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29 August 2014

Speech: "The UK welcomes Kosovo’s continued progress both internally and on the international stage"
seen at 23:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

I thank the Secretary General’s Special Representative for Kosovo, Mr Farid Zarif for his briefing today, not least of all because it is very late for you now, and the Secretary General’s quarterly report. I ...

Speech: Threat level from international terrorism raised: PM press statement
seen at 22:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Good afternoon. Earlier today the Home Secretary confirmed that the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has increased the threat level in the United Kingdom from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’. This is the first time...

Guidance: Brazil – Consular Fees
seen at 20:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Attachment updated.

A full list of Consular fees

Brazil Consular Fees - 08/2014

PDF, 227KB, 2 pages

This file may...
Press release: Foreign Office Minister welcomes UNSC statement on Yemen
seen at 20:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Speaking today Mr Ellwood said,

I welcome today’s Presidential Statement from the UN Security Council on the situation in Yemen. The political transition has made important progress in recent months...

News story: Syria crisis: Latest updates on UK aid
seen at 20:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated programme summary PDF released on 29 August 2014

The crisis in Syria is gravely concerning. Hundreds of people are being killed or wounded every day and millions have been forced to flee...

Government response: Justine Greening welcomes new UN resolution to protect aid workers
seen at 20:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

I’m proud that Britain has secured this landmark UN Security Council resolution on the protection of humanitarian workers. It urges countries to ensure the safety of aid workers, condemns the use of violence...

Guidance: Ebola: advice and risk assessment for educational, childcare and young persons’ settings
seen at 18:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated guidance.

This guidance provides an algorithm for the assessment of unwell children in educational, childcare and young persons’ settings, assist the public health response and ensure the...

Decision: South Wilts Grammar School for Girls
seen at 18:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Decision reference: ADA2676

Type of decision: objection to admission arrangements - not upheld

School type: academy

School phase: secondary

Local authority: Wiltshire County Council...

Guidance: Supporting visa documents for summer and winter schools: Chinese
seen at 18:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

Use this guide if you are applying for a UK visa to attend a short summer or winter school course. This guide is in simplified Chinese and English.

You will need to apply...

Transparency data: Foreign Office spend over £25,000 for July 2014
seen at 18:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The coalition government is committed to publishing departmental spend over £25,000 as part of its commitment to transparency and open government.

This is the Foreign Office spend in the UK ...

Form: Recycling reward scheme 2015 to 2016: bidding form and prospectus
seen at 18:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The Recycling Reward Challenge Fund is a fund to help local authorities encourage households to increase recycling rates. Information is contained here to assist local authorities with their bids to the fund - ...

Correspondence: Board Sheet, Parole Board newsletter, August 2014
seen at 18:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This edition also includes details about:

Practice guidance on duties towards victims Judicial reviews Parole Board office move Annual Report 2013/14
Independent report: The 31st Annual Meeting of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group
seen at 18:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The meeting was chaired by the Rt Hon Lord Howard of Lympne, UK Co-Chairman, and the Hon Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Japanese Co-Chairman.

The 19 British and 23 Japanese participants included parliamentarians ...

Building firm prosecuted after joiner falls through ceiling
seen at 18:30, 29 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
A Manchester construction firm has appeared in court over safety failings after a joiner was badly injured when he fell through a ceiling.
Disqualified director and accomplice sentenced over worker death and company deception
seen at 18:30, 29 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
A Hampshire businessman, who was disqualified from being a company director, was today jailed for serious fraud and safety offences. A second businessman was given a suspended prison sentence for similar offences...
Press release: July 2014 Market Trend Data
seen at 18:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).
Average house price in England and Wales now £175,653 compared with the peak of £181,442 in November 2007 Annual growth of 7.2 per cent in July House prices up 1.7 per cent since June ...
News story: Points of Light: August 2014 winners
seen at 18:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Added recipient 97: Jenny Barrett.

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...
Press release: Leading business backs NATO summit in Wales
seen at 18:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Businesses from across the UK will provide their support to make next week’s NATO Summit a success, Business Minister Matthew Hancock announced today (29 August 2014).

BAE Systems, Raytheon UK, General...

Press release: Extensive maintenance work starting at Piffs Elm Bridge, M5 junction 10.
seen at 18:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

The work, which will continue until November 2015, is needed to replace the foundations of the bridge.

Highways Agency Service Delivery Team Leader, Dave Sledge said:

Keeping our roads, and...

Press release: New funding to reward families for recycling - not fine or bully them
seen at 18:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, announced a new £5 million fund today (29 August 2014) to help families recycle, without facing the threat of unfair bin fines or cuts to their bin collection...

