TGS


30 July 2013

Form: FCO Strategic Programme Fund - Project Concept Bid Form
seen at 21:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

This form should be submitted prior to putting forward a full Project Proposal. The Post may accept or reject Project Concepts.

Private investigators
seen at 18:31, 30 July in Downing Street Says (Our copy).
Asked whether the PM was worried about unregistered private investigators breaking the law, the PMS said that the PM expected the law enforcement agencies to take tough action on illegal activity. Ministers would...
Motorcycle User Casualties in Wales - 2012
seen at 18:31, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This Statistical Bulletin presents data on motorcycle user casualites in Wales.
Births in Wales: Data from the National Community Child Health Database - 2012
seen at 18:31, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
The National Community Child Health Database (NCCHD) is Wales' first national community child health database and consists of anonymised records for all children born, resident or treated in Wales born after 1987...
Fire Statistics Wales - 2012-13
seen at 18:31, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This Statistical Bulletin presents data on fire incidents in Wales
Guidance: About shale gas and hydraulic fracturing (fracking)
seen at 18:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Shale gas activity in the UK is still in the exploration stage, where companies are drilling test wells. There is no experience of production operations in UK conditions as yet, although we have a long history...

News story: Home Secretary extends consultation into use of stop and search.
seen at 18:30, 30 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Updated: Tweaked summary to include date of consultation closure

Consultation into police use of stop and search was today (Tuesday 30 July) extended by the Home Secretary.

It gives members of the...

Interim Applications in the Chancery Division: A Guide for Litigants in Person
seen at 18:30, 30 July in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
Published July 2013
Shiret -v- Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd
seen at 18:30, 30 July in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
Employment Tribunal
FOI release: G4S and Serco contracts
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

G4S and Serco contracts

FOI release: Spend on Legal Counsel
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

The department’s total spend on legal counsel in the last 3 years.

Policy paper: Ethnic minority businesses and access to finance
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added amended pdf.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg delivered the Scarman lecture on 24 November 2011. His speech, Economic opportunity is the next frontier for race equality acknowledged...

Policy paper: Social Impact Investment Forum: outputs and actions
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added HTML version containing video footage of the forum

This paper outlines some of the ideas and themes from the discussions held at the G8 Social Impact Investment Forum on 6 June 2013...

Correspondence: Border Force bulletin: issue 6, July 2013
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Welcome to the latest issue of the Border Force bulletin, which provides you with regular, accessible information on what’s happening across Border Force.

Guidance: West Nile virus and solid organ transplantation: SaBTO statement
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

This Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) position statement recommends a course of action in the event that a donor, whose organs have been transplanted, is found to have been...

Statistical data set: Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture indicators
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated indicators 2, 9 and 10 and the framework overview with new data.

The indicator framework aims to assess progress in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions whilst research is undertaken...

Statistics - national statistics: Agricultural statistics and climate change
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Minor revision to text on page 8 of the 4th edition report.

This publication brings together existing statistics on English agriculture in order to help inform the understanding of agriculture ...

Statistical data set: Commodity prices
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: TB compensation prices updated.

Prices for selected agricultural and horticultural produce are published on a weekly or monthly basis in the following spreadsheets. The data source depends on the...

Correspondence: Good law newsletters
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added newsletter for July 2013.

‘Good law news’, from the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, is a bimonthly newsletter that brings together news and developments relating to the good law programme...

Guidance: 24+ advanced learning loans monthly briefing edition 14: July 2013
seen at 16:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

July 2013 briefing for further education colleges and training organisations on 24+ advanced learning loans. It was produced by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) jointly with the Skills...

Automatic enrolment analysis published
seen at 16:30, 30 July in Latest news from The Pensions Regulator (Our copy).
The Pensions Regulator today published its first in-depth analysis of the initial implementation of automatic enrolment.
Guidance: Information on the European Baccalaureate
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

The European Baccalaureate (EB) is the school-leaving examination for students who attend one of the European schools. There are currently around 24,000 students in the system as a whole and approximately 1,500...

Form: Registering an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Application forms and guidance for registering an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register.

Guidance: Kent Byelaws p2
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated summary

See attachments

Research and analysis: Forensic early warning system (FEWS) annual report
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: FEWS annual report 2013 added

Published annually, the FEWS report covers the programme’s aims, analysis and key findings in identifying NPS.

Open consultation: Sheep, goats and deer: Electronic movement reporting and identification
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Changed closing date to 20 September.

