As the UK reaches the Adam Smith Institute’s ‘Tax Freedom Day’ Treasury analysis reveals that, in an independent Scotland, Scottish taxpayers could have to work for an additional two weeks to reach this...
Thank you Mr President,
I thank the Secretary General’s Special Representative for Kosovo, Mr Farid Zarif, for his briefing today. I am delighted to welcome to the Council Her Excellency President Atifete...
The work will be carried out overnight from Thursday 29 May until the morning of Wednesday 9 July on the A303 between the A34 at Bullington Cross and Micheldever Station.
Guy Watts, Highways Agency Project...
Mr Robathan said:
I am immensely grateful to all those involved in administering the recent local and European elections in Northern Ireland.
I thank the Chief Electoral Officer and his...
Updated: Added final outcome.
This consultation seeks responses from interested parties on draft regulations for the new firefighters’ pension scheme to come into force in April 2015. This consultation ...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
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The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
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The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
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The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
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The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
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The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
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Updated: Replaced Excel spreadsheet, updated table 1.7 (some of the figures contained within the breakdowns were from an earlier version of the table). Totals in the table are unaffected by this update.
Since 1996 CRASH has developed bespoke partnerships across the construction and property industry to build and refurbish emergency night shelters, hostels and day centres, empowering companies to provide...
Following the phone call, a Downing Street spokesperson said:
The Prime Minister spoke to President Obama yesterday evening ahead of seeing each other at the G7 meeting in Brussels next week.
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Updated: Added new issue April/May 2014.
A bi-monthly newsletter produced by Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Operations Accommodation for occupants of service family accommodation. The ...
This privacy policy explains how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health (DH) collect and use information for the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
Updated: Added FOI requests for August and December.
A list of requests for information received by the MOD FOI Team from 3 January to 30 November 2012.
Updated: Grouped main report and summary report together.
Explains how to check whether the remediation of land contamination has proved successful and met the intended goals.
Minister’s Quarterly Summary Information: October to December 2013
Updated: Added supporting guidance and Excel tool.
This report presents a recommended methodology for deriving site-specific remedial (clean up) objectives for contaminated soils or groundwater to protect...
Updated: Added cadmium and phenol reports
This set of reports present data and expert opinions on the toxicology and intake of a vareity of contaminants in soil, including dioxins, furans and dioxin-like...
You can use the CLEA software to:
derive generic soil assessment criteria using generic assumptions about the characteristics of contaminants and people likely to be present on site derive site-specific...
Updated: Added industry profiles that were missing.
Department of Environment (DOE) industry profiles provide developers, local authorities and anyone else interested in land contamination with information...
Updated: Published latest version of contracts list
This British Forces Post Office (BFPO) commercial contracts list contains a list of all companies that are able to send items using the BFPO mail...
You must have applied, received approval from Natural England and completed and paid for the work in full before you can claim a grant for the work you have done under the CSF Capital Grant Scheme.
The...
To report an accident, incident or near miss, telephone the Natural England incident reporting line on 0300 060 0100 as soon as possible or complete the reporting form and return it to: healthandsafety@naturalengland...
The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) becomes compulsory from 1 August 2014 in all European countries where the Euro is used as the currency.
We forwarded an information letter...
The Prime Minister has visited a construction site in London to mark a £1 billion investment boost for the UK’s small and medium businesses (SMEs) by Balfour Beatty.
Balfour Beatty say...
Passengers in the south-west are being asked for their views on the future of rail services across the region as the government considers how the Great Western franchise can best support the massive investment...
In early March each year between 100 and 150 mature dace are transported from the River Snail to the Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm near Nottingham. Here they are spawned artificially in tanks before the pin fry...
The work will take place on the A47 River Great Ouse, River Nar and Harbour Junction bridges between the A47/A17 Pullover Roundabout and the A47/A10/A149 Hardwick Roundabout. It will involve replacing the waterproofing...
Portland Coastguard received a 999 call from a member of the public using the emergency telephone at Anvil Point Lighthouse to report a climber in difficulties over the cliff at Marmolata Buttress.
The...
Anglers in Yorkshire are being reminded to ensure they abide by national and local byelaws as enforcement officers cast their net on illegal fishing.
During the Bank Holiday weekend, from 24 to 26 May...
As the weather warms up Swansea Coastguard is urging the public to check tide times and weather conditions before setting out on coastal walks.
Whilst on exercise earlier on Sunday (25 May), Burry Port...
