Following the phone call, a Downing Street spokesperson said:
Ahead of tomorrow’s European Council, the Prime Minister spoke to President Obama earlier today to discuss the situation in Ukraine. They...
Updated: Updated with details of PM call to President Obama: 5 March 2014
This page brings together the latest statements and articles from the government on the situation in Ukraine:
Foreign Office...
The serviceman died earlier today (5 March 2014) as a result of non-battle related injuries sustained in Camp Bastion. The incident did not involve any enemy action.
The Commanding Officer, 32 Engineer...
Updated: Added the Welsh version of DBS Disclosure News.
Read the February edition of DBS Disclosure News.
This month’s edition includes:
service availability: the details customer services...
This report summarises the difference between the average salary of women and men in Defra. The difference is expressed as a percentage of the average male earnings and calculated for each grade and for all grades...
Keep up-to-date with the work of DVLA and read the next edition of news@dvla which includes:
the outcome of DVLA services review an article on the HGV Road User Levy an interview with Ray Engley of ...
Decision letter and Inspector’s Report relating to a planning appeal for 99 dwellings.
STFC and Rogue Wave Software have signed a collaboration agreement to work together on tools that will make software development for scientific computing more productive.
Following a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and interim Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia in Paris today, Foreign Secretary William Hague said:
Today we are trying to use ...
It’s great to be back here at Ecobuild helping you celebrate your 10 year anniversary.
This exhibition is now the world’s largest sustainability show for the built environment.
As Paul King wrote...
Updated: Adding statements from 5 March.
This page brings together the latest statements and articles from the government on the situation in Ukraine:
Foreign Office travel advice for Ukraine
The paper looks at a range of impairments or health conditions associated with disability and explores the main obesity-related chronic health conditions that can develop during childhood and adolescence. It ...
The CoRWM chair, Professor Laurence Williams, met with Alun Davies, Minister for Natural Resources and Food and Welsh Government officials on the 19th February 2014.
The purpose of the meeting was to...
Creative innovators from the worlds of design, food, technology, music and science, have been shortlisted to deliver the UK Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015.
The competition to run the UK Pavilion was ...
Sarah Rapson was initially appointed as UK Visas and Immigration’s (UKVI) interim director general in April 2013. She will now take up the post permanently.
Paul Pugh, who was appointed interim Chief ...
Letter from Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis and Resource Management Minister Dan Rogerson to Northamptonshire County Council about charges for household recycling centres and the requirements of the <...
A full list of Consular fees
Letter from Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis and Resource Management Minister Dan Rogerson to Norfolk County Council about charges for household recycling centres and the requirements of the Environmental...
To provide details of the turnover of Civil Service staff for this department from 2012
How much funding has been given by the department for the making of television programmes in the last 10 years
UK Visas and Immigration detention service order to provide centre operators with a checklist and additional guidance on specific areas to be covered during the process of admitting an individual to an IRC, RSTHF...
UK Visas and Immigration detention service order to set out the minimum requirements for the provision of welfare services in immigration removal centres.
This statement addresses issues arising under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (“A8”) in relation to the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 194) (“the Rules”) which relate...
Updated: typo
The following list of English speaking lawyers has been prepared for the convenience of British Nationals who require legal advice
Updated: Updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
A toolkit to inform partner organisations about Personal Independence...
Updated: Myth buster document updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) myth...
Updated: Corrections to February 2014 commentary text made
Presents information on selected building materials, including monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks. It also includes...
This publication shows spending data for DWP for quarter 3 (October to December) of 2013/2014.
Find out more about DWP quarterly data summaries.
Updated: Data updated and note added regarding an identified issue within the JSA sanction decision data, specifically to do with outcomes from appeals.
This statistical release includes data for England...
Updated: Added new signed pledges from February 2014.
The corporate covenant is a voluntary pledge made by organisations who wish to demonstrate their concrete support for the armed forces community. It...
Updated: Added consultation response.
On 26 June 2013, the government’s spending round document announced £75 million of funds for 2015 to 2016 (£30 million of revenue and &...
The bidding process for the £75 million fire transformation funds opened on 5 March 2014 and fire and rescue authorities are invited to prepare and submit their proposals.
The closing dates...
Updated: New CICs registered in February 2014 data now available
The Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies publishes monthly updates showing the names and locations of newly formed CICs...
Summarises what the SFA is doing to meet the Equality Duty, and progress against the objectives and actions set out in the Single Equality Scheme.
Highlights include:
equality and diversity innovation...
In this issue:
R07 due by 6.00pm Thursday, 6 March Register of training organisations: open for applications Communications update survey 2014 to 2015 funding statements Qualifications information...