Open consultation: EU Accounting Directive: smaller companies reporting
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The EU Accounting Directive 2013/34/EU consolidates existing legislation on financial reporting. It also aims to reduce government regulatory control on smaller companies.

We want industry views...

Notice: CW2 5PT: Travelodge Hotels Limited: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:31, 29 August 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: Chemical hazards and poisons report: issue 24
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Correction to the update report for ECHEMNET.

This issue of the Chemical Hazards and Poisons Report focuses on our work within Europe and on the preparedness and response to international chemical...

Transparency data: DFID spend over £500 for July 2014
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

DFID spend over &pound;500 for July 2014.

Notice: SO24 0AU, Mr Rodney Budd: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:31, 29 August 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: Guide for academies on the Charities SORP 2015
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This brief guide, published by the Education Funding Agency (EFA), provides academy chief financial officers, auditors, accounting officers and trustees with an overview of the main changes arising from the <...

Notice: CW2 5PT; Travelodge Hotels Limited: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:31, 29 August 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: Qualifications: simplified funding rates, 2014 to 2015
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published 29 August 2014.

The 2014 to 2015 simplified funding rates catalogue lists all provision which the Skills Funding Agency has approved for public funding in 2014 to 2015 and their funding...

Notice: DN8 5TE, The Scotts Company (UK) Limited: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:31, 29 August 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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Statistical data set: Commodity prices
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated cattle compensation prices.

Prices for selected agricultural and horticultural produce are published on a weekly or monthly basis in the following spreadsheets. The data source depends ...

Notice: ME13 0LT, Faversham District Scouts Council: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:31, 29 August 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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Transparency data: DH departmental spending over £25,000: 2014
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include DH departmental spending over &pound;25,000 for July 2014

Details of Department of Health expenditure over &pound;25,000 (invoices, grant payments, expenses and other...

Guidance: DH departmental spending over £500: 2014
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include DH departmental spending over &pound;500 data for June 2014

Information on Department of Health transactions over &pound;500 made using the government procurement card...

Notice: GU34 5NL, Mr Olaf Rogge: Environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:31, 29 August 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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Statistical data set: Unclaimed estates list
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

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 ...

Impact assessment: Audit exemptions: revised final stage impact assessment
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This document supersedes the previous impact assessment published with the government response to the consultation on audit exemptions for small companies.

It covers changes made in 2012 to:

Form: File your dormant accounts (AA02)
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Use this form if you are submitting dormant accounts for a company limited by shares:

which has never traded

where the only transaction is the issue of subscriber shares with an...

Consultation outcome: Audit exemptions and change of accounting framework
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Link added to a revised final impact assessment on audit exemptions.

This consultation covers 2 separate proposals:

Audit exemptions

Seeks views on changing audit exemptions to reduce the...

Guidance: SFA financial assurance: regularity audit for FE colleges
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: This regularity audit framework replaces the previous framework and its supplements and applies with effect from the year ended 31 July 2014.

The regularity audit framework applies only to colleges...

Transparency data: New school proposals
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated ‘'Details of local authorities currently seeking proposers’ as the time for submitting proposals for new schools in Essex LA has been extended.

‘Local authorities currently seeking proposers...

Guidance: Childminder agencies: a step-by-step guide
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This departmental advice is for anyone interested in establishing a childminder agency.

This advice covers all the legal requirements involved in registering as a childminder agency. It also includes ...

Guidance: Court martial results from the military court centres
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added court martial results January 2009 to August 2014.

In line with the government’s ‘transparency and open data initiative’, the Military Court Service has agreed to provide court martial results...

Independent report: Evaluation of the Mozambique Community Land Use Fund
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: DFID management response to the Evaluation of the Mozambique Community Land Use Fund added

The evaluation’s purposes were:

to elucidate lessons learned (including differences between Community...
Policy paper: Current list of designated persons, Al-Qaida
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added notice: Al-Qaida (Reg 930/2014)

UN Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999) and subsequent related Resolutions requires all member states to freeze the assets, prevent the entry into...

Policy paper: Financial sanctions: consolidated list of targets
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to reflect notice: Al-Qaida (Reg 930/2014)

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

Guidance: Ebola: advice and risk assessment for universities, schools and childcare providers
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated guidance.

This guidance provides an algorithm for the assessment of unwell children in educational, childcare and young persons’ settings, assist the public health response and ensure the...

Guidance: Ebola: advice and risk assessment for universities and further educational establishments
seen at 16:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This algorithm has been developed to assist universities and other further educational establishments who may have students returning or visiting from affected countries.