Lincshore – the Environment Agency’s multi-million pound flagship scheme – finished on Friday 23 May. This year’s campaign began on 17 April following on from work to rebuild the sand dunes north of Mablethorpe...
The company ran a skip business and waste transfer station at Oak Farm, Kingswinford in the West Midlands. The Environmental Permit was transferred to the company in January 2011, but since then they have significantly...
The RIDI awards celebrate disability confident employers who are removing barriers, increasing understanding and ensuring disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their career aspirations.
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National, NHS Board, CHP and GP practice reports will be published. Survey will cover experiences of local NHS services,outcomes from treatments, experiences of care and support services.
In advance of Ofqual accrediting new Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) ESOL qualifications, interim arrangements are being put in place to continue funding the existing ESOL Adult Basic Certificates and...
This memorandum of understanding about the provision of a gateway to complain about insolvency practioners is between the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and:
the Insitute of Chartered...
Updated: Added CSV file for hospitality received October - December 2013
MOD special advisers are required to publish details of gifts and hospitality received.
Updated: Added returns for ministers's gifts and hospitality received; travel overseas; meetings with external organisations October to December 2013
A quarterly updated list of gifts and hospitality received...
Updated: Added senior staff and service chiefs meetings with external organisations October to December 2013
MOD senior staff are required to publish details of their meetings with external organisations...
Updated: Added Permanent Secretary's and Chief of Defence Materiel's hospitality received October to December 2013
The Ministry of Defence publishes the hospitality received of its most senior Civil Servants...
Updated: Additional information on returning community data added
Publicly funded colleges, training organisations, local authorities and employers (FE providers) who receive community learning funding ...
The members of the CMA board are set out in the ‘Our management’ section of the CMA’s home page.
The social housing regulator wants to make changes to the Regulatory Framework so that it continues to meet its statutory objectives and the regulation committee’s aim of protecting social housing assets.
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Affordable Rent to Buy is a new model for providing affordable housing through recoverable government investments. It will help people who need a limited period of support through a sub-market rent before they...
HM Revenue and Customs’ yield for the tax year 2013 to 2014 is at a record £23.9 billion, up by over £9 billion on the figure 3 years earlier.
Updated: Updated document to May 2014 version
Families pre arrival pack provides information for service personnel and their familes deployed to the Falkland Islands.
Please note that this document...
Updated: Published updated version
The ‘Joint individual mounting instruction’ (JIMI) aims to ensure service personnel deploying to BFSAI are provided with clear guidance on the following:
the ...
Updated: Added application documents
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities...
Statistics on proven reoffending of offenders in England and Wales are published in the Proven Reoffending Statistics Quarterly Bulletin.
The statistics being published will present a further breakdown...
Updated: Published April 2014 data.
This series contains details of payments over £25,000 that DWP has made in 2014. This is in line with Cabinet Office policy. Payments are defined as all:
Summary of findings from UKAD's 2014 Stakeholder Survey
Rugby League Player Sebastian Kolasa has been suspended from all sport for 15 months
TRANCHE 4 REDUNDANCY - 12th JUNE 2014 What to do if you wake up on June 12th and find yourself on the redundancy list - where can you turn? Be aware of where and who you can turn ...
Please find a brief discription of the results from the 2014 Local Elections
New figures published today (Tuesday 27 May) show that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) secured a record £23.9 billion in additional tax revenue over the last year as a result of increased activity ...
Updated: Added video
Pictures released by MOD show a UK Rivet Joint RC-135W signals intelligence aircraft taking off from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire. The aircraft is one of 3 that MOD is buying from...
Updated: Added recipient number 29 - Denise Whiffin.
The following people were given a Points of Light award in May 2014 (the numbering continues from April’s winners):
9. Amir Cheema (Bristol...
Humber Coastguard was alerted by Mayday emergency call on 25 May at 12.30 am by the yacht ‘Trina’. The yacht was in difficulty 5 miles South East of Berwick Upon Tweed. There was one man on board with no reported...
The popular annual music festival moved last year from Platt Fields in south Manchester to Heaton Park. This year’s event is taking place on Saturday and Sunday 7 and 8 June, finishing at 11pm each day.
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The Lye Close Lane overbridge, just south of the M5 junction 3 near Frankley, will be closed for three nights, from 9pm to 5am with traffic diverted via Lapal Lane South, Manor Way, Manor Lane and Carters Lane...
MOD has awarded a contract for £28,000 to the makers of Hot Diggidy Dog pepper sauce to supply 75,000 bottles for the military’s 24-hour ration packs.
The contract is the biggest ever for the...
