Minister Ellwood said:
I welcome today’s agreement by all parties to a ceasefire. I pay tribute to the Government of Egypt for their work to secure this important step. The ceasefire provides a critical...
Nick Clegg’s message to delegates ahead of his India visit:
I am delighted that you are joining me on the first UK trade delegation to visit India since its landmark elections in May. This is a remarkable...
Reacting to news that over 50 people had been killed in attacks across Iraq yesterday, including an attack on a Shia Mosque, Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood said:
The United Kingdom condemns...
Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles called on councils to ensure more parking spaces are provided alongside new homes to end a ‘vicious cycle’ where clogged up streets leave motorists to run a gauntlet of...
FOI Ref 0616-14 gives a list of meetings between FCO Ministers and officials and representatives of Soma Oil and Gas together with a record of a meeting between Lord Howard Lympne and the then acting FCO Africa...
broad subject: crime and disorder sub category: drug offences implementation date: 5 September 2014 from: Crime and Policing Group – Drug Strategy Unitfor more information contact: Desmond Niimoi...
This guidance provides information on:
primary testing and screening confirmation and clinical support public health actions
Ministry of Defence (MOD) Freedom of Information (FOI) responses released during the week commencing 25 August 2014.
Updated: Added correctly redacted version of the the Driving Standards Agency conducting driving tests.
Ministry of Defence (MOD) Freedom of Information (FOI) responses released during the week commencing...
Updated: New guidance for candidates documents published
These guides contain information for applicants, internal vacancy holders and recruiters to help them use the Civil Service jobs system, including...
Updated: Changes to SEP
School experience is essential for candidates looking to enter Initial Teacher Training (ITT), as many ITT providers, School Centred Initial Teacher Training providers (SCITTs) ...
Updated: Updated appendices 1 to 8 of the guidance on overseas visitors hospital charging regulations and amended chapter 5.
Guidance for NHS bodies in carrying out their duties under the NHS (Charges to...
Letter from Chair to Mike Hughes (Chair, National Statistics Advisory Group) regarding the review of the range of prices statistics
Updated: Updated News section and added links to recent press releases.
The Deputy Prime Minister is leading the first major trade mission to India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected in May. ...
During his visit to a film set in Mumbai today, the UK Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg announced that Vistaar Productions is to invest £13 million in the UK over the next 12 months, including a new...
Constraint payments are nothing new. National Grid has been paying coal and gas generators - and others - to change their planned output well before wind farms joined the mix.
These payments are made ...
Jonathan Leake gives a misleading impression in his Sunday Times article by saying that the Valuation Office Agency has indicated that the value of homes may be reduced as a result of shale prospects in an area...
Updated: Added recipient 94: Adrian Craig.
The following people were given a Points of Light award in August 2014 (the numbering continues from July’s winners):
77. Brian Borland (South Ayrshire...
The scheme is for providers (the colleges or training organisations that are the employers for the purposes of this scheme) that the Skills Funding Agency funds, to recruit and train new graduate maths teachers...
This memorandum identifies the provisions for delegated legislation in the Pension Schemes Bill 2014 to 2015. It explains:
the purpose of the delegated power proposed why the matter is to be dealt...
This documents summarises the impact assessment of provisions in the Pension Schemes Bill 2014 to 2015.
We introduced the Pension Schemes Bill to Parliament on 26 June 2014. It sets out a new legislative...
Updated: Added replacement version of desider magazine August issue 75.
desider is the monthly corporate magazine for Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). It is aimed at readers across the wider MOD...
Updated: Updated schools revenue funding 2015 to 2016: operational guide
The documents on this page provide information about schools funding arrangements for 2015 to 2016. This includes how the Department...
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: Amended closing date for consultation to 10 September 2014.
The individualised learner record (ILR) and school census currently contain inconsistent special educational needs and disability (SEND...
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: Added document for July 2014.
The government set out the need for greater transparency across its operations to enable the public to hold politicians and public bodies to account. This includes...
Updated: Added document for July 2014.
Details of all GPC expenditure over £500 from April 2014 to March 2015 by:
Department for Education Education Funding Agency National College for...
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 ...
Publication title: Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of the Netherlands relating to the Convention on Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial...
Updated: Updated guidance.
This guidance tells immigration officers about the Police and Criminal Evidence (PACE) Order 2013. It explains:
what the order is and what it means the extent of its ...
Publication title: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
Publication title: Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines to amend the Treaty on Mutual Legal...
Publication title: Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
A template explaining what alternative education providers must submit to LAs regarding children:
adopted from local authority care looked after by a special guardianship or care arrangement order
The British Legion need your help raising money for their worthwhile cause. Why not go along and support them.
