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Senior Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi met Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga and Imam Omar Kabine Layama, two-thirds of the Central African Republic’s (CAR) Inter-Religious Forum, on 27 January at the House...
QuestionPrime Minister, first of all thank you so much for coming today to the FSB’s first policy conference. Your clear commitment to engaging with us and with small firms is fantastic to see. We very much...
Asked whether it was possible to have an open border between Scotland and England if Scotland was independent, the PMS said the government wanted to see the UK stay together. An independent Scotland with different...
Updated: Added updated parts 2 version 5.8 and 404 version 1.5.
JSP 886 Volume 2: Inventory management has been designed to provide ready access and authoritative reference to all aspects of policy and ...
Updated: Added updated parts 8.01 v1.4, 8.15 v1.9, 9 v.1.4.
Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) is a comprehensive discipline that is applicable to all acquisition activity through life. However, the cost...
Updated: Added updated part 6 v2.2 and new part 7 v2.0.
JSP 886 volume 6 instructions define the policy, related procedures and processes:
for effective management of service munitions across the...
FOI release: 1121
Please can you provide a document which includes the amount of disclosures requested by each registered body in the last 6 months of 2013?
The information was released on 21 ...
Updated: Added amended parts 1 v1.8, 6 v3.5, 8 v1.4, 203 v1.4, 206 1.2.
Materiel cover all service equipment, stores, supplies (including combat Supplies, those items obtained by contract/low value purchase...
The is a technical report for Waves 1, 2 and 3 of the Green Deal assessments research and the Wave 1 telephone follow-up survey. It gives detail on all technical aspects of the research, including survey methodology...
Updated: Added updated part 15 version 1.23
Volume 3 (support chain management) Policy and procedures for the management of the defence/joint support chain.
Related information JSP 462: financial...
FOI release 1125
Please can I have a list of all the organisations that are currently registered with the DBS. Can this also include the company postal address?
The information was released on...
In January 2014, updated statistics on first time entrants to the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales will be published following a change in the methodology used to calculate the number of offenders...
This letter provides information on:
The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) (Amendment) Order 2014 No. 43 shale gas consultation - business rates appeal payment of business...
FOI release 1126
The financial amount agreed to fund each Police Force Disclosure Unit for the financial years 2013 to 2014 and 2014 to 2015, broken down into cost per check for each force.
The...
Updated: Updated to take account of quarterly figures (July - September 2013).
A regularly updated snapshot of the performance of the Export Control Organisation (ECO) against targets. It includes information...
Two brothers from Dudley have been ordered to pay fines and costs of more than £3,000 after they failed to obtain a gas safety record for a property they rented out, putting tenants’ lives at risk.
A Hengoed-based company has been sentenced after an employee’s left hand was crushed when it was drawn into a two centimetre gap between the rollers of a printing machine.
Diversity and Community Relations Judges (DCRJ) act as a bridge between the judiciary and the community. They form links with the community to provide a better understanding of the justice system and the role of...
The Deputy Prime Minister attended a Holocaust Memorial Day Trust event this morning at King’s Cross station with survivors of the Holocaust Ben Helfgott MBE (Honorary President of the Holocaust Memorial...
Edward Davey and Greg Barker kick-started Big Energy Saving Week today with a visit to Manor House in North London.
Local people in Manor House have been working together to reduce energy consumption...
Ministers promise further action to remove obstacles to growth.
Business Minister Michael Fallon and Cabinet Office Minister Ken Clarke today (27 January 2014) set out how the government is increasing...
The United Nations Security Council has adopted unanimously its first standalone Resolution tackling terrorist kidnapping for ransom. It calls on all Member States to prevent terrorists from benefiting directly...
Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Hugh Robertson said:
I warmly welcome the adoption of the new Constitution in Tunisia today. The people of Tunisia can be proud of this...
Figures announced today by Startup Britain have shown that over 30,000 new businesses were created in Scotland in 2013. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh also feature in the top ten places in whole of the UK...
The Treasury Solicitor’s Department has become the 400th signatory to the Law Society’s flagship Diversity and Inclusion Charter.
It is the first government department to sign up to the Charter, which...
