TGS


23 August 2013

Correspondence: Transparency of Lobbying Bill: response to 38 Degrees
seen at 18:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Minister Chloe Smith responded to 38 Degrees about the government’s proposed Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill.

Guidance: Argentina – Consular Fees
seen at 18:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the Rate of Exchange as from 24 August 2013

A full list of Consular fees

Open consultation: UK Standards for Microbiology Investigation – B 55 - Investigation of gastric biopsies for Helicobacter pylori
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Public Health England has opened a consultation this week in joint partnership with professional organisations.

The consultation asks for comments about the bacteriology SMI ‘B 55 - Investigation of gastric...

Open consultation: UK Standards for Microbiology Investigation – B 17 Investigation of tissues and biopsies
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Public Health England has opened a consultation this week in joint partnership with professional organisations.

The consultation asks for comments about the bacteriology SMI ‘B 17 – Investigation...

Open consultation: UK Standards for Microbiology Investigation – B 37 Investigation of blood cultures (for organisms other than Mycobacterium species)
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Public Health England has opened a consultation this week in joint partnership with professional organisations.

The consultation asks for comments about the bacteriology SMI ‘B 37 - Investigation...

Transparency data: DFID flight data 2011
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

This data is all flights made via the Government Procurement Service travel framework between 1 January to 31 December 2011

FOI release: Correspondence between DH and British American Tobacco
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Correspondence between DH and BAT regarding the EU Tobacco Products Directive since 1 January 2013.

Transparency data: Disclosure and Barring Service certificate volumes 2008 - 2013
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

The number of criminal record check certificates released by the DBS between 2008 - 2013.

Transparency data: Disclosure and Barring Service redress payments 2008 - 2013
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Redress payments made by the Disclosure and Barring Service between 2008 - 2013.

These payments are made as a result of maladministration at the DBS.

Transparency data: Disclosure and Barring Service list of registered/umbrella bodies
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

DBS list of registered/umbrella bodies for 2013.

Transparency data: DBS upheld and not upheld dispute volumes 2008 - 2013
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Figures relating to the number of upheld and not upheld disputes.

An applicant or registered body can dispute the information on a DBS certificate. This is then investigated and a decison made as to whether...

Transparency data: Barring list data
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Data relating to the barred lists held by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

FOI release: Correspondence regarding the EU Tobacco Products Directive
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Correspondence between the Department and Imperial Tobacco regarding the EU Tobacco Products Directive since 1 January 2013.

FOI release: Defra budget allocation decisions
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Defra budget FOI: how Defra decides to allocate its annual budget to different priorities/programmes.

Closed consultation: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): implementing the recast Directive and UK system changes
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Summary of public responses to consultation published.

This consultation looks at:

how the government should amend the existing Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations...
Statistical data set: Commodity prices
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include new banana weekly prices.

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

Transparency data: DCMS Permanent Secretary business costs and hospitality received: 1 October - 31 December 2012
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

The government has committed to publishing information about hospitality received by senior officials in an official capacity valued at over £140, and other business costs claimed. This information ...

Form: Flu immunisation consent form
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

This form is for local downloading and printing for those areas that have not produced their own versions.

Open consultation: Electricity market reform: 'Contracts for Difference' costs exemption eligibility
seen at 16:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated cost estimates published.

As part of the introduction of the Energy Bill, government is seeking to exempt energy intensive industries from the costs of Contracts for Difference (...

Electricity at work: Safe working practices (third edition)
seen at 16:30, 23 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

The guidance covers the key elements to consider when devising safe working practices and is for people who carry out work on or near electrical equipment. This third edition updates the guidance and provides...

Case 205 – Use of stationary cars and moped in school stage production
seen at 16:30, 23 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A head teacher and a school’s project manager disagreed about the precautions necessary to run a school production involving stationary cars and a moped.

The Queen on the Application of David Miranda -v- (1) Secretary of State for the Home Department (2) Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
seen at 16:30, 23 August in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
High Court (Queen's Bench Division) Divisional Court judgment
Richard Benyon on the National Adaptation Programme
seen at 16:30, 23 August in Climate Change Committee (Our copy).

During the Adaptation Sub-Committee’s recent launch of the report ‘Managing the land in a changing climate’, Richard Benyon (Minister for the Natural Environment and Fisheries), lent ...

Open consultation: Work Programme official statistics after June 2013: content and presentation
seen at 14:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

This consultation invites views on recommendations to improve the content and presentation of Work Programme official statistics. The recommendations involve an improved method of presenting sustainment...