Communities Minister Stephen Williams today (26 August 2014) paid tribute to the bravery of Captain Douglas Reynolds VC, as a commemorative Victoria Cross paving stone was laid in his honour in Bristol, 100 years...
On the second day of his trade mission to India, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has announced major new initiatives to deepen the historic links between the UK and India.
Find out more...
Updated: Updated News section and added links to recent press releases.
The Deputy Prime Minister is leading the first major trade mission to India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected in May. ...
The Environment Agency has appointed Team Van Oord to construct the scheme, which will cover 2.4km of beach from The Suttons, Camber to the western boundary of Lydd Ranges and will include:
a new 1.7km ...
Farmers in England are missing out on millions of pounds in EU payments because they are not keeping adequate records.
Figures released by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) today show that poor record keeping...
After receiving information that a suspicious-looking vessel had been spotted by a maritime patrol aircraft, HMS Argyll, which is on counter-narcotics operations in the region, deployed to intercept it.
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Road users will see around 900 extra lane miles of road capacity added to England’s strategic highway network by 2021 – a third more than was provided in the previous decade.
The boost is thanks to a ...
Updated: Finalised the high needs place numbers for the 2014 to 2015 academic year
This publication sets out a list of allocated high needs place numbers for the 2012 to 2013, 2013 to 2014 and 2014 to 2015...
This list of English-speaking medical facilities/practitioners in Seychelles has been prepared for British Nationals who require medical advice
OAG publishes details of all spending over £500 using a GPC (departmental debit card) on a monthly basis. Nothing was reported this period.
Updated: MDR updated
This catalogue is known as the MMO Master Data Register (MDR) and it currently contains information to support our business and our regulatory and decision-making functions. The MDR...
Updated: Added 4 historical local authority participation documents.
Local authorities track young people’s progress as they move between different education and training opportunities and record this information...
Updated: Updated the medal application form.
Use the MOD Medal application form when applying for medals if you are:
a serving personnel or veteran applying on behalf of a living veteran or service...
Updated: Replaced 'Annual allowance taxation of pension benefits Ref: MMP/144 AA' and 'Lifetime allowance taxation of pension benefits Ref: MMP/144 LTA' with 'AFPS members guide to taxation of pension benefits...
The attached document is classified by HM Revenue and Customs as a Tariff Notice and contains information about how to correctly classify certain goods for import and export purposes.
Updated: Updated data: '2014 to 2015 capital maintenance and DFC allocations spreadsheet' and 'DFC allocations to local authorities and voluntary aided schools: 2014 to 2015'.
Details of the 2014 to 2015...
Updated: Added new firing times for the period commencing 26 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...
Updated: Added new firing times for the period 15 to 28 September 2014 in CSV and PDF formats.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile...
Updated: Briefing note for 22 August added in place of briefing note for 8 August.
This document explains how the Environment Agency is working with partners in Somerset on a 20 year flood action plan for...
This paper sets out Defra’s advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum number of badgers to be culled in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire in year 2 of the badger culls. This advice includes...
This document sets out how the effectiveness and humaneness of this year’s badger culls in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire will be monitored.
The monitoring procedures have been developed by Defra...
This guide provides advice to those licensed to carry out cage-trapping and dispatch of badgers to prevent the spread of bovine TB in cattle. It provides recommendations on best practice and highlights those ...
This guide provides advice to those licensed to carry out controlled shooting of free-ranging badgers in the field to prevent the spread of bovine TB in cattle. It provides recommendations on best practice and...
Updated: Revised sections on MenC and HPV vaccine recommendations for those over 10 years of age and updates on the dates of birth for those eligible for flu and shingles vaccines.
This single page reminder...
Updated: Updated slide on egg allergy.
This slide pack has been developed for trainers and leaders of the national flu programme. The material is comprehensive and you can adapt the pack to suit your particular...
The government is interested in whether a MET could help support tobacco policy in its role to protect future revenues and reduce smoking rates, if recent down-trading trends are to continue. This consultation...
Details of the Independent Living Fund’s expenditure for July 2014, including:
administrative expenditure, in relation to the direct running of the organisation programme expenditure, which includes grants...
This programme works to increase the impact of the science outputs across the NMS portfolio.
Updated: Nov 13 spend had linked to the wrong data set so this has been replaced with correct file.
Guidance on National Offender Management Service (NOMS) spending over £25,000 data 2013.
Updated: Results by Health sector: pie charts
The datasets above consist of:
Common core tables (departmental expenditure) DFID results tables Annual reporting of statistical information (UK ...
