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06 November 2013

Correspondence: Michael Gove letter to Christine Blower and Chris Keates
seen at 20:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Michael Gove writes to Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and Chris Keates,General Secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT...

Day 1: The Prince and The Duchess arrive in India
seen at 20:30, 6 November in (Our copy).
Day 1: India
Equal Treatment Bench Book
seen at 20:30, 6 November in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
The Equal Treatment Bench Book, a guide for judges, magistrates and all other judicial office-holders, has been revised and updated
Transparency data: UK Trade & Investment government procurement card spend over £500: April to June 2013
seen at 18:35, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Financial data on UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) items of government procurement card (GPC) spend over £500 for April to June 2013.

Transparency data: UK Trade & Investment government procurement card spend over £500: July to September 2012
seen at 18:35, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Financial data on UK Trade & Investment items of government procurement card (GPC) spend over £500 for July to September 2012.

Transparency data: UK Trade & Investment government procurement card spend over £500: October to December 2012
seen at 18:35, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Financial data on UK Trade & Investment items of government procurement card (GPC) spend over £500 for October to December 2012.

Transparency data: UK Trade & Investment government procurement card spend over £500: January to March 2013
seen at 18:35, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Financial data on UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) items of government procurement card (GPC) spend over £500 for January to March 2013.

Guidance: PE and sport grant allocations for 2013 to 2014: academies
seen at 18:35, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

The conditions of the 2013 to 2014 grant allocations for PE and sport in academies is available to download. The document provides information on how the grant is to be used to fund improvements to the provision...

Guidance: PE and sport grant allocations for 2013 to 2014
seen at 18:35, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

The conditions of the 2013 to 2014 grant allocations for PE and sport in schools is available to download. The document provides information on how the grant is to be used to fund improvements to the provision...

Guidance: PE and sport grant 2013 to 2014: allocation breakdown
seen at 18:35, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

This spreadsheet is divided into 3 separate sections:

maintained schools academies non-maintained special schools

It outlines the total amount granted to them in 2013 to 2014.

Statistical data set: Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) brokerage results
seen at 18:35, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Results for 5 November published

Brokerage operates as a fortnightly anonymous auction where providers of the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) can sell ‘lots’ of ECO Carbon Saving Obligation, ...

Promotional material: Flu: serious if you have a long-term health condition
seen at 18:35, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Poster to emphasise risk of flu, to people with long term health conditions.

Guidance: Firefighters’ pension scheme reforms
seen at 18:35, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added Brandon Lewis' letter of 6 November 2013

We are currently consulting on firefighter fitness and capability principles for national guidance. The closing date is 6 December 2013.

HSE jobs – Regulatory Chemists
seen at 18:33, 6 November in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

You will undertake evaluations of a range of data relating to the chemistry of active substances and products, methods of analysis, pesticide metabolism (in animals and plants) and pesticide residues in food ...

HSE jobs – Project Managers: Biocides
seen at 18:33, 6 November in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

As a project manager your primary task will be to manage the delivery of approval/authorisation of biocidal active substances and products, following submission of applications. The range of specialist input ...

HSE jobs – Regulatory Toxicologists
seen at 18:33, 6 November in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

As a toxicologist your primary tasks will be evaluating data submitted on the mammalian toxicity of pesticide and biocide active substances and formulations.  The scale and scope of data vary depending on the...

HSE jobs – Environmental Fate and Behaviour Specialists
seen at 18:33, 6 November in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

You will mainly be responsible for evaluating data submitted on the fate and behaviour of pesticides, biocides or other chemicals in the environment. Using such data you will be responsible for determining the...

HSE jobs – Regulatory Ecotoxicologists
seen at 18:33, 6 November in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

You will mainly be responsible for evaluating data submitted on the effects of pesticides, biocides or other chemicals on a wide range of non-target organisms such as birds, wild mammals, aquatic organisms, arthropods...

HSE jobs – Occupational and Non Dietary Exposure Assessors
seen at 18:33, 6 November in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

You will evaluate cases or studies concerning the exposure of pesticide and biocide users, persons who may be incidentally exposed such as bystanders and people entering treated areas and you will conduct associated...

HSE jobs – Efficacy Specialists
seen at 18:33, 6 November in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

You will be responsible for evaluating data submitted to support all aspects of the efficacy including effectiveness, resistance and crop safety issues, explaining your decisions internally, to the Advisory Committee...

News story: Border Force and NCA seize huge cocaine shipment
seen at 18:32, 6 November in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Border Force officers, supported by the National Crime Agency (NCA) have made what they believe to be the biggest cocaine seizure in Britain for more than two years.

