Day five of the Commonwealth Games saw the action get started in track and field
Updated: Update to political and economic information.
This report looks at the intellectual property, organized crime, human rights, bribery and corruption and terrorism risks that UK businesses may face...
A spokesperson said:
“The Prime Minister spoke to President Obama, Chancellor Merkel, President Hollande and Prime Minister Renzi in a joint call this afternoon.
“The discussion focussed on the...
Updated: Updated the guide and financial template to reflect funding rates for the 2014 to 2015 academic year.
The guide gives information about revenue funding for 16 to 19 free schools for the 2014 to...
Updated: Updated and new guidance.
Chapter 8 deals with how applications from families applying after 9 July 2012 under Immigration Rules, chapter 8, appendix FM, are handled by UK Visas and Immigration...
Updated: Updated the guide and financial template to reflect funding rates for the 2014 to 2015 academic year.
The guide gives information about revenue funding for alternative provision (AP) free schools...
Updated: Updated the guide and financial template to reflect funding rates for the 2014 to 2015 academic year.
The guide gives information about revenue funding for mainstream free schools for the 2014 ...
DFID government e-payments framework transactions June 2014.
DFID government e-payments framework transactions June 2014 travel
Updated: Added supplementary tables.
From current and capital expenditure to Council Tax and local authority pensions, the 24th edition of ‘Local government financial statistics England’ brings together...
Updated: Added latest report - for week 30
This document contains data for the current week compared to the previous 5 weeks.
A new service making it easier and quicker for developers and local planning authorities to access land use planning information and advice will be launched from 28 July.Â
The number of people who lose their lives at work has dropped sharply by 85 per cent over the past forty years, from over 650 every year in 1974 to a record low of 133 today, new figures reveal.
More than 700,000 healthy school-aged children across England are to be offered a free flu vaccination for the winter, as the successful child flu vaccine pilot programme launched in 2013 by Public Health England...
Updated: Added recipient number 73 - Sue Ransley.
The following people were given a Points of Light award in July 2014 (the numbering continues from June’s winners):
54. Christine Howard (Surrey...
He was a central figure in the UK’s Mars exploration programme over a number of years and instrumental in taking forward the UK ambitions in space robotics. He was responsible for the Beagle 2 Lander robot arm...
Each image in this sequence is separated by two hours, and the comet rotates with a period of approximately 12.4 hours.
The change in position of the dark strip across the ‘neck’ of the comet in the ...
The Department for Communities and Local Government has teamed up with the Hollywood animation studio, DreamWorks, to launch an innovative partnership between the award-winning Fire Kills campaign and ...
Central London, Thursday 16 October 2014Monitor, the NHS Trust Development Authority and the Foundation Trust Network are offering a 1 day, interactive event at no cost. This is in response to feedback from...
Decision letter and Inspector’s Report on appeal relating to an application for planning permission for residential traveller caravans, utility blocks, septic tank and hardstanding.
This document covers each stage of the parole process in detail, including:
when cases are referred to the Parole Board
how the paperwork is put together
how cases...
This document covers what happens at the General Register Office once an adoption order is received from the court. It advises on timescales for processing the adoption order, creating the entry in the Adopted...
Updated: Replaced forms and guidance
Application forms and guidance for registering an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register.
The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
This decision includes the permit and decision document for:
Operator name: SITA UK Limited...
The Parole Board and the Public Protection Casework Section (PPCS) of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) have reviewed the generic parole process for indeterminate sentence prisoners. The programme...
Updated: Added new firing times for the period 18 to 31 August 2014 in CSV and PDF formats.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices...
The flu vaccine should provide protection throughout the 2014 to 2015 flu season.
Most people who have the flu vaccination will not get flu. However, like any vaccine, it does not give complete protection...
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...
Updated: Government response document published
The report identifies, describes and evaluates the likely significant effects on the environment of DECC’s proposals to invite applications for, and issue...
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...
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...
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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This version of the Immigration Rule has been replaced by the current Immigration Rules.
Updated: Updated document.
This explains how deportation orders are raised and enforced, and includes:
the process for deporting family members arrangements for removal rights of appeal Article...
Updated: updated list to reflect notice: Ukraine (Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity) (Reg 810/2014)
HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions...
Updated: added notice: (Reg 810/2014)
In March 2014 the European Union imposed restrictive measures against certain persons responsible for actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, ...