Workplace installs a low level kitchen unit with a cold water supply to improve access for disabled staff but refuses to provide a hot water facility, quoting health and safety.
A poster at a public swimming pool says: “Due to health and safety regulations, we are unable to lend floats, goggles or woggles.”
Due to health and safety issues, a university collected mortar boards following the end of a graduation ceremony to prevent them being thrown into the air.
NHS Employers have created two podcasts in their series about the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In the first podcast, Nyla Cooper from NHS employers and Lyn Gavin from the DBS chat about the legal...
Iconic British brands are flocking to India to take advantage of booming growth and ever increasing spending power. The retail sector in India is currently worth £309 billion, with growth of 25% a year...
During July, there were 5 new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in UK ports. 3 vessels remained under detention from previous months. 4 vessels were released during July. A total of 4 vessels remain under...
Home Secretary Theresa May today officially launched a new scheme to reform police use of stop and search powers.
While stop and search is undoubtedly an important police power, when it is misused it ...
The Highways Agency scheme at junction 26 of the M6, which links the motorway to the M58 and A577, will see an extra lane added to the northbound side of the link road between the M6 and the A577 Orrell Road.
From next week, around 40% of 2-year-olds will be entitled to 15 free hours of free early education per week - up from 20% last year.
Evidence suggests that children from less advantaged backgrounds often...
We have tested the FUNcube-2 educational payload and have been able to run it at high power, which makes it easier for schools to capture data with a small aerial.
We have commanded UKube-1 and have received...
People interested in influencing how inshore fisheries around North West England are managed are being encouraged to apply to join the region’s inshore fisheries and conservation authority (IFCA).
The...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The list includes the:
name of each project ESF funding national match funding names of the providers and any sub-contractors or partners...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding ...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding ...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding ...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding ...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding ...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding ...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding ...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation (CFO) and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding ...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding...
Updated: Updated technical assistance data published.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding ...
Updated: Published updated technical assistance data.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding ...
Updated: Updated technical assistance data published.
The funding is broken down by co-financing organisation (CFO) and funding type.
The lists include the:
name of each project ESF funding...
High needs place numbers for the 2015 to 2016 academic year by institution locationThe high needs place numbers for the 2015 to 2016 academic year have been rolled forward from the 2014 to 2015 academic year...
Updated: Updated version contains several updates across the whole document with main changes in the following areas: English and maths condition of funding (paragraphs 8 to 11) Allocating high needs funding...
Updated: Section 2.1.1 has been amended to clarify our practice when an application to determine a registered lease does not include reference to a registered reversionary title.
This guide gives you information...
A workplace have installed a low level kitchen unit with a cold water supply to improve access for disabled staff but refuse to provide a hot water facility, quoting health and safety.
A retailer removed the free gift razor from a mans fashion and style magazine for health and safety reasons.
A zoo has a policy stating “for health and safety reasons children aged 15 or under must be accompanied by a responsible person aged 16 or over at all times”.
The government committed in the HMRC Tax and Procurement: Summary of Consultation Responses document, published on 20 March 2013, to a review of the Tax and Procurement policy that came into effect from...
NHS Employers have created two podcasts in their series about the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In the first podcast, Nyla Cooper from NHS employers and Lyn Gavin from the DBS chat about the legal...
This consultation runs until Monday 20 October 2014.
The draft code has a covering note and detailed table outlining the changes and their purpose with links to the paragraphs concerned.
The changes...
Updated: Revised chapter 5 includes new correspondence address for Provider Payment Validation Team.
This provider guidance provides requirements and background relevant to all Department for Work and Pensions...
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Updated: Updated with latest weekly data.
Weekly and monthly publications give the average wholesale prices of selected home-grown horticultural produce. The prices are national averages of the most usual...
This publication is based on data from the Family Resources Survey (FRS) and Household Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics. Data is given for both before and after housing costs are taken into...
This month’s edition includes:
new form replenishment exercise underway volunteers: who is eligible? updated guidance – eligibility and workforce your opinions make a difference eligibility – you...
This guidance document is produced for central government departments to help them through the process of:
procuring chargepoints securing vehicle leases participating in fleet reviewsThe ULEV...
Updated: 29 August webinar details.
The Energy Act 2011 places a duty on the Secretary of State to bring into force regulations to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in the domestic and non-domestic...
Updated: 29 August webinar details
The Energy Act 2011 places a duty on the Secretary of State to bring into force regulations to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in the domestic and non-domestic...
Updated: Added updated 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 system and is updated...
Updated: Added updated fire investigation - leaflet 12.
Joint Service Publication 426 provides guidance and regulations to aid compliance with legislation and MOD policy. This edition, takes account of ...