The drugs were discovered on board...

Consultation outcome: Opportunity to comment on Defra's funding review for WRAP
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added summary of responses.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is carrying out a review of its funding for the Waste and Resources Action Programme’s (WRAP) activities...

Correspondence: Waste management activities for 2014 to 2015: Defra letter to sustainable resource management stakeholders
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

This letter sets out the priorities for Defra’s waste management activities for 2014 to 2015. The letter was sent by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Dan Rogerson MP to a range of sustainable resource management...

Guidance: Code of conduct for operational PFI/PPP contracts
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: List of signatories updated

The voluntary code of conduct sets out the basis on which public and private sector partners agree to work together to make savings in operational Public Private Partnership...

Guidance: Prenatal pertussis vaccine uptake surveys 2013 to 2014: quick reference guide
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Quick reference guide for general practicioners (GPs).

Guidance: Prenatal pertussis vaccine uptake surveys 2013 to 2014
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added updated version of publication.

This publication provides guidance on the collection of vaccine uptake data for the prenatal pertussis vaccination programme.

Guidance: DBS Disclosure News: October 2013
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added a link to subscribe to have monthly editions of DBS Disclosure News emailed to you.

Read the October edition of DBS Disclosure News.

This month’s edition includes:

Police force...
Policy paper: Cultural agreement with Korea
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

A new cultural agreement was signed on 6th November 2013 by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Maria Miller and the Korean Culture Minister Yoo Jinryong.

The Memorandum of Understanding...

Guidance: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake monthly survey 2013 to 2014
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

This document provides detailed guidance on how to submit HPV vaccine uptake via the ImmForm website.

Guidance: Accounting Officers appointed by HM Treasury: November 2013
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Accounting Officers list

Each organisation in central government (Department, Agency, Trading Fund, NHS body, NDPB or Arm’s Length Body) must have an Accounting Officer - usually the senior...

Transparency data: Non consolidated performance related pay: 2012 to 2013
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

The coalition government has committed to making clear to the public how it uses taxpayers’ money. All government departments have been asked to publish a wide range of information about how it meets and measures...

Guidance: Information for drivers with diabetes
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added INS186W

Legal requirements for what drivers with diabetes treated in different ways need to tell DVLA.

Transparency data: Government Procurement Card Data - September 2013
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Details of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) spend on government procurement cards.

Transparency data: Foreign Office's Archive Inventory
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

The inventory was created for the FCO by a specialist external company and its primary purpose was to capture information about the special collections. These are the records covered in the most detail, including...

Statistics: Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanctions: decisions made to June 2013
seen at 16:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Excel spreadsheet updated: There was an error in Table 1.4 that has affected the total of High Level Sanction Decisions for Great Britain and North and Mid Wales, which has now been corrected. This ...

Strategies for access and student success
seen at 16:33, 6 November in OFFA (Our copy).

Dear Vice-Chancellor or Principal

Strategies for access and student success 2014-15 to 2018-19

1. We are writing to advise that in January 2014 HEFCE and OFFA will jointly request from your institution...

UK Sport launches new policy on funding eligibility
seen at 16:33, 6 November in UK Sport (Our copy).
Following consultation with members of the public, sports, athletes and key partners UK Sport adopts new funding eligibility policy
R -v- Catwell
seen at 16:31, 6 November in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
Sentencing remarks of Mrs Justice Nicola Davies DBE.
Statistics: List of upcoming ad hoc statistical releases
seen at 14:32, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New ad-hoc announced for 25 November 2013 on the 2012 Scheme administered by the Child Maintenance Service.

This spreadsheet provides details of upcoming DWP ad hoc statistical releases.

Research and analysis: Bathing waters in England: 2013 compliance report
seen at 14:32, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

This document details the water quality results for bathing waters in England for 2013.

It is a supporting document to the press release England’s bathing waters see record improvement.

Policy paper: Bathing waters 2013: projected classifications in England
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Bathing water in the UK is protected by EU Directive 76/160/EEC, now replaced by Directive 2006/7/EC. The new Directive has a stricter definition of good water standards.

Each year the Environment Agency...

Guidance: Military low flying: RAF operational low flying training timetable
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the low flying timetable for the period covering 18 to 22 November 2013

A list of timetables for operational low flying (OLF) training by RAF fast jets and Hercules aircraft. These timetables...

Statistics: Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanctions: decisions made to June 2013
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: The Excel spreadsheet has had a table added to show the overall number of individuals receiving an adverse sanction decision.

This statistical release includes data for England, Scotland and ...