£1.5 million awarded to museums in the North
Museums in the South West awarded £1million from Arts Council England Renaissance funding
Powys County Council has been prosecuted after an employee was seriously injured at its public services’ depot in Ystradgynlais.
Official statistics on employment, unemployment, inactivity, jobs and the Claimant Count for regions, local authorities and parliamentary constituencies.
Organised by the Department for Work and Pensions and sponsored by Barclays, Disability Confident is designed to encourage employers to recruit and retain more of the 380,000 disabled people of working age in...
The Prime Minister has announced the businesses involved in the second phase of the successful apprenticeship trailblazer programme, who will be designing new world-class apprenticeship standards for their sectors...
Rail Minister celebrates National Apprenticeship Week video Rail Minister Stephen Hammond has praised the work of Crossrail in leading the way in apprenticeships following a visit to the Whitechapel station...
The government has announced today that Martin Clarke has been appointed as the new Government Actuary following an open competition.
He is currently Executive Director of Financial Risk at the Pension...
On the eve of the next meeting of the Scottish Government’s Fiscal Commission, Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has written to the Chairman Crawford Beveridge making it clear that currency union ‘is not...
Following a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and interim Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia in Paris today, Foreign Secretary William Hague said:
Today we are trying to use ...
The Foreign Secretary William Hague, US Secretary of State John Kerry and the interim Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Andriy Deshchytsia, met in Paris earlier today as parties to the Budapest memorandum. The memorandum...
The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, said:
National Apprenticeship Week gives us a good opportunity to celebrate the fantastic contribution apprentices make to our society.
That is why ...
It’s great to be back here at Ecobuild helping you celebrate your 10 year anniversary.
This exhibition is now the world’s largest sustainability show for the built environment.
As Paul King wrote...
The transitional board sets the strategic direction for the agency. Every month, the board meets to discuss the most important issues for the agency.
The transitional board sets the strategic direction for the agency. Every month, the board meets to discuss the most important issues for the agency.
The transitional board sets the strategic direction for the agency. Every month, the board meets to discuss the most important issues for the agency.
The transitional board sets the strategic direction for the agency. Every month, the board meets to discuss the most important issues for the agency.
Describes the steps taken to reform the use of vocational qualifications (based on occupation or employment) in full-time education, including a timetable for the introduction of these reforms.
It sets...
The transitional board sets the strategic direction for the agency. Every month, the board meets to discuss the most important issues for the agency.
This is a report by the Defence Scientific Advisory Council (DSAC). DSAC is established to provide independent advice to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in the fields of science, technology, engineering, analysis...
The Secretary of State’s letter of response to the Director of the World Development movement regarding UK financing of overseas coal.
Updated: Complaint resolution core briefing pack for DWP Providers updated.
The complaint resolution core briefing pack contains information and guidance on the DWP provider complaint process.
It...
Updated: Added a 6 monthly revised fraud guide with numerous changes throughout.
This guide is used by DWP staff who investigate allegations of benefit fraud.
We have replaced some information in...
Updated: Removal of tracker
As part of the PF2 commitments on transparency following the PFI review, the government wanted to make the PFI and PF2 data more accessible and comprehensible to the public.
Information for British nationals living in Russia who need information about services that are not provided by our consulates, but that you may find useful in specific circumstances.
The purpose of a background quality report is to inform users of the statistics about the quality of the data used to produce the publication and any statistics derived from that data. These reports relate to...
Updated: New translation published
The notice of rights and entitlements sets out a person’s rights and entitlements while in police detention, and is issued in accordance with PACE Code C, paragraph 3....
These are the minutes taken for the VOSA directing board meeting which took place on 3 September 2013.
The directing board decides on the courses of action which lead to the achievement of VOSA’s goals...
Updated: Operational guide added.
This guide explains each element that makes up an academy’s funding allocation for the 2014 to 2015 academic year.
It includes examples and explanations to help...
Updated: Published 'on and off benefit scans' provider guidance.
This programme-specific guidance sets out the essential things you need to know and do in order to deliver the Work Programme. Background...
Updated: Small text changes made.
We are seeking views on the proposed roles and responsibilities that government, individuals and organisations will have in helping to reduce waste.
Your views ...
Updated: Editorial (general and health sector version) document updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This publication...
Updated: Claims process document updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This reference guide gives support organisations...
Updated: Quick Guide (including text only and local authority versions) updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
Updated: Factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This collection of fact sheets provides detailed guidance...
Updated: Factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This fact sheet is aimed at support organisations who...
Updated: Factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This fact sheet is aimed at support organisations who...
Updated: September data published.
You can download information in CSV format about:
the number and types of posts the salaries (within £5,000 bands) of the most senior civil servants ...
Updated: Factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This fact sheet is aimed at support organisations who...
Updated: Factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This fact sheet is aimed at support organisations who...
