Updated: Updated Overall Department for Work and Pensions productivity, Rate of people moving from key out of work benefits and Number of people on key out of work benefits measures.

The government is committed...

Emmaus Hastings opening

Updated: Added new firing times for the period commencing 5 December 2013 in CSV and PDF formats.

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

PHE London Victoria offices map and directions.

Map and directions to Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE), PHE Chilton.

PHE Colindale map and directions.

PHE Porton map and directions.

Updated: Technical Note 2 - Recipient Country Information tables added

This release provides statistics on UK Gross Public Expenditure (GPEX) on International Development from 2008/09 to 2012/13. The data...

Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Asian Development Fund (AsDF)

See other MAR documents, including summary assessments, agency responses and previous ...

Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

See other MAR documents, including summary assessments, agency responses and previous...

Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).

See other MAR documents, including summary assessments, agency responses and...

Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

See other MAR documents, including summary assessments, agency...

Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

See other MAR documents, including summary assessments, agency responses and...

Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI)

See other MAR documents, including summary assessments, agency ...

Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and Malaria (GFATM)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Global Partnership for Education (GPE)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: International Development Association (IDA)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: International Finance Corporation (IFC)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Peace Building Fund (PBF)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

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Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

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Read the terms of reference for the review of competitiveness of UK tax administration

Updated: updated version of 2013 assessment added

Multilateral Aid Review: World Food Programme (WFP)

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Updated: Excel file added

DFID workforce management information - July 2013

Read the letter from David Gauke MP to the OTS that announced this review

Updated: Autumn Statement update on 'quick wins'

Interim report

This interim report summarises the findings so far on the review of employee benefits and expenses project, as well as identifying ...

Details of Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) expenditure over £25,000. ..

Updated: Updated HTML document.

Information on eligibility criteria and offer details of the Afghanistan Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme.

These documents provide further information on -

Partnerships Review - Class 4 contributions (AIFMs) and limited liability partnerships (salaried members). A commentary on amendments. Abolition of ...

This TTIP meeting will focus on how to achieve the two main goals of regulatory coherence: cooperation on future regulations and making existing regulations more compatible, with particular regard to delivering...

Data on households found to be homeless.

The documents attached provide an overview of CGE modelling, how the model is used for policy analysis and gives details on the functional forms and equations used in the model. A peer review of HMRC’s CGE model...

Updated: Calendar has been updated

For more information on any of the events, contact the UKTI team in Egypt.

This Tax Information and Impact Note describes the withdrawal of the exemption for business supplies of research.

This Tax Information and Impact Note describes Intrastat: Revised Arrivals Exemption Threshold.

This Tax Information and Impact Note describes the The Individual Savings Account (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2013.

This Tax Information and Impact Note describes VAT: Changes to zero-rating of exports from the UK.

This Tax Information and Impact Note describes the BRB (Residuary) Limited (Tax Consequences) Order 2013.

This Tax Information and Impact Note describes the VAT: Road Fuel Scale Charges (RFSC).

This Tax Information and Impact Note describes the changes to allow use of rebated fuel in agricultural vehicles when gritting.

This Tax Information and Impact Note describes the Tax Treatment of Financing Costs and Income (Excluded Schemes) Regs 2013.

Updated: Updated consular fees document

A full list of Consular fees

Enquiry as to the number of claimants in Flintshire who have been sanctioned and had benefits stopped since Jan 2010.

Enquiry as to the number of OAPS resident in Ireland who claimed the Winter Fuel Payment for Winter 2012.

Summary for week including 5 December 2013.

Research on the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 to 24 year olds, also known as the ‘AGE 16 to 24’ programme, which supports businesses to recruit young apprentices. The programme provides grants to employers...

In the Autumn Statement 2013, the government announced its intention to introduce a scheme to allow pensioners to top up their Additional State Pension by paying a new class of voluntary National Insurance contribution...

In the Autumn Statement on 5 December 2013, the Chancellor announced the government’s position that people should spend, on average, up to one third of their adult life drawing a State Pension.

This...

FOI release 29152

The number of people departing the UK as a result of Capita contact.

This information was released on 23 October 2013.

Updated: Updated attachment

HM Revenue & Customs maintains a record of all of those who have pre-release access to National Statistics. The persons listed are given pre-release access for the periods...

The government provides a wide range of support to help with the cost of transport, as do many travel companies and local authorities. This ranges from concessionary bus passes for elderly and disabled people...

The International customer sponsor account application form is for NATO security officers that do not have a Cerebus sponsor account. NATO officers that require a UK national to be vetted for access to NATO classified...

