HB Circular S7/2013 notified English local authorities of their individual amounts of Housing Benefit administration subsidy for 2014/15. Following publication, the Department for Communities and Local...
Updated: Updated with new call for applications
The Department of Health, Public Health England and NHS England want to appoint an additional partner from voluntary and community sector organisations to...
Diesel engine exhaust emissions (DEEE) are recognised to have a link with respiratory disease, are known to cause irritation of the respiratory tract and have possible links to lung cancer. DEEE are of particular...
Asked about the E3+3 talks with Iran, the PMS said the Foreign Secretary had said they were difficult negotiations. There was a deal on the table and it could be done. The entire E3+3 had said to the Iranian government...
Asked if Lynton Crosby had a Downing Street pass, the PMS confirmed that he did not. Published: 13 November 2013 Organisation: ...
Asked about measures to prevent terror and TPIM absconds, the PMS said there had been a recent case of an abscond and the priority remained to locate the individual. The government would see if there were lessons...
Updated: ADM Memo 06/13: Change to introduction of Personal Independence Payment published.
This advice for DWP decision makers covers:
Universal Credit (UC) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) ...
Updated: Published: DMG memo 23/13: JSA domestic violence amendments and DMG memo 24/13: JSA and schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment – new schemes from 5 November 2013
This guidance is for...
Updated: Updated editions of: DMG Volume 4 Chapter 21 JSA: labour market questions and DMG Volume 6 Chapter 34 Sanctions published.
This guidance is for DWP staff who make decisions about benefits and pensions...
Updated: The annual PHOF update
The Public Health Outcomes Framework concentrates on:
increased healthy life expectancy reduced differences in life expectancy healthy life expectancy between communities...
Review of rebates and reduced rates of National Insurance contributions for members of defined benefit contracted-out pension schemes.
Updated: August 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...
Updated: August 2013 information added.
Spend via government procurement cards (GPCs) over £500 for the Department for Education and its executive agencies (EAs) has been made available in line...
This revised information note sets out the distribution of subsidy paid to local authorities in England for administering localised Council Tax support (LCTS) in 2014 to 2015. The distribution based on 2013 to...
Details of correspondence (letters, emails) and meetings (government briefing papers, agendas, minutes of meetings) between senior officials at the OND and EdF energy / NIA and / or Ed Davey and / nuclear issues...
Science Board met on the 24th and 25th October at Jury's Inn, Swindon.
Day-by-day summaries from the World Conference on Doping in Sport
This project set out to try to determine what benefits could be gained in terms of reducing vibration exposure by retrofitting different types of anti-vibration device to different hand-held machines.
Help applicants join the Update Service at the earliest opportunity!
Competences - FOI information about the Balance of Competences Review, including whether Defra contacted any organisations asking them to submit evidence for the balance of competences between 1 May 2010 and ...
Updated: Replaced April - August 2013 files with updated versions.
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...
The Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) data are based on 100% of claimants and cover information such as age and gender of claimant, duration of their spell on benefit and geographical locations of claimants...
Updated: added 3 docs: 'Policy brief: Report amendments'; 'Policy brief: CMR Financial Penalties'; 'Annotated clause: CMR Financial Penalties' replaced 1 doc: 'Overview Brief'
The government introduced ...
Updated: Added new issue November 2013.
The ‘60 second digest’ is designed to provide a quick and comprehensive overview of recent and forthcoming changes to human resources policy and DBS Civilian HR Services...
Updated: New version of the guidance
This booklet provides support and guidance to the members of the clergy. It covers burials, the issuing of a certificate of name given in baptism and accurately recording...
Updated: Change consular fees
A full list of Consular fees
Updated: Added updated versions of both flowcharts
Two simple flowcharts showing the various steps in the service family accommodation (SFA) application process.
One shows the e-1132 online application...
The Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study data are based on 100% of claimants and cover information such as age and gender of claimant, duration of their spell on benefit and geographical locations of claimants...
Updated: September 2013 grant funding to transport freight by rail and water information released.
The Department for Transport manages the sustainable distribution fund. This is funding provided to support...
Updated: Added RAF operational low flying training timetable, covering the period 25 to 29 November
A list of timetables for operational low flying (OLF) training by RAF fast jets and Hercules aircraft...
This release updates the provisional data published in February. These statistics include all vehicle drivers, their passengers and foot passengers on ferries.
The main findings for 2012 include:
Minutes from the Pathology Delivery Board meetings.
Updated: Updated guidance on how PIP claimants are affected if they are admitted to hospital or move into a care home.
This publication contains guidance on the timetable, process and the impact that PIP...
A letter from the minister to Bradford about the publication of the serious case review into the death of Hamzah Khan.
