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07 July 2014

Speech: Justine Greening: Beyond aid - development priorities from 2015
seen at 21:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Thank you for that introduction. And thank you to our hosts Standard Chartered and Omidyar Network.

Both of your organisations do fantastic work spreading opportunity, investing in entrepreneurship and...

Sir Rodney Walker statement on success of Tour de France 2014 opening stages
seen at 20:30, 7 July in UK Sport (Our copy).
Chair of TdFHUB2014 Ltd Sir Rodney Walker comments on the Tour de France Grand Depart in the UK
Press release: Greening: New poverty goals must focus on peace, jobs and justice
seen at 20:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Speaking at Standard Chartered Bank’s London headquarters, the International Development Secretary called on the UN to include economic growth, governance, rule of law, corruption and stability in the next set...

Speech: Justine Greening: Beyond aid - development priorities from 2015
seen at 20:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Thank you for that introduction. And thank you to our hosts Standard Chartered and Omidyar Network.

Both of your organisations do fantastic work spreading opportunity, investing in entrepreneurship and...

Sport
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Downing Street Says (Our copy).

Asked about the Prime Minister?s reaction to Andy Murray?s loss, the PMS noted that fans would be disappointed but they would look forward to watching Andy bounce back at the US Open.

original source...

Europe
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Downing Street Says (Our copy).

Asked about whether a vote was likely for the presidency of the European Commission, the Prime Minister?s Spokesperson (PMS) said that a vote was likely to take place in the afternoon. He added that while the...

Home Office dossier review
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Downing Street Says (Our copy).

Asked about whether the Home Office should publish the entire report into the department?s handling of information on child abuse allegations between 1979 to 1999, the PMS explained that his understanding was...

Form: Yacht training record book (TRB)
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

This Training Record Book (TRB) is part of the qualification requirements for Officer of the Watch (Yachts) Certification – OOW (Y). When fully completed it must be presented to the examiner at the UK Maritime...

Research and analysis: The Impact of Tertiary Education on Development
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Revised versions of both documents added: July 2014

After a long period in which the international development community has placed emphasis on primary education, there is now renewed interest ...

Guidance: Implementing the 0 to 25 special needs system
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the advice document for local authorities and health partners on implementing the SEND reforms.

This departmental advice is for:

local authorities children’s services ...
Consultation outcome: Statutory duty of candour for health and adult social care providers
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the government response to the consultation on the duty of candour

The duty of candour will require all health and adult social care providers registered with CQC to be open with people when...

Consultation outcome: Fit and proper person's test regulations
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the government response to the consultation on the fit and proper persons test

This consultation proposes a new registration requirement that all directors of providers registered with the...

Consultation outcome: Fundamental standards for health and social care providers
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the government response to the consultation on fundamental standards for health and social care providers.

All health and adult social care providers registered with the Care Quality Commission...

Corporate report: Financial Services Compensation Scheme: annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

This document provides a comprehensive account of the FSCS’s work during 2013 to 2014. It describes the FSCS’s performance and achievements during the financial year from raising awareness of the scheme to the...

Guidance: DH non-executive appointments
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include the following appointments: New members to the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE); National Advisory Group for Clinical Audit and Enquiries (NAGCAE...

Transparency data: Peer support fund: organisations awarded funding for 2011 to 2012
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Organisations awarded funding for 2011 to 2012 through the victims and witnesses peer support fund.

Transparency data: Victims and witnesses general fund: organisations awarded funding for 2011 to 2012
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Details of organisations awarded funding for 2011 to 2012 through the victims and witnesses general fund.

Transparency data: Rape support fund: organisations awarded funding for 2011 to 2012
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Organisations awarded funding for 2011 to 2012 from the victim and witness rape support fund.

Transparency data: Female rape support fund: organisations awarded funding for 2014 to 2016
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Organisations supporting female victims of rape and sexual abuse awarded funding for 2014 to 2016 through the victims and witnesses funding programme announced in 2011.

Transparency data: Peer support fund: organisations awarded funding for 2012 to 2014
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Details of funding awarded to organisations from the peer support fund 2012 to 2014.