The Secretary of State’s directions to the Parole Board deal with things the Parole Board should take into account when considering cases. They also set limits to the Parole Board’s powers and define what the...
Taking art on tour on the Black Country’s canals
We would like to hear your thoughts about future developments in your area that might impact on the HTA's work
The new European Union Directive 2012/25/EU came into effect on Monday 14 July, following transposition into UK law via The Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) Regulations ...
Public consultation; have your say by 21 September 2014. Proposed DECC/HSE approach to implementing the offshore safety Directive, changes to onshore health and safety regulations, and review of two health and...
This safety notice is about the risks of entrapment where there is whole body access into rotational moulding ovens during maintenance or other machine interventions.
Letter from Sir Andrew Dilnot to Rob Wilson MP regarding unemployment statistics published in an article by Chuka Umunna MP on the New Statesman website on 7 July
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards held a Health Fair at Dempsey Barracks on Wednesday 20th July 2014. Soldiers received a presentation to raise awareness about the misuse of substances, this was...
Ministers today opened the bidding process for companies seeking licences to explore for onshore oil and gas, to help discover how the gas under our feet can help power our homes.
Business and Energy ...
I am pleased to inform the House of the outcome of the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) which has been conducted for further onshore licensing.
This Coalition Government believes that shale...
The SME Panel, formed in 2011, advises the Cabinet Office on work to help more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to win public sector contracts and other SME-related issues. The panel consists of a broad range...
This Coalition government believes that shale gas has the potential to provide the UK with greater energy security, growth and jobs. Effective exploration and testing of the UK’s unconventional gas resources ...
Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) is one of three operated by Combined Maritime Forces. Command is voluntary and rotated between the thirty member nations, with ships from participating navies escorting merchant...
More than 700,000 healthy school-aged children across England are to be offered a free flu vaccination for the winter, as the successful child flu vaccine pilot programme launched in 2013 by Public Health England...
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said:
The Islamic festival of Eid al-Fitr marks a time of celebration and coming together by Muslims around the world.
This is a special time for millions...
The UK will send a battle group to take part in major military training, Exercise Black Eagle, in October as part of a Nato package to reassure allies in eastern Europe. The full battle group will comprise of...
Updated: Updated with data for 2013.
Statistical data relating to indicator 15: participation in education and work-based training at age 16 to 17.
It also explains the relationship between these obligations and the other rules that Monitor enforces.
If you would like any further information or would like to provide feedback on this document, please...
Please contact one of the approved UKATASPs for testing and certification.
Updated: Revised PDF amended to reflect the latest Universal Credit eligibility rules.
This guide explains who can currently make a claim for Universal Credit. It gives details of how Universal Credit is...
Updated: Revised PDF reflects the latest Universal Credit eligibility rules.
These answers to frequently asked questions provide details about some of the key aspects of Universal Credit. They include information...
Updated: The DCMS/Wolfson Fund invites eligible museums and galleries to bid for funding from a joint fund of £3 million in 2014-16.
The purpose of these guidance notes is to provide eligible ...
Updated: Announcement that publication date for the ‘HMRC Receipts’ table in September 2014 will be re-scheduled from Friday, 19 September to Tuesday, 23 September
Timetable of overseas trade statistics...
Updated: Approved doctors list updated 28/07/14
If you’re a seafarer employed by any of the companies listed, and need to get an ENG 1 medical fitness certificate, contact your company directly for the ...
Updated: Updated: June downloads
OverviewOur monthly House Price Index background tables offer you the raw and cleansed aggregated data behind the House Price Index. Datasets are available from 1995 and...
Updated: Added 'Checking eligibility for the early years pupil premium flowchart' document.
This consultation seeks views on:
the introduction of an early years pupil premium for all disadvantaged...
The Salmonella Reference Unit provide information and advice on:
Salmonella spp. identification Salmonella phage typing Sources and occurrence of Salmonella spp
Updated: Latest JODI table published.
Press enquiries should be directed to the DECC press office: Tel: 0300 068 6491. Other enquiries about these statistics should be directed to:
All tables, except...
Updated: Data published for June 2014.
Headline FigureAn advance notification of the England and Wales average price and the monthly and annual change percentages is released via Twitter.
Full House...
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...
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...
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...
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 date.
The intention...
Updated: Updated 'Use of Infanrix-IPV+Hib in the infant schedule: information for healthcare professionals' guidance to add additional guidance as to action to take when the vaccine is not mixed together prior...
