Updated: Added Brandon Lewis' letter to the Fire Services Management Committee - 14 October 2013
These documents provide details of the firefighters’ pension scheme from 2015. Further details on the core...
Updated: Removed Word version of attachment
This document lists the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Board members’ interests.
The CMA conflicts of interest policy states that a register...
Updated: Questions and answers updated to clarify when we can reinstate Employment and Support Allowance payments pending an appeal.
We are changing the appeals process so that more DWP decisions that claimants...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) intend to recover certain unpaid class 2 National Insurance contributions debts through a person’s PAYE tax code beginning in the 2014/15 tax year.
We are amending the “...
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) is an executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) sponsored by the Department for International Development (DFID). It is Government policy that a NDPB should ...
On the opening day of our conference three ministers joined us; Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania; Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland...
Updated: Latest statement published.
Official statistics order 2008: statement of compliance with the pre-release access
These set out the guidelines on the handling and investigation by the Information Commissioner of complaints received about national security cases under sections 42 and 43 of the DPA where the national security...
Updated: Added listing for 14-28 October 2013.
In line with the government’s Transparency and Open Data initiative, the Military Court Service is to publish the court listings for the military court centres...
Ministry of Defence response to a Freedom of Information request for the number of service personnel (both current and retired) who have/had mutliple myeloma.
MOD response to an FOI request for the number of service personnel accessing mental health professionals while on tour in Afghanistan as part of Operation Herrick from April 2008 to October 2010.
Updated: Updated to show that Monmouthshire county council have signed a Community Covenant
This document contains a list of community covenants in Wales. It includes external links that take you straight...
Updated: Section J7: Communicating using DFID's external website amended.
The Department for International Development’s online Blue Book is a manual of information about working practices.
The...
Updated: Added consultation outcome.
A review of 21 Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (‘the CROW Act’) Indefinite Section 28 Directions on the Ministry of Defence estate was carried out in 2012.
Updated: Government response to consultation has been added.
This consultation proposes changes to the existing secondary school performance measures which will reflect the significant reforms to GCSEs, ...
Updated: Updated tables 3 and 5 - figures corrected to resolve an issue with the data uploaded for 26 local precepting authorities.
This is the first year that the Department for Communities and Local Government...
STFC Chief Executive John Womersley has provided an update on the Programmatic Review.
HSE has published revised young people guidance. This includes a section with particular focus on work experience and will help organisers and employers to put in place simple and straightforward processes for...
A Home Office summit to tackle the growing number of mobile phone thefts has stepped up work to look at how security features can be used to make handsets less attractive to thieves, Crime Prevention Minister...
New entrants to the police force will be allowed to join at management ranks for the first time, Home Office minister Damian Green announced on Monday (14 October).
Currently, all police officers have...
What are the lessons from NATO, EU and member state training, advising, mentoring and operational support missions over the past ten years in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries? How can they apply to future...
The Science Advisory Council’s (SAC’s) annual report summarises its activities from April 2012 to March 2013. It includes:
an overview of SAC SAC discussion topics SAC sub-groups the SAC-Defra ...
Updated: Added new monthly economic report
IssueThe Economic team at the British High Commission, India is part of the wider Knowledge Economy umbrella. The team helps interpret the Indian economy...
Defence Focus magazine issue 275 October 2013
Updated: Updated average price spreadsheet.
This publication includes monthly information on the retail production of compound animal feed in Great Britain and the quantity of raw materials used. It also...
Updated: Made minor consistency correction
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Quarterly lists of DECC ministers’ overseas travel.
This guidance sets out arrangements that are designed to provide local authorities and higher education institutions (HEIs) with confidence in the public health consultant and consultant academic appointments...
Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) is responsible for implementing government’s Superfast Britain programmes. An Industry Day was held on 7 October 2013 with broadband suppliers and key stakeholder, to consider roll...
Updated: Added summary of responses to consultation documents, published 14 October 2013.
This consultation forms part of a light touch review of the 6 guidance documents underpinning the Planning Act 2008...
Updated: Added summary of responses to the consultation documents, published 14 October 2013.
This consultation forms part of a light touch review of the 6 guidance documents underpinning the Planning Act...
Updated: Added summary of responses to consultation documents, published 14 October 2013.
This consultation forms part of a light touch review of the 6 guidance documents underpinning the Planning Act 2008...
The British Consular Section in Slovenia offers consular support and assists British Citizens who face serious difficulties such as hospitalisation, detention or death of a British national overseas or instances...