JSP 822: Part 6 provides guidance in ensuring maximum ability to interoperate between simulation training systems, and between training systems and real systems (such as C4I), to enable force elements ...

At this plenary CoRWM debated their response to the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) Siting Process Consultation. The minutes contain a summary of the discussions, amongst other things on:

the way in ...

Updated: Added data for August

In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, we publish details of spend over £500 from 1 April 2011. We will continue to publish this data on...

Updated: Added data for August 2013.

In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, we are now publishing details of spend over £25,000 since 1 April 2010 and over &pound...

Updated: Latest fees as of 4 December 2013

A full list of Consular fees

Updated: Added summary of responses document.

This consultation paper invites views on the level of Council Tax discount that should apply to annexes.

The government is helping local councils and...

Updated: The prompt payment reports for period 8 added

This shows invoices paid by the UK Atomic Energy Authority within 5 and 10 days of receipt from 2011 to 2012, as part of the government’s commitment...

Updated: 12th edition published covering January to March 2014 events.

This bulletin contains details of courses, seminars and workshops from the Export Control Organisation to enhance your understanding...

Authorization form to be filled in by customers who wish to pay for consular services remotely.

Updated: Added DIN digests for September, October and Novermber 2013.

A DIN is an official document that tells people in the services or the Ministry of Defence about important instructions, guidance or...

Request for information on current jobs by subsector within the power sector, with projections of future employment and the number of jobs supported per unit of generation capacity.

On 5 December the Chancellor announced the details of the Coalition Government’s Autumn Statement. Eric Pickles writes to local authority leaders to highlight some of the announcements which relate to local government...

The four UK funding bodies welcomed the receipt of universities' submissions to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF). All 155 institutions that intend to participate in the REF successfully made their submissions...

The Government has announced that it will remove the cap on student numbers at publicly-funded universities and colleges from 2015-16, with an additional 30,000 students for 2014-15, and provide an additional &...

Research Councils UK has today launched Gateway to Research - a new web-based portal that gives businesses access to the latest research supported across all the UK's seven Research Councils and the Technology Strategy...

This year’s Rate Per Loan for the Irish PLR Scheme is 5.06 cent.

ORR chief tells Future of Rail conference: Spend wisely on renewing the railways today to ensure long-term safety and sustainability of network

Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement on 5 December 2013, and these are the future changes relating to workplace and personal pensions.  

Individual protection 

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Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement on 5 December 2013, and these are the future changes relating to the state pension and other state benefits.   

State pension&...

Court Martial Appeal Court and Divisional Court of The Queen's Bench Division

Special offers, gift suggestions and easier payment and delivery available in our online bookshop.

The UK is again leading the way in linking cutting edge scientific and engineering expertise with industry. A new Higgs Centre for Innovation announced today (5 December 2013) aims to create new market opportunities...

News from British Athletics, British Skeleton and GB Taekwondo in Sport-in-Brief

A Lincolnshire timber company has been fined after an employee severed three fingers in an unguarded roller conveyor.

This product includes estimates for the 211 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and the 151 former PCOs in England. CCGs replaced PCOs from 1 April 2013.

The One Stop Bank Facility in the NAAFI MAX Sennelager will NOT be open on Saturdays during the month of January 2014. The first Saturday in 2014 that it will be open for business will be Saturday 01 February...

Updated: Added RAF operational low flying training timetable covering the period for 16 to 20 Dec 2013

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

Updated: Updated typing error in GB average compound prices data set.

This publication includes monthly information on the retail production of compound animal feed in Great Britain and the quantity of ...

Cloud services FOI: information about Cloud services in Defra, including: which Cloud computing service and provider Defra uses; which country the servers are located; measures taken to ensure content stored ...

Updated: Revised version of report.

Universal Credit is a new simpler, single monthly benefit payment for people in or out of work, which merges together:

income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance income...

This is a response to a Freedom of Information request.

The coalition government has put in place measures to constrain spending. Government departments have been asked to limit their expenditure in five areas. These are:

Consultancy ICT Recruitment of certain...

This is a response to a Freedom of Information request.

The Business Statements by the Leader of the House of Commons for December 2013.

The Business Statement takes place every Thursday morning when the House is sitting, usually at 11.30 am. Statements are...

The four UK funding bodies welcomed the receipt of universities' submissions to the 2014 Research Assessment Framework (REF). All 155 institutions that intend to participate in the REF successfully made their submissions...

Warren Gatland was named UK Coach of the Year and High-Performance Coach of the Year at of the UK Coaching Awards

On 3 December 2013, the Pensions Bill received its second reading in the House of Lords. The Bill has already been approved by the House of Commons, and it contains a provision to increase the state pension...

If so, it might be time to start making some more concrete plans so that you achieve your goal. 

New research from Friends Life has shown: 

43% of over 40s do not think that they have...

The Court plays a critical role in protecting and promoting public confidence in the criminal justice system

Court of Appeal (Civil Division) judgment

Judicial Office news release

The main results are:

in 2013 an estimated 0.6% of traffic on roads in Great Britain was driving without a valid tax disc.

the estimate for Northern Ireland is 0.7%, not significantly...

Table VED0501

Roadside survey size by country and tax class, since 2007 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 24.5KB)

Table VED0502

Relative mileage of unlicensed vehicles in Great Britain, since ...

National statistics on Entertainment Licensing are produced by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Alcohol, entertainment...

This report contains data on the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) rural programme. It shows the number of premises covered per &pound;million of broadband delivery programme expenditure.

Table VED0401

Unlicensed vehicles observed in roadside survey, by last licensing activity and tax class (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 24.5KB)

Table VED0402

Unlicensed vehicles observed in ...

Table VED0301

Revenue lost from unlicensed vehicles in Great Britain (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 26.5KB)

Vehicles statistics enquiries

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Table VED0201

Rate of unlicensed vehicles in active stock, by tax class, Great Britain, since 2007 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 21.5KB)

Table VED0202

Number of unlicensed vehicles in active...

Table VED0101

Rate of unlicensed vehicles in traffic, by tax class, Great Britain, since 2007 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 25KB)

Table VED0102

Rate of unlicensed vehicles in traffic, by tax...

The latest national statistics on statutory homelessness, for July to September 2013, were released on 5 December 2013, under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Updated: Tables 770, 771, 773, 774, 775, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 784a, 785, 786, 793 have been updated.

Live tables

Figures for individual local authorities are given in tables 784, 784a, 792 and...

The government introduced a cap on the total amount of benefit that working-age households can get so that, broadly, households on out-of-work benefits will no longer get more in welfare payments than the average...

Interactive Data

UK Regional Trade Statistics data is also accessible in greater detail in an interactive table with extensive archive hosted at www.uktradeinfo.com.

Detail

HM Revenue &...

Updated: Updated statistics to include figures to 8 November 2013.

The government introduced a cap on the total amount of benefit that working-age households can receive so that, broadly, households on ...

Introduction

This quarterly bulletin presents the latest statistics on Gender Recognition Certificates applied for and granted by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service’s Gender Recognition Panel during ...

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...

Updated: Updated with figures to October 2013.

This publication includes monthly information on the retail production of compound animal feed in Great Britain and the quantity of raw materials used. It ...

Updated: Updated with figures to October 2013.

This monthly publication covers the use of wheat, barley and oats by wheat millers, flour producers, brewers, distillers, maltsters and oatmeal millers in ...

Supported internships were one of a number of initiatives proposed in the 2011 special educational needs (SEN) green paper ‘Support and aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and disability...

Updated: Added second annual review and progress against Defence Reform report recommendations.

In 2010 the Secretary of State for Defence asked Lord Levene of Portsoken, a former Chief of Defence Procurement...

Updated: Updated monthly figures to include October 2013

Museums and galleries monthly visits

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 131KB

Last updated: 5 December...

Each year the Paderborn Garrison Welfare Fund donates money to a local charity.

This year the Trustees of the fund chose the Tierheim Paderborn as the chosen charity and on Wed 04 Dec they...

Statistics presenting estimates of the percent and number of vehicles on Britain’s roads that are unlicensed and the associated revenue lost through non-payment of vehicle excise duty.

Provides a detailed breakdown of UK foreign direct investment flows, positions (stocks) and earnings (both inward and outward), by country, component and industry.

Presents data on fertility by year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of...

Presents data on live birth registrations in England and Wales by parental characteristics. This package contains age-specific fertility rates for men, the mean age of father, and paternities within/outside marriage...

Presents data on birth registrations in England and Wales by characteristics of the mother. This package contains live birth statistics by marital status, first live births within marriage by marriage duration, ...

To meet the needs of devolution, HM Revenue & Customs now provide statistics of international trade in goods for England and its regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Statistics on Animal Feed in Great Britain.

This statistical release is an amalgamation of the statistical releases: Brewers, Distillers and Maltsters Usage and Stocks, Cereals Usage by Oatmeal Millers in the UK and Wheat Milled and Flour Production.

This statistical release presents the figures related to entertainment licensing in England and Wales, detailing the number and type of entertainment licences by local authority.

Estimates of the yield and production of crops in Northern Ireland.

My honourable Friend Secretary of State for Education (Rt Hon Michael Gove MP) made the following announcement: Today I am announcing the Government’s intention to propose an amendment to the Children and...

The Justice and Home Office Affairs (JHA) Council is due to be held on 5 and 6 December in Brussels. My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) and my Right Honourable Friend...

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following statement.

TradeMark Southern Africa (TMSA) is a DFID project that aims to promote regional integration and trade...

This Government are committed to reversing the effects of historic under-investment and equipping the UK with world-class infrastructure.

The Government are today publishing the “National Infrastructure...

I am today publishing for public consultation a range of proposals to strengthen the powers of the Charity Commission to tackle serious abuse in charities and to extend the range of criminal offences that would...

Today I am announcing the Government’s intention to propose an amendment to the Children and Families Bill that will make a significant change to the legislation regarding care leavers. This amendment will...

I wish to inform the House that today the Government are publishing the Contract For Difference (CFD) strike prices for renewable technologies, alongside an update to the key CFD contract terms. This information...

I am pleased to announce today the publication of DECC’s Government response document “Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive: Improving Support, Increasing Uptake”, which sets out a range of...

The window for payments to farmers in England under the EU CAP single payment scheme (SPS) for 2013 opened on 1 December 2013.

On 2 December 2013, the first banking day of the payment window, the Rural ...

The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council is due to be held on 5 and 6 December in Brussels. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Justice and I will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. The following...

The extremism taskforce was set up in the wake of the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in

Woolwich to look closely at whether the Government were doing all they could to confront extremism and radicalisation...

Mesothelioma is a tragically aggressive and terminal occupational disease. It kills approximately 2,200 people in England and Wales each year, with sufferers having a median life expectancy of only seven to nine...

The Department for Transport is launching today a public consultation on the Government’s draft National Policy Statement for National Networks (NN NPS) in England. I am laying the draft before the House...

The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will be held on 9 December 2013 in Brussels.

The council will seek general approach on the posting of workers and on the enhanced co-operation...

TradeMark Southern Africa (TMSA) is a DFID project that aims to promote regional integration and trade in southern Africa, working with African regional economic communities. This is an agenda to which the UK...

Updated: Updated Information

A full list of Consular fees

The sixth edition of this Approved Code of Practice and guidance provides practical advice to help dutyholders comply with the requirements of the COSHH Regulations.

This conference will address working at heights, contractor management, leadership, engagement, CDM and more. Speakers include: HSE Head of Construction Policy and Sector, Simon Longbottom and Chris Lucas, HSE...

This statistical bulletin provides data on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows, positions and earnings involving UK companies. The investment figures are published on a net basis, that is, they consist of investments...

Presents data on fertility on year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of...

Statistics presenting estimates of the percent and number of vehicles on Britain’s roads that are unlicensed and the associated revenue lost through non-payment of vehicle excise duty.

Provides a detailed breakdown of UK foreign direct investment flows, positions (stocks) and earnings (both inward and outward), by country, component and industry.

Presents data on fertility by year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of...

Presents data on live birth registrations in England and Wales by parental characteristics. This package contains age-specific fertility rates for men, the mean age of father, and paternities within/outside marriage...

Presents data on birth registrations in England and Wales by characteristics of the mother. This package contains live birth statistics by marital status, first live births within marriage by marriage duration, ...

To meet the needs of devolution, HM Revenue & Customs now provide statistics of international trade in goods for England and its regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Statistics on Animal Feed in Great Britain.

This statistical release is an amalgamation of the statistical releases: Brewers, Distillers and Maltsters Usage and Stocks, Cereals Usage by Oatmeal Millers in the UK and Wheat Milled and Flour Production.

This statistical release presents the figures related to entertainment licensing in England and Wales, detailing the number and type of entertainment licences by local authority.

Estimates of the yield and production of crops in Northern Ireland.

Updated: Updated list of consular fees, from 5 December 2013

Details of consular fees (from 5 December 2013) - Liste des tarifs consulaires (à partir du 5 décembre 2013)

This discussion guide is to help with the use of campaign materials to facilitate discussion with teenagers on the issues surrounding abuse within their relationships.

It contains ideas for setting out...

From April to July 2013, John Vine undertook an inspection of the visa section in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The document contains the response by UK Visas and Immigration to the 5 improvements suggested by the ICI.

This is Abuse aims to highlight to young people what constitutes abuse and consent, provide them with the tools to challenge abusive behaviour in relationships and show them where to find help.

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