A St Helens healthcare firm has been fined £170,000 for serious safety failings following the death of a worker who fell nearly six metres from scaffolding.
A Tayside electrical company has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered burns to his face, hands and arms while carrying out live electrical testing.
Asked about the Co-op and the role of Paul Flowers, the PMS said that significant questions had emerged regarding the Co-op Bank and the role of its leadership. There were a number of ways in which these questions...
Asked about women bishops, the PMS said it was a decision for the Church of England. If the Church of England voted to accept women bishops, the Prime Minister was happy to work with the Church on issues raised...
Asked about green levies, the PMS said the PM had been clear about rolling back the cost of green levies and work was on-going. Details would be announced in the Autumn Statement. Published: ...
Asked about the immigration of Romanians and Bulgarians, the PMS said the government was ensuring welfare rules were not abused and was taking the Immigration Bill through the House. Published...
The agenda and papers available for the PHE Advisory Board meeting for 27 November 2013.
Updated: Amending content after team review
The Government Actuary’s Department’s (GAD) provides professional actuarial services to government including:
occupational pensions pensions policy and...
Updated: Added updated JSP 741
Contents include:
nuclear emergency planning policy requirements defence nuclear Incidents and emergencies definitions hierarchy of nuclear emergency documentation...
Updated: The list of executive firms signed up to the code was updated.
Reports on the progress made on each of the recommendations produced in Lord Davies’ ‘Women on boards’ report published in ...
The aim is to inspire them at an important time in the career path, not to bore them about ‘elf n safety – and it seems to work.
Agenda and papers for the Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) meeting, which took place on 20 November 2013.
AÂ London landlord has been jailed for endangering his tenants after he illegally installed a boiler that he then repeatedly tried to fix after it developed a leak.
The Explore Your Archive campaign was officially launched at the Houses of Parliament yesterday.
Princes Sporting Club Limited today pleaded guilty to section 1(1) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 following the death of an 11-year-old girl resulting from a water sports activity ...
Updated: Added a data set giving figures on a regional basis.
The orchard fruit survey is an irregular survey that collects information in England and Wales on the tree area of commercial orchards for the...
This report assesses the likely costs and benefits for the UK of an investment protection treaty between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China.
See also:
Analytical framework ...
This report assesses the likely costs and benefits for the UK of an investment protection treaty between the European Union and the United States of America.
See also:
Analytical framework for...
This report considers the opportunities and challenges for the UK, both for its bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and through the new generation of European investment treaties. This framework is intended ...
Report from the Shareholder Executive (ShEx) Chief Executive on the year’s key achievements, a forward look, a description of the organisation, and a summary of the financial performance of the companies within...
Updated: Updated with latest list (correct as of November 2013)
A full list of non-executive directors by their government departments.
The OTS Board sets the strategic direction of the Office. It is made up of the OTS Chairman, the OTS Tax Director, a senior official from both HM Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs and two co-opted members...
You must tell DSA about all incidents which happen during:
compulsory basic training direct access scheme training (on and off road) training at a DSA multi-purpose test centreNotifications...
These minutes were taken at the partnership review consultative committee meeting on 6 November 2013.
Friday Afternoons set to create a global singing success in celebration of Britten
A Nottinghamshire demolition company has been fined after a worker suffered severe injuries when he was hit by a falling excavator bucket on his first day on site.
Britain’s workplace safety regulator, the Health and Safety Executive, has analysed the national spread of all reports to the popular Myth Busters Challenge Panel – set up to clamp down on bogus health and safety...
Today sees the launch of Wilton Park World Radio on which we will broadcast a selection of our podcasts covering a range of issues and interviews with key opinion formers from the worlds of politics, diplomacy...
Updated: Updated prices.
Prices for selected agricultural and horticultural produce are published on a weekly or monthly basis in the following spreadsheets. The data source depends on the item but includes...
This circular provides details of provisions in The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 and The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment...
Request for information on on requests for wayleave hearings over the last six years.
Updated: Updated with October data.
The data is broken down by headcount and number of posts (full-time equivalents). It includes the number of ‘non-payroll staff’, and the paybill costs relating to staff...
The Foreign Secretary updates Parliament with a progress report every month as part of his commitment to keep Parliament regularly informed on developments in Afghanistan.
Correspondence between Defra and officials at Marine Scotland and other Fisheries Administrations on various issues surrounding the current Western Waters scallop management arrangements
Updated: Added a Welsh version of DBS Disclosure News - November.
Read the November edition of DBS Disclosure News.
This month’s edition includes:
update on delays e-guide launches today...
This document is designed to guide local authority users through the various aspects of COLLECT as related to the children in need census return, including initial submission, data validation and final...
The 2013 to 2014 Cold Weather Payment season started on 1 November 2013.
There were no triggers for Cold Weather Payments at weather stations between 16 November 2013 and 22 November 2013 and no payments...
Updated: Added relevant policy
The document is a consultation on the proposed rate per loan for 2014, it is inviting people’s views on the Rate Per Loan, and also explaining the transfer of PLR to the British...