Accurate identification and prompt reporting of livestock movements underpins tracing, a critical activity in the event of a disease outbreak. The current...

Transparency data: DWP business plan transparency measures
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published June 2013 figures for the proportion of new claims for Jobseeker's Allowance submitted online.

The government is committed to setting new standards for transparency so the public can ...

Transparency data: Proportion of urban trips under 5 miles taken by (i) walking or cycling (ii) public transport
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the Business Plan Indicator page to include the National Travel Survey 2012 data.

Type of indicator: Impact indicator Geographical coverage: England (data are also available for Great Britain...
Transparency data: Corporate hospitality register: April - June 2013
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Corporate hospitality received by board members and staff of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).

Consultation outcome: Financial sector resolution: broadening the regime
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Related impact assessment on loss allocation rules for central counterparties added.

The government asked the Independent Commission on Banking to recommend ways to strengthen the resilience of...

Guidance: DBS filtering guidance
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Uploaded new version 1.3 with further advice on filtering.

Guidance about DBS filtering on criminal record check certificates.

Transparency data: UKAEA senior staff posts and pay: March 2013
seen at 14:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

The government is committed to setting new standards for transparency so the public can more easily see how and where taxpayers’ money is being spent and hold politicians, government departments and public bodies...

Employers urged take care of young people starting summer jobs – BSC: Speak Up, Stay Safe campaign
seen at 14:30, 30 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

With the holiday season approaching, the British Safety Council (BSC) are urging employers to pay extra attention to the health and safety of young people hired for temporary, summer work.

Case 195 – Take-away coffee on a train had to be put in a paper bag for health and safety reasons
seen at 14:30, 30 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Whilst travelling on a train the enquirer was told that to take away his coffee it had to be in a paper bag. He was told it was due to health and safety.

News story: Drug warning system detects 10 ‘legal highs’
seen at 14:30, 30 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Ten ‘legal highs’ were detected last year by the Home Office’s Forensic Early Warning System, a report released today (30 July) reveals.

It brings to 27 the total number of new psychoactive substances...

MA and Ors -v- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
seen at 14:30, 30 July in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
High Court (Queen's Bench Division) judgment
Correspondence: Amendments to Approved Documents A and C: circular 02/2013
seen at 11:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this Circular is to announce the approval and publication of amendments to Approved Documents A (structure) and C (site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture).

Impact assessment: Revision of building regulation policy on radon
seen at 11:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Amending guidance in Approved Document C will ensure that radon measures are installed based on the latest assessment of radon risk.

FOI release: Pest Control in department buildings.
seen at 11:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

FOI 2013-07-25 Pest Control

Impact assessment: Referencing of British Standards based on Eurocodes
seen at 11:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

The government intends to update the British Standards currently referenced in Approved Documents A and C to the British Standards based on Eurocodes.

Statistical data set: NTS09 - Vehicle mileage and occupancy
seen at 11:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: NTS09 - Vehicle mileage and occupancy 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

Table NTS0901

NTS0901 - Annual mileage of 4-wheeled cars by ownership and trip purpose...

Statistical data set: NTS99 - Travel by region and area type of residence
seen at 11:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: NTS99 - Travel by region and area type of residence 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

Table NTS9901

NTS9901 - Full car driving licence holders by gender, region...

Guidance: Egypt – List of Lawyers and Translators/Interpreters
seen at 11:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: document updated

The following list of English speaking lawyers and translators/interpreters has been prepared for the convenience of British Nationals who require legal advice

Statistical data set: Local planning authority performance tables
seen at 11:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).
Table 1: interim planning performance speed of decisions, July 2011 to March 2013

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 256KB

This file may not be suitable...
The National food and drink manufacturing conference 2013 – 8 – 9 October
seen at 11:30, 30 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

‘Health and safety: refreshed, bottled and delivered’, this year’s conference will explore fresh ways to address the most pressing health and safety issues that affect the industry. Monday 8 –...

Open consultation: Media ownership and plurality
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Media plurality is about the information that people consume on a daily basis, which informs their views and perspective on the world. ‘Media plurality’ means having a diversity of viewpoints available and consumed...

FOI release: Claimants getting any disability related benefits or Income Support with a Disability Premium in Swansea by Lower Super Output Area as at Nov 2012
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Freedom of Information request for statistics on the number of claimants getting any of Attendance Allowance (AA), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Incapacity Benefit (IB) / Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA...

Policy paper: Connectivity, content and consumers: Britain's digital platform for growth
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

The UK has built strong digital foundations, and we are reaping the benefits, but in the face of rapid change, we cannot afford to be complacent. Following a two year review of the media and telecommunications...