Transparency data: Victims and witnesses homicide fund: organisations awarded funding from 2011 to 2012
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

List of organisations awarded funding for 2011 to 2012 through the victims and witnesses homicide fund.

Policy paper: Current list of designated persons, terrorism and terrorist financing
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added notice: Terrorism and Terrorist Finance (Amendment)

Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1373 (2001). It denounced terrorism...

Policy paper: Financial sanctions: consolidated list of targets
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: updated list to reflect Terrorism and Terrorist Finance (Amendment)

HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in effect in the UK...

Guidance: Application to register an overseas birth
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated form

Application to register an overseas birth

Consultation outcome: Core maths technical guidance
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added government response document.

The Department for Education invites views on proposed detailed technical guidance for core maths qualifications to be introduced in September 2015. Early teaching...

Guidance: Core maths qualifications: technical guidance
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

This technical guidance is for awarding organisations. It sets out the requirements core maths qualifications must meet to be included in the 2017 performance tables.

Guidance: Security policy framework
seen at 18:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Contractual process document updated.

The Security Policy Framework (SPF) describes the standards, best practice guidelines and approaches that are required to protect UK government assets...

HTA responds to consultation on data sharing
seen at 18:30, 7 July in Human Tissue Authority (Our copy).
The Human Tissue Authority has responded to the Better Regulation Delivery Office's (Department of Business, Innovation and Skills) consultation into data sharing for non-economic regulators
Four fined after life-threatening fairground fall
seen at 18:30, 7 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
A fairground ride manufacturing company, its director and two ride assessors have been sentenced after a catalogue of errors led to a teenage rider being ejected from a brand new extreme ride at a festival in Hertfordshire...
Proposals to exempt certain self-employed people from health and safety law
seen at 18:30, 7 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is inviting views on the proposed definitions of those self-employed people who will continue to have duties under health and safety law.
Press release: Press briefing: afternoon 2 July 2014
seen at 18:30, 7 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).
Sport

Asked about the Prime Minister’s reaction to Andy Murray’s loss, the PMS noted that fans would be disappointed but they would look forward to watching Andy bounce back at the US Open.

Speculation ...
News story: Mental Health Act Code of Practice consultation launched
seen at 18:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Our consultation ‘strong code: better care’ is asking for your thoughts on a new draft Code which includes:

5 new guiding principles significantly updated chapter on how to support children and...
News story: Fundamental standards: improving quality and transparency in care
seen at 18:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

The government has announced legislation which introduces fundamental standards for health and social care providers. Subject to parliamentary approval, they will become law in April 2015.

The new measures...

News story: Royal Marines Reserve to benefit from new training facility
seen at 18:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Corrected term "monkey crawl" to "full regain"

During his visit to the newly-refurbished training centre on 4 July, the Prime Minister saw first-hand the vital role that reservists play in the ...

Notice: Hugh Crane Limited: application made to abstract (take) water
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: A related policy has been removed as this is no longer applicable.

The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for the abstraction and impoundment of water.

These...

Notice: R and P Johnson: application made to abstract (take) water
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: A related policy has been removed as this is no longer applicable.

The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for the abstraction and impoundment of water.

These...

Notice: Environment Agency: application made to abstract (take) water
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: A related policy has been removed as this is no longer applicable.

The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for the abstraction and impoundment of water.

These...

Notice: Environment Agency: application made to abstract water and impound water
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: A related policy has been removed as this is no longer applicable.

The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for the abstraction and impoundment of water.

These...

Notice: Julian Trim: application made to impound water
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: A related policy has been removed as this is no longer applicable.

The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for the abstraction and impoundment of water.

These...

Guidance: Manorbier range firing/flying notice
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the firing/flying notice for July which includes additional dates for planned firing.

The firing times presented in PDF format are web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as...

Notice: Hydrosense Renewables Limited: application made to abstract (take) water
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: A related policy has been removed as this is no longer applicable.

The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for the abstraction and impoundment of water.

These...