Evidence on the social impacts of marine sectors, and on the social impacts of their interaction, is limited. There are a growing number of research projects on this topic particularly linked to the ecosystem...
In response to a report by the Public Administration Select Committee on Lobbying, the Government committed to publishing information about hospitality received by Ministers in a ministerial capacity valued at...
Updated: Edited final outcome to link to the final Regulations
In the March 2012 Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the Government will introduce corporation tax reliefs for Animation...
Updated: The information regarding the administration of flu vaccine to those with egg allergy has been clarified.
Influenza is an acute viral infection of...
Updated: Latest Gas JODI published.
Press enquiries should be directed to the DECC press office: Tel: 0300 068 6491. Other enquiries about these statistics should be directed to Michael Williams, Michael...
Some students may have been advised by the Student Loans Company, or their chosen university or college, that their institution has not met the requirements for “designated status.â€
This means that students...
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Jonathan Robert Gibbs, MA, PhD, Rector of Heswall, in the Diocese of Chester, to the Suffragan See of Huddersfield in the newly created diocese of West Yorkshire...
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Canon Toby Matthew Howarth, MA, PhD, National Adviser for Inter Religious Affairs and Archbishop of Canterbury’s Secretary for Inter Religious Affairs, to...
Updated: Added translation
If you want to call customer support after 1 August, you will be able to use a number that is charged according to the standard national rate.
We will also be ...
The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
This dataset presents monthly death figures providing counts of the number of deaths registered by area of usual residence, England and Wales. The provisional data relates to deaths registered in a calendar month...
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...
Cervical Screening Statistics
Uptake, laboratory and clinical outcomes of the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme. As from May 2010 these statistics can be designated as National Statistics products.
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.
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...
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) workforce in NHS Scotland. As from May 2010 CAMHS can be designated as National Statistics products.
Births in Scottish Hospitals
Information on GDS treatments and fees paid to dentists for children and adults. Prior to July 2010 this publication was released as part of an overall "Dental Statistics" publication.
Updated: Published issue 58 of the ESF newsletter.
The fortnightly newsletter for the European Social Fund (ESF) 2007 to 2013 programme in England covers local and national ESF news. It includes:
...
The best use of stop and search scheme was announced by the Home Secretary in her statement to Parliament on 30th April 2014.
The scheme introduces a number of measures designed to create greater...
Growth Vouchers programme claim form for suppliers of business advice.
This claim form and all supporting documentation must be sent to the delivery partner stated in your client’s Growth Voucher...
Before providing business advice to clients with Growth Vouchers, please read this guidance which covers:
terms and conditions of participation eligibility requirements rules and responsibilities ...
Updated: Updated terms and conditions document added.
This guidance covers the following:
terms and conditions of participation rules and responsibilities De Minimis rules data protection ...
Updated: Updated guidance and a new template for the business advice project brief.
Participants of the Growth Vouchers programme can use the ‘Strategic business advice brief’ template to help find...
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt discusses a recent debate raging on social media among health and safety professionals, not about major health and safety risks but about the right response to a wasp sting if it happens...
I am honoured to be here to launch the Fiji Police Force election security training manual with Commissioner Groenewald today. The British High Commission is pleased to support the Fiji police force in their ...
Communities Minister Stephen Williams today (26 August 2014) paid tribute to the bravery of Captain Douglas Reynolds VC, as a commemorative Victoria Cross paving stone was laid in his honour in Bristol, 100 years...
The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
This dataset presents monthly death figures providing counts of the number of deaths registered by area of usual residence, England and Wales. The provisional data relates to deaths registered in a calendar month...
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...
Cervical Screening Statistics
Uptake, laboratory and clinical outcomes of the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme. As from May 2010 these statistics can be designated as National Statistics products.
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.
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...
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) workforce in NHS Scotland. As from May 2010 CAMHS can be designated as National Statistics products.
Births in Scottish Hospitals
Information on GDS treatments and fees paid to dentists for children and adults. Prior to July 2010 this publication was released as part of an overall "Dental Statistics" publication.
Updated: New risk assessment guidance for escorted moves.
UK Visas and Immigration detention service order about its risk assessment guidelines on handcuffs, leg restraints and escort chains for escorted...
This preliminary report presents a brief summary of the main variation in 1-year relative survival of the selected cancer types by stage, sex, age, and socio-economic deprivation.
Cancer survival in England for breast, lung, prostate, colorectal and ovarian cancer continues to improve, shows new data published in a report today (26 August 2014) from Public Health England’s National...
Updated: Added translation
The governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States strongly condemn the escalation of fighting and violence in and around Tripoli, Benghazi, ...