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21 October 2013

Guidance: Tregantle firing times
seen at 18:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added new firing times for the period 11 to 24 November 2013

The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberry...

Transparency data: MOD finance transparency dataset
seen at 18:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added transparency files for June and July 2013.

There is a CSV file covering each month from April 2010, subsequent files will be added by the last working day following each month end.

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Transparency data: Corporate hospitality register: July - September 2013
seen at 18:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

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

FOI release: Request for impact assessments for wave 1 approved free schools
seen at 18:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Impact assessments for wave 1 removed and added to gov.uk as publications.

Date requested: 11 October 2011 Publish date: 28 June 2013 Request

Copies of the impact assessments made by you as...

FOI release: Pupils on free school meals progressing to music colleges
seen at 18:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Lists the number of pupils who received free school meals and subsequently attended music colleges in the UK from the academic years 2007/2008 to 2009/2010.

This information has been released by the Department...

Transparency data: BIS government procurement card spend over £500: June 2013
seen at 18:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Financial data on Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) items of government procurement card (GPC) expenditure over &pound;500 in June 2013.

Guidance: Expectations and indicators of good practice set for category 1 and 2 responders
seen at 18:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated guidance document.

This document (revised October 2013) aims to clarify what is expected of Category 1 and 2 responders in England and Wales in relation to:

the duties within the ...
Policy paper: Communiqué of the UAE-UK Taskforce meeting London, 21 October 2013
seen at 18:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The UAE delegation was led by His Excellency Dr Anwar Gargash, the UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

Ministers highlighted the continued success of the Taskforce in developing closer cooperation...

Register now: ISIS Neutron Training Course 2014
seen at 18:31, 21 October in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
Are you a PhD or post-doctoral researcher whose research program aims to make use of neutron scattering? Do you have little or no experience of neutron scattering? If so then we'd like you to apply to come to the...
News story: Home Secretary reacts to Pavlo Lapshyn guilty pleas
seen at 18:30, 21 October in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Home Secretary today (21 October) responded to Pavlo Lapshyn’s guilty pleas to charges of murder, causing explosions and preparing for acts of terrorism.

At the Old Bailey, the Ukrainian student admitted...

CPS publishes fundamental new approach to prosecuting cases of Child Sexual Abuse as local government and Family Courts agree to share information for stronger prosecutions
seen at 18:30, 21 October in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, QC, has today (Thursday 17 October) set out the clear, agreed approach prosecutors will take to tackle cases of child sexual abuse after a public consultation showed...
Former police officer charged with misconduct in public office over rape investigation
seen at 18:30, 21 October in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Gaon Hart, Senior Crown Advocate in the Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime Division, said: "I have carefully reviewed all of the evidence provided by the IPCC as a result of their investigation into PC...
CPS advises no charges should be brought over alleged disclosure of information to the media
seen at 18:30, 21 October in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Simon Orme, Specialist Lawyer in the CPS Special Crime Division, said: "I have considered the evidence provided by Cumbria Police concerning allegations that information relating to expenses incurred by the...
Guidance: THINK! cyclist
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include THINK! tips campaign information

THINK! cyclist is a new communications campaign to help reduce the number of pedal cyclists who are killed and seriously injured on the roads...

Statistics: Quality report: UK Property transactions over £40,000
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Property transactions completed in the UK with value &pound;40,000 or above’ is a monthly publication by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). It presents aggregate monthly counts of the number of residential...

Form: MOD support fund for schools with service children: grant application pack
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated for the 2014 bid which closes 19th December 2013.

Completed application forms need to be submitted by 12:00 midday on 19th December 2013.

The ‘Grant application pack’ consists...

Policy paper: Current list of designated persons, Al-Qaida
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2013

UN Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999) and subsequent related Resolutions requires all member states to freeze the assets, prevent...

Guidance: Changes to Notarial Services for Commonwealth Nationals
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Following a review of the consular services offered by our Embassies and Consulates overseas, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has made changes to the notarial and documentary services offered at its Missions...

Policy paper: Financial sanctions: consolidated list of targets
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Al-Qaida Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2013

HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in effect in the UK, ...

Guidance: Changes to Notarial and Documentary Services
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Following a recent review of consular services offered by our Embassies and Consulates overseas, we have made changes to the notarial and documentary services offered at our missions overseas.

Statistics: Quality report: UK annual property transactions count
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Table 16.5 – Stamp Duty Land Tax: Liable and non-liable UK property transactions valued at &pound;40,000 or above’ is a monthly publication by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

FOI release: Correspondence or oral conversations with Tony Blair.
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Response to FOI request for copies of all correspondence, or records of oral conversations between the department (i.e. the central department, excluding agencies) and Tony Blair, including correspondence and...