Guidance: Holcombe Moor firing times
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added Holcombe Moor firing times covering the period 16 to 22 November 2013

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

Promotional material: Invitation to European Christmas charity Bazaar
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

The British Embassy in Cairo invites you to the European Christmas charity Bazaar on Saturday 30 November from 9:30 am until 5:30 pm at the Ballroom, Conrad Cairo Hotel.

The British and other embassies...

Policy paper: Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the Republic of Korea creating an IT policy forum
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marking the UK and the Republic of Korea’s commitment to working together through a regular IT (information technology) policy forum on matters including cyber security, internet...

Policy paper: Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the Republic of Korea on digital education, innovation and growth
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Memorandum of Understanding marking the UK and the Republic of Korea’s commitment to teaching children to code and identifying tools and resources that help start­ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to...

Policy paper: Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the Republic of Korea on digital collaboration
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Memorandum of Understanding marking the UK and the Republic of Korea’s commitment to maximising the benefits of open, digital government through international co-operation.

This MoU enables sharing of...

Guidance: Call for bidders for interested private security companies
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the title to read "call for bidders for interested private security companies"

The British High Commission Yaoundé hereby invites interested private Security Companies duly licensed to ...

Guidance: Horse passport issuing organisations that do not manage studbooks
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Horse passport issuing organisations that do not manage studbooks document

You can get a horse passport application form from an authorised Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO).

Further...
Guidance: Horse passport issuing organisations that manage studbooks
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Horse passport issuing organisations that manage studbooks document

You can get a horse passport application form from an authorised Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO).

Further information...
WWT: Designer CPD Event – Newcastle upon Tyne, 14 November 2013
seen at 14:31, 6 November in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Designers have a crucial role in improving the performance of the industry but they need to be more proactive.  Organised by the Working Well Together North East Group supported by APS, RIBA Enterprises, IOSH...

News story: Home Office targets business travellers with new premium visa services
seen at 14:31, 6 November in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

This includes the launch of the GREAT Club, an invitation only service providing top business executives with bespoke support from UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). The Club will start in the New Year as a 12 ...

Abdelrazag Elosta -v- Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others
seen at 14:31, 6 November in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
High Court (Queen's Bench Division) Administrative Court judgment
Guidance: Engaging with DECC on Electricity Market Reform
seen at 11:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Further dates added for EMR workshops.

Information on advisory groups, upcoming engagements and slides and presentations from previous events.

Statistics: Factsheet: The UK's humanitarian aid response to the Syria crisis
seen at 11:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated fact sheet as of 5 November 2013

This update is correct as of 5 November 2013. Further updates will be published as the situation changes.

Bovine Tuberculosis (Lord de Mauley, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 10:33, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Owen Paterson) has today made the following statement.

Successfully tackling bovine TB (bTB) in the badger population is a key element in our strategy to rid ...

Office for Nuclear Regulation (Baroness Verma, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 10:33, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

The independent nuclear regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), has today published the Chief Nuclear Inspector’s inaugural annual report, which provides information on the performance of the...

Sport: Legacies (Lord Gardiner of Kimble)
seen at 10:33, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My Hon friend, the Minister for Sport and Equalities (Helen Grant MP), has made the following statement:

In July the Government and the Mayor of London published ‘Inspired by 2012’. This report...

FOI release: Staffordshire Cheese
seen at 10:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Cheese - FOI request for information concerning relevant documents regarding Staffordshire Cheese (PDO) and Staffordshire Organic Cheese.

Transparency data: Alcohol strategy consultation: individual responses
seen at 10:33, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Please find all the responses provided for the alcohol strategy consultation by both organisations and indivduals.

All the alcohol strategy consultation documentation is available, including the...

National Population Projections - 2012-based
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Population projections provide estimates of the future population. Projections are based on assumptions about future fertility, life expectancy, international and domestic migration.
Index of Production - September 2013
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Measures the volume of production at base year prices for the manufacturing, mining and quarrying and energy supply industries. These are seasonally adjusted figures on the index of output of the production industries...
National Population Projections - 2012-based projections
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
National population projections by age and sex for the UK and constituent countries. Includes information on the principal (main) and variant (alternative scenario) projections for each country together with details...
Northern Ireland Population Projections - 2012-based
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Population Projections for Northern Ireland by sex and single year of age.
Northern Ireland Ports Survey - 2012
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Traffic at Northern Ireland Ports.
Projected Population of Scotland - 2012 based
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Population projections: components of change, dependants, births, deaths, population by sex and age group.
Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components - No. 464, October 2013
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
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-...
New Debt Management Protocol (Jo Swinson)
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

A new voluntary protocol is now in place for commercial debt management companies, which will provide greater protection for consumers.