Updated: September 2013 data published.
This information focuses on posts rather than people. The following posts are included:
those occupied by permanent staff those occupied by fixed term appointees...
Updated: Factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This factsheet is intended for support organisations...
Updated: September 2013 data published.
Please note that, until May 2013, HM Passport Office was formerly the Identity and Passport Service.
You can download information in CSV format about:
Updated: Factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This fact sheet is aimed at support organisations who...
Updated: New document published 5 March 2014: FE and skills: overall split by funding stream - 2002/03 to 2012/13
This includes information on learners who are studying on a course at a further education...
Updated: Factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This fact sheet is intended for support organisations...
Updated: New document: Sector subject area, age, level: achievements 2002/03 to 2012/13
This statistical data set provides information on apprenticeships through a number of reports broken down by starts...
If you would like to submit an event for inclusion in the calendar please contact stakeholderteam@sfa.bis.gov.uk.
This guidance gives information on deciding applications from self-employed Turkish businesspersons who wish to apply for an extension of stay in the UK to self-establish in business or continue operating their...
Arts Council England announces successful recipients of the Renaissance Strategic support and Designation development funds
Creating global audiences for local collections
Million pound investment in Midland museums
New intake of world class coaches for UK Sport's Elite Programme announced
As the Audit Commission prepares to leave the stage, its current controller reviews the public sector watchdog’s achievements over more than three decades – and the challenges to come before it takes a final bow...
A 38-year-old woman has been charged with offences relating to the possession and distribution of indecent images.
Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, said: "Operation Sacristy was a wide-ranging and detailed investigation into suspected criminal offences in connection with the administration of Cleveland ...
The Palestine Britain Business Council (PBBC), in close cooperation with the British Consulate General in Jerusalem, UK Trade and Investment, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International...
Tenants are to get a greater choice of newly-built homes to rent under plans announced today (5 March 2014).
Housing Minister Kris Hopkins published a shortlist of developments in areas including London...
Updated: Addition of link to speech
Global action must be taken to stop girls being forced into marriage, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said today, ahead of International Women’s ...
Approval has been given for the Army’s own pilots to begin live-flying the unarmed Watchkeeper from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire; up until now it has been only been trialled by industry.
Gathering crucial...
Apprenticeships are growing in popularity amongst employers and young people. According to new research conducted by ICM, small businesses are planning to create thousands of new apprenticeships in the next year...
Speaking after the publication of the UN Commission of Inquiry’s report, the Foreign Secretary William Hague said:
The UN Commission of Inquiry’s (COI) latest report provides further shocking...
Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced the appointment of Allan Cook as the Lead Non-Executive Board member at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
Non-executive board members...
Mr Swire said:
I welcome the news that Fiji’s Prime Minister Bainimarama has handed over the role of Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces to a successor. Along with the recent appointment...
St Piran’s Day is named after Cornwall’s patron saint of tin miners and is celebrated far and wide on 5 March each year.
The day first started being observed in the late 19th and early 20th century and...
National Apprenticeship Week is now well underway with successful events and promotional activities continuing throughout England.
News that companies such as Virgin Media and Santander ...
Courses and qualifications in self-tanning, balloon artistry and instructing pole fitness will no longer attract government funding under a bold new reform plan to simplify and streamline the adult skills system...
The British Horseracing industry received a boost during the report stage of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill when it was announced that the government plans to change the current law to extend the...
Rates of Surtax for the tax year 1948 to 1949, to tax year 1971 to 1972.
Read this document if you’re in Brunei and you need to find out how to apply for a UK visa.
Read this document if you’re in Hong Kong and you need to find out how to apply for a UK visa.
Updated: Oil and gas: 2014 licence relinquishments - (added)
To find out how to surrender a licence for oil and gas exploration and development, see Oil and gas: licence relinquishments.
Turnover FOI: information on number of staff that have joined or been moved into Defra, and number of staff that have left or been moved out of Defra, in each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Trade unions - FOI details of any office accommodation Defra provides to staff to carry out trade union business, and estimates for other costs met for those staff on trade union facility time apart from salaries...
Updated: Added information about how to apply for the core maths early adopter teaching projects funding.
This document sets out the purpose, design process and characteristics of core maths qualifications...
FE data library: Equality and Diversity info here
Summary of Participation by Mode of Provision and Learner Demographics: 2008/09MS Excel Spreadsheet, 164KB...
This statistical data set includes information on education and training participation and achievements broken down into a number of reports including sector subject areas, participation by gender, age, ethnicity...
Skills for Life qualifications are designed to give people the reading, writing, maths and communication skills they need in everyday life, to operate effectively in work and to help them succeed on other training...
Community learning includes a range of community based and outreach learning opportunities, primarily managed and delivered by local authorities and general further education colleges designed to bring together...