Updated: Added summary of responses to consultation documents, published 14 October 2013.
This consultation forms part of a light touch review of the 6 guidance documents underpinning the Planning Act 2008...
Updated: Added summary of responses to consultation documents, published 14 October 2013.
This consultation forms part of a light touch review of the 6 guidance documents underpinning the Planning Act 2008...
Updated: Added summary of responses to consultation documents, published 14 October 2013.
This consultation forms part of a light touch review of the 6 guidance documents underpinning the Planning Act 2008...
Updated: Added summary of responses to consultation documents, published 14 October 2013.
This is the overarching consultation document for the light-touch review of the suite of 6 guidance documents which...
The Fire Brigade Union (FBU) have announced their intention to take further strike action. The second strike will commence in England and Wales only on 19 October 2013 from 6.30pm to 11.30pm.
The Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, has brought in some amendments to the automatic enrolment rules. The amendments will make it simpler for employers to enrol their employees into a pension scheme. ...
Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice (Damian Green):On 30 January 2013 I issued a written statement to the House confirming the commencement of a consultation exercise seeking views on how proposals...
New entrants to the police force will be allowed to join at management ranks for the first time, Home Office minister Damian Green announced on Monday (14 October).
Currently, all police officers have...
Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May):The Informal G6 group of ministers of the interior from the 6 largest European Union countries, including representatives of the United States of America...
Industry modernisation in the 1990s brought an end to the closed shop – the practice of restricting membership of a trade or profession.
Closed shops brought disrepute to some sections of British...
Response of the Queen's Bench Division
This document consults on proposals to issue new statutory guidance on social housing allocations for local authorities in England, to assist them to use the allocation flexibilities in the Localism Act 2011...
This advice is issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government to assist local authorities in meeting their requirements under the single data list. One of the required datasets on the single data...
Updated: Updated organogram to reflect changes to DECC senior management team.
This provides an overview of the top level structure and senior team leaders. It is updated regularly and can be printed.
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is committed to providing British nationals with a modern and efficient consular service and this decision is part of a programme of work to transform our crisis response...
Updated: Summary of responses added.
At Budget 2013 the Chancellor announced the Government would consult on proposals to strengthen obligations to ensure the correct income tax and NICs are paid by offshore...
Legalisation is the confirmation that the signature, seal or stamp on a UK public document is genuine. The Apostille/certificate does not certify the authenticity of a document or give approval of its content...
Any member of the public seeking British Embassy assistance in a labour dispute should contact the Labour Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
The roles and responsibilities guidance describes both the statutory and non-statutory elements of the role of director of public health, and sets out the arrangements that allow local authorities to have confidence...
From 11 February 2013, you should submit passport applications to the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) in the UK for processing.
Updated: Updated attachement
The first is to get the document legalised by the Legalisation Office in the UK. The second is to have your document legalised by the Qatar Embassy in London. The third is to...
Athlete Committee member and England International Jon Wilkin on clean sport, strict liability and the importance of prevention
Today (14 October 2013) in Beijing the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced a number of measures to simplify and streamline the visa application process for visitors from China.
The Chancellor...
The Department for Education has issued information on the new national curriculum to be taught in maintained primary and secondary schools from September 2014.
Today (14 October 2013) in Beijing the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced a number of measures to simplify and streamline the visa application process for visitors from China.
The Chancellor...
This statistical release is an amalgamation of the statistical releases: Brewers, Distillers and Maltsters Usage and Stocks, Cereals Usage by Oatmeal Millers in the UK and Wheat Milled and Flour Production.
Statistics on production tonnages for UK wheat and barley.
List of Hospitals in Hanoi and Northern provinces
Updated: monthly update
This monthly publication covers the use of wheat, barley and oats by wheat millers, flour producers, brewers, distillers, maltsters and oatmeal millers in the UK. It also includes...
This publication gives the first estimate of the quantity of wheat and barley produced in the UK from the 2013 harvest.
Next update: see the UK National Statistics publication hub
For ...
Updated: Updated weekly prices
This weekly publication includes averages of the most usual prices charged at the English wholesale markets in Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool and New Spitalfields for selected...
On Sunday 15 September, Sir Mark Walport, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government at the Government Office for Science, made a keynote speech at our conference. You can read a copy of his speech below.
...
On Thursday 10 October, Lynne Featherstone, Parliamentary Under Secretary, Department for International Development (DFID), gave a speech at our conference.
Combating human trafficking: business and human...
Statistics on production tonnages for UK wheat and barley.
Updated: Minor updates from BETA release
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