Asked if the PM shared concern that the Public Accounts Committee questions over taxes were deterring investors into the UK, the PMS said committees and how they carried out their business was a matter for them...
This spreadsheet gives details of all schools in the free school programme or pipeline, including:
type of school age group served local authority opening date
Updated: Guidance has been updated.
This document is for air, rail and sea carriers that need to understand the document checks they must make, and how they will be charged for passengers without appropriate...
Request for information on DECC Permanent Secretary’s “Introductory meeting” with Ineos of June 2013.
Provides information for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) for the last 5 financial years on the:
amount of money paid to J. Sainsbury plc purpose of the grant awardedThis information...
This report shows international travel undertaken by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) senior officials at paybands SCS2, or equivalent, and above. The report includes bookings made through the department...
This report shows international travel undertaken by DFID senior officials at SCS2 (or equivalent) and above. The report includes bookings made through departments’ central booking systems. This will include ...
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To find out more about Carer’s Credit and if you might get it, go to www.gov.uk/carers-credit
The carer or their representative must fill in this form, not ...
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You may not have to fill in a form. There are other ways to claim.
If you have to fill in a Carer’s Allowance claim form and get State Pension, please use ...
Freedom of Information query and response on the cost and development of the Universal Credit IT system.
Freedom of Information query and response on social security benefits rates and how they are set.
We have a particular interest in helping more UK SMEs and mid-sized companies to export. Over the past few years, we have launched a suite of products and a new network of advisers across the UK to help improve...
Updated: Announced new ad hoc publication of job starts for individuals on the Troubled Families programme.
This document provides details of upcoming DWP ad hoc statistical releases.
Updated: Added "Issue 35: January 2014".
Warpaint is published by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) in March and September, and offers advice and guidance on coatings for application to Royal Naval...
Updated: Added updated Recent addiitions and version history documents.
The documents on this page include:
a subject index to JSP 886 amendments and additions to the manual an index of previous...
Minister’s Quarterly Return July to September 2013
Exactly two months on from publication, the Scottish Government’s White Paper has already developed so many faults there should be a product recall, Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has said.
What...
Fourth module of the Performance Pathway Programme to explore 'athlete profiling'
Reports to Prevent Future Deaths
Baljit Ubhey, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London, said: "The CPS has today authorised the Metropolitan Police Service to charge Peter Nunn, 33, from Bristol, under section 127 of the Communications Act (...
Two people who admitted trafficking two women into Wales for the purposes of prostitution have been sentenced at Newport Crown Court.
For Green and Blue identity card holders, entitlement also includes Accident and Emergency cover and therefore advice is provided on the reverse of the cards in the event that they receive emergency treatment...
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today (25 January 2014) announced the launch of the Last Post, a mass participation music project for 300 communities in each year of the Centenary from 2014 to 2018. On a visit...
In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses, the Prime Minister will tell the audience that the government has exceeded its target to identify 3,000 regulations to be amended or scrapped.
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Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged his commitment to continue to make it easier for small firms to thrive and save the UK’s 4.9 million small businesses up to £10,000 each a year.
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Thank you…..I am very pleased to be here.
I would like to use my time this morning to reflect on the past 4 years, and in particular how different the welfare landscape is now compared to 2010.
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DavosAsked if the PM would be holding any meetings in Davos, the PMS said the PM would be giving a speech the following morning and would be on a Development Panel in the afternoon. He added that he understood...
Speaking at a Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) event, Prime Minister David Cameron has set out how the success of small businesses is central to the government’s long term economic plan. He pledged his commitment...
Faith and Communities and Senior Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi said:
Holocaust Memorial Day is a vitally important event that is relevant to all communities, all age groups and all individuals...
I have had the honour of being the British High Commissioner in India since November 2011. Before I took up my post, my wife and I spent nearly three months travelling around this great country as private citizens...
Asked whether the PM would use Davos to outline Britain?s position on Europe, the PMS said that the PM?s approach to reforming the EU was well known and that he would continue to make the case for a more flexible...
This form is used to appeal against a decision to refuse to issue a Reduced Pollution (RPC) or Low Emissions Certificate (LEC) for a vehicle. An RPC is issued after a test by VOSA if you modify a vehicle to cuts...