Workplace Learning covers a broad range of training – from basic skills to Level 2, Level 3 and other higher-level skills such as Leadership and Management. This training is mainly delivered through the workplace...
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Mean Hourly Wage by Level of Highest Qualification Held in England: 11/04/2013MS Excel Spreadsheet, 25KB
This research is the result of a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) funded, sector led project to gather and analyse data to inform the contribution that further education makes to STEM in England...
FE data library: local authority tables info here xxxx
FE and Skills Learner Participation breakdown by Local Authority District: 2011/12MS Excel Spreadsheet...
Judicial Office news release
Rail Minister Stephen Hammond has praised the work of Crossrail in leading the way in apprenticeships following a visit to the Whitechapel station site today (4 March 2014).
Nearly half of the apprentices...
IntroductionThank you for that introduction, and I want to thank our hosts PLAN, Girls Not Brides and the UK Gender and Development Network for organising this event.
I also want to thank all of my ...
The Palestine Britain Business Council (PBBC), in close cooperation with the British Consulate General in Jerusalem, UK Trade and Investment, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International ...
Presents information on selected building materials, including monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks. It also includes quarterly data on sand and gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles...
This monthly release shows details of movements in the UK’s official holdings of international reserves, or assets. These consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
Freedom of Information for statistics on method of payment accounts in Lambeth local authority: February 2013.
Updated: Latest figures published.
The statistics presented in the table below, show the number of sub 50kW solar photovoltaic installations and capacity installed at the end of each week, that are recorded...
Updated: Updated indicator B7.
These indicators monitor agricultural and environmental change in England and are updated as new information becomes available. The date of the last update for each indicator...
The Skills Funding Agency commissioned Babcock Research in December 2011 to consider the needs and experiences of learners who have a religion or belief that guides their lives, as well as those learners who ...
This report sets out the progress that has been made on reforming public bodies, including specific targets such as:
reducing the number of public bodies making public bodies more transparent and...
Updated: Updated 'Managing Information Risk at OFFICIAL'.
The new Government Security Classification Policy comes into force on 2 April 2014 and describes how HM Government classifies information assets...
Updated: Added updated versions of both attachments to address formatting issues and minor updates.
The statistics are as close to real-time as possible and represent the complete picture as at 31 August...
We want to know your views on draft legislation aiming to make the new system of shared parental leave and pay meet the needs of parents and employers and make it as simple to use as possible.
We’ll be...
The Department for Education is seeking views on the draft acoustic performance standards for schools.
The standards ensure that teaching and learning activities can be clearly heard and prevent disturbance...
FOI query about JSA payments
FOI response to previous request for ‘PIP applications under special rules’.
FOI request about PIP claimant end to end journey
FOI query about the cap on household benefits
FOI request for State Pension outcomes.
Updated: Added link to 'Guidance for trailblazers - version 2'.
The government has published this consultation in response to Doug Richard’s independent Review of Apprenticeships. It sets out our...
We have a long-term economic plan to secure this country’s future: cut the deficit, cut taxes, create more jobs, cap welfare, reduce immigration and deliver the best schools and skills for young people...
The Department for International Development has won the “Best Initiative by a Government Body” at the Climate Week Awards, for efforts to enable 100 million households to adopt clean and efficient cooking solutions...
This analysis looks at the economic activity of young people aged 16 to 24 in the UK. Both the unemployment rate and the proportion who are unemployed in this age group are examined. In doing so, we explain how ...
Provides information on selected building materials and contains monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks; and quarterly data on sand and gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles and ready-...
Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to approve the extension of the appointment of Mr David Richard Beamish as Clerk of the Parliaments until 15 April 2017.
The EU Competitiveness Council took place in Brussels on 20 and 21 February 2014. The UK was represented by Lord Livingston on day one (industry and internal market) and David Willetts on day two (research and...
I am today announcing the start of the Triennial Review of the Prison Service Pay Review Body. Triennial reviews of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) are part of the Government’s commitment to ensuring...
Read about the UK–India social media research workshop held on 5 and 6 February 2014 in Bangalore.
Speech by Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division
Updated: Corrected the measles case figures in the first two paragraphs.
This compares to 107 cases in the previous quarter and 559 cases from the same quarter in 2012.
The numbers of confirmed...
This analysis looks at the economic activity of young people aged 16 to 24 in the UK. Both the unemployment rate and the proportion who are unemployed in this age group are examined. In doing so, we explain how ...
Provides information on selected building materials and contains monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks; and quarterly data on sand and gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles and ready-...
Updated: Replaced application form for search of register - the section on reporting concerns has been removed.
Form to find out if someone has a lasting or enduring power of attorney or a court-appointed...