Guidance: Malta – Consular Fees
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated list of fees

A full list of Consular fees

Transparency data: DFID payment performance 2014
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: June 2014 added

DFID payment performance 2014.

Independent report: Humanitarian Assistance through Mobile Cash Transfer in Northern Afghanistan
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this evaluation is to examine the use of cash transfers via mobile phone, rather than the impact of the programme itself. It will examine whether the technology used was appropriate, whether it...

Independent report: Evaluation of the Mozambique Community Land Use Fund
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

The evaluation’s purposes were:

to elucidate lessons learned (including differences between Community Land Use Fund, Iniciativa para Terras Comuntárias/Donors financing iTC from the start: UK-­DFID (lead...
Guidance: Horse passport issuing organisations that manage studbooks
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced list with updated version.

You can get a horse passport application form from an authorised Passport Issuing Organisation.

Further information Getting and using a horse passport...
Guidance: Horse passport issuing organisations that do not manage studbooks
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced list with updated version.

You can get a horse passport application form from an authorised Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO).

Further information Download passport issuing...
Guidance: Funding guidance for young people: funding rates and formula
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated version added for 2014 to 2015

Colleges, providers, schools and academies receive annual funding allocations from the Education Funding Agency (EFA) for provision of 16 to 19 education...

Guidance: France – Consular Fees
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Update to Consular rate of exchange with effect from 7 July 2014

List of most used consular fees in France, in Sterling and Euros. With effect from 7 July 2014. Les tarifs consulaires les plus ...

Decision: Our Lady and St Edward’s Primary Catholic Academy
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Decision reference: ADA2628

Type of decision: objection to/referral of admission arrangements - upheld

School type: academy

School phase: primary

Local authority: Nottingham City...

Corporate report: Probation Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2013-2014
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

These documents contain the following information: Probation Trust annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014.

Policy paper: Alleged payment of Home Office funding to the Paedophile Information Exchange
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

This final report concludes that no evidence was found to support the allegation that the Home Office’s Voluntary Services Unit provided direct funding to PIE.

Evidence of connections between PIE and...

Corporate report: Parades Commission: Annual report and financial statements
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

The Parades Commission for Northern Ireland is an Executive Non-Departmental Body sponsored by the Northern Ireland Office.

Under the terms of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998, the Parades...

Statistics: UK wholesale milk production figures
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: UK wholesale milk production figures for June added

The UK wholesale milk deliveries totalled 1,239 million litres in June 2014, according to the latest figures.

The format of UK wholesale...

Guidance: Clinics authorised to carry out abortions
seen at 16:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated list of approved abortion clinics.

The Department of Health is responsible for approving all non-NHS clinics and hospitals for the termination of pregnancy (abortion). This document contains...

Annual report: Director of Fair Access calls for universities to do more to address disadvantage across student lifecycle
seen at 16:30, 7 July in OFFA (Our copy).

Improving fair access requires a broad approach that recognises how disadvantage can linger over a lifetime, the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education argues today in his annual report to Parliament.

Applications now open for new Random Acts Network Centres to support new 16-24 year old talent
seen at 16:30, 7 July in http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Latest entries (Our copy).
Applications now open for new Random Acts Network Centres to support new 16-24 year old talent
Consumer Price Inflation, May 2013
seen at 16:30, 7 July in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
This document gives a brief description and analysis on the CPI, CPIH, RPI and RPIJ for May 2013
Man charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office
seen at 16:30, 7 July in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Gregor McGill, a senior lawyer at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "The CPS has authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Alan Hagan and to summons a journalist for an offence of conspiracy to commit...
News story: Don't forget your passport
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

The school summer holidays are here and thousands of families in Scotland will be heading to the sun.

Few holidaymakers will give a second thought to the support they’ll need should anything go wrong ...

News story: DVLA Contact Centre is temporarily unavailable
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

The Contact Centre will remain closed for the remainder of today (7 July 2014). We apologise for any inconvenience. The Contact Centre will reopen tomorrow at 8.00 am.

General motoring information...