The work between Wixford overbridge and the Stratford Road junction includes resurfacing, reinstatement of road markings and installation of tactile paving at the bridleway crossing on the A46/A435 Oversley Mill...
The Prime Minister has visited a construction site in London to mark a £1 billion investment boost for the UK’s small and medium businesses (SMEs) by Balfour Beatty.
Balfour Beatty say...
The repairs – which include resurfacing and renewing road markings and road studs along the northbound carriageway between junction 2 at Bury and the end of the motorway beyond junction 1 at Edenfield - will ...
The Salford Circus roundabout at junction 6 will be widened and new traffic signals will be installed to reduce traffic congestion and improve journey times.
The eight week pinch point scheme begins ...
The work involves widening the road and forms part of a £42million Highways Agency scheme to improve safety and relieve congestion on the A14 Kettering bypass.
From this Friday (30 May) there...
Passengers in the South West are being asked for their views on the future of rail services across the region as the government considers how the Great Western franchise can best support the massive investment...
Updated: Published latest available data for the following measures: Proportion of new claims to JSA submitted on-line, Proportion of State Pension claims completed on-line, Gaps between employment rates for ...
Quarterly lists of Departmental Board business expenses and hospitality.
In advance of Ofqual accrediting new Qualifications and Curriculum Framework (QCF) ESOL qualifications, interim arrangements are being put in place to continue funding the existing ESOL Adult Basic Certificates...
Quarterly lists of DECC’s Permanent Secretary’s meetings that involved outside interested parties.
Updated: Updated to include information for October to December 2013.
The Department for Education publishes quarterly details of:
ministerial gifts given and received, valued at over £...
Updated: Added board expenses and hospitality information for October to December 2013.
The Department for Education publishes quarterly details of:
all expenses by senior civil servants all hospitality...
Updated: Added data for October to December 2013.
Updated details of the Permanent Secretary’s meetings with external organisations, from January to March 2013, are available from this page.
The...
Updated: Added data for October to December 2013.
The Department for Education publishes quarterly details of:
all gifts received by each special adviser all hospitality received by special advisers...
The members of the CMA board are set out in the ‘Our management’ section of the CMA’s home page.
During his speech Mr Hammond was clear on the role European navy chiefs must play in explaining the importance of Europe’s part in NATO’s maritime work in the lead up to the NATO Summit in Wales in September ...
The Treasury has challenged the Scottish government to publish estimates for the cost of setting up an independent Scotland.
Up to now, the Scottish government have failed to provide any costs for either...
As social media continues to evolve into one of the most important ways to communicate, we are developing a strong presence across a range of channels, making us more accessible, more open and more transparent...
Robert Swannell has been appointed to chair the Advisory Board of the government’s Shareholder Executive (ShEx).
The appointment of Robert Swannell will bring significant corporate finance knowledge...
New figures published today (Tuesday 27 May) show that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) secured a record £23.9 billion in additional tax revenue over the last year as a result of increased activity ...
For the first time ever Jobcentre Plus, in partnership with local authorities, will implement a new approach that focuses support solely on 16-17 year olds who are not in education, employment or training and...
Sex offenders on licence will now face some of the world’s toughest approaches to supervision, Justice Minister Jeremy Wright said today.
Probation officers have begun rigorous training to become polygraph...
Pictures released by MOD show a UK Rivet Joint RC-135W signals intelligence aircraft taking off from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire. The aircraft is one of 3 that MOD is buying from the US which, as part of the...
Updated: Added the Defence statistics pre-release access list: 23 May 2014
This is a list of the individuals who currently have pre-release access to MOD’s key national and official statistics. The list...
FOI query on DWP processes for monitoring the:
progress of people made redundant from Remploy levels of disabled people in employment
This paper presents the findings from research with 40 family-owned businesses, employing between 10 and 250 staff, conducted during February 2014.
Adds to the evidence base on family businesses, identifying...
FOI query on Access to Work eligibility criteria for local councillors and elected officials.
FOI query about Crisis Loan applications between 1997 and 2010.
Updated: Updated assessment guide: 2.2 clarification of definition of 'vulnerable claimant's; 2.5 revised 'paper-based reviews' processing guidance; 2.10 clarification of claimants with additional support needs...
Updated: Uploaded new document based on our consular services.
From 01 November 2013 the British High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh will no longer be issuing Visa Recommendation Letters to British Nationals...
Highlights for this bulletin include:
Public Health Outcomes Framework data tool update national diet and nutrition survey scarlet fever levels decline opiate and crack use falls again Blackfriars...