FOI release: Total ICT spend within core Defra
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Total ICT spend within core Defra

FOI release: Publication of data from SE3129 -The Badger Survey of England and Wales
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Publication of datasets from research project SE129 - The Badger Survey of England and Wales

Promotional material: Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The Games will be held from 23 July to 3 August 2014 and will feature 17 sports across 11 days of competition, including 261 medal events on show. A million tickets will be available for the Games, which will...

Impact assessment: Free schools that opened in 2012: wave 1
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Twenty-four impact assessments for the free schools that opened in 2012 (wave 1).

Impact assessments for the 55 approved free schools in wave 2 are also available.

Research and analysis: Wider benefits of higher education: literature review
seen at 16:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

This literature review looks at the evidence on the wider non-economic benefits of higher education for students. It also looks at the impact, through graduates and knowledge transfer, on society as a whole.

Rankin to Grayson Perry: ten world-class artists to take on Museums at Night projects in 2014, as decided by you
seen at 16:31, 21 October in http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Latest entries (Our copy).
Rankin to Grayson Perry: ten world-class artists to take on Museums at Night projects in 2014, as decided by you
GB Taekwondo announce inaugural World Taekwondo Grand Prix squad
seen at 16:31, 21 October in UK Sport (Our copy).
Olympic champion Jade Jones competes in Britain for the first time since London 2012 at the first World Taekwondo Grand Prix
Case 216 – Theatre announces “health and safety reasons” for not permitting flash photography and video recording
seen at 16:31, 21 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

The enquirer was taken aback by the announcement before a theatre performance that “For Health and Safety reasons the use of flash photography and video recording equipment was not permitted”.

More than 1,100 construction sites fail safety checks
seen at 16:31, 21 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Poor standards and dangerous practices were found at nearly half of the building sites visited during a month long safety drive.

Regulator responds to pension liberation ruling
seen at 16:30, 21 October in Latest news from The Pensions Regulator (Our copy).
The Pensions Regulator has today responded to Mr Justice Morgan’s High Court ruling in respect of the legal status of a number of suspected pension liberation schemes.
News story: Changes made to police custody rules
seen at 16:30, 21 October in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Changes to the way 17-year-olds are treated in police custody have been announced by Policing Minister Damian Green.

The Home Office announced on Monday (21 October) that it will introduce a requirement...

Open consultation: Review of UK and EU balance of competences: call for evidence on cohesion policy
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The government is carrying out a review of the balance of competences between the UK and the EU. The review will provide an analysis of what the EU does and how it affects the UK. The Review of the balance...

Research and analysis: What people want from their heating controls: a qualitative study
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set up a programme of work to understand the potential for smarter heating controls to save energy. As part of this DECC wished to understand what people...

Open consultation: Aarhus Convention national implementation report
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Closing date was incorrect. Corrected closing date of 25 October 2013.

We’re asking for your comments on the draft text of the national implementation report which outlines measures taken to implement...

Transparency data: Government Procurement Card spend over £500: February 2013
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Details of Government Procurement Card spend over &pound;500: February 2013.

Consultation outcome: Consultation on the PIP assessment 'moving around' activity
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include the government's response to the consultation.

From April 2013 Disability Living Allowance (DLA) began to be replaced for new claimants with a new benefit, Personal Independence...

Guidance: The white book
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published October edition of the White Book 2013.

The white book Commonwealth Defence Liaison Staffs and Foreign Service Attachés accredited to London

This publication is no longer publicly available...

Guidance: Salisbury Plain (Imber Range Perimeter Path)
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published November issue of Salisbury Plain 2013 newsletter.

A long distance circular walk around the Imber Live Firing Range giving views across Salisbury Plain and the surrounding Wiltshire and...

Policy paper: Energy Company Obligation (ECO) delivery costs
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

DECC receives monthly summary information from the seven obligated energy suppliers on their costs associated with delivering the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). The figures included in this publication relate...

Guidance: The Personal Independence Payment toolkit
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated introductory text to highlight when reassessments of existing DLA claimants for PIP will begin to take place, and who will be affected.

A toolkit to inform partner organisations about Personal...

Form: Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) pensions forms
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added updated Pension forecast request (Form 13) version 2.0.

These forms should be used when claiming pensions under Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) 75 and AFPS 05.

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Guidance: Who DVLA shares data with
seen at 14:34, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: The update is to add Quarter 2 (July, August & September) stats for the services included in the document.