News story: Points of Light: July 2014 winners
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Added recipient number 58 - Alison Grant.

The following people were given a Points of Light award in July 2014 (the numbering continues from June’s winners):

54. Christine Howard (Surrey...
Speech: UK-China Energy Dialogue
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Administrator Wu, honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to London for the third UK-China Energy Dialogue.

In this room today we have senior representatives from...

News story: Plans unveiled to boost Wi-Fi on trains
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Passengers on commuter trains across England and Wales are set to benefit from radically improved mobile broadband access under new government plans.

Under the proposals, more than £53 million...

News story: Digging up the past
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

An excavation at Reynard’s Kitchen Cave in Derbyshire has unearthed a puzzling discovery. A team of archaeologists, which included injured service personnel, have discovered a hoard of Late Iron Age and Roman...

News story: Drivers who suffer from epilepsy
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

There are situations where DVLA revoke driver entitlements to ensure that the roads are safe for everyone - including you.

The Medical Standards around driving with epilepsy are very detailed ...

Speech: David Willetts speech to the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows Forum
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

It is a great honour to be here in the company of so many distinguished scientists. I warmly congratulate those of you who have just been elected to this world famous academy. It is a tribute to your hard work...

Speech: Edward Timpson speaks at the DfE innovation networking event
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Thanks, Isabelle (Trowler), and a very warm welcome to you all.

And it’s great to see so many of you here and from so many different walks of life - from councils, charities, schools, the health service...

Press release: Support to resolve social tenants' complaints
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Tenants have a right to know how to complain if they get a poor service from their social landlord, Housing Minister Kris Hopkins said today (7 July 2014).

While the vast majority of social tenants are...

News story: Home Secretary oral statement on child abuse
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the sexual abuse of children, allegations that evidence of the sexual abuse of children was suppressed by people in positions of power, and ...

News story: PHE welcomes publication of Science and Technology Committee report on antibiotic resistance
seen at 16:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Public Health England (PHE) welcomes the publication of the Science and Technology Committee Select committee report on antimicrobial resistance. Experts from PHE provided evidence to the committee which is cited...

Form: ESF Sustainable Development Mainstreaming Leader Awards 2014
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

These are the application forms and guidance notes for the ESF Sustainable Development Mainstreaming Leader Awards 2014. The awards aim to promote sustainable development by sharing the award winners’ good practice...

Form: ESF Equal Opportunities Mainstreaming Leader Awards 2014
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

These are the application forms and guidance for the ESF Equal Opportunities Mainstreaming Leader Awards 2014. The awards aim to promote equal opportunities by sharing the award winners’ good practice with other...

Corporate report: Review of systemic issues arising from military operations overseas
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

This is the first account of ongoing work to review investigations into incidents of wrongdoing arising from UK military operations overseas in order to identify, and prevent the recurrence of, practices or individual...

Guidance: Modelling and simulation standards profile (DMSP)
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated 'Modelling and simulation standards profile (DMSP)'.

The purpose of the DMSP is to provide an introduction to the standards of modelling and simulation for the acquisition, development ...

FOI release: FOI responses released by MOD: week commencing 30 June 2014
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added FOI response about storage or disposal of Scottish dress uniforms from disbanded Regiments.

Ministry of Defence (MOD) Freedom of Information (FOI) responses released during the week commencing...

Guidance: Life sciences in the UK: investment opportunities
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

There are opportunities for overseas companies and research organisations to invest in the life sciences sector in the UK. These publications outline areas where investment opportunities exist and include:

Transparency data: PFI/PF2 tracker: Department for Transport
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: updated tracker

Note

The Mersey Gateway project signed (reached financial close) on 28 March. As the PFI/PF2 trackers are for projects still in procurement (not yet signed), we will no longer...

Guidance: Code of conduct for operational PFI/PPP contracts
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added signatories

The voluntary code of conduct sets out the basis on which public and private sector partners agree to work together to make savings in operational Public Private Partnership (...

Guidance: Preston guidance: July 2014
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Following the European Court of Justice and House of Lords’ rulings in 2000/2001 in favour of part-timers gaining retrospective access to occupational pension schemes, provided they meet the necessary legal requirements...

