Two major companies were responsible for a major blaze in Leeds that led to the evacuation of six homes, the closure of a major road and gas supplies being cut off, a court heard today (31 July).
The bursar of a school will not allow a cricket club to use their own mechanical roller on the school’s grass wicket on the grounds of health and safety.
The work detailed in this report aimed to assess the performance and test the reliability of two types of commercially available systems that measure earplug attenuation for individual wearers. Both systems investigated...
In-house maintenance personnel at a college are not permitted to undertake repairs to desks and chairs owing to risk of being sued.
Views sought on HSE’s proposal to consolidate and modernise the Acetylene legislative framework in Great Britain. The consolidation will update the current legislative arrangements for acetylene making them ...
The Heath and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched new guidance to help make it easier for larger organisations and businesses to understand how to manage health and safety.
Two firms have been fined after a brick archway weighing two tonnes collapsed and injured two workers during a major refurbishment project.
A Somerset tyre services company has been fined after a labourer was injured when his trousers became entangled in an unguarded lathe.
A department store chain stops the sale of fried eggs in all of its restaurants due to health and safety issues following a fire at one store when a pan frying eggs overheated.
This report presents the findings of a study to investigate exposures to dust and its microbiological components amongst workers employed at Materials Recycling Facilities (MRFs).
The school had planned to run a sports day for 3-4 year old pupils in the morning – followed by activities for older pupils in the afternoon. The morning event was postponed due to dew on the grass.
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt discusses the problem of over interpretation and over application of health and safety regulations.
A Buckinghamshire construction company and its managing director have been fined for multiple safety failings following the total collapse of two large properties in Westminster.
A Forest of Dean engineering company has been fined after an employee injured his hand on a machine where a safety lock had been deliberately disabled.
The EU Biocides Regulation 528/2012 (EU BPR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 27 June 2012 and applies in UK (and the rest of the EU) from 1 September 2013. Information about the...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a public consultation on new regulations that will simplify the safety legislation for acetylene.
Hydraulic injection can be defined as the puncturing of the epidermis by a jet of a fluid under pressure. This report and the experimental work it describes offers an explanation of the injury mechanism and the...
Afternoon meeting of Manchester Occupational Health and Safety Group (MOHSG) that includes the above talk by Craig McAdam, Russell Jones & Walker. An HSE Workplace officer will be in attendance.
HELA is the Health and Safety Executive/Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Committee. The agenda and papers for the HELA 15 meeting on 1 August 2013 are now available.
A heating installer has been fined for illegal and unsafe gas work in a London home.
This paper outlines our proposals to deal with the 196 regulations associated with the marine elelment of the Red Tape Challenge, covering three areas: conservation and use of the marine environment, freshwater...
Response to request for information concerning fees generated:
The total amount of fees generated for the unit under the Offshore Petroleum Activities (oil pollution and control) Regulations 2005...
1.As at 1 July 2013, how many staff did your organisation directly employ on a permanent or fixed-term basis?
We replied:A.The Wales Office is not an employer; its staff are employed on loan agreements...
Updated: updated all attachments
Licences authorise certain activities or types of transaction that would otherwise be prohibited by asset freezing legislation. In addition to issuing licences relating...
HELA is the Health and Safety Executive/Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Committee. The agenda and papers for the HELA 15 meeting on 1 August 2013 are now available.
A heating installer has been fined for illegal and unsafe gas work in a London home.
Contracts for Difference stimulate investment in low-carbon technologies (including renewables, nuclear and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) by providing predictable revenue streams that will encourage investment...
This document summarises the evidence around the following topics:
the impact of transport on social welfare (poverty, access to services and markets) distributional impacts of transport (particularly...
Updated: Updated contact information
The following list of English speaking lawyers and translators/interpreters has been prepared for the convenience of British Nationals who require legal advice
Updated: Added latest version of form.
This form is used to apply for a schedule of trailers for a multiple application for consent.
You may need to send evidence of vehicle approval depending on...
Updated: Infographic published
The private sector employment indicator (PSEI) shows whether, over time, dependency on the private sector for employment is increasing and how this rebalancing varies...
The English business survey (EBS) provides a monthly assessment of business perceptions of past, current and future economic and business conditions in each English region.
This guide describes the technical...
This paper sets out the proposed changes along with a timeline for implementation for each of the 235 water and marine regulations that we are looking to improve or scrap.
The water and marine theme covers...
Hydraulic injection can be defined as the puncturing of the epidermis by a jet of a fluid under pressure. This report and the experimental work it describes offers an explanation of the injury mechanism and the...
Mr Rimmer will oversee the final weeks of SOCA. The National Crime Agency launches in nine weeks.
He is taking over from Sir Ian Andrews who resigned from the post last week.
Updated: Updated story after the two defendants successfully applied to have the charges dropped
A man and a woman have been charged in connection with an investigation into an alleged criminal money laundering...
Interim SOCA Chair announced
Contracts for Difference stimulate investment in low-carbon technologies (including renewables, nuclear and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) by providing predictable revenue streams that will encourage investment...
Date requested: 26 April 2013 Publish date: 25 July 2013 RequestThe schools minister, Elizabeth Truss, answered a question by Kevin Brennan MP on 25 April 2013. She said the Department for Education had received...
Where the UK needs to deport someone, but need specific assurances that they would be treated in line with human rights standards such as the European Convention on Human Rights, this is done under the Government...
Updated: Updated fee list to current consular rate of exchange.