Risk assessments – A brief guide to controlling risks in the workplace
seen at 16:30, 29 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

HSE has revised and simplified the 5 Steps. INDG163 ‘Risk assessment – A brief guide to controlling risks in the workplace’ clearly outlines what businesses need to do to assess their workplace...

INDG449 – Health and safety made simple: The basics for your business (rev)
seen at 16:30, 29 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

This leaflet is for employers and those who want some basic information on what they must do to comply with health and safety law. The revised version has brought the advice up to date and clarified some of the...

TPAS Open Day
seen at 16:30, 29 August in TPAS News (Our copy).

The Pensions Advisory Service will be holding an open day on Thursday 11 September and Friday 19 September for pension professionals in the industry, to come and find out a bit more about who we are and what...

Press release: Highways Agency advises drivers to plan their journey for Burghley Horse Trials
seen at 16:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

The event, which is being held at Burghley Park from 4 to 7 September, attracts more than 140,000 people over the course of the four days.

The Highways Agency is working in partnership with the event ...

Press release: Road improvements start on the A1(M) at Sawtry
seen at 16:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Road users will benefit from smoother, safer journeys thanks to the Highways Agency resurfacing scheme at Sawtry, between junction 15 and 14, near Glatton Ways and Wheatsheaf flyover.

The resurfacing ...

News story: How do you float a 65,000-tonne ship?
seen at 16:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Last month saw the naming of the Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. Weighing in at 65,000 tonnes and with a flight deck measuring in at 4.5 acres, she is the largest warship ever built...

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land adjacent to Louth Canal, Fen Lane, near Tetney, Lincolnshire (ref: 2200887, 28 August 2014)
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report on appeal relating to an application for planning permission for 3 wind turbines.

Transparency data: Preparations for the new national curriculum: statistical note
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This statistical notice shows the results from a question submitted by The Department for Education to NFER. The question asked whether the school had started to prepare to teach the new national curriculum.

Correspondence: PHE bulletin: 29 August 2014
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Highlight of this issue are:

Ebola update cancer survival improving Salmonella outbreak PHE’s whole genome sequencing success PHE’s response on standardise tobacco packaging consultation winners...
Notice: Current catch limits: over 10 metre non-sector pool
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: September catch limits updated

Your catch limits are in your vessel licence annexe - Category A, Category A - Islands, Category B and Category C and can be varied through...

Notice: Current catch limits: 10 metres and under pool
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with september catch limits

Your catch limits are in your vessel licence annexe and can be varied through the year. Your fishing vessel licence annex will also list the stocks that...

Statutory guidance: Fishing vessel licence variations
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Licence variation

Vessel licence variations occur to reflect changes in quota limits and closures or openings of sea areas.

Variations from 2014 from before March are available from ...

Statutory guidance: NHS foundation trusts: financial accounting guidance
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added information on 'Month 6 Agreement of Balances, 26 August 2014'.

NHS foundation trust finance staff should use this guidance, which is updated regularly, to do their work.

Correspondence: Duncan Selbie's Friday message: 29 August 2014
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Cancer survival in England for breast, lung, prostate, colorectal and ovarian cancer continues to improve, in one of the most accurate, stage-specific, 1-year survival analysis of patients diagnosed in...

Correspondence: Crime and policing news update: August 2014
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This month’s news update contains information on the following:

modern slavery NSPCC launches helpline service for parents worried about gangs new campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of new psychoactive...
Guidance: Military low flying: RAF operational low flying training timetable
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added 'RAF operational low flying training timetable: 8 to 12 September 2014'.

A list of timetables for operational low flying (OLF) training by RAF fast jets and Hercules aircraft. These timetables...

Policy paper: Broomhill Sands coastal defence scheme
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Update added.

This document explain the plans to reduce flood risk to 14,500 homes, numerous businesses, a nuclear power station, significant areas of designated habitat and two Ministry of Defence...

Statistics: Royal Navy and Royal Marines monthly personnel statistics: 2014
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added amended files for April, May and June 2014 due to revised figures.

This monthly publication contains information on personnel strengths, requirements, intakes and outflows from the Royal ...

Policy paper: Electricity Market Reform: Capacity Market - frequently asked questions
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated FAQ's

The FAQs are not intended to be comprehensive. They do not supersede or replace the legal requirements contained in the Capacity Market Rules 2014 and the Electricity Capacity...

Corporate report: DVLA stakeholder strategy 2014 to 2017
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Our focus is on making it easier for stakeholders and customers to interact with us and reduce the cost of delivering our services. This strategy is aligned to our communication strategy 2014 to 2017 and our ...

