numbers and paybill costs in Cabinet Office and non-consolidated performance related pay data for Cabinet Office.

Notes...

Policy paper: MOU on qualifications frameworks
seen at 18:30, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

The Government of the United Arab Emirates, represented by the National Qualifications Authority and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereinafter referred to as (the ...

Policy paper: Public Health Outcomes Framework 2013 to 2016 and technical updates
seen at 18:30, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: November 2012 versions of 'Public Health Outcomes Framework for England 2013 to 2016:Part 1A' and 'Part 1B' added, January 2012 versions deleted. Update to 'Summary Technical Specifications of Public...

FOI release: Dormant Bank Accounts
seen at 18:30, 1 May in Search (Our copy).
Details of

1.Dormant bank accounts,

2.Accounts with a zero balance operated by the department since 2005; to include, for each year during the period, the number of accounts in each category, the amount...

HTA responds to coroner consultation
seen at 18:30, 1 May in Human Tissue Authority (Our copy).
The Human Tissue Authority has responded a Government consultation on reforms of the coroner system.
News story: Border Force sniffer dog Tyke wins top TV award
seen at 18:30, 1 May in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

At the ITV awards hosted by TV celebrity Paul O’Grady, Tyke and handler Sam O’Connor won top spot in the working dog category – ‘In the Line of Duty’.

The Heathrow based Border Force detector dog was ...

News story: Sham marriage cases on BBC’s Fake Britain
seen at 18:30, 1 May in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The new series of Fake Britain featured two cases of immigration officers stopping bogus brides and grooms from staging sham marriages in a bid to cheat immigration rules and remain in the UK.

The BBC...

R -v- Sergeant Danny Harold Nightingale
seen at 18:30, 1 May in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
Preliminary Hearing: Ruling on application by the Defendant to stay proceedings
Guidance: BFPO commercial contracts list
seen at 16:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New commercial list added

This British Forces Post Office (BFPO) commercial contracts list contains a list all companies that are able to send items using the BFPO mail system.

This list...

Guidance: Supplementary list 2013
seen at 16:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Unless otherwise stated, the dates herein are the dates of the deposit of ratifications, etc. and are not necessarily effective dates, which must normally be determined from the terms of the treaties concerned...

Correspondence: PHE Bulletin: 30 April 2013
seen at 16:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the address for Anglia and Essex centre.

PHE Bulletin provides public health news and information to local authorities, public health professionals and anyone interested in the work of ...

BUCS signs Clean Sport commitment statement
seen at 16:30, 1 May in News (Our copy).
BUCS has worked in partnership with UK Anti-Doping to develop a Clean Sport commitment statement
Bradford man may lose lower leg after work injury
seen at 16:30, 1 May in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Bradford man may need to have his foot and lower leg amputated as a result of a crush injury caused by the safety failures of his employers more than a year ago.

News story: New treaty with Jordan to aid Abu Qatada deportation
seen at 16:30, 1 May in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

A new legal agreement has been signed with Jordan which should allow the government to remove the last remaining obstacles to the deportation of Abu Qatada, the Home Secretary announced today.

The comprehensive...

News story: Hidden nature of human trafficking revealed
seen at 16:30, 1 May in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Immigration Minister Mark Harper was one of a host of high profile MPs including the Prime Minister to visit an exhibition highlighting the hidden nature of modern day slavery.

The exhibition in the House...

News story: Crime is down
seen at 16:30, 1 May in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

New independent crime statistics show that crime is falling across England and Wales.

The figures show that in the year ending December 2012 recorded crime and offending captured by the Crime Survey...

News story: Family visit visa reform to save £107 million over next decade
seen at 16:30, 1 May in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Changes to the family visit visa route will save taxpayers more than £100 million over the next decade and speed up the system for genuine applicants, the Immigration Minister said today (26 April, ...

News story: Manchester Airport plays host to Immigration Minister
seen at 16:30, 1 May in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Immigration Minister Mark Harper visited Manchester Airport to meet Border Force staff and take a tour of the airport’s border controls.

Manchester Airport is the third largest airport in the UK with ...

News story: Damian Green to meet football authorities over violence at games
seen at 16:30, 1 May in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Policing Minister Damian Green will today (Wednesday May 1) meet senior football officials to discuss violent incidents at recent high-profile matches.