A full list of Consular fees
Date requested: 26 April 2013 Date published: 30 May 2013 Request What steps has the department taken to ensure academy brokers are paying the correct tax? How many of them are former civil servants? How...
Where the UK needs to deport someone, but need specific assurances that they would be treated in line with human rights standards such as the European Convention on Human Rights, this is done under the Government...
Where the UK needs to deport someone, but need specific assurances that they would be treated in line with human rights standards such as the European Convention on Human Rights, this is done under the Government...
Where the UK needs to deport someone, but need specific assurances that they would be treated in line with human rights standards such as the European Convention on Human Rights, this is done under the Government...
Where the UK needs to deport someone, but need specific assurances that they would be treated in line with human rights standards such as the European Convention on Human Rights, this is done under the Government...
Changes to the status of bilateral treaties involving the UK, subsequent actions concerning multilateral treaties and changes to the status of the treaties for which the UK is depositary.
Updated: Added updated version of BFPO locations list
This document lists all British Forces Post Office (BFPO) locations, together with their respective numbers and their post codes.
Related information...
Updated: Added updated commercial contracts list
This British Forces Post Office (BFPO) commercial contracts list contains a list of all companies that are able to send items using the BFPO mail system.
How lottery funding and non-governmental loans affect eligibility for non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive
Updated: Policy update and call for evidence response added.
The Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change published an EMR Policy Overview alongside the introduction of the Energy Bill on 29 November...
Free Museums at Night briefing session this September
A CPS spokesperson said: "The word predatory in this context should not have been used and is of real concern to the CPS. It is not consistent with the work that we have undertaken alongside the judiciary and others...
This is a consultation on a number of technical amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012 so as to simplify and harmonize EU ETS penalties in the transition to Phase III, improve...
In the remit for the Monetary Policy Committee set at Budget 2013, the Chancellor requested that the MPC provide in its August 2013 Inflation Report an assessment of the merits of intermediate thresholds - policy...
This document summarises the evidence around the following topics:
the impact of transport on social welfare (poverty, access to services and markets) distributional impacts of transport (particularly...
This is the government response to the first report of the Home Affairs Committee session 2013 to 2014. The response considers the requirement for Police and Crime Commissioners to publish key information, the...
National Portrait Gallery exhibition one of eight projects to tour the country with Strategic touring funding
The aim was to investigate the efficiency and usability of exhaust air-source heat pumps in social housing flats. Co-heating tests were carried out to establish the heat loss of the building and the ventilation...
Updated: Published analysis from second phase of trials.
The Energy Saving Trust’s (EST) heat pump field trial, conducted as two phases between 2008 and 2013, presents reliable data on the in-situ performance...
Updated: Updated list of Consular fees, as of 5 August 2013
A full list of Consular fees
Updated: New version of the INF188/1 leaflet.
Guidance on driving standards if you have sight in one eye, cataracts or after cataract surgery or other related conditions. Includes visual acuity and standards...
Since the DBS launched its new Update Service on June 17 of this year, thousands of individuals have subscribed and are benefiting from being able to take their DBS certificate with them from role to role...
Updated: David - MAY 2013 attachment is here!! Numrah
Information on Department of Health transactions over £500 made using the government procurement card (GPC).
The monthly data is published...
Updated: David - I've added the new file for JUNE 2013 (numrah)
Details of Department of Health expenditure over £25,000 (invoices, grant payments, expenses and other such payments, excluding ...
This Statistical Release presents data on social housing stock and rents.
Provides information on the value of the economic activity that businesses generate and associated expenditure across the main industrial sectors in Northern Ireland.
Imaging and radio diagnostics.
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-...
Office of the Advocate General’s spending over £25,000. The details are released as part of the Office of the Advocate General’s commitment to transparency.
This publication summarises the proposals received by the Airports Commission from stakeholders for making best use of existing airport capacity in the short and medium term. The publication also lists organisations...
This publication lists the organisations that have submitted long term option proposals to the Airports Commission. Where an organisation has already published its proposals a link to the documentation is provided...
This information note provides details on the processes and timings that may be established in phase 2 of the Airports Commission’s work programme, should our interim report conclude that a significant increase...
Updated: Updated list of Consular fees as of 5 August 2013 to reflect the rate of exchange.
A full list of Consular fees
The judgment in the cases of MA and others was handed down on 30 July 2013. This judgment is in respect of 10 judicial review claims brought against the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which challenged...
This framework sets out the relationship between the Secretary of State for Transport (via the Department for Transport) and the 3 UK General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) in matters of business and finance. ...
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...
The government introduced a cap on the total amount of benefit that working-age households can get so that, broadly, households on out-of-work benefits will no longer get more in welfare payments than the average...
This official statistics release provides the latest information on 3 measures of widening participation in higher education:
the estimated percentages of 15 year-olds, by free school meal (FSM) status, ...
Updated: Added information for July 2013.
The government has introduced a cap on the total amount of benefit that working-age households can receive so that, broadly, households on out-of-work benefits ...
Updated: Results for week ending 4 August published
The statistics presented in the table below, show the number of sub 50kW solar photovoltaic installations and capacity installed at the end of each week...
Lord Chief Justice's letter to The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee
This Statistical Release presents data on social housing stock and rents.
Provides information on the value of the economic activity that businesses generate and associated expenditure across the main industrial sectors in Northern Ireland.
Imaging and radio diagnostics.
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-...