Guidance: Service of documents
seen at 14:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

This document explains what the most widely used documents of service types are and where they should be sent for service:

on Ministers of the Crown or UK government departments in Scotland on the Advocate...
FOI release: G4S Contracts
seen at 14:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

1.How many contracts do you have with G4S?

We replied:

A. The Wales Office uses the services of G4S but has no direct contract with the contractor. As a small Government Department we use the buying ...

FOI release: Dialling the number 123
seen at 14:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

1.The total amount spent in 2011, 2012 and 2013 by your department on dialling the telephone number 123?

We replied:

A. The Wales Office does not hold the data requested. This information could only ...

Guidance: Explosives storage and transport committee (ESTC) Standard No. 6
seen at 14:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added new documents and schedules

Explosives storage and transport committee Standard No. 6 is the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) requirements for commissioning, inspection, testing and maintenance...

Transparency data: Disclosure and Barring Service certificate volumes 2008-13
seen at 14:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

The number of criminal record check certificates released by the DBS between 2008 - 2013.

Periodic review 2013: draft conclusions on structure of charges and Schedule 8 performance regime for charter operators
seen at 14:30, 23 August in What's new (Our copy).
Periodic review 2013: draft conclusions on structure of charges and Schedule 8 performance regime for charter operators
Pirelli in court over injuries at Carlisle tyre factory
seen at 14:30, 23 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Tyre manufacturer Pirelli has appeared in court after an employee sustained major injuries to his left arm when it became trapped in a tyre-testing machine.

Builder’s dangerous gas work put lives at risk
seen at 14:30, 23 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Wiltshire builder has been fined for illegal and dangerous gas work in Somerset, which could have led to a young family – including two young children – being killed by poisonous carbon monoxide...

Fairground operator in court for ride collapse
seen at 14:30, 23 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A fairground operator has been fined for safety failings after 22 people, many of them children, were trapped when a poorly maintained ride collapsed.

Lord Krebs invited to speak at the International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation, Beijing – July 2013
seen at 14:30, 23 August in Climate Change Committee (Our copy).

Lord Krebs, Chair of the Adaption Sub-Committee was invited to speak in China at the Adapting to Climate Change (ACCC) International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation this month.

As he was unable...

Towards the 2015 NPT Review Conference (WP1265)
seen at 14:30, 23 August in Wilton Park (Our copy).

This meeting convening 18 months before the 2015 NPT Review Conference, will assess the prospects for and challenges to success there. We will look at issues both specific to the Review Conference and to the ...

FOI release: Information on trade union representatives in DECC and the cost of facility time
seen at 11:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Freedom of Information request for information on:

the number of full-time and part time trade union representatives in DECC for the financial years 2011-12 and 2012-13 the total cost of trade union facility...
Guidance: British Embassy Madrid - Prisoner Pack
seen at 11:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Removed outdated attachment and added link to updated prisoner pack for Spain

The Prisoner Pack for Spain aims to explain the legal and prison system to British Nationals who are imprisoned...

Guidance: NHS terms and conditions for supply of goods and provision of services
seen at 11:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated documents added.

The NHS terms and conditions are intended for use by NHS bodies procuring goods and services from commercial organisations, not for the procurement of clinical services...

Operation Pallial - Arrests in Sussex
seen at 11:30, 23 August in National Crime Agency - Home (Our copy).

Two arrested under Operation Pallial

Transparency data: Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) travel spend data 2011
seen at 10:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Travel data - transparency agenda and FOI: flight bookings made by Defra Government Procurement Service (GPS) customers through the various frameworks offered by the GPS in 2011.

This information is...

Correspondence: Duncan Selbie's Friday message: 23 August 2013
seen at 10:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

One of the most valuable legacies PHE has inherited is an enormous wealth of scientific knowledge, skill and expertise.

Our inherited ‘pipeline’ projects include antibodies to treat severe infections...

Promotional material: Future bovine TB policy for England: stakeholder workshops
seen at 10:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

The OPM Group, on behalf of Defra, is running a number of Stakeholder workshops to promote discussion about Defra’s draft Strategy for achieving officially bTB-free (OTF) status for England and ...

Guidance: Shingles vaccination factsheet for healthcare professionals
seen at 10:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Reformatted and branded version, with revisions to text following consultation.

Shingles is a common disease that can cause long-lasting, severe pain. It can cause permanent disability, and it ...