Where the law allows it, DVLA shares data with others. This information describes the ...

HMRC announces changes to scheme registration system
seen at 14:31, 21 October in TPAS News (Our copy).

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced that, with effect from today, the pension schemes registration process has changed. They have also changed the way they respond to requests from transferring...

Regulator responds to pension liberation ruling
seen at 14:31, 21 October in Latest news from The Pensions Regulator (Our copy).
The Pensions Regulator has today responded to Mr Justice Morgan’s High Court ruling in respect of the legal status of a number of suspected pension liberation schemes.
News story: Don't ignore internet safety rules
seen at 14:31, 21 October in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

At the start of Get Safe Online Week, new research by not-for-profit organisation getsafeonline.org has revealed that, despite the fact that the vast majority of Brits (84%) recognise that it’s our own...

CCC analysis: low-carbon policies account for only a small part of energy bill increases
seen at 14:30, 21 October in Climate Change Committee (Our copy).

The impact of low-carbon policies on energy affordability is much discussed at the moment. In order that discussion remains fact based, we thought it appropriate to repeat some of the key findings from our energy...

Fox hunting
seen at 11:33, 21 October in Downing Street Says (Our copy).
Asked whether the PM supported repealing the fox hunting ban, the PMS said that the PM?s view had not changed and there was a Coalition agreement to hold a free vote on the issue. There were specific issues around...
Energy prices
seen at 11:33, 21 October in Downing Street Says (Our copy).
Asked if the PM thought people should switch from British Gas following its price rise, the PMS said the PM would encourage any customers unhappy with their energy provider to look for a better deal. ...
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice spend over £25,000 - 2012
seen at 11:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: The NOMS, Probation Trusts and arms length body transparency data has been moved to new pages to make the content clearer.

Guidance on Ministry of Justice over &pound;25,000 data 2012

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Transparency data: Probation trusts spend over £25,000 - 2012
seen at 11:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Guidance on probation trusts’ spending over &pound;25,000 data 2012.

HM Treasury (HMT) require that all central government departments publish monthly data of their spend transactions over &pound...

Transparency data: Arms length bodies spend over £25,000 - 2012
seen at 11:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Guidance on Ministry of Justice arms length bodies spending over &pound;25,000 data 2012.

HM Treasury (HMT) require that all central government departments publish monthly data of their spend transactions...

Guidance: National child measurement programme: operational guidance for the 2013 to 2014 school year
seen at 11:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Uploaded an updated version of the NCMP operational guidance and annexes 2, 3, 5 and 8 as attachments.

National child measurement programme (NCMP): operational guidance for the 2013 to 2014 school...

Transparency data: National Offender Management Service spend over £25,000 - 2012
seen at 11:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Guidance on National Offender Management Service (NOMS) spending over &pound;25,000 data 2012.

HM Treasury (HMT) require that all central government departments publish monthly data of their spend...

Transparency data: DWP payments over £500 with a Government Procurement Card: 2013
seen at 11:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: DWP payments over &pound;500 with a GPC card - August 2013

This series contains details of DWP payments that were over &pound;500 and made using a Government Procurement Card in 2013. This...

Research and analysis: What people want from their heating controls: a qualitative study
seen at 11:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

DECC wished to understand what people need from their heating controls so as to improve their understanding of how emerging technologies could best meet these needs. The report gathered requirements for smarter...

Transparency data: Department for Education and executive agency spend over £25,000: financial year 2013 to 2014
seen at 11:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: July 2013 information added.

The government set out the need for greater transparency across its operations to enable the public to hold public bodies and politicians to account. This includes ...

Transparency data: Department for Education and executive agency spend via government procurement card (GPC) over £500: financial year 2013 to 2014
seen at 11:32, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: July 2013 information added.

Spend via government procurement cards (GPCs) over &pound;500 for the Department for Education and its executive agencies (EAs) has been made available in line ...

Statement to Parliament: Revision of the PACE codes of practice A, B, C, E, F and H
seen at 11:31, 21 October in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).
Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice (Damian Green):

My right Hon Friend the Home Secretary has today laid an order under section 67(7A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (‘PACE’) which...

Open consultation: Balance of Competences Fundamental Rights Review
seen at 10:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The Balance of Competences Review was announced by the Foreign Secretary William Hague in July 2012 to examine the balance of competences between the UK and the European Union.

The Review is an audit...

Open consultation: Balance of Competences review: EU Budget
seen at 10:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The Foreign Secretary launched the Balance of Competences Review in Parliament on 12 July 2012. This follows the Coalition’s commitment to examine the balance of competences between the UK and the European Union...