Updated: data files added.
In 2013, the government made a range of commitments to improve government transparency and open data in the:
response to the Shakespeare Review of Public Sector Information...
Updated: Added new firing times commencing 28 July 2014 in CSV and PDF formats.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as...
Updated: Daily update of the unclaimed estates list
The Division publishes a list of unclaimed estates which have been recently referred, but not yet administered, and historic cases which have not yet ...
Triathlon Housing Association is looking for additional tenants for the properties below. JSHAO have already placed 45 Service Leavers in the East Village but we have now exhausted our list...
Some of you are finding it difficult to get through to us on the phone as quickly as you might expect. This is due to high demands on our call centre and we are sorry for any inconvenience it may have caused.
Business Minister Matthew Hancock today (28 July 2014) hailed a change that puts business in charge of driving reform as he approved bids by business bodies to review enforcement of regulation in their sectors...
The Planning Inspectorate has announced that Richard Poppleton, Director for The Planning Inspectorate, Wales, has elected to retire at the end of September 2014. Tony Thickett has been appointed to replace him...
Car clubs are set to receive a £500,000 boost to drive forward their work, Transport Minister Baroness Kramer has announced.
As part of a wider visit to Norfolk today (28 July 2014), the minister...
Minister for Communities Stephen Williams said:
As millions of Muslims in the UK and around the world mark Eid, the end of Ramadan, today I would like to wish you all a happy and joyous day. Whilst...
Scientists, regulators, enforcement agencies, industry and policy makers are invited to join the Government Chemist for the 2014 conference at The Royal Society, London to discuss topics relating to food fraud...
Eid al-Fitr 2014: David Cameron’s message
Video transcriptI want to send my best wishes to Muslims across the country and around the world celebrating Eid.
This Ramadan, British Muslims...
Average house price in England and Wales now £172,011 compared with the peak of £181,466 in November 2007 Annual growth of 6.4 per cent in June The June data shows no change in monthly price...
Updated: Sentence added - Customers with a Northern Ireland address will still need to display their MoT disc.
From 1 October 2014, the paper tax disc will no longer need to be displayed on a vehicle windscreen...
Mobile biometrics to be available in all 12 visa application centresThe popular mobile biometric service, which allows customers to give their fingerprints and details to visa staff in offices, will be available...
Further to CIP (14) 14, the CHIEF changes announced have now been made to enable LVBI approved traders to comply with the requirement that goods with an intrinsic value per consignee of between £15 ...
Updated: Added new version of leaflets 11 and 12.
The purpose of this publication is to enable Ministry of Defence (MOD) units (including defence agencies) to comply with legislation relating to radiation...
Updated: Added new version of Defence Security and Assurance Services: accreditation request form in PDF.
The accreditation request form and associated guidance are designed for use by MOD and industry...
The DWP stakeholder bulletin is a monthly publication for chief executives and policy leads in the department’s national stakeholder organisations. Each issue has short articles and links to more information. ...
Updated: Published summary of responses.
This public consultation seeks views and evidence to further enhance our impact assessment on the policy options regarding future management of water supply pipes...
Updated: Dredging briefing note for 25 July added and briefing note for 11 July removed.
This document explains how the Environment Agency is working with partners in Somerset on a 20 year flood action ...
Updated: Guide to Registration document updated 28/07/14
This guide is designed to help you through the registration and certification of merchant ships joining parts I and IV of the UK Ship Register.
Since 1 July 2012, Monitor has been holding board meetings in public, unless there are special reasons not to do so.
If you are interested in attending a board meeting please send an email to philippa...
Updated: Added new version of AFPS Form 1 updated 6/14.
These forms should be used when claiming pensions under Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) 75 and AFPS 05.
Please visit Pensions for veterans...
Updated: Updated 28 July 2014
This report looks at the intellectual property, organized crime, human rights, bribery and corruption and terrorism risks that UK businesses may face when operating in Italy...
Updated: Updated guidance, 28/07/2014.
Chapter 13 deals with how claims involving article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) are considered when a person is being deported from the UK because...
Updated: Updated guidance, 28/07/2014.
UK Visas and Immigration modernised guidance for how it decides the actions that are necessary before and during a bail hearing or decision.
A Southminster farmers’ co-operative has been sentenced after a worker was killed when the tailgate of a hydraulic trailer fell and struck him across the neck.