Transparency data: Review of the use of academy funding and internal control: Barnsley Academy
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This report sets out the findings of the Education Funding Agency’s review of the use of academy funding and internal control at Barnsley Academy.

Guidance: Guidance on the pre-application process for major infrastructure projects
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Guidance updated to include a new section relating to the publication of applications.

This document is the result of merging and expanding reworked versions of the local authority guidance and...

Guidance: Commanding officers guide (manual of service law: JSP 830 volume 1)
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added revised Chapter 13 and amendment list.

This volume is intended to provide guidance to those involved in decision making and the administration of discipline at unit level. It covers the service...

Guidance: Academy long-term lease model
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated long-term lease.

Before an academy can open, the academy trust needs to agree the legal arrangements between itself and the local authority or other owner (such as a diocese) of the land...

Corporate report: DVLA business plan 2014 to 2015
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the Progress against performance document

The business plan details our 15 key performance measures covering:

reform customer service corporate responsibility finance and efficiency...
Form: Pupil information profile for military service children
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added a notice for MOD users accessing this form on a MOD network PC.

Important notice for MOD users

This form can only be accessed through an external machine, it cannot be accessed by a DII ...

Correspondence: Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reform: letters
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added letter for parents to be circulated from late August 2014.

These letters describe the changes we’re introducing in September 2014 to improve support for children and young people with special...

Transparency data: Military court centres court listings
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added Military court centre listings 1 to 12 September 2014.

In line with the government’s Transparency and Open Data initiative, the Military Court Service is to publish the court listings for...

Guidance: SFA: Inform
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Inform 87: August 2014 published 29 August 2014.

Sign up for Inform

Inform is published online at the end of each month. If you would like to be added to the mailing list and receive an alert when...

Transparency data: School land: decisions about disposals
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Disposals table updated.

This document explains decisions about the disposal of school land and the background to how these decisions are made.

Schools themselves and their local authorities...

Guidance: British Forces Post Office locations
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated list of BFPO locations.

This document lists all British Forces Post Office (BFPO) locations, together with their respective numbers and their postcodes.

Related information British...
Guidance: Cameroon – Consular Fees
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Consular Fees in Cameroon for 2014 updated

A full list of Consular fees

Statistics - national statistics: Immigration statistics, April to June 2014 second edition
seen at 14:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added 'Pre-release access: Immigration statistics, April to June 2014'.

Included is a short survey. Home Office statistics are keen to engage with users of these statistics, any comment ...

Arts and culture take centre stage at Bristol Doors Open Day 2014
seen at 14:30, 29 August in http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Latest entries (Our copy).
Arts and culture take centre stage at Bristol Doors Open Day 2014
Sport-in-brief - your weekly update from the high performance sports community
seen at 14:30, 29 August in UK Sport (Our copy).
News from British Triathlon, the British Equestrian Federation and the British Sailing team
Workers’ health put at risk by Hampshire firm
seen at 14:30, 29 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
A Hampshire manufacturer has appeared in court after allowing the health of employees to be put at risk.
Hove firm prosecuted after flouting asbestos laws
seen at 14:30, 29 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
A Hove-based firm has been fined after it flouted asbestos regulations and removed some of the dangerous material just three weeks after being refused a licence to carry out such work.
Case 310 – Pub bans confetti
seen at 14:30, 29 August in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Pub asks customers not to use confetti due to it being a health and safety issue.

News story: Ebola: government response
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to reflect ongoing developments, including advice against all but essential travel to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea except for those involved in the direct response to Ebola outbreak.

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News story: Tax relief encouraging regional theatre touring productions launched by Chancellor
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. George Osborne MP, today (29 August 2014) visited the Theatre Royal in Brighton to launch the new theatre tax relief coming into effect on 1 September 2014.

His...

Press release: Richard Viney appointed to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee from 1 September 2014
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

The Lord Chancellor, in consultation with the Master of the Rolls, has appointed Richard Viney as a Barrister Member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) from 1 September 2014. The appointment is subject...

Press release: Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Iraq
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Mr Francis (Frank) Raymond Baker OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq in succession to Mr Simon Paul Collis CMG, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment...

Speech: Training on effective functioning of NPM in Kazakhstan
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am delighted to speak at this event and I am grateful to PRI for organising it. PRI has been working in Central Asia since 2001 and the British Embassy is proud to have been their...

Press release: Time ticks for Norfolk coastal comments
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).
Wash East consultation soon closes

A plan by the Environment Agency and Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk has recommended several options and they are keen to hear what people think by Monday (...

Press release: Foreign Office Minister promotes political unity on visit to Iraq
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood visited Iraq this week with the Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, and the Government’s Security Envoy to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq...