Consultation for the revised draft national contingency plan (NCP) which has been altered from the original release in 2012.
The draft NCP sets out:
the arrangements for dealing with pollution...
The Growth Vouchers programme is a pioneering government research project that aims to make it easier for small businesses to access expert advice to help them grow and test which types of business advice are...
Growth Vouchers programme claim form.
This claim form and all supporting documentation must be sent to the delivery partner stated in your Growth Voucher offer.
If you apply for Growth Vouchers you must list all the de minimis state aid which your business has received in the last 3 fiscal years (previous 2 fiscal and current fiscal year), or which is currently...
The Growth Vouchers programme is focusing on the following areas:
raising finance and managing cash flow recruiting and developing your staff improving leadership and management skills marketing...
Guidance on how to choose a consultant for the Growth Vouchers programme.
Subjects covered:
defining the task recruiting the consultant contracts, terms and conditions managing the ...
Updated: Added the "MOD medal application form" which replaces the Long service and good conduct medal/clasp form (JPA S002), Current or accumulated campaign medals form (JPA S003), Recommendation for honours...
Waste PFI related e-mail messages and associated attachments sent/received between Waste Infrastructure Development Project and Nottinghamshire County Council in the period from 20th May 2011 - 31st December ...
Updated: Updated list with January 2014 version.
This spreadsheet contains contact details for active approved academy sponsors presented by the region they operate in, with some sponsors operating nationally...
We are responsible for the UK magnetic confinement fusion research programme, the operation of JET and associated programmes. This document present a summary strategy for these and our other activities.
Updated: Daily update of the unclaimed estates list
The Division publishes a list of unclaimed estates which have been recently referred, but not yet administered, and historic cases which have not yet ...
Updated: Latest contact list published.
Contact list for DECC’s press office and press officers.
This spreadsheet gives details of all schools in the free school programme pipeline, including:
type of school age group served local authority expected opening date
A Liverpool building firm has been fined £105,000 after a roofer was paralysed when he fell from a ladder in Southport while carrying a bag of building materials.
Local communities will be able to take control of their energy bills and help transform the energy system thanks to proposals unveiled today in Britain’s first Community Energy Strategy.
Over 50...
Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged his commitment to continue to make it easier for small businesses to thrive.
The UK’s 4.9 million small businesses could save up to £10,000 each a year...
Actress Helena Bonham Carter and the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis are to sit on the Prime Minister’s Commission on the Holocaust, David Cameron has announced.
The Prime Minister has given details of the...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will start to introduce alternative 0345 phone numbers for its major call lines from March 2014, helping cut costs of telephone calls for the public.
The 0345...
Our new digital services will make it simpler, clearer and faster for all of our customers to take control of their tax affairs. We are building a team of outstanding people who will create and run these new ...
Returns received by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) after 31 January will result in a £100 late-filing penalty – even if you have no tax to pay, or you pay your tax on time.
The more you delay...
The Deputy Prime Minister attended a Holocaust Memorial Day Trust event this morning at King’s Cross station with survivors of the Holocaust Ben Helfgott MBE (Honorary President of the Holocaust Memorial...
Thank you…..I am very pleased to be here.
I would like to use my time this morning to reflect on the past 4 years, and in particular how different the welfare landscape is now compared to 2010.
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The Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate also supported a defence and security industry day while alongside in the Colombian port.
Dr Andrew Murrison, the UK minister for international security strategy...
Syrian refugeesAsked whether more Syrian refugees would come to Britain, the PMS said the government was listening to arguments about how we can help the most vulnerable people in the refugee camps.
The visit, to Indonesia and the Philippines (27-31 January), is the latest in an unprecedented round of high-level visits to and from South East Asia over the past two years that have revitalised the British ...
It’s a great pleasure to be here with everyone this morning. And I want to say a massive thank you to the London Stock Exchange for hosting us today.
Today marks the start of a significant new partnership...
Almost a million people who applied for sickness benefit have instead been found fit for work, new government analysis reveals today (27 January 2014).
A third (32%) of all new claimants for Employment...
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) recently took small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the London and South East regions on a market visit to South East Asia.
The aim was to meet large industry...
Edward Davey and Greg Barker kick-started Big Energy Saving Week today with a visit to Manor House in North London.
Local people in Manor House have been working together to reduce energy consumption...
27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day, a world-wide day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust. The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2014 is ‘Journeys’. Foreign Secretary William Hague said:
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Planning permission has been granted (subject to final scrutiny by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government) approval for:
Retention of the office and power supply buildings after JET...
Good morning. It’s a pleasure to be here with you all today. I’d like to thank Chatham House for providing this forum. The focus of today’s discussions - the future of oil and gas supplies from the Middle East...
Britain will more than double its investment in growing emerging frontier economies to end their dependency on aid, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced.
The UK government...
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specialist mental health midwives: what they do and why they matter children and young people’s health benchmarking tool HeadStart investment programme mental health action plan...
The Delivering Differently fund aims to transform local services through new delivery models. These presentations were given at a Delivering Differently workshop in late January 2014.
The workshop presentation...
Request for information on how much DECC had spent on repairs, renovations or maintenance of gifts made by foreign governments in each year 2010-11; 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Updated: Added new firing times for the period 17 February to 3 March 2014 in CSV and PDF formats.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile...
Updated: New release published on 7 November 2013
The latest National Statistics on prison population projections.
This release (generally annual) gives the projected monthly prison population in...
Concept bid form for Bilateral Projects Programme 2014-2015
After Lord Deben and I gave evidence to the Energy and Climate Change Select committee, EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, picked up on my statement that we had consulted widely, but not been provided with...
The new measures include scrapping more than 3,000 regulations to deliver savings of over £800 million a year once fully implemented. This will help small businesses thrive and follows the launch...
A human trafficking gang responsible for transporting young Nigerian women into prostitution in Europe has been dismantled, following a joint investigation involving Home Office Immigration Enforcement, Border...
FOI release 1118
Provide a copy of full complaints procedure and a copy of the decision to agree the complaints procedure.
DBS has recently update their complaints procedure and updated their...
This report forms the second part of a study of Community Energy in the UK, jointly commissioned by DECC and Consumer Futures. It was carried out by Databuild Research and Development, supported by the Energy...
Frredom of Information query and response on UK citizens human right – article 25 – for a reasonable standard of living and security in unemployment, though fit for work with no available jobs.
Freedom of Information query and response on DWP research on whether the benefit cap has encouraged claimants to find work.
Updated: Consular fees as from January 2014
A full list of Consular fees
This is the first ever Community Energy Strategy published by a UK government. It sets out the role that communities can play in helping to meet the UK’s energy and climate change challenges, including supporting...
The purpose of the Local Energy Assessment Fund (LEAF) was to help prepare communities in England and Wales to take action on energy efficiency and renewable energy and to take advantage of the opportunities ...
Updated: The Community Energy Strategy, which serves as the government response to the call for evidence, has been published today.
This Call for Evidence will run for 8 weeks between 6 June and 1 August...
This research seeks to generate a sense of the potential for growth within the community renewable electricity sector by 2020. The results are intended to offer a sense of what might be achievable given a range...
The Community Energy Efficiency Outreach Programme was funded by DECC in 2012 and carried out by Groundwork UK, a national regeneration charity. The evaluation of the project was undertaken by Databuild UK.
This report presents the findings of a small, qualitative study of schemes funded under DECC’s Local Authority Funding Competition 2012/13. DECC commissioned this work to help them get a better sense of what ...
This document gives scheme organisers, such as local authorities, housing associations and charities, some guidance on what to think about before setting up a collective switching scheme and reflects best practice...
Updated: Revised factsheet to include details of the Assessment Innovation Fund, launched in December 2013.
The Department for Education has issued information on the new national curriculum to be taught...
Updated: Updated former 2006 guidance.
This guidance sets out the issues that local planners will need to consider and tailor to local circumstances, and has been produced to support responders in meeting...
Freedom of Information query on whether DWP refund travel expenses associated with meeting a Claimant Commitment.