Decision: Madginford Park Infant School and Madginford Park Junior School
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Decision reference: STP608

Type of decision: statutory proposal - approved

School type: community

School phase: infant and junior

Local authority: Kent

Admissions authority...

Guidance: Local Growth Fund: housing revenue account borrowing programme (2015 to 2016 and 2016 to 2017)
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added - Housing revenue account borrowing programme: allocations spreadsheet.

The housing revenue account borrowing programme makes available an additional £300 million borrowing for...

Research and analysis: Taxation of pensioners review
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added HMRC progress report on review of pensioner taxation, plus OTS response

The final report makes recommendations for simplifying this area of the tax system, including the introduction of a...

Correspondence: Local Growth Fund: housing revenue account borrowing
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Letter from Housing Minister Kris Hopkins to local authority leaders and chief executives about an increase of £60 million in additional housing revenue account borrowing.

Policy paper: Home Office commitment to review legislation
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

In June 2014, the Home Office made a commitment to review the:

Police Reform (Social Responsibility) Act 2011 Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 Late Night Levy (Application and Administration) Regulations...
Notice: SO24 0HP: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

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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Notice: LD8 2HS: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

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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Open consultation: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment: first independent review call for evidence
seen at 14:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added British Sign language (BSL) version.

The Department for Work and Pensions has appointed Paul Gray CB to undertake the first independent review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment...

Welsh Rugby Union Player Banned Following Anti-Doping Rule Violation
seen at 14:31, 7 July in News (Our copy).
WRU player banned for three years after information was passed to UKAD around steroid use
News story: Chancellor and Foreign Secretary in India
seen at 14:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).
Speaking at the start of trip they will say that “good days are coming for the India-Britain relationship” Discussions with government will focus on strengthening further diplomatic ties and developing partnership...
Press release: Barnsley recycling firm has permits revoked
seen at 14:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

The Environment Agency has revoked two environmental permits from Barnsley firm SR Waste Recycling Ltd.

The permits allowed the business to operate its waste electrical and electronic (WEEE) recycling...

Speech: Listening to what people think about types of providers of NHS care
seen at 14:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Today we’re launching the engagement website of Sir David Dalton’s independent review into new options for providers of NHS care. The website will be open for comments until the 31st August.

I...

News story: Royal Marines Reserve to benefit from new training facility
seen at 14:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

During his visit to the newly-refurbished training centre on 4 July, the Prime Minister saw first-hand the vital role that reservists play in the armed forces.

It is hoped that the new centre will increase...

Press release: Millions up for grabs to build affordable homes
seen at 14:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Housing Minister Kris Hopkins today (7 July 2014) confirmed that 15 councils will be able to borrow &pound;60 million additional funds over the next 2 years to build over 1,000 homes in their area.

Statement to Parliament: G6: Barcelona
seen at 14:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).
Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May):

The informal G6 group of interior ministers from the 6 largest European Union countries, plus representatives from the United States of America, the ...

Speech: Foreign Secretary begins visit to India with Mumbai speech
seen at 14:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

The Foreign Secretary said:

I am delighted to be here in India with the Chancellor for my third visit as British Foreign Secretary. There could be no better place to start this trip than here in Mumbai...

Statement to Parliament: Hansard correction
seen at 14:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).
Lord Taylor of Holbeach:

On 12 June, I repeated an answer given earlier that day in the House of Commons to an urgent question tabled there on passports, the answer being given by my Rt.Hon. Friend the Home ...

FOI release: Organisational structure of the CMA's ICT department
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

On 6 June 2014 the CMA received a freedom of information (FOI) request for the attached document, which shows the organisational structure of the CMA’s ICT department.

Guidance: Advice for decision making: staff guide
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added ADM memos 12/14: Pathfinder group savings and 13/14: Deductions in respect of CSM – Fees UC, JSA and ESA.

This advice for DWP decision makers covers:

Universal Credit (UC) Personal...
Corporate report: Health Education England: annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

The first annual report and accounts for Health Education England for 2013 to 2014.