Updated: Added a link to the report of the National Forest Company (NFC) triennial review 2013
On 12 July 2013, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, David Heath, announced the start of the Triennial...
Notfication of panel meeting on 28 November 2013 which families are invited to attend and share their experiences.
Updated: added Terrorism and Terrorist Finance (Renewals)
Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1373 (2001). It denounced terrorism and...
Updated: new list to reflect notice: Terrorism and Terrorist Finance (Renewals)
HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in effect in the...
Updated: Published consultation response document and report.
This consultation from the Offices of the Immigration Services Commissioner is designed to seek your views on matters of style, structure and...
Today sees the launch of Wilton Park World Radio on which we will broadcast a selection of our podcasts covering a range of issues and interviews with key opinion formers from the worlds of politics, diplomacy...
Attractions and events to visit in the local area - November/December 2013
updated 22/11/2013
This consultation seeks views on the updated procedures that independent sector places must follow in order to be approved to carry out termination of pregnancy.
The updated procedures are designed to...
Updated: Added revised customer guides as team has changed from DIO Operations Accommodation to DIO Service Delivery (SD) Accommodation.
An electronic version of MOD Form 1132 is available on the Defence...
Updated: Added revised customer guides as team has changed from DIO Operations Accommodation to DIO Service Delivery (SD) Accommodation.
When you move out of UK service family accommodation (SFA) or substitute...
An International Climate Fund business case and intervention summary for the Carbon Market Finance (CMF) Programme, developed jointly by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) and the Department...
These slides explain the vital strategic role of governing bodies and summarise our 5 key policy objectives. They were presented to the National Governors’ Association Conference in November 2013.
Updated: Added performance figures for October 2013
We work to a number of published service standards to deliver our checking service.
A letter from Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools Lord Nash to the Al-Madinah Education Trust to inform them of his decision to bring in the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust to work with them to...
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools Lord Nash has written to the Discovery New School asking them to provide a further statement of action, following on from Ofsted’s second monitoring visit. The...
Michael Gove has written to Sir Michael Wilshaw to ask Ofsted to carry out a further monitoring visit to the Discovery New School at the earliest opportunity.
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt’s speech at the ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) and Costain Health and Safety Lecture, 19 November 2013.
This research was to establish if a previously developed partitioned wooden box could be adapted to store 25 x 1 kg bottles of blackpowder whilst maintaining overall safety to response teams, demonstrate whether...
High Court judgment
Access to 15 archive collections is set to be transformed by a series of grants announced today. The National Cataloguing Grants Programme 2013 has awarded £526,259 to archives across the UK to help...
Facilitating a workshop for journalists takes Wilton Park to Vietnam for the first time. Publicising disaster preparedness activity through the news is a crucial part of mitigating the impact of extreme weather...
Welcome Wednesday held a Christmas Crafts and Fair morning on Wed 13 Nov, in Normandy Welfare Room. The event was well attanded and enjoyed by all.
Updated: Latest economic activity trends for rural settlements published.
This publication of economic activity indicators looks at the employment status and working patterns of people living in urban and...
Updated: Rural accessibility statistics released today.
Being able to access key services by public transport is important not only in terms of benefiting from that service when it is needed, but also in...
Updated: The latest rural housing statistics released today.
This publication gives an indication of the availability and affordability of housing in urban and rural areas and the proportion of people who...
This special report forms part of the Digest of Statistics for Rural England, which provides a collection of statistics on a range of social and economic subject areas from a rural perspective or through comparisons...
Updated: Rural population from 2011 Census published today for output areas.
Population change is a result of natural change (the difference between births and deaths) and net international migration (the...
Updated: Latest monthly data published.
The MCS and ROOFiT pipeline statistics show the number of installations each month that are registered on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme - MCS Installation...
Updated: Latest monthly data published.
Statistics presented in the monthly table below show the number of installations and capacity installed by technology type and tariff band that are confirmed on the...
Updated: Data published for September and October 2013
These data cover:
payroll staff by grade non-payroll staff by type headcount staff numbers full-time equivalent staff numbers staff costs...
Updated: Final Impact Assessment published
This consultation sets out the government’s vision for transforming the child maintenance system so the emphasis is placed on supporting families to make their...
This is the guidance for the health care provider taking part in the Employment and Support Allowance Health Care pilot in the Central England Jobcentre Group on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions...
Updated: Latest update for the Statistical Digest of Rural England 2013 released today.
This latest edition of the Digest includes updates on:
Economic activity
Housing
Updated: Added summary of responses and government response document.
This is a proposal to create the Brendon Commons Council under Part 2 of the Commons Act 2006 by virtue of the draft Establishment Order...
Due to recent changes in our notarial services, neither the British Embassy nor Consulate-General can issue declarations of marital status or Certificates of No-Impediment. If your gemeente asks you to provide...
Freedom of Information request on the number of Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disability Allowance (IB/SDA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants who were recorded as claiming benefit because of ‘eating...