News story: Girl Summit 2014: outcomes and commitments
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

On 22 July 2014, the UK government and UNICEF hosted the first Girl Summit, aimed at mobilising domestic and international efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and child, early and forced marriage (...

News story: Innovative lab helps government provide improved digital services
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

The new Government Digital Service (GDS) user research lab provides innovative technical equipment to support simpler, clearer and faster government services that meet users’ needs.

Based at the GDS headquarters...

News story: Short film shows the full extent of slavery in the UK
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

The seven minute film, which includes interviews with front line professionals and charity workers from the NSPCC and ECPAT UK, features stark scenes of the most common types of modern slavery, such as sexual...

News story: Chancellor opens new hub for small business in Hastings
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has officially opened Havelock Place – a &pound;7 million regeneration project in Hastings and a new office location for businesses in the region funded by the...

News story: Threat-level from international terrorism increased
seen at 14:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

The Home Secretary today announced that the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has changed the threat level from international terrorism from substantial to severe.

This means a terrorist attack is highly...

Notice: Head Office Account
seen at 11:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl’s) Head Office Account provides the lead for innovation and integration of all science and technology for customers within central Ministry of Defence and...

Notice: Joint Forces Account – Specialist User
seen at 11:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has 2 accounts for Joint Forces: Specialist User and Information Superiority. These accounts work together to provide the lead for innovation and integration...

Notice: Maritime Account
seen at 11:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The Defence Science and Technology’s (Dstl’s) Maritime Account provides the lead for innovation and integration of all science and technology within the maritime environment.

Notice: Joint Forces Account – Information Superiority
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has two accounts for Joint Forces Command: Information Superiority and Specialist User. These accounts work closely together to provide the lead for innovation...

Policy paper: Electricity Market Reform: Contracts for Difference
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Addition of Contracts for Difference terms and notices

Electricity Market Reform: Contracts for Difference

One of the key mechanisms to the EMR is the Contract for Difference (CFD) for renewable...

Guidance: Contracts for Difference: standard terms and conditions
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).
CFD Standard Terms and Conditions

The Standard Terms and Conditions issued by the Secretary of State on Friday 29 August 2014. These will be used in the first CFD Allocation Round.

Each CFD Contract...

Notice: Wider Government Account
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The Defence Science and Technology’s (Dstl’s) Wider Government Account leads the innovation and integration of science and technology across wider government.

Guidance: Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH)
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated main content and added new versions of documents and application form.

REACH is a regulation of the European Union, adopted to improve the protection of human health and the environment...

FOI release: FOI responses released by MOD: week commencing 25 August 2014
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added new FOI responses for the detainee inquiry, medium girder bridges, names of the dam busters flyers.

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

Transparency data: HMIC: structure and salaries, 2014
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This information focuses on posts rather than people. The following posts are included:

those occupied by permanent staff those occupied by fixed term appointees all posts occupied by a member of staff...
Transparency data: CSL: structure and salaries, 2014
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

You can download information in CSV format about:

the number and types of posts the salaries (within &pound;5,000 bands) of the most senior civil servants in our organisation and the salary costs ...
Transparency data: HM Passport Office: structure and salaries, 2014
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Please note that, until May 2013, HM Passport Office was formerly the Identity and Passport Service.

You can download information in CSV format about:

the number and types of posts in the Identity...
Transparency data: Home Office: structure and salaries, 2014
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This information focuses on posts rather than people. The following posts are included:

those occupied by permanent staff those occupied by fixed term appointees all posts occupied by a member of staff...
Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land adjacent to Louth Canal, Fen Lane, neat Tetney, Lincolnshire (ref: 2200887, 28 August 2014)
seen at 11:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report on appeal relating to an application for planning permission for 3 wind turbines.

Royal British Legion 20th Anniversary BFG Fun Run
seen at 11:30, 29 August in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

20TH  ANNIVERSARY FANCY DRESS BFG POPPY APPEAL FUN RUN. 1430 HOURS ON

FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER 2014. 2 OR 5 KM

 

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Press release: Over one million searches for war heroes’ wills
seen at 11:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

The heartfelt documents, detailing soldiers’ last wishes, were put online last year by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to enable people to search for what may have been the final messages sent home ...

FOI release: Junk mail, bank statements and patio heaters
seen at 10:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Junk mail - EIRs environmental issues involving junk mail, bank statements and patio heaters.

Transparency data: Capital funding for open free schools
seen at 10:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added updated costs document.

Details of the capital funding each school received will be published when contracts for site acquisition and renovation are finalised. This is because at that stage...

Guidance: Advice to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on the relevant customer benefits of an anticipated pathology joint venture in south east England
seen at 10:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

You can find out more about the CMA’s investigation here.

Policy paper: Evaluation of the Renewable Heat Incentive: interim report - the non-domestic scheme
seen at 10:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The non-domestic RHI was launched in November 2011. It provides financial incentives to install renewable heating in place of fossil fuels. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) commissioned independent...

Transparency data: Borders and immigration transparency data: August 2014
seen at 10:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This document contains data on:

clearance of passengers at the border drug seizure volumes drug seizures convention on international trade in endangered species seizures and volumes
Notice: Air Account
seen at 10:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The Defence Science and Technology’s (Dstl’s) Air Account provides the lead for innovation and integration of all defence science and technology (S&T) within the air environment, providing the focus for the...

Policy paper: Credit and collateral in the GB Energy Markets
seen at 10:31, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) commissioned Cornwall Energy to produce a report mapping the credit and collateral arrangements across the GB electricity and gas industry. This report assesses...

Voting for the 2014 UK Coaching Awards now open
seen at 10:30, 29 August in UK Sport (Our copy).
Nominations for the 2014 UK Coaching awards are now being accepted
Press release: July 2014 Market Trend Data
seen at 10:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).
Average house price in England and Wales now &pound;175,653 compared with the peak of &pound;181,442 in November 2007 Annual growth of 7.2 per cent in July House prices up 1.7 per cent since June ...
Press release: New rules to serve up better food for NHS patients and staff
seen at 10:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).
mandatory food standards in the NHS contract for the first time hospitals rated for food quality on NHS Choices

The Hospital Food Standards Panel, led by Dianne Jeffrey, Chairman of Age UK, has published its...

Business Investment - Q2 2014 Provisional Results
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
To allow sufficient time to prepare for the major changes in Blue Book 2014 only the output-based estimate of GDP will be published on 15 August 2014. Due to this change the Business Investment Q2 2014 Provisional...
Average Weekly Earnings - Bonus payments in Great Britain, 2013-2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Indicator of short-term earnings growth providing monthly estimates of the level of average weekly earnings per employee. AWE replaced Average Earnings Index (AEI) in January 2010
Monthly Births and Deaths (Northern Ireland) - July 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Number of births and deaths registered each month.
NHS Inpatient and Outpatient Waiting: Elective Admission Events - quarter ending June 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Quarterly monitoring of hospital inpatient activity
Waiting Times for Suspected Cancer Patients - quarter ending June 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Cancer waiting.
Corporation Tax Liabilities - August 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides breakdowns of the corporation liability by number, income, allowances, deductions, company sector and financial year for the UK. Previously listed under 'Revenue-based Taxes and Benefits: Corporate Tax'.
Individual Savings Accounts Main Tables 9.4 - July 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides information on savings in adult and junior Individual Savings Accounts - the number of individuals subscribing to ISAs and market values of ISAs.
Insurance Premium Tax Bulletin - August 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Produced monthly by HM Revenue & Customs. Provides details of the amount of standard and higher rate tax declared each month and the value of revenue collected.
Individual Savings Accounts Main Tables 9.6 - July 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides information on savings in adult and junior Individual Savings Accounts - the number of individuals subscribing to ISAs and market values of ISAs.
Alcohol Bulletin - July 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Monthly statistics on clearances of alcohol products and duty receipts for the UK. Previously listed under 'Alcohol Duties Statistical Bulletin'.
Transparency data: Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: July 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

These documents show spending by the Planning Inspectorate over &pound;250 for July 2014.

Policy paper: Modern Slavery Bill: factsheets
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Each factsheet sets out the background to the issue, what the government is going to do, and what the benefits of the government’s approach will be. They also answer some common questions.

In addition...

Guidance: ILR data: check that it meets standards and quality requirements
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Update 29 August 2014 - The PDSAT for the funding year 2014 to 2015 is currently under development.

Colleges, training organisations, local authorities and employers (further education providers...

Transparency data: DWP and CMG payments over £500 with a Government Procurement Card (GPC): 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published June 2014 data.

In line with the current government transparency guidelines DWP publishes all Government Procurement Card (GPC) payments of &pound;500 and over. This transparency...

Guidance: Risk assessment guidance for contracted escort staff
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

UK Visas and Immigration detention service order about its risk assessment guidelines on the waist restraint belt, leg restraints and the mobile chair for detainees under escort.

Statistical data set: House Price Index statistical report
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Data published for July 2014.

July 2014 data

The July data shows an average house price in England & Wales of &pound;175,653, compared with a peak of &pound;181, 442 in November 2007...

Guidance: Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New FIS user guide uploaded 29 August 2014

Funding Information System (FIS)

FIS is one of a number of software packages freely available to further education providers, to assist with preparing...

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.5 Computation of Corporation Tax liability, by industry; Financial year ending 2013
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Number, income, allowances, deductions and tax, by industry.

Statistics: National accounts sector classification, classification update: August 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.1A Corporation Tax and Bank Levy net receipts
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information to the financial year ending 2014.

Includes data for onshore companies and North Sea companies.

Bank Levy is a new tax introduced from 1 January 2011. Payments...

Statistics - national statistics: Monthly Births and Deaths (Northern Ireland) - July 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.

Statistics - national statistics: Average weekly earnings, bonus payments in Great Britain: financial year ending March 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Official statistics are produced impartially and free from any political influence. ..

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.1B Corporation Tax liabilities by financial year
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information to the financial year ending 2013.

Includes data for onshore companies and North Sea companies.

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.2 Corporation Tax: income, allowances, deductions and tax liabilities by company sector
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information to the financial year ending 2013.

Figures are derived from company returns with accounting periods ending in the particular financial year, from 1 April to the following...

Statistics - national statistics: Business investment, provisional results: April to June 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

To allow sufficient time to prepare for the major changes in Blue Book 2014 only the output-based estimate of GDP was published on 15 August 2014. Due to this change the Business Investment Q2 2014 Provisional...

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.4 Computation of Corporation Tax liability, by industry; Financial year ending 2012
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated information for the financial year ending 2012.

Number, income, allowances, deductions and tax, by industry.

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.3 Corporation Tax: number of companies, income, allowances, tax liabilities and deductions
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information to the financial year ending 2013.

Figures correspond to company accounting periods ending in the financial years shown.

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.8 Corporation Tax payable, after set-offs, comparison of financial years
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information for the financial years ending 2012 and 2013.

Corporation Tax payable according to the year in which the liability arose. Cross tabulation of current and last financial...

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.6 Corporation Tax payable, after set-offs, by size of liabilities and by financial year of liability
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information to the financial year ending 2013.

Numbers of companies and Corporation Tax, classified by size of Corporation Tax payable according to the year in which the liability...

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.7 Corporation Tax payable, after set-offs, classified by industry and by financial year of liability
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information to the financial year ending 2013.

Corporation Tax payable according to the year in which the liability arose. The analyses by industry use UK Standard Industrial...

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.9 Corporation Tax capital allowances due financial years ending 1974 to 2013
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information to the financial year ending 2013.

The figures relate to allowances due for accounting periods ending in the financial year 31 March.

Statistics - national statistics: Table A5 Corporate tax rates of capital allowance
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information to the financial year ending 2014.

Rates of capital allowances applying between 1965 and 1978 are published in Inland Revenue Statistics 1996.

Different rates...

Statistics - national statistics: Table 11.10 Corporation Tax: capital allowances due, by industry
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information to the financial year ending 2013.

The analyses by industry use the UK Standard Industrial Classification 2007 to classify businesses.

Statistics - national statistics: Table A6 Rates of Corporation Tax since 1971
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information to the financial year ending 2014.

Data shows starting rate, small profits rate and main rate.

Transparency data: HMRC: transactions over £500: June 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Sets out details of HMRC’s expenditure with suppliers via Government Procurement Card. It covers transactions over &pound;500 during June 2014.

Statistics - national statistics: Analyses of Corporation Tax receipts and liabilities: August 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include an annual release covering receipts data to the financial year ending 2014 and liabilities data to the financial year ending 2013.

All statistics relate to the UK. No sub-national...

Statistics: PAYE and Corporate Tax receipts from the banking sector: 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

This publication provides outturn statistics for PAYE Income Tax and National Insurance contributions and Corporation Tax receipts from the banking sector in the UK, and receipts of the Bank Payroll Tax and Bank...

Transparency data: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre expenditure: July 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Spending over &pound;250 for the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre for July 2014.

Transparency data: Workforce management information for HMRC and the VOA: 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Data for July 2014 added

Data covers:

payroll staff by grade non-payroll staff by type headcount staff numbers full-time equivalent staff numbers staff costs Notes

These figures...

Statistics - national statistics: Number of Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs), amounts subscribed to each component and average subscription
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Tables updated for the tax year 2013 to 2014

The information in the tables comes from the annual returns that must be made to the HM Revenue & Customs by ISA managers.

Statistics - national statistics: Individual Savings Account statistics
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Tables have been updated for the tax year 2013 to 2014

The statistics are divided into four sections:

section 1 sets out the key features of ISAs section 2 provides commentary and analysis...
Statistics - national statistics: Market value of Individual Savings Account (ISA) funds, by type of qualifying investment
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Tables updated for the tax year 2013 to 2014

Adult ISAs include breakdown by stocks and shares component as well as cash component.

Transparency data: HMRC's departmental spend over £25,000: July 2014
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The coalition government is committed to publishing departmental spend over &pound;25,000 as part of its commitment to transparency and open government.

Statistical data set: Commodity prices
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated banana prices.

Prices for selected agricultural and horticultural produce are published on a weekly or monthly basis in the following spreadsheets. The data source depends on the item but...

Statistical data set: House Price Index background tables
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Data published for July 2014.

Overview

Our monthly House Price Index background tables offer you the raw and cleansed aggregated data behind the House Price Index. Datasets are available from ...

Statistical data set: RHI mechanism for budget management: estimated commitments
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest data published.

The quarterly forecast shows the current estimated committed expenditure for the next 12 months based on the number of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) applications and accreditations...

Statistics: Domestic RHI mechanism for budget management: estimated commitments
seen at 09:32, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest data published.

The quarterly forecast shows the current estimated committed expenditure for the next 12 months based on the number of Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) applications...

Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Activators Xenon and Argon added to the 2014 Prohibited List
seen at 09:31, 29 August in News (Our copy).
Xenon and Argon have been added to the 2014 Prohibited List, effective 1 September
#MedalMoments - Why did they matter to you?
seen at 09:31, 29 August in UK Sport (Our copy).
We want to know what Great Britain's medal moments meant to you
Bonus payments up 4.9% on last year at £40.5 billion
seen at 09:30, 29 August in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
ONS has published its annual article on bonus payments in Great Britain
Kaleidoscope - Cinema- Paderborn - Sep 2014 - Reviews and Timings
seen at 09:30, 29 August in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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News story: Vehicle tax changes webchat
seen at 09:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

The webchat will give customers and stakeholders the opportunity to ask DVLA about changes to vehicle tax that’ll be introduced from 1 October 2014.

Please read our guide on how the changes...

News story: Tax relief encouraging regional theatre touring productions launched by Chancellor
seen at 09:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. George Osborne MP, today (29 August 2014) visited the Theatre Royal in Brighton to launch the new theatre tax relief coming into effect on 1 September 2014.

His...

Business Investment - Q2 2014 Provisional Results
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
To allow sufficient time to prepare for the major changes in Blue Book 2014 only the output-based estimate of GDP will be published on 15 August 2014. Due to this change the Business Investment Q2 2014 Provisional...
Average Weekly Earnings - Bonus payments in Great Britain, 2013-2014
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Indicator of short-term earnings growth providing monthly estimates of the level of average weekly earnings per employee. AWE replaced Average Earnings Index (AEI) in January 2010
Monthly Births and Deaths (Northern Ireland) - July 2014
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Number of births and deaths registered each month.
NHS Inpatient and Outpatient Waiting: Elective Admission Events - quarter ending June 2014
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Quarterly monitoring of hospital inpatient activity
Waiting Times for Suspected Cancer Patients - quarter ending June 2014
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Cancer waiting.
Corporation Tax Liabilities - August 2014
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides breakdowns of the corporation liability by number, income, allowances, deductions, company sector and financial year for the UK. Previously listed under 'Revenue-based Taxes and Benefits: Corporate Tax'.
Individual Savings Accounts Main Tables 9.4 - July 2014
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides information on savings in adult and junior Individual Savings Accounts - the number of individuals subscribing to ISAs and market values of ISAs.
Insurance Premium Tax Bulletin - August 2014
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Produced monthly by HM Revenue & Customs. Provides details of the amount of standard and higher rate tax declared each month and the value of revenue collected.
Individual Savings Accounts Main Tables 9.6 - July 2014
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides information on savings in adult and junior Individual Savings Accounts - the number of individuals subscribing to ISAs and market values of ISAs.
Alcohol Bulletin - July 2014
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Monthly statistics on clearances of alcohol products and duty receipts for the UK. Previously listed under 'Alcohol Duties Statistical Bulletin'.
Independent report: Establishing food standards for NHS hospitals
seen at 02:30, 29 August in Search (Our copy).

The report looks at standards relating to patient nutrition and hydration, healthier eating across hospitals and sutainable food and catering services.

NHS adoption of the recommended standards will ...

Speech: Recommendations to improve NHS hospital food
seen at 02:30, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).

Going into hospital is often a very worrying experience. Not only are we undergoing treatment but we’re in an alien, clinical (literally) environment away from our family and home comforts. And this can be made...