He will chair talks with representatives from organisations...

Diversity education bursary - applications now closed
seen at 16:30, 1 May in News Archives - The National Archives (Our copy).
The National Archives is offering two bursaries to support candidates in gaining a qualification to help them enter the archives sector. The bursary will provide financial support and help to address the socio-...
Corporate report: Scotland Office business plan: 2013-14
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced the 2012-13 SO business plan with the 2013-14 version.

The Scotland Office’s objectives, and the action being taken to achieve them, for 2013 to 2014.

Guidance: Information for drivers with diabetes
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Legal requirements for what drivers with diabetes treated in different ways need to tell DVLA.

Correspondence: Bus funding review in Wales newsletter 3
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Information about funding to support community transport and bus services provided by local authorities in Wales. This third newsletter gives further details on the proposals.

FOI release: The costs of nuclear waste disposal FOI 13/0416
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

The FOI requested information on the projected costs of safe, responsible disposal of the waste to be generated by the new generation of reactors planned to be operating in the next 10-15 years.

Guidance: DBS regulated activity
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated version of regulated activity: adults (link within the document updated for the Department of Health guidance).

Information relating to regulated activity when working with adults and children...

Form: DBS continuation sheet
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated version of the continuation sheet - updated the old Home Office web link.

For additional information you cannot fit on your Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application form.

Policy paper: Employee owned company: draft model documentation
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

The Employee Ownership Implementation Group at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has been involved in is the developing legal templates that business can use to become employee-owned. ...

Guidance: Holcombe Moor firing times
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added firing times for 11 to 17 May 2013

Holcombe Moor’s firing times are presented in three file formats so that the information is accessible to everyone. The TXT format is browseable on mobile...

Transparency data: Workforce management
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the Workforce Management Information and the 'Payroll and non pay roll costs' for March 2013

Details of the workforce management data for Ministry of Defence. These figures are not official...

Guidance: Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Act 2013
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Guidance updated & short notice added.

The legislation was put in place to close a loophole in the law which became apparent following a fire at the Rosepark Nursing Home in 2004. Three attempts...

Guidance: JSP 530: MOD chart of accounts manual
seen at 14:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the manual to the financial year 2012/2013 version

MOD chart of accounts manual Joint Service Publication 530: financial year 2012/13 incorporating MOD organisation and resource account...

Simon Timson joins RFU talent panel
seen at 14:30, 1 May in UK Sport (Our copy).
UK Sport's director of performance, Simon Timson, has been invited to join an eminent ten-strong panel, drawn from across the world
RR959 – Application of a testing regime for offshore fire dampers
seen at 14:30, 1 May in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Fire dampers are used widely offshore as components of heating and ventilation systems yet the testing regime in place is inappropriate for offshore, where the possibility of hydrocarbon releases leading to a...

News story: Damian Green to meet football authorities
seen at 14:30, 1 May in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Policing Minister Damian Green will today (Wednesday May 1) meet senior football officials to discuss violent incidents at recent high-profile matches.

He will chair talks with representatives from organisations...

Form: Project concept bid form
seen at 11:30, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

The British Consulate General opens the window for new projects bids on the bilateral budget twice a year: from 1 September to 10 October, and 1 April to 20 May.

Please send concept ideas to the Consulate...

Guidance: The White Book
seen at 11:30, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced the White Book: March 2013 with the April edition.

The White Book Commonwealth Defence Liaison Staffs and Foreign Service Attachés accredited to London

This publication is no longer ...

Coaches start their Elite Programme journey from world class to world leading
seen at 11:30, 1 May in UK Sport (Our copy).
Last week saw the start of the journey of the first ten coaches selected to UK Sport's ground breaking new 'Elite Programme'.
British Cycling Confirm Track World Cup Return to Manchester
seen at 11:30, 1 May in UK Sport (Our copy).
British Cycling today confirmed that a round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup is coming to the UK
Realising the potential of the internet
seen at 11:30, 1 May in Wilton Park (Our copy).

Twenty years ago, Tim Berners-Lee founder of the world wide web, handed the concept over for CERN to put it into the public domain. The founding vision of this innovative and dynamic concept was for it...