This paper was laid before Parliament in response to a legislative requirement or as a return to an address and was...

Notice: SN7 7QR: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

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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Notice: NE65 0SW: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

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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Notice: GU10 4HE: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

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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Guidance: Mapping Engagement Programmes for Young People
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

The documents on this page map national engagement programmes for young people aged 16 to 18 year olds (up to 25 year olds for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities). For local engagement programmes...

Notice: CB7 4SR: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

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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Notice: E14 9YJ: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

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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Notice: PR2 5BX: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in their...

Transparency data: NHS foundation trust directory and register of licence holders
seen at 11:32, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Register of licence holders (other providers) has been updated.

View the attachments for the NHS FT directory and licence register.

News story: HMS Queen Elizabeth is named
seen at 11:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Editorial copy amend

At a ceremony in Rosyth, Scotland, Her Majesty The Queen officially named the HMS Queen Elizabeth in front of a crowd including workers who helped build the ship, the Prime...

News story: Chancellor and Foreign Secretary in India
seen at 11:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).
Speaking at the start of trip they will say that “good days are coming for the India-Britain relationship” Discussions with government will focus on strengthening further diplomatic ties and developing partnership...
Press release: £1million energy advice programme opens for business
seen at 11:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Householders up and down the country are set to benefit from an extensive programme of energy saving advice, thanks to further Government funding made available through the Big Energy Saving Network.

Press release: Latest estimates of the UK’s oil and gas reserves and resources published
seen at 11:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

DECC today published its annual updated estimates which show UK oil and gas reserves and resources are in the range of 11.1 to 21.0 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe).

These figures show there is...

Speech: Chancellor's speech in India: 'Good days are coming'
seen at 11:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Mumbai is the financial capital of this great country - and so there’s no better place to talk about the deep economic partnership between my nation and yours, and what we can do to make it deeper still.

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News story: New RAF Reapers take to the skies
seen at 11:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Correctly credited second photographer

The additional Reaper aircraft are flying from Kandahar Airfield to gather vital intelligence in support of Afghan, UK and International Security Assistance...

Press release: Coastguard rescue man from cliffs at Saunton
seen at 11:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

The man and friends had begun climbing from the bottom of the ten metre cliffs when he became stuck on Sunday evening (7 July 2014). His girlfriend called 999 and spoke to Swansea Coastguard who sent the Croyde...

Agricultural Market Reports - July 2014
seen at 10:31, 7 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Agricultural Market Reports page provides access to weekly or monthly price information on headings Fruit, vegetables, flowers & pot plants, Cereals, Eggs & Poultry, Feeding Stuffs, Finished Stock, Hay & Straw, ...
Form: ESF Sustainable Development Mainstreaming Leader Awards 2014
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These are the application forms and guidance notes for the ESF Sustainable Development Mainstreaming Leader Awards 2014. The awards aim to promote sustainable development by sharing the award winners’ good practice...

Form: ESF Equal Opportunities Mainstreaming Leader Awards 2014
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These are the application forms and guidance for the ESF Equal Opportunities Mainstreaming Leader Awards 2014. The awards aim to promote equal opportunities by sharing the award winners’ good practice with other...

Notice: Somerset Levels and Moors: reducing the risk of flooding
seen at 10:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Briefing note for 4 July 2014 added.

This document explains how the Environment Agency is working with partners in Somerset on a 20 year flood action plan for the long-term sustainable future of...

Guidance: Estate Regeneration Programme
seen at 10:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added Expression of Interest documents

The &pound;150 million Estates Regeneration Programme is designed to kickstart and accelerate the regeneration of large estates through fully recoverable...

Guidance: Big Energy Saving Network - Grant Offer Fund
seen at 10:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated documents and guidance for the launch of the 2014/15 Big Energy Saving Network.

Following the success of the inaugural 2013/14 Big Energy Saving Network, DECC is pleased to launch the ...

FOI release: The organisational structure of the CMA's ICT department
seen at 10:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

On 6 June 2014 the CMA received a freedom of information (FOI) request for the attached document, which shows the organisational structure of the CMA’s ICT department.

Form: V996 - Application for de-registration
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Updated: New V996 version.

Only the dealer who applied to register the vehicle can apply to cancel it.

The DVLA must receive the application for de-registration within 7 working days of the registration...

Decision: Bexleyheath Academy
seen at 10:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Decision reference: ADA2589

Type of decision: objection to/referral of admission arrangements - upheld

School type: academy

School phase: secondary

Local...

Guidance: Decision makers’ guide: memos: staff guide
seen at 10:30, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added memos 16/14: Jobseeker’s Allowance, homeless claimants and availability for employment and 17/14: Deductions in Respect of CSM – fees, IS, JSA, ESA and SPC.

This guidance is for DWP staff...

Impaired Cycling
seen at 10:30, 7 July in GEO - GEO (Our copy).
Please find an article Impaired Cycling from: WO1 (SSM) Neil Allinson, Staff Master Driver HQ BFG

 

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Commemorative Service held in 'French Cemetery' near Sterling Ranges
seen at 10:30, 7 July in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

 

On the one hundredth anniversary of the shooting in Sarajevo of Prince Franz Ferdinand the heir to the Austrian crown and the start of the First World War, a commemorative service...

Press release: Industry and academia engagement day
seen at 10:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Representatives from industry and academia are invited to an engagement day on 17 July in Winchester to help shape how the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) contracts for analysis in the future...

Speech: David Currie speaks about competition policy in regulated markets
seen at 10:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).
Introduction

It is a great privilege to be asked to give the closing address at this Chatham House conference. This annual conference has established itself as a must-hold date in the competition diary, as the...

News story: Chancellor and Foreign Secretary in India
seen at 10:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).
Speaking at the start of trip they will say that “good days are coming for the India-Britain relationship” Discussions with government will focus on strengthening further diplomatic ties and developing partnership...
Press release: Forced Marriage Awareness Week
seen at 10:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

School summer holidays are a peak time for young people to be taken overseas and forced into marriage against their will. The FMU will be using social media to highlight this issue from 7-11 July.

Last...

News story: Sajid Javid appoints 3 new Trustees to S4C
seen at 10:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).
Biographies Guto Harri

Guto began his career as a BBC journalist, spending most of it covering UK politics for the Corporation’s main television and radio outlets. He presented a number of flagship shows and...

Statement to Parliament: Door to door action plan and £15 million funding for cycle-rail integration
seen at 10:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

My Right Honourable friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Baroness Kramer), has made the following ministerial statement:

I am today (7 July 2014) publishing a Door to door action plan ...

Statement to Parliament: High speed rail in the north
seen at 10:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

Improvements to transport connectivity between the northern cities, including through HS2, through east-west high speed rail links and road improvements, would be a key driver in realising the potential for the...

Policy paper: Lancashire: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Buckinghamshire Thames Valley: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: D2N2: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Cheshire and Warrington Enterprise Partnership: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Leicester & Leicestershire: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Coast to Capital: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: North East: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Coventry and Warwickshire: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Cumbria: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Dorset: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Enterprise M3: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Leeds City Region: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Gloucestershire: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Liverpool City Region: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: London: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: New Anglia: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: West of England: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: South East: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Northamptonshire: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Oxfordshire: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Swindon and Wiltshire: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Tees Valley Unlimited: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Thames Valley Berkshire: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: The Marches: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: York, North Yorkshire and East Riding: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Worcestershire: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Sheffield City Region: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

Policy paper: Solent: Growth Deal 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Growth Deals provide funds to local enterprise partnerships or LEPs (partnerships between local authorities and businesses) for projects that benefit the local area and economy. The first wave of Growth Deals...

FOI release: Crop licensing
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Licensing FOI: information about crops that require a licence.

FOI release: Spend on external legal services from 2009 to 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Legal services - FOI amount of money Defra spent on the services of external law firms and barristers over each of the last 5 financial years ending 31 March 2014.