Index of Services, June 2013
seen at 10:30, 23 August in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
Index of Services shows the monthly movements in gross value added for the service industries, which overall account for around 78% of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Services Producer Price Indices - The Development Of Price Indices for Professional Business Services, Cargo Handling and Storage and Warehousing, Quarter 2 2013
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
The Services Producer Price Index (SPPI) are primarily a suite of individual price indices that provide information on price change for a limited range of service industries. Each SPPI captures quarterly changes...
Business Investment - Q2 2013 Provisional Results
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Commentary and tables on investment trends by businesses. Contains capital expenditure data for various sectors of the economy at current prices, constant prices and seasonally adjusted.
Construction Statistics - No. 14, 2013 Edition
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This report brings together under one cover a wide range of statistics that are currently available on the construction industry. It gives a broad perspective of statistical trends in the construction industry in...
Index of Services - June 2013
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Shows the monthly movements in gross value added for the service industries, which overall account for around 75 per cent of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Second estimate of GDP - Q2 2013
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This release was previously known as UK Output, Income and Expenditure. It contains estimates of the key components of GDP from the output, income and expenditure approaches.
Waiting Times for Suspected Cancer Patients - quarter ending June 2013
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Cancer waiting.
Climate Change Levy Bulletin - July 2013
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Statistics on Climate Change Levy receipts and liabilities for the UK.
Aggregates Levy Bulletin - July 2013
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Statistics on Aggregates Levy receipts, liabilities and tonnage for the UK.
Insurance Premium Tax Bulletin - July 2013
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Produced quarterly by HM Revenue & Customs. Provides details of the amount of standard and higher rate tax declared and the value of revenue collected.
Landfill Tax Bulletin - July 2013
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Statistics on Landfill Tax receipts, liabilities and tonnage for the UK.
FOI release: Electronic sourcing of goods and services
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Which companies are used for electronic sourcing of goods and services or e-tendering?

FOI release: IT Manager / Data Protection Officer
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Who is the IT Manager / Data Protection Officer for your departments?

FOI release: Environmental Management Systems
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Take up of Environmental Management Systems and Environmental Standards in Government Ministerial Departments.

FOI release: External PR Agencies
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Amount spent on external PR agencies in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Guidance: India – Consular Fees
seen at 09:31, 23 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Consular fee chart

A full list of Consular fees

Second Estimate of GDP, Q2 2013
seen at 09:30, 23 August in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
This release contains estimates of the key components of GDP from the output, income and expenditure approaches. Gross Domestic Product measures the chained volume index movements of the UK. The services sector...
Business Investment Q2 2013, provisional results
seen at 09:30, 23 August in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
Business investment estimates are a short term indicator of capital expenditure by manufacturing and non-manufacturing businesses within the UK, Q2 2013 results.
Three serving prisoners to be charged with false imprisonment of HMP Full Sutton officer
seen at 09:30, 23 August in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Rakesh Sarin, a lawyer in the CPS Counter Terrorism Division, said: "Following an investigation by the police's North East Counter Terrorism Unit, the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised charges against...
Football hooligans face ban from World Cup and Euros under CPS guidelines
seen at 09:30, 23 August in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) have today (23 August 2013) published a joint policy for dealing with violence, disorder, criminal damage and abuse in and ...
Construction Statistics - No. 14, 2013 Edition
seen at 02:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This report brings together under one cover a wide range of statistics that are currently available on the construction industry. It gives a broad perspective of statistical trends in the construction industry in...
Services Producer Price Indices - The Development Of Price Indices for Professional Business Services, Cargo Handling and Storage and Warehousing, Quarter 2 2013
seen at 02:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
The Services Producer Price Index (SPPI) are primarily a suite of individual price indices that provide information on price change for a limited range of service industries. Each SPPI captures quarterly changes...
Index of Services - June 2013
seen at 02:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Shows the monthly movements in gross value added for the service industries, which overall account for around 75 per cent of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Second estimate of GDP - Q2 2013
seen at 02:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This release was previously known as UK Output, Income and Expenditure. It contains estimates of the key components of GDP from the output, income and expenditure approaches.
Business Investment - Q2 2013 Provisional Results
seen at 02:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Commentary and tables on investment trends by businesses. Contains capital expenditure data for various sectors of the economy at current prices, constant prices and seasonally adjusted.
Waiting Times for Suspected Cancer Patients - quarter ending June 2013
seen at 02:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Cancer waiting.
Climate Change Levy Bulletin - July 2013
seen at 02:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Statistics on Climate Change Levy receipts and liabilities for the UK.
Aggregates Levy Bulletin - July 2013
seen at 02:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Statistics on Aggregates Levy receipts, liabilities and tonnage for the UK.
Insurance Premium Tax Bulletin - July 2013
seen at 02:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Produced quarterly by HM Revenue & Customs. Provides details of the amount of standard and higher rate tax declared and the value of revenue collected.
Landfill Tax Bulletin - July 2013
seen at 02:31, 23 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Statistics on Landfill Tax receipts, liabilities and tonnage for the UK.