Guidance: Operational training guidance: breathing apparatus
seen at 10:34, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

The fire and rescue operational training guidance: breathing apparatus, provides robust yet flexible guidance that supports the operational competency of personnel that are required to wear, manage or train others...

Statistical data set: Weekly solar PV installation & capacity based on registration date
seen at 10:34, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Installation statistics updated for week ending 28 April 2013.

The statistics presented in the table below, show the number of sub 50kW solar photovoltaic installations and capacity installed at...

Transparency data: Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: March 2013
seen at 10:34, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

These documents show spending by the Planning Inspectorate over £250 for March 2013.

Corporate report: Scotland Office business plan: 2013 to 2014
seen at 10:34, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced the 2012-13 SO business plan with the 2013-14 version.

The Scotland Office’s objectives, and the action being taken to achieve them, for 2013 to 2014.

Guidance: Public health commissioning in the NHS
seen at 10:34, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: 'Public Health Functions to be Exercised by NHS England: Variation to the 2013 to 2014 Agreement' added to set out changes to 'Public Health Functions to be Exercised by NHS Commissioning Board'. New...

Guidance: Carriage of dangerous goods exception notices
seen at 10:34, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Notice numbers 25 and 25 added.

Under the carriage regulations, the competent authority (Department for Transport) can make various provisions in addition to authorisations, certificates of exemption...

Cabinet manufacturer fined for worker’s injuries
seen at 10:32, 1 May in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A maintenance engineer lost the tips of two fingers when they became caught in machinery in a Plymouth factory, a court heard today.

Annual Report of the Office of the Head of International Family Justice for England and Wales: 2012
seen at 10:31, 1 May in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
1st January - 31st December 2012
Households Below Average Income - 1994/95 to 2011/12
seen at 09:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Statistics and commentary which give an insight into the standard of living of the household population in Great Britain, focusing on the lower part of income distribution.
Family Resources Survey - 2011/12
seen at 09:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
The Family Resources Survey collects information on the incomes and circumstances of private households in the UK (or Great Britain before 2002/03).
Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland - 2012
seen at 09:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Statistics relating to firearm and shot gun certificates under the Firearms Act, 1968.
Farm Practices - Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures 2013
seen at 09:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides information on how farm practices are affected by environmental issues and to assess the impact of agriculture on the environment.
Agriculture in the United Kingdom - 2012
seen at 09:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Reports on matters relating to price support for agricultural produce, developments in agricultural and environmental policy.
Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components - No. 458, April 2013
seen at 09:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides information on selected building materials and contains monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks; and quarterly data on sand and gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles and ready-...
Guidance: Freight carbon review
seen at 09:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

This papers sets out the department’s review of industry-led efforts to reduce carbon emissions from freight.

FOI release: Payments to service companies FOI 13/0430
seen at 09:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

The FOI request asked for information regarding:

How many staff/workers/contractors (or similar) were paid salaries through service companies in (a) FY 2008/09, (b) FY 2009/10, (c) FY 2010/11, (d) FY2011...
Statistics - national statistics: Building materials and components statistics: April 2013
seen at 09:31, 1 May in Search (Our copy).

Presents information on selected building materials, including monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks. It also presents quarterly data on sand and gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles...

Households Below Average Income - 1994/95 to 2011/12
seen at 02:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Statistics and commentary which give an insight into the standard of living of the household population in Great Britain, focusing on the lower part of income distribution.
Family Resources Survey - 2011/12
seen at 02:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
The Family Resources Survey collects information on the incomes and circumstances of private households in the UK (or Great Britain before 2002/03).
Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland - 2012
seen at 02:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Statistics relating to firearm and shot gun certificates under the Firearms Act, 1968.
Farm Practices - Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures 2013
seen at 02:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides information on how farm practices are affected by environmental issues and to assess the impact of agriculture on the environment.
Agriculture in the United Kingdom - 2012
seen at 02:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Reports on matters relating to price support for agricultural produce, developments in agricultural and environmental policy.
Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components - No. 458, April 2013
seen at 02:31, 1 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides information on selected building materials and contains monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks; and quarterly data on sand and gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles and ready-...