FOI release: Tunnel complex at Rhydymwyn August 2013 to June 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Rhydymwyn FOI: documents for the period August 2013 to the present (June 2014) concerning the tunnels at Rhydymwyn.

FOI release: Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) Lead Shot Compliance
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

WWT - EIRs information regarding WWT Lead Shot Compliance Steering Group, including: inception meeting minutes; milestone overview of timing; minutes of teleconferences; minutes of steering group meeting; copy...

Guidance: Ukraine – Consular Fees
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated 7 July 2014

A full list of Consular fees

Guidance: Vehicle registration numbers and number plates
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: All references to Local Offices have been removed.

Guidance on why we have registration numbers, format, displaying vehicle registration numbers, local memory tags and identifiers, how to get ...

Statistics - national statistics: Latest wholesale fruit and vegetable prices
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include June prices.

Weekly and monthly publications give the average wholesale prices of selected home-grown horticultural produce. The prices are national averages of the most usual...

Transparency data: HM Revenue & Customs Officials meetings with the tobacco industry
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Publication of data for period Apr to Jun 2014

Details of HMRC officials’ meetings with the tobacco industry to 30 June 2014.

Open consultation: Construction price and cost indices: methodological changes
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

We want to know users’ views on the proposed methodologies:

for input cost indices and their conversion to output price indices the choice of a market indicator the length of the published back series...
Statistics - national statistics: Historic statistics notices on wholesale fruit and vegetable prices, 2014
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include May 2014 edition.

This publication gives previously published copies of the monthly National Statistics publication on wholesale fruit and vegetable prices that showed figures...

Guidance: Transfer of MOD records to The National Archives: reports
seen at 09:31, 7 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added new report and explanatory text for Spring 2014.

The reports and the explanations published above coincide with The National Archives information about the change in legislation allowing...

Suffolk firm in court after teenage worker’s arm crushed
seen at 09:30, 7 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
A Suffolk horse bedding manufacturer and its managing director have been fined after a young employee’s arm was crushed when he was removing compacted dust from a baling machine.
Case 293 – Knitted bunting taken down due to leaning lampposts
seen at 09:30, 7 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Borough Council hung bunting carrying 20,000 small knitted Tour de France jerseys on lampposts but asked for it to be taken down due to concerns over the structural integrity of the heritage-style lampposts...

Judith Hackitt’s ‘Risk Assessment’ – The mysterious case of the dog in the park…
seen at 09:30, 7 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

You may have read pop singer Will Young’s Huffington Post blog recently in which he rightly railed against park wardens who refused to help him find his dog Esme due to ‘health and safety rules’.

Case 294 – Park wardens refuse to help Will Young find his lost dog
seen at 09:30, 7 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Park wardens in vehicles refuse to drive Will Young around the park to help him find his lost dog blaming health and safety.

Hertfordshire roofing firm in court after worker’s fall
seen at 09:30, 7 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
A roof repair company from Potters Bar has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he fell four metres from the roof of business park premises in Hoddesdon.
Safety notice – Storage tank external floating roof
seen at 09:30, 7 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

This safety notice stresses the importance of maintaining the integrity of the roof, including maintaining the buoyancy of the structure.

Speech: Glasgow School of Art Singapore Degree Show 2014 - Speech by HE Antony Phillipson
seen at 09:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

President, Senior Vice Principal, Director, Professor Drew, Graduands, Ladies and Gentlemen….Thank you, it is a great honour, as well as a great pleasure, to be invited to join you on this important day.

Agricultural Market Reports - July 2014
seen at 02:31, 7 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Agricultural Market Reports page provides access to weekly or monthly price information on headings Fruit, vegetables, flowers & pot plants, Cereals, Eggs & Poultry, Feeding Stuffs, Finished Stock, Hay & Straw, ...
Press release: Growth Deals: firing up local economies
seen at 02:30, 7 July in News and communications (Our copy).

As part of its long-term economic plan to secure Britain’s future, the government today is agreeing a series of Growth Deals with businesses and local authorities across England.

The Prime Minister...