Statistical data set: NTS01 - Average number of trips made and distance travelled
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: NTS01 - Average number of trips made and distance travelled 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

Table NTS0101

NTS0101 - Trips, distance travelled and time taken...

Consultation outcome: Necessary wayleaves regime
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response document published.

We are seeking views on proposals in respect of possible changes to the necessary wayleaves procedures for England and Wales currently set out in legislation...

Policy paper: Biodiversity 2020: simple guide and progress update: July 2013
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced document correcting link.

This report provides a simple guide to Biodiversity 2020 and an update on progress so far.

Biodiversity 2020 is a national strategy for England...

Statistical data set: NTS02 - Driving licence holding and vehicle availability
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: NTS02 - Driving licence holding and vehicle availability 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

Table NTS0201

NTS0201 - Full car driving licence holders by age ...

Statistical data set: NTS03 - How people travel (mode)
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: NTS03 - How people travel (mode) 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

Table NTS0301

NTS0301 - Mode share - average number of trips: Great Britain (with chart)

Statistical data set: NTS04 - Why people travel (trip purpose)
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: NTS04 - Why people travel (trip purpose) 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

Table NTS0401

NTS0401 - Purpose share - average number of trips: Great Britain (...

Statistical data set: NTS05 - When people travel
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: NTS05 - When people travel 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

Table NTS0501

NTS0501 - Trips in progress by time of day and day of week - index: Great Britain...

Research and analysis: FM and AM stations within planned multiplex areas: Digital radio action plan report
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Ofcom has submitted the JPRG Technical Switchover Plan and Switchover Implementation Plan to the government, meeting a commitment given in the Digital Radio Action Plan. We are now considering the plan...

Statistical data set: NTS06 - Travel by age and gender
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: NTS06 - Travel by age and gender 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

Table NTS0601

NTS0601 - Average number of trips (trip rates) by age, gender and main mode...

FOI release: Travel expenses
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Response to request for information on all travel expenses claimed by members of DECC staff since 2011 including information on:

the mode of transport taken the company who owns the transport where ...
Statistical data set: NTS07 - Travel by car availability, income, ethnic group, household type and NS-SEC
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: NTS07 - Travel by car availability, income, ethnic group, household type and NS-SEC 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

Table NTS0701

NTS0701 - Variations in...

Statistical data set: NTS08 - Accessibility
seen at 10:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: NTS08 - Accessibility 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

Table NTS0801

NTS0801 - Time taken to walk to nearest bus stop by area type and bus availability indicator...

National Safety Symposium 2013 – Tools for your toolbox, skills for your future, 9 September 2013
seen at 10:31, 30 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

This year’s National Safety Symposium will provide practical sessions for the safety professional, with essential knowledge on leadership, management and current health, safety and wellbeing issues. HSE...

Challenges in flood risk management in urban areas of river deltas in South and South East Asia (WP1257)
seen at 10:30, 30 July in Wilton Park (Our copy).

This conference is being organised jointly by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) and Wilton Park, with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The meeting will share challenges...

National Travel Survey - 2012
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Report presenting the results of the National Travel Survey, a household survey designed to provide a databank of personal travel information for Great Britain.
Weekly Provisional Figures on Deaths Registered in England and Wales - Week Ending 19/07/2013
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Measuring National Well-being - Personal Well-being in the UK, 2012/13
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This bulletin presents experimental statistics from the second annual Subjective Well-being Annual Population dataset, April 2012 to March 2013. Overall estimates of people’s views about their own well-being are...
Revenue-based Taxes and Benefits: Property Transactions - Number of property transactions (Table 16.5)
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides general information on all HMRC taxes, including tax receipts, the number of taxpayers, personal tax credits, child benefit and estimates of the cost of tax expenditures and structural relief.
Prescriptions Dispensed in the Community, England - 2002-2012
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Prescriptions dispensed in community by community pharmacists, appliance contractors and dispensing doctors.
Farm Business Management Practices in England - Animal Health and Welfare Practices on Farm 2011/12, England
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This release provides the results of questions on animal health and welfare practices adopted by farmers from the 2011/12 Business Management Practices module from the Farm Business Survey.
Weekly Fuel Prices - 29 July 2013
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
Baroness Thatcher: Funeral (Lord Wallace of Saltaire, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

On 25 April 2013 the Cabinet Office published an estimate of the costs of Baroness Thatcher’s funeral, and confirmed that the final amount of public money spent would be published before the summer recess...