Freedom of Information query asking about the DWP paying Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP).
Freedom of Information query for the number of Crisis Loans for alignment: April to June 2012.
Updated: The 'Teacher misconduct: disciplinary procedures' document on this page has been updated. The document should be read alongside https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-misconduct-the-prohibition...
Updated: Form, guidance and letter for 2014 to 2015 added
National non-domestic rates (NNDR) forms to be completed by local authorities, along with accompanying guidance notes.
HSE and the Legionella Control Association are running a series of joint dutyholder events taking place early 2014 in Newcastle, London and Birmingham. Book your place now.
Responsibilities for the leadership and management of the judicial business of the Magistrates’ Courts
A programme to build up to 165,000 new affordable homes over 3 years is an essential part of the government’s long-term economic plan, Housing Minister Kris Hopkins announced today (27 January 2014).
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Local communities will be able to take control of their energy bills and help transform the energy system thanks to proposals unveiled today in Britain’s first Community Energy Strategy.
Over 50...
The Better Regulation Delivery Office is offering financial support to pathfinder projects to explore innovative ways of applying the Regulators’ Code and encouraging collaboration between regulators and business...
The Government is today publishing the Community Energy Strategy and I will be depositing copies of it in the Libraries of the House.
This is the first ever Community Energy Strategy published...
Exactly two months on from publication, the Scottish Government’s White Paper has already developed so many faults there should be a product recall, Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael said today.
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Updated: Updated consular fees at January 2014
A full list of Consular fees
Applicants for grant funding must submit this form to BRDO at grants@brdo.bis.gsi.gov.uk by 17.00 on Thursday, 20 March 2014. No supporting documentation is required, but BRDO may request further information ...
This report shows international travel undertaken by Ministry of Justice Senior Officials at SCS2 (or equivalent) and above. The report includes bookings made through departments’ central booking systems. This...
This report was produced as part of an evaluation of the special educational needs and disability (SEND) pathfinder programme. The evaluation looks at working and workforce development, providing insights from...
This report was produced as part of an evaluation of the special educational needs and disability (SEND) pathfinder programme. The report examines the ‘planning pathways’ developed in five pathfinder areas, leading...
Learn the approaches and techniques businesses from different manufacturing industries use to tackle the same issues you experience. HSE Head of Manufacturing, Nick Ratty, will provide the Regulator’s perspective...
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In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses, the Prime Minister will tell the audience that the government has exceeded its target to identify 3,000 regulations to be amended or scrapped.
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Updated: Amended to include additional closure day for CNY
The British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur will be closed on 31 January 2014 (Friday) and 3 February 2014 (Monday) for Chinese New Year.
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The UK condemned the terrorist attacks in Cairo on 24 January. The Minister for the Middle East Hugh Robertson said:
The UK condemns the large-scale violence in Cairo and other parts of Egypt on 25...
Chieftain, ladies and gentlemen. Good evening.
When I was asked to propose the toast to the Immortal Memory at our Burns Supper, I was flattered and honoured. But what could I say, a lad from Dundee, ...
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Baroness Jenny Randerson will attend a commemorative service in Westminster on Monday (27 January) to remember and pay tribute to victims of the Holocaust.
Holocaust Memorial...
The new British Ambassador to Helsinki, Sarah Price, presented her credentials to the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, on 16 January 2014.
In a short and warm ceremony marking her official accreditation...
Updated: The version of this licence published on 6 January was incorrect - this licence does not carry a reporting requirement. Text has been amended accordingly.
This open general export licence (OGEL...
Updated: The version of this licence published on 6 January was incorrect - this licence does not carry a reporting requirement. Text has been amended accordingly.
This open general export licence (OGEL...
Updated: The version of this licence published on 6 January was incorrect - this licence does not carry a reporting requirement. Text has been amended accordingly.
This open general export licence (OGEL...
Updated: The version of this licence published on 6 January was incorrect - this licence does not carry a reporting requirement. Text has been amended accordingly.
This open general export licence (OGEL...
In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses, the Prime Minister will tell the audience that the government has exceeded its target to identify 3,000 regulations to be amended or scrapped.
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