Open consultation: Balance of Competences review: Single Market - Financial Services and the Free Movement of Capital
seen at 10:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The Foreign Secretary launched the Balance of Competences Review in Parliament on 12 July 2012. This follows the Coalition’s commitment to examine the balance of competences between the UK and the European Union...

Open consultation: Agriculture report: review of the balance of competences
seen at 10:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

This call for evidence is part of the Government’s Review of the Balance of Competences between the UK and the EU. The Review will provide an informed and objective analysis of what EU membership means for the...

Open consultation: Review of UK and EU balance of competences: call for evidence on competition and consumer policy
seen at 10:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The government is carrying out a review of the balance of competences between the UK and the EU. The review will provide an analysis of what the EU does and how it affects the UK. The Review of the balance...

Open consultation: Fisheries: review of the balance of competences
seen at 10:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

This call for evidence is part of the Government’s Review of the Balance of Competences between the UK and the EU. The Review will provide an informed and objective analysis of what EU membership means for the...

Open consultation: Review of UK and EU balance of competences: call for evidence on the single market - free movement of services
seen at 10:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The government is carrying out a review of the balance of competences between the UK and the EU. The review will provide an analysis of what the EU does and how it affects the UK. The Review of the balance...

Corporate report: DWP Commercial Strategy
seen at 10:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The Strategy is intended as the definitive statement of our approach to commercial activity. It sets out the commercial vision for DWP over the next 4 years and how we intend to achieve it.

The purpose...

Corporate report: Government Buying Standards: DWP position for year 2012 to 2013
seen at 10:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

The Government Buying Standards (GBS) are a set of sustainable specifications for a range of commonly purchased products. They are designed to make it easier for government buyers to buy sustainably.

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FOI release: Procurement and finance
seen at 10:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Request for information on the level of training, qualifications and experience required for procurement and signing off of spending.

Fresh future for Enterprise Zone rail line
seen at 10:31, 21 October in West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (Our copy).

A disused railway line partly within the Northampton Enterprise Zone has been acquired by WNDC. The redundant track runs from the site of a planned University of Northampton Campus to the Brackmills Industrial...

Over the next two weeks: nationwide family fun with the Family Arts Festival
seen at 10:31, 21 October in http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Latest entries (Our copy).
Over the next two weeks: nationwide family fun with the Family Arts Festival
Firm fined for vibrating tool failings
seen at 10:31, 21 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

An East Sussex worker developed a painful and debilitating nerve condition through prolonged, unrestricted use of vibrating power tools, a court has heard.

Recycling firm and director sentenced for safety risks to workers
seen at 10:31, 21 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Corby recycling firm have been fined and its director given a suspended jail sentence for endangering workers after allowing them to operate fork lift trucks without proper training and then ignoring a notice...

Demolition firm fined after floor collapse
seen at 10:31, 21 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Neath Port Talbot based demolition firm has been fined &pound;30,000 after two of its workers were injured when a mezzanine floor collapsed on them.

Engineer’s poor work endangered Plymouth pensioner
seen at 10:31, 21 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Plymouth gas engineer endangered the life of a pensioner by leaving a fire in an unsafe condition, a court has heard.

Sawmill fined after worker’s arm trapped in machine
seen at 10:31, 21 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Dumfries sawmill has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered severe injuries to his arm when it became trapped in poorly guarded machinery.

HSE Management standards analysis tool
seen at 10:31, 21 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

There are a number of tools associated with the Management Standards process provided across this website which are free for you to use or share with your colleagues. Our analysis tool has recently been updated...

Guidance: How to buy property in India
seen at 09:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

If you are considering buying a property in India you will need to bear in mind that the legal system and steps to follow are different from those you may have experienced in the UK.

Statistics: UK-China 5th Economic and Financial Dialogue: Factsheet
seen at 09:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

On 15 October 2013, the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Chinese Vice-Premier Ma Kai concluded the 5th UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD). The EFD comes as part of the Chancellor’s five...

Guidance: Providing quality internships: code and guidance for employers
seen at 09:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated internships code published.

This updated guide provides updated guidance for employers on high-quality internship programmes. It describes the core elements that employers need to include...

Guidance: Passport Application: First Time Child – Bangladesh
seen at 09:31, 21 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added a second attachement: Bangladesh – Straightforward passport renewal for children under 16

Passport Application: First Time Child

Case 215 – Scout camping facilities
seen at 09:31, 21 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

The enquirer sent in a copy of an advert promoting Scout camping facilities. A fully fitted kitchen is available however, campers are informed that they should provide their own cooking equipment and eating utensils...