Updated: Added updated list of upcoming ad hoc statistics for 30 May 14.
This document provides details of upcoming DWP ad hoc statistical releases.
Updated: Added a clarification on 'going concern' for NHS foundation trusts.
NHS foundation trust finance staff should use this guidance, which is updated regularly, to do their work.
The fire and rescue bulletin for May 2014 is issued for the immediate attention of fire and rescue authorities.
It highlights the publication of the second consultation on the draft regulations...
Births registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships registered in Northern Ireland during each quarter.
Psychology Services - All staff survey: national Oracle database of NHSScotland psychology services workforce. Statistical information to describe the clinical workforce employed in NHSScotland Psychology services...
Findings of a survey on injecting equipment provision (IEP) to injecting drug users in Scotland
Update of Waiting Times Statistics • Quarterly waiting times statistics for the 18 weeks Referral to Treatment standard. • Stage of treatment - Summary of waiting times and waiting lists in the acute sector of...
Delayed Discharges in NHSScotland. From February 2010 there is no more additional Supplementary Information released. All information is published as part of the main Delayed Discharges' releases.
The Abortion update contains information on notifications, to the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, of terminations of pregnancy under the Abortion Act 1967. The release includes numbers and rates for Scotland...
The release includes information on a range of workforce statistics that will vary each quarter.
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) workforce in NHS Scotland. As from May 2010 CAMHS can be designated as National Statistics products.
Updated: Updated attachment document to reflect recent events and trends
This report looks at the intellectual property, organized crime, human rights, bribery and corruption and terrorism risks that UK...
This DWP provider guidance supports the prime provider in the delivery of the Community Work Placements Programme.
This guidance must be read in conjunction with:
the Invitation to Tender Community...
Mandatory work placements are linked to specific Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) programmes to help people back to work.
Freedom of Information (FOI) letter response about the structure of the Department for Transport’s legal team.
The response includes a chart showing the structure and positions of staff within the Department...
Afternoon meeting of the Birmingham Health, Safety and Environment Association, including the above presentation ‘Health and Safety – Legal Update’ and a short presentation from Action on Hearing...
A parent attending a leisure centre toddler activity session with her three-year-old child was banned from also bringing her sleeping 11-month-old baby into the event on the grounds of health and safety, as the...
The RBL Paderborn Branch Summer BBQ
Sat 5th July from 1700hrs
Your Life as an Army Family Have your say – fill it in online from 02 to 27 Jun 14.
www.aff.org.uk/bigsurvey
Wed 01 Oct 14 at the Tigers Den, Barker Bks
More information to follow nearer the time.
DETMOLD MEDICAL CENTRE - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
From Mon 9 Jun 14 the Detmold Med Centre will open on Mon and Fri @ 0800-1300hrs and Weds @ 1400-1700hrs.
Delighted to be here to share a UK perspective on carbon disclosure and to provide an update on the transition we have made from voluntary to mandatory reporting. Really pleased to note the growing interest in...
Updated: Factsheet added - Mandatory work placements: a guide for potential host organisations
New intensive measures to help the long-term unemployed into work will begin from today (28 April 2014) as ...
In 100 days the world’s attention will be focused on Wales.
Prime Minister David Cameron and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will host one of the largest-ever gatherings of world leaders...
Births registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships registered in Northern Ireland during each quarter.
Psychology Services - All staff survey: national Oracle database of NHSScotland psychology services workforce. Statistical information to describe the clinical workforce employed in NHSScotland Psychology services...
Findings of a survey on injecting equipment provision (IEP) to injecting drug users in Scotland
Update of Waiting Times Statistics • Quarterly waiting times statistics for the 18 weeks Referral to Treatment standard. • Stage of treatment - Summary of waiting times and waiting lists in the acute sector of...
Delayed Discharges in NHSScotland. From February 2010 there is no more additional Supplementary Information released. All information is published as part of the main Delayed Discharges' releases.
The Abortion update contains information on notifications, to the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, of terminations of pregnancy under the Abortion Act 1967. The release includes numbers and rates for Scotland...
The release includes information on a range of workforce statistics that will vary each quarter.
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) workforce in NHS Scotland. As from May 2010 CAMHS can be designated as National Statistics products.
Updated: Licence revised to reflect changes to the Military List.
This open general export licence (OGEL) allows, subject to certain conditions, the export of specified military items. It has been created...
Business Secretary Vince Cable will today (27 May 2014) urge business leaders to support a drive to double the number of UK exchange students who travel to China as part of plans to boost trade links.
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