Updated: Updated template published
Template and advice for disclosure of death registration applicants.
The advice sets out the questions often asked by organisations considering applying for access...
Updated: Added link to previous versions of the tables on the archived GAD website
These tables, complete with explanatory notes, are an aid for actuaries when calculating the lump sum to be paid in compensation...
Updated: Updated list of approved sponsors.
Please note that:
the list is being regularly updated as new sponsors are approved the majority of names and contact details have been provided by sponsors...
Updated: Uploaded a Public Health England (PHE) version of the document. Updated the summary and detail section to reflect that the document is now PHE.
The strategic reserve is held in the event that ...
This action plan is a commitment to develop a more strategic and coherent approach to the use of restorative justice in England and Wales. It sets out the steps that we will take to achieve this.
Thefts FOI: since 1 November 2010: how many items have been stolen from Defra; how much as a whole, cost wise, do the items stolen amount to; list of the range of items stolen; descriptions and costs of cheapest...
Updated: Added an update from Chris Starrs, Glasgow City Council about the Glasgow trial.
In the event of an emergency, it is vital that information is given to the public as quickly as possible so that...
The 2012 Restorative Justice Action Plan for the criminal justice system was published in November 2012. We have made excellent progress against the plan over the last 12 months and this report sets out...
Updated: Processing fees have been updated. November 2013.
A full list of Consular fees
Updated: add acronym
The estimates are based on a sample of individuals. Information on ISA subscriptions and valuations is reported by providers to HM Revenue & Customs on an annual basis, primarily...
Change in Dependant travel motor mileage allowance (MMA).
Based on shared priorities in specific sectors, the FCO, UKTI and DFID will work together and with African governments and business to identify opportunities to increase trade and investment and create mutual...
Updated: Detail updated to provide information about the content of the document.
These answers to frequently asked questions provide details about some of the key aspects of Universal Credit. They include...
Updated: Detail updated to explain what the document is about.
This guide describes the advantages that Universal Credit will bring for employers. It also highlights what employers will need to do differently...
Updated: Detail updated to include more information about the contents of the document.
This guide explains what Universal Credit means for claimants who own their own business or would like to do so.
Updated: Detail updated to include more information about the contents of the document.
This guide explains why jobseekers need to make sure they have the skills that employers want and describes how Universal...
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This guide describes how Universal Credit aims to make sure that people are better off in work than on benefits. ...
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This guide gives an overview of the changes that are taking place to other benefits at the same time as Universal ...
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This guide provides information on the support and financial help that is available for Universal Credit claimants...
Updated: Detail updated to include more information about the content of the document.
This guide explains how Universal Credit supports claimants who need help with their housing costs. It explains that...
Updated: Detail updated to include more information about the content of the document.
This guide provides information about the different ways in which Universal Credit supports claimants who have children...
Updated: Detail updated to provide more information about what is in the document
This guide explains how people who claim Universal Credit will need to accept a Claimant Commitment before they can receive...
National Grid Gas has been fined after an employee suffered serious leg injuries when gas was released at high pressure during maintenance work at Diss Compressor Station, Norfolk.
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May):I announced in a written ministerial statement on 10 May 2013 the creation of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel, to be chaired by Sir Stanley Burnton...
The new Practice Direction supplementing the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 is made by the Master of the Rolls under the powers delegated to him by the Lord Chief Justice under Schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 2(2) of ...
This Freedom of Information response covers VOSA answers to questions raised about actions taken against drivers that have no driver qualification card (DQC) and the number of fixed penalties that have been issued...
The Government announced its intention to commission a new Feasibility Study on resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) on 8 July 2013.
For further details: Press release: British...
Release of transparency data for expenditure over £25,000 for September 2013
Release of transparency data for expenditure over £25,000 for October 2013
The handbook provides guidance on the processes and procedures for developing Joint Doctrine Notes (JDN) and Joint Doctrine Publications (JDP). It is essential reading for those producing joint doctrine and ...
Updated: Updated guidance attachment.
This document provides advice and guidance for government departments when making appointments to posts which are subject to a pre-appointment scrutiny hearing by a...
HM Treasury publishes an annual statement to Parliament giving details of the current year’s EU Budget. The statement details the UK’s gross and net contributions for both calendar and financial years. It includes...
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 provided the Secretary of State with the power to require that all letting and property management agents in England are a member of a government approved ...
There are many reasons why primary schools decide to convert to academy status.
Primary school leaders have told the department they would like more information from their peers, whose schools have already...
This note explains in detail the new competition framework the Water Bill will put in place. It explains what it will look like and how it will work.
Under the Water Bill, non-household customers will be able to change their water retailer. This note explains in detail how competition will work for customer-facing services in water.
This note explains how reforms to water supply will work, particularly regarding their impact on how water will be sourced.
This note explains in detail the proposed changes to the water parts of the Environmental Permitting Framework.
This note is designed to define and explain in simple terms any terminology or jargon used in relation to the Water Bill.
This note explains in detail what the government is doing on flood insurance in the Water Bill and why.
This note provides an overview of the measures contained in the Water Bill and what it aims to achieve. It explains what we’re doing and why.
This bulletin contains information about:
two sets of official benefit cap statistics notifying DWP of a permanent decrease or end of Housing Benefit entitlement in capped cases The Social Security (...
This note explains the current structure of the water industry and the way in which it is regulated in England and Wales.
This note explains in detail how competition will work for supplying customers with water and removing and treating their waste water and sewage.
This note provides an overview of the government’s flooding and water policies, other than those covered by the Water Bill.
Advice to local authorities and commercial organisations about use of temporary snow ploughs, attached temporarily to existing vehicles, as well as examples of current practice.
Broad subject: Police service Sub category: Police pensions Issue date: 19 November 2013 Implementation date: 19 November 2013 From: Crime and Policing Group, Policing...
Updated: Leaflet updated with increased permitted work rate of £101.00 per week.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) helps people with an illness or disability to move into work. It has replaced...
These documents build on the government’s initial response: Patients First and Foremost, which was published in March 2013.
They explain the changes that have been put in place since the initial response...
This concordat asks DH and its ALBs to:
collect data which is proportionate and with a clear business purpose not duplicate other data collections work through the HSCIC as the national base for all...
Request for information on any MP or MPs wife with shares or interests in the new deal in relation to Hinkley Point C.
Updated: Data sets with figures to December 2012 added for England and the UK.
This data series includes annual statistics on the number of cattle, sheep and pigs in England and the UK as at 1 December ...
Updated: added summary of responses and Tax Information and Impact Note
CRD4 includes country-by-country reporting (CBCR) requirements. The UK is required to transpose CRD4, including the CBCR requirements...
The government has carefully considered all of the responses to the original Capital Requirements Directive 4: country-by-country reporting consultation and used them to inform the drafting of the legislation...
This document provides guidance for area teams, GP practices and independent sector health care providers (social enterprises) on how to collect data on flu vaccine uptake among frontline healthcare workers and...
This document provides guidance for area teams and NHS trusts on how to collect data on flu vaccine uptake among frontline healthcare workers and how to upload it to the ImmForm website.
Ask a question: live chat with our Chief Executive, Alan Davey, Tuesday 26 November
The Creative employment programme celebrates 1,000 jobs created so far, as new Building a Creative Nation campaign launches
This report examines employers’ perceptions of the change in RIDDOR reporting requirements, and explores its perceived influence on employers’ behaviours and the management of health and safety.
The Pensions Regulator has carried out the first in a series of in depth fact finding visits to business sectors that may face automatic enrolment compliance challenges.
Thank you for inviting me to speak today at this ‘blue light innovation conference’. It’s great to see so many professionals from across all the emergency services here to discuss closer working and innovative...
High Court (Family Division) judgment
As part of ongoing Strategic Communications work, HQ BFG and Hohne Garrison are conducting an anonymous survey to find out what concerns our community has about drawdown and rebasing to the UK, and how...
The Charity Commission has produced this guidance for charitable trustees. It sets out some of the key principles and considerations involved in the investment of charitable funds, including for co-mingling funds...
Updated: Updated the assessment form to the latest version.
The ADI standards check will replace the ADI check test in April 2014.
This is an example of the new form that will be used by...
This is the procedure that the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has given to its driving examiners who will conduct ADI standards checks from 7 April 2014. They have been published so you can see what will...
Updated: Added page link to the referral factsheets.
You will also find further guidance and information in our referral factsheets.
Michael Gove has asked 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...
Wastage FOI: food wastage in Defra, including what Defra does to dispose of food waste; and how mch unused food Defra throws away (monthly breakdown of total weight of all thrown away food in kg).
Updated: Updated October 2013
Types of goods and destinations which may be of concern, and previous licensing decisions on Iranian organisations.
Five noteworthy paintings by Stanley Spencer accepted in lieu of tax to go to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
Ask a question: live chat with our Chief Executive, Alan Davey
UK leapfrogs Canada to third in Global Sports Nations Index behind China and Russia
A health and safety consultant has advised that work experience organisers should not carry out workplace assessments in high risk industries, such as construction and catering, only in low and medium risk industries...
Asbestos is the biggest on the job killer of trades people in the UK. The British Lung Foundation has identified 5 steps for tradesmen to follow to give them the tools to act responsibly, help them identify asbestos...
High Court (Family Division)judgment
In March 2011 the Government responded to the Public Accounts Select Committee report ‘Smaller Government: Shrinking the Quango state’ setting out the Coalition’s plans for reforming the public...
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following statement.
I would like to inform the House of the outcomes from the High Level Event on Protecting Girls and...
Comments - EIRs evidence supporting comments made by the Secretary of State (SoS), Owen Paterson, on climate change, in particular with regard to adapting to climate change and the scientific basis of climate...
Climate change science EIRs: all briefings given to SoS, Owen Paterson, on the subject of the science of climate change from 3 September 2012 to the present; namely 2 briefings: (1) climate change presentation...
Climate change - EIRs the UK’s CCRA regional modelling, including the calculated risk metrics for the high emission scenario at a regional level.
This structure note has been produced by Piers Warburton at Ashurst LLP for the Cabinet Office, who consulted with Hogan Lovells, Morrison Foerster and Bates Wells Braithwaite. It provides a potential structure...
A summary of possible terms, produced by Piers Warburton at Ashurst LLP, which illustrates the principal terms that could be used for a co-mingling fund.
The Charity Commission has produced this guidance for charitable trustees. It sets out the key principles involved in the investment of charitable funds, including for co-mingling funds.
This guidance has been produced by Luke Fletcher at Bates Wells Braithwaite. It sets out the high-level principles that trustees of charities should consider when deciding whether or not to make subordinated ...
The Pensions Regulator has today published new guidance for trustees considering using asset-backed contribution arrangements to fund pension schemes.
Provides data on NHS General Dental Services activity and the number of people seen in Wales.
Provides some background as to the role of the Community Dental Service (CDS).
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Monthly Turnover, Exports, and Orders data for Production and Services industries.
This report analyses graduate unemployment over the recent past and considers the wages of graduates in the UK.
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
I am today designating the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change as the national competent authority for the United Kingdom for permitting processes for projects of common interest under article 8(...
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence, is today publishing the third and final annual review...
I would like to inform the House of the outcomes from the high level event on protecting girls and women in emergencies, which I co-chaired with the Swedish Minister for International Development Ms Hillevi Engstr...
I will be making an oral statement to the House later today on the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Sri Lanka and the current situation in the Philippines following typhoon Haiyan.
Updated: Fees updated as of 15 November 2013.
A full list of Consular fees
Updated: Added new implementation update report.
Since its publication in 2011 Defra has published periodic Natural Environment White Paper implementation update newsletters highlighting significant progress...
Domestic homicide review reports received up to March 2013 have been analysed and some common themes identified. Although these themes are not new, this paper reinforces the work that is being done nationally...
Release of statistics on the reoffending of adults under probation supervision, including breakdowns to the regional, probation trust and local authority level.
This release presents the latest statistics on the Green Deal (GD) for the domestic sector (including information on GD Assessments, Plans, Cashback and the GD supply chain). It also includes information on ECO...
Updated: Latest prices data published.
Table last updated on 19 November 2013.
Weekly fuel pricesMS Excel Spreadsheet, 232KB
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An ONS short story outlines the position of graduates in the labour market.
Provides data on NHS General Dental Services activity and the number of people seen in Wales.
Provides some background as to the role of the Community Dental Service (CDS).
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Monthly Turnover, Exports, and Orders data for Production and Services industries.
This report analyses graduate unemployment over the recent past and considers the wages of graduates in the UK.
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
This call for evidence seeks views on what government can do to further simplify the use of employee ownership.
It also seeks evidence from UK stakeholders on recommendation U in the ‘Nuttall Review...
This report provides an update on progress against each of the 28 ‘Nuttall Review’ recommendations, measured against the commitments that the government made in the ‘Government Response to the Nuttall...
Updated: Untagged country Laos on request from web editor
The British High Commission in Singapore and the British Council announce a call for proposals to support the initial stages of new collaborations...