Please find details of the Kaleidoscope Cinema listings for August.
The proposals are contained in a public consultation on driver licensing fees. The consultation sets out a proposed reduction in driving licence fees of 32% for digital transactions and 15% for paper applications...
Video transcriptAs Ramadan ends, I want to wish Muslims across the UK and around the world a joyful Eid al Fitr.
I know that, on both a spiritual and physical...
The Highways Agency is issuing the advice after weekend congestion around junction 40 of the M6 at Penrith last year.
The popular annual music festival is taking place between Friday (1 August) and Sunday...
Business Minister Matthew Hancock today (28 July 2014) hailed a change that puts business in charge of driving reform as he approved bids by business bodies to review enforcement of regulation in their sectors...
The motorway will be totally closed in both directions between junction 5 at Manchester Airport and junction 6 at Hale for up to 55 hours from 10pm on Friday night (Friday 1 August) and may be closed until 5am...
The proposed regulations establish how auditor panels or audit committees will be set up so they can advise on the appointment and management of local auditors, and give advice on non-audit work.
These...
This consultation seeks views on the UK’s approach to implementing the offshore safety Directive, and includes proposals on amendments to existing legislation, new requirements, new administrative procedures, ...
We want to know what you think about proposals to extend the scope of the Environmental Liability Directive into offshore marine waters.
This would bring part of the Offshore Safety Directive...
A number of changes to VAT rules on the place of supply of services were agreed by the EU in 2008 to ensure taxation takes place where services are consumed. The change to the place of supply of telecommunication...
Freedom of information query and response about how many Crisis Loans, Community Care Grants Budgeting Loans were received by households in each lower tier English Local Authority and in each Local Authority ...
The documents on this page provide details of the number of complaints received by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Independent Case Examiner (ICE) during the financial year 2014 to 2015.
Freedom of information request and response about the number of women in the UK who will be eligible to receive a State Pension from 1 January 2015, but will be under the age of 65 on that date.
Updated: 4th edition of 'The 2011 Workplace Employment Relations: first findings report' published
The 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS) is the sixth survey of employment relations in Britain...
Freedom of information request and response about how long mandatory reconsiderations are taking on average.
Updated: Guidance notes revised July 2014.
Explains the requirements of the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (the RoHS 2 ...
Freedom of information request and response about the Community Work Placement provider guidance and whether a claimant who does not wish to participate in a web-based solution can be mandated to use:
his...
Freedom of information request and response about the number of mandatory reconsiderations in Burnley since October 2013.
Updated: Transparency data for the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS) updated for the fourth edition.
This is the transparency data for the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS...
Updated: Updated current weekly 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...
Fisheries statistics report for commercial net and trap fisheries capturing salmon, sea trout, eel, smelt and lamprey. Also includes recreational salmon and sea trout fisheries.
Includes declared catches...
Updated: Guidance document updated.
This document sets out:
how the UK protects international classified information provided to government how the government can exchange UK classified information...
Updated: Guidance document updated.
This short guidance is for UK government departments, agencies and contractors who regularly access, handle and/or store international classified information at the ‘...
Updated: Guidance document updated.
The UK Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defense signed the UK-US Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty in 2007. Under the terms of this treaty, the UK must...
Updated: Guidance document updated.
International partners and companies should use this guidance when they need to obtain a Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) for a UK national requiring access to international...
Updated: Forms updated
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport considers nominations for candidates whose activities fall within our remit, i.e. sports, the creative industries, including fashion design...
Ministers today opened the bidding process for companies seeking licences to explore for onshore oil and gas, to help discover how the gas under our feet can help power our homes.
Business and Energy ...
More than 100 flood defence structures including river banks, pumping stations, sluices, gates and beach defences were damaged earlier this year in Somerset and Dorset after some of the wettest weather and worst...
Driving licence fees are set to fall by up to 32% under plans announced today by Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and Transport Minister Claire Perry.
The proposals are contained in ...
If your enquiry is urugent, please call 0300 123 1032 to speak with a member of staff.
I am pleased to inform the House of the outcome of the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) which has been conducted for further onshore licensing.
This Coalition Government believes that shale...
Hospital admissions from hepatitis C-related end stage liver disease have risen from 608 in 1998 to 2,390 in 2012, while deaths have risen from 98 in 1996 to 428 in 2012. Liver transplants first registrations...
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Map showing onshore licenses, strategic environmental assessment (SEA) areas and prosepective areas for shale gas.
The map shows the area on offer for the 14th Landward Licence Round. It highlights the...
This consultation is about the proposal to reduce driving licence fees for first time applicants, 10 year renewals and for smart Tachograph users.
The proposal is the first of a 2 phase review which largely...
The Wash East Coastal Management Strategy public consultation document sets out to identify the most suitable way of managing flood and erosion risk to local communities between Hunstanton and Wolferton Creek...
This report produced by the Informatics team provides a review of patent data relating to life sciences, genomics, and synthetic biology.
This document contains the following information: The British Museum annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014.
This paper was laid before Parliament in response to a legislative requirement or ...
Spending data on DH exceptions to cross-government controls in 5 areas:
information and communication technology (ICT) property leases and lease extensions recruitment advertising and marketing ...
The most recent national estimates suggest that around 214,000 individuals are chronically infected with hepatitis C (HCV) in the UK; most of this infection (~90%) is genotype 1 and genotype 3.
Injecting...
The focus of the British Safety Council 2014 annual conference is workplace health, from initiatives that organisations put in place to promote healthy lifestyles through to major programmes designed to eradicate...
Test for market sensitive content Monday
Normandy Barracks will trial a Recycling facility from Mon 4th Aug 14, located between the POL Point and the Normandy Welfare Building.
Opening...
Job Vacancy Information Reasearch Co-ordinator in Herford
Following consultation and negotiation with HMRC, entitled personnel may now have tax free goods posted to their prime residential home in BFG rather than having to post to a BFPO address...
Ministers today opened the bidding process for companies seeking licences to explore for onshore oil and gas, to help discover how the gas under our feet can help power our homes.
Business and Energy ...
The proposals are contained in a public consultation on driver licensing fees. The consultation sets out a proposed reduction in driving licence fees of 32% for digital transactions and 15% for paper applications...
Dover Coastguard received a 999 call just after 9am on Sunday 27 July 2014 from a member of the public who spotted the out of control RHIB with nobody in it just off shore from St. Leonards, East Sussex. The ...
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Updated: Updated FLR(FP) application form and guidance, 28/07/2014.
Use this form if you are already in the UK and want to extend your stay on the basis of your family or private life, and to get a biometric...
Section 94B of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 allows a human rights claim to be certified where the appeal process hasn’t started or is not yet exhausted if the person liable to be deported ...
The guidance covers the Immigration (European Economic Area)(Amendment)(No.2) Regulations 2014, which came into force on 28 July 2014. They change previous regulations so that if you appeal against a deportation...
Updated: Updated FLR(M) application form and guidance, 28/07/2014.
Use ‘Form FLR(M)’ to apply to extend your existing stay in the UK (also known as ‘leave to remain’) and to get a biometric residence permit...
Updated: Updated guidance.
This includes:
long residence private life HM Armed Forces dependants of members of HM and other exempt forces limited leave to enter for relevant Afghan citizens...
Updated: Update to chapter 50, 57 and 61 guidance.
Enforcement instructions and guidance documents on detention and removals used by UK Visas and Immigration.
Updated: Updated guidance.
This covers the procedures followed for adults or unaccompanied children applying for asylum or humanitarian protection.
Updated: Updated guidance.
This covers:
transitional arrangements (how part 8 works with Appendix FM) spouses, civil partners, unmarried and same sex partners, fiancé(e)s and proposed civil partners...
Updated: Updated guidance.
This explains how deportation orders are raised and enforced, and includes:
the process for deporting family members arrangements for removal rights of appeal Article...
Updated: Updated guidance.
This covers family life with a British citizen, settled person or person who is in the UK with leave as a refugee or humanitarian protection.
It replaces much of Part...
Updated: Updated chapter 45(a) and chapter 45(b) guidance.
Enforcement instructions and guidance documents on deportations and criminal caseworking used by the Home Office.
Updated: Updated chapter 24, 33, 34, 37 and 44 guidance.
Enforcement instructions and guidance documents on operational enforcement activity used by UK Visas and Immigration.
David Cameron said:
Hepatitis C is a treatable and curable virus, and yet deaths from this disease are continuing to rise. We are committed to fighting this as part of our work to reduce premature ...
All schoolchildren adopted from care are to benefit from £20 million of additional pupil premium money to get the support they need to thrive at school - helping around an extra 10,000 pupils.
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