A ‘healthy people, healthy places’ briefing, this briefing also summarises the importance of action on obesity and a specific focus on fast food takeaways, and outlines the regulatory and other approaches that...
A ‘healthy people, healthy places’ briefing, this briefing summarises the importance of action on obesity and a specific focus on active travel, and outlines the regulatory and policy approaches that can be taken...
The £730 million Growing Places Fund is supporting key infrastructure projects designed to unlock wider economic growth, create jobs and build houses in England. The fund is an important boost...
Updated: Added 74 new sample PIP letters (notifications).
A toolkit to inform partner organisations about Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to help them explain the changes to claimants.
A Derbyshire landlord and prominent animal rights campaigner has been handed a suspended prison sentence for failing to maintain a faulty gas boiler that caused the death of a tenant from carbon monoxide poisoning...
A wood recycling company has been sentenced for serious safety failings after a worker was killed after being struck by a loading vehicle and run over.
These are the official statistics relating to the Income Support lone parent (ISLP) regime. They contains figures on lone parent work-focused interviews (WFIs) and ISLP sanctions up to June 2013.
Main findings...
The NHS ISP was launched in May 2012 to provide trusted, high-quality information to new and expectant parents.
This report evaluated the effectiveness of the service in its first 10 months and identifies...
The aim of this consultation is to seek the views of key stakeholders on proposed changes to the Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations, with a view to regulations coming into force in April 2014.
Updated: added Latest HM Treasury Notice, 12.11.13 Terrorism and Terrorist Finance (Renewals)
HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in...
This bulletin shows the latest key labour market statistics for the regions and countries of Great Britain along with statistics for local authorities, travel-to-work areas and parliamentary constituencies.
Provides summary data on community contraceptive services provided by clinics in Wales.
Quarterly estimates of people who have ever or never used the Internet
This bulletin shows the latest key labour market statistics for the regions and countries of Great Britain along with statistics for local authorities, travel-to-work areas and parliamentary constituencies.
The Labour Market release contains the latest data for employment, unemployment, economic inactivity, claimant count, average earnings, labour productivity, vacancies and labour disputes.
Labour Market Statistics for Northern Ireland (employment, unemployment, earnings).
Latest national statistics bringing together various sources of statistics relating to the incidence of TB in Cattle, Great Britain according to arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Note: due ...
I am publishing today, following consultation, a stock transfer manual for the period to 31 March 2015. The manual sets out the process for housing stock transfer and the criteria local authorities will need ...
The Government are committed to ensuring that planning applications and related consents are processed promptly. Local people and authorities should be at the heart of planning, but where councils persistently...
Following the successful completion of the first wave of city deals in July 2012 with the “core cities”, the Government committed to work with a further 20 cities and their wider areas to negotiate...
Today the Government have laid before Parliament the refreshed mandate to NHS England for 2014-15. The refreshed mandate will come into effect from 1 April 2014 and was developed following public consultation...
People who need permission to visit the UK and those who want to live, work or study here must pay a fee for their visa. It is important that we seek input into how we ensure that those who benefit directly from...
I would like to update the House on the UK’s response to typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines on 7 November and was one of the strongest storms on record...
My Rt Honourable friend the Minister for Cities and the Constitution (Greg Clark) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
Following the successful completion of the first wave of City deals...
An error has come to light in the answer to an oral question asked by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean.
The Hansard reference is 17 Oct 2013, column 646
As part of the answer the Minister said;
Lord...
My Rt hon Friend the Secretary for Health (Jeremy Hunt) has made the following written ministerial statement. Today the Government has laid before Parliament the refreshed Mandate to NHS England for 2014-15. ...
My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following statement.
I would like to update the House on the UK’s response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
My hon Friend the Minister for Immigration (Mark Harper) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
People who need permission to visit the UK and those who want to live, work or study ...
Elvian School FOI: planning enquiry regarding the former Elvian School, Reading and Coley Park, Reading.
This is intended supplement the Bangladesh Travel Advice which is primarily aimed at short term visitors.
Updated: Transparency report for October 2013
The government is committed to setting new standards for transparency so the public can more easily see how and where taxpayers’ money is being spent and hold...
You can find out how to:
apply for a free tax disc for the first time renew the free tax disc get a replacement Certificate of Entitlement to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence...
The main findings for 2012 include:
international sea passenger movements fell by 6% to 21.4 million. this decline was due to a fall in sea passengers on long and short sea international routes. ...
Table SPAS0401Accompanied passenger vehicles by port: from 1999 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 27KB)
Table SPAS0402Accompanied passenger vehicles by route: from 1999 (MS Excel Spreadsheet...
Table SPAS0501GB international and domestic sea passengers by region from 1999 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 22KB)
Maritime and shipping statistics enquiries
Table SPAS0301UK international short sea and channel tunnel passengers: annual from 1990 (chart) (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 25KB)
Table SPAS0302
Table SPAS0201UK domestic sea passengers by type of route: annual from 1994 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 41KB)
Table SPAS0202UK domestic sea passengers by type of route: quarterly from ...
Updated: Quarterly statistical summary for November 2013 added to the page
This page contains monthly and quarterly DWP statistical summaries for 2013.
Monthly statistical summariesMonthly statistical...
Updated: Update to previously published national statistics relating to the period November 2008 to August 2013.
Housing Benefit (HB) national statistics published on 13 November 2013 update previously ...
Updated: Updated with statistics to August 2013.
This monthly publication gives the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle (ie bovine TB) in Great Britain. The statistics are obtained from the Animal ...
Updated: Results for week ending 10 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...
A table detailing the number of Housing Benefit claimants with a reduction in their award and the average weekly deduction.
This publication provides quarterly statistics on claims paid under the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) scheme up to the end of March 2013.
To get the basic benefit the customer needs a...
These are the official statistics relating to the Income Support lone parent (ISLP) regime. They contains figures on lone parent Work Focused Interviews (WFIs) and ISLP sanctions up to June 2013.
Main findings...
These are official statistics relating to take-up of the In Work Credit (IWC), a financial incentive available to lone parents moving into work. It contains figures on IWC starts up to June 2013.
Main finding...
Updated: Lone parents receiving JSA claimant count to the end of August 2013 published.
This statistical data set provides a monthly count of lone parent Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Great ...
Updated: Table updated to include figures for 2012/13
These tables are only updated once a year and therefore the totals used in breakdowns may not be consistent with those published in the main expenditure...
The latest statistics on Work Choice produced by the Department for Work and Pensions were released 13 November 2013 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Statistics on...
Updated: Added data tables for May 2013.
These data tables show the number of benefit claimants in East England for the following out of work benefit categories:
Jobseeker’s Allowance Employment...
Updated: Added data tables for May 2013.
These data tables show the number of benefit claimants in Wales for the following out of work benefit categories:
Jobseeker’s Allowance Employment Support...
Updated: Added data tables for May 2013.
These data tables show the number of benefit claimants in the East of England for the following out of work benefit categories:
Jobseeker’s Allowance Employment...
Updated: Added data tables for May 2013.
These data tables show the number of benefit claimants in East Midlands for the following out of work benefit categories:
Jobseeker’s Allowance Employment...
A woman who has worked and paid full National Insurance (NI) contributions in the relevant test period can get Maternity Allowance (MA). It is paid for 39 weeks, at the earliest starting 11 weeks before the baby...
Updated: Added data tables for May 2013.
These data tables show the number of benefit claimants in London for the following out of work benefit categories:
Jobseeker’s Allowance Employment Support...
Updated: Added data tables for May 2013.
These data tables show the number of benefit claimants in the North East for the following out of work benefit categories:
Jobseeker’s Allowance Employment...
Updated: Added data table for May 2013.
These data tables show the number of benefit claimants in the North West for the following out of work benefit categories:
Jobseeker’s Allowance Employment...
Updated: Added data table for May 2013.
These data tables show the number of benefit claimants in the South West for the following out of work benefit categories:
Jobseeker’s Allowance Employment...
Updated: Added data table for May 2013.
These data tables show the number of benefit claimants in the West Midlands for the following out of work benefit categories:
Jobseeker’s Allowance Employment...
Updated: Added data table for May 2013.
These data tables show the number of benefit claimants in Yorkshire and the Humber for the following out of work benefit categories:
Jobseeker’s Allowance ...
The National Archives is working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to transfer and release colonial administration records, referred to as the 'migrated archives', between April 2012 and November...
This bulletin contains the latest estimates of labour market statistics (including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) for the United Kingdom.
This statistical bulletin provides estimates of adult internet users and non-users in the UK.
Provides summary data on community contraceptive services provided by clinics in Wales.
Quarterly estimates of people who have ever or never used the Internet
This bulletin shows the latest key labour market statistics for the regions and countries of Great Britain along with statistics for local authorities, travel-to-work areas and parliamentary constituencies.
The Labour Market release contains the latest data for employment, unemployment, economic inactivity, claimant count, average earnings, labour productivity, vacancies and labour disputes.
Labour Market Statistics for Northern Ireland (employment, unemployment, earnings).
Latest national statistics bringing together various sources of statistics relating to the incidence of TB in Cattle, Great Britain according to arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Note: due ...
Draft regulations regarding implementation of variable speed limits between M60 junction 8 (Carrington spur) and M62 junction 20 (A627M Oldham and Rochdale). The Highways Agency aims to relieve congestion in...