A Number 10 spokesperson said:
The Prime Minister called King Salman of Saudi Arabia this evening to discuss plans for the Syria donors conference, taking place in London on 4 February. The call also...
It’s a pleasure to be speaking to the Campaign for Science and Engineering in this, your thirtieth year. That’s 30 years since Save British Science was formed. Three decades of campaigning on behalf of...
IntroductionThank you Sir Michael.
I’m delighted to join you this evening.
And I’m grateful to BATA for giving me this opportunity to say a few words.
A lot has happened since I last...
Delivering the annual Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) lecture, he highlighted the importance of the UK’s international research partnerships and the strength of ties with European research ...
Updated: This publication has been updated in January 2016 to correct data in the Taking Part 2015/16 Quarter 2 statistical release published on 17 December 2015. The only changes relate to figures presented ...
Updated: Added quarter 3 information for financial year 2015 to 2016.
The percentage of invoices paid on a quarterly basis, within:
5 days 30 daysThe data covers:
Department for ...
The Government Buying Standards (GBS) are a set of sustainable specifications for a range of commonly purchased products and are designed to make it easier for government departments to buy sustainably...
This revised Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Code E has effect from 2 February