Updated: Updated summary assessment 2013 added
Multilateral Aid Review: UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
See other MAR documents, including summary assessments, agency...
The ‘UK Strategy for Rare Diseases’ contains over 50 commitments to ensure people living with a rare disease have access to the best evidence-based care and treatment that health and social services, working...
Freedom of Information request for statistics on the number of benefit recipients, by area, who have 3 or more children under 19 and receive at least one of the following:
Income Support Income-based ...
Updated: Updated summary assessment 2013 added
Multilateral Aid Review: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
See other MAR documents, including summary assessments, agency responses and ...
Freedom of Information request for statistics on the number of days between ESA claim date to ESA50 issue date and ESA50 issue date to assessment date for new ESA claims.
The number of days between ESA50...
Freedom of Information request for statistics on all Bournemouth parents in receipt of a qualifying benefit.
Updated: Updated summary assessment 2013 added
Multilateral Aid Review: UNITAID
See other MAR documents, including summary assessments, agency responses and previous reports.
Updated: Updated summary assessment 2013 added
Multilateral Aid Review: World Food Programme (WFP)
See other MAR documents, including summary assessments, agency responses and previous reports...
Request for information on the energy supplier for heating DECC’s principal offices and the amount paid in heating bills in each of the previous five years.
Updated: Updated weekly prices.
Prices for selected agricultural and horticultural produce are published on a weekly or monthly basis in the following spreadsheets. The data source depends on the item but...
Pupils at Sir John Mogg School in Detmold have been benefitting from outdoor learning for years thanks to their Deputy Head, Mr Mike Silvani., and now their oldest pupils are sharing their expertise...
The Services Producer Price Index (SPPI) are primarily a suite of individual price indices that provide information on price change for a limited range of service industries. Each SPPI captures quarterly changes...
Analysis of the 2011 Census using the Rural-Urban Classification. Many variables are assessed and comparisons are made with teh 2001 Census. The analysis is presented the England and Wales and regional level.
Supplementary tables containing additional data relating to the Public Sector Finances statistical bulletin.
Total installed capacity and the number of installations by tariff band and technology type.
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Dan Rogerson) has today made the following statement.
Today I am publishing the report of the Triennial Review of the National Forest Company (NFC...
My right hon Friend the Home Secretary (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
Deportation with assurances enables us to deport foreign nationals suspected of terrorism...
I am today announcing the start of the triennial review of the Big Lottery Fund.
All Government Departments are required to review their non-departmental public bodies at least once every three years. The...
On 27 March 2012, Official Report, columns 116-19WS, following a thorough and wide ranging review of the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) civil policing and guarding policy, the then Minister responsible for...
Today, along with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development, I am announcing that the Government of the UK is joining the United States in agreeing to end support for public financing...
Today I am pleased to announce the designation of 27 marine conservation zones (MCZs) in the waters off the English coast. A 28th MCZ at Hythe bay in Kent, will be further investigated by the Kent and Essex Inshore...
Today I am publishing the report of the triennial review of the National Forest Company (NFC) which was launched on 12 July 2013, Official Report, column 53WS. Triennial reviews of non-departmental public bodies...
Deportation with assurances (DWA) enables us to deport foreign nationals suspected of terrorism in compliance with our obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, the UN Convention on Torture and...
Today, I have placed in the Libraries of both Houses a copy of the Government response to the Law Commission’s report “Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings”. The Law Commission’s investigation...
Today, I have published the report of the triennial review of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB). I have placed a copy in the Libraries of both Houses. Copies are also available from the Vote...
Security scanners are currently in operation at 10 of the UK’s largest airports. They were deployed in response to the threat to aviation posed by non-metallic improvised explosive devices, such as the ...
Updated: Added world location
Wednesday 01 January New Year’s Day AM/UK Monday 6 January Christmas Day AM Monday 10 March (in lieu of Saturday 8 March) International...
Proposals to improve the A19/A1058 Coast Road junction. The objectives of the project are to:
increase capacity improve journey reliability improve safety for both road users and local residents...
Freedom of Information request for statistics on the number of claimants who are claiming benefits by amount from April 2011 to March 2012.
The Department for International Development (DFID) is pleased to present its new policy paper setting out the UK government’s priorities and principles in tackling the threat of landmines and explosive remnants...
This week we made our first appearance before the Health Select Committee who were interested in finding out how we have got on since 1 April.
A further indicator that the new public health system is...
This release provides estimates of businesses' expenditure and employment relating to R&D performed in the UK in 2012, irrespective of the residence of the ultimate owner or user of the R&D produced.
The Services Producer Price Index (SPPI) are primarily a suite of individual price indices that provide information on price change for a limited range of service industries. Each SPPI captures quarterly changes...
Analysis of the 2011 Census using the Rural-Urban Classification. Many variables are assessed and comparisons are made with teh 2001 Census. The analysis is presented the England and Wales and regional level.
Supplementary tables containing additional data relating to the Public Sector Finances statistical bulletin.
Total installed capacity and the number of installations by tariff band and technology type.