A total of 22 companies, who supply more than half of the commercial...

Sporting Legacy (Helen Grant)
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

In July the Government and the Mayor of London published “Inspired by 2012”. This report detailed the range of impressive legacy benefits from London 2012 that had been delivered one year on from ...

Tour de France Grand Départ (Helen Grant)
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

I wish to inform the House that on 2 September 2013 the Department for Culture, Media and Sport laid a minute recording the Government’s commitment to underwrite the 2014 Tour de France Grand Départ...

Global Counter-terrorism Call-out Order (Mark Francois, Government Whip, House of Commons)
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

With the expiry of the call-out order made on 6 November 2012, a new call-out order has been made under section 56 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 to enable reservists to continue to be called out into permanent...

Chief Nuclear Inspector's Annual Report (Edward Davey, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs), Business, Innovation and Skills)
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

The independent nuclear regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), has today published the chief nuclear inspector’s inaugural annual report, which provides information on the performance of the...

Bovine TB (Owen Paterson, Secretary of State, Northern Ireland)
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

Successfully tackling bovine TB (bTB) in the badger population is a key element in our strategy to rid England of this disease within 25 years. It is this broad strategy, of which badger control is one component...

Ministerial Correction (Robert Goodwill, Assistant Whip, House of Commons)
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

On 31 October 2013, Official Report, columns 1124-25, in the course of my statement to the House during the report stage of the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill, I quoted a figure for the annual departmental...

Woodhead Tunnels (Stephen Hammond)
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

The Woodhead tunnels are located on the former Manchester to Sheffield railway line, known as the Woodhead route, which was closed to passenger traffic in 1970 and to freight in 1981. The original single bore...

Child Maintenance Reform (Steve Webb, Minister of State (Pensions), Work and Pensions)
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

On 19 July 2012, the Government published “Supporting separated families; securing children’s futures” (Cm 8399), a public consultation on the draft Child Support Fees Regulations 2013 and the...

Form: Sector Mentoring Challenge Fund: application form and prospectus
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

The Sector Mentoring Challenge Fund (SMCF) is a competitive, one-off round of funding. It will support additional sector-specific mentoring activity over and above current provision.

By offering match...

Statistical data set: ENV17 - Bathing water quality: additional datasets
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: 2013 figures

This data contains EU compliance information for coastal and a number of freshwater bathing waters.

UK bathing water results by region 2013 <...
Statistics: Bathing water quality statistics
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: 2013 figures

This publication covers bathing water quality at a number of coastal and inland locations.

The microbiological quality of bathing waters can be affected by pollution from agricultural...

Statistics: Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanctions: decisions made to June 2013
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

This statistical release includes data for England, Scotland and Wales.

The documents provide details about Jobseeker’s Allowance sanctions and Employment and Support Allowance sanctions decisions made...

Statistical data set: Weekly solar PV installation & capacity based on registration date
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Results for week ending 3 November 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 ...

Statistics: Building materials and components statistics: October 2013
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

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...

Consultation outcome: Revisions to statutory scheme for pricing branded NHS medicines
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response published.

This consultation is on proposed revisions to the statutory scheme to control prices of branded NHS medicines to make it work more effectively, and to align it more...

Policy paper: Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS): heads of agreement
seen at 09:31, 6 November in Search (Our copy).

This document details the agreement between the Department of Health and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) on the outline terms of the 2014 PPRS.

The new scheme will provide...

Index of Production, September 2013
seen at 09:30, 6 November in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
Constant price seasonally adjusted indices and growth rates for Production and component industries for September 2013
National Population Projections, 2012-based Statistical Bulletin
seen at 09:30, 6 November in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
This statistical bulletin presents the key findings from the 2012-based national population projections.
Index of Production - September 2013
seen at 02:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Measures the volume of production at base year prices for the manufacturing, mining and quarrying and energy supply industries. These are seasonally adjusted figures on the index of output of the production industries...
National Population Projections - 2012-based projections
seen at 02:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
National population projections by age and sex for the UK and constituent countries. Includes information on the principal (main) and variant (alternative scenario) projections for each country together with details...
Northern Ireland Population Projections - 2012-based
seen at 02:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Population Projections for Northern Ireland by sex and single year of age.
Northern Ireland Ports Survey - 2012
seen at 02:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Traffic at Northern Ireland Ports.
Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components - No. 464, October 2013
seen at 02:31, 6 November in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
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-...