Child Maintenance (Lord Freud, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Welfare Reform), Work and Pensions)
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

Today I can confirm that the Government is opening up the 2012 child maintenance statutory scheme, administered by the Child Maintenance Service, to a larger group of new applicants.

This Government is ...

Planning (Baroness Hanham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government)
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

The Department for Communities and Local Government is today publishing new planning practice guidance for renewable and low carbon energy and, for consultation, reforms to waste planning policy. Both support...

Form: British Embassy Bishkek recruiting a Prosperity Officer
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

The British Embassy in Bishkek is seeking to recruit a Prosperity Officer to shape and lead the Embassy’s work to promote and support Trade and Investment between the UK and Kyrgyzstan. The main focus of the ...

Guidance: Traffic signs manual
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Chapter 4 of the Traffic Signs Manual

Summary

The traffic signs manual gives guidance on the use of traffic signs and road markings prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and covers...

Statistics - national statistics: Animal health and welfare practices on farm
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

This release provides the results of questions on animal health and welfare practices adopted by farmers from the 2011/12 Business Management Practices module from the Farm Business Survey.

Next update...

Statistics - national statistics: National Travel Survey: 2012
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

A number of files in the statistical data set pages accompanying this release were published prematurely in error for a brief period, due to a technical problem. These files were removed from the website as soon...

Policy paper: Ethnic minority businesses and access to finance
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg delivered the Scarman lecture on 24 November 2011. His speech, Economic opportunity is the next frontier for race equality acknowledged the progress that had been made ...

Statistics - national statistics: Special educational needs in England: January 2013
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

This statistical first release (SFR) provides analyses on the characteristics of pupils by their provision of special educational needs (SEN) together with the assessment and placement of pupils with statements...

Statistical data set: Weekly road fuel prices
seen at 09:31, 30 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published latest version.

Table last updated on 30 July 2013.

Weekly fuel prices

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 228KB

This ...
Case 193 – Bowling alley refused to switch off “foul line” detection due to health and safety
seen at 09:30, 30 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

At a children’s ten pin bowling birthday party the enquirer asked if the “foul line” detection could be switched off. It is possible to de-activate this detector, however the staff on duty refused...

Olympic records added to Discovery
seen at 09:30, 30 July in News Archives - The National Archives (Our copy).
A year on from London's moment in the sporting spotlight, the first records belonging to the 'Archives of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games' are now searchable through Discovery.
Triennial Review of the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives
seen at 09:30, 30 July in News Archives - The National Archives (Our copy).
The periodic review of Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) is one of the ways the government ensures that it maintains a lean, but effective public sector.
Sixth tranche of colonial administration records released
seen at 09:30, 30 July in News Archives - The National Archives (Our copy).
The sixth tranche of colonial administration records is now available to view in the reading rooms at The National Archives. This release contains records from Cyprus.
Personal Well-being in the UK, 2012/13
seen at 09:30, 30 July in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
This bulletin presents experimental statistics from the second annual Subjective Well-being Annual Population dataset, April 2012 to March 2013. Overall estimates of people’s views about their own well-being are...
National Travel Survey - 2012
seen at 02:32, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Report presenting the results of the National Travel Survey, a household survey designed to provide a databank of personal travel information for Great Britain.
Weekly Provisional Figures on Deaths Registered in England and Wales - Week Ending 19/07/2013
seen at 02:32, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Measuring National Well-being - Personal Well-being in the UK, 2012/13
seen at 02:32, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This bulletin presents experimental statistics from the second annual Subjective Well-being Annual Population dataset, April 2012 to March 2013. Overall estimates of people’s views about their own well-being are...
Revenue-based Taxes and Benefits: Property Transactions - Number of property transactions (Table 16.5)
seen at 02:32, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides general information on all HMRC taxes, including tax receipts, the number of taxpayers, personal tax credits, child benefit and estimates of the cost of tax expenditures and structural relief.
Prescriptions Dispensed in the Community, England - 2002-2012
seen at 02:32, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Prescriptions dispensed in community by community pharmacists, appliance contractors and dispensing doctors.
Farm Business Management Practices in England - Animal Health and Welfare Practices on Farm 2011/12, England
seen at 02:32, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This release provides the results of questions on animal health and welfare practices adopted by farmers from the 2011/12 Business Management Practices module from the Farm Business Survey.
Weekly Fuel Prices - 29 July 2013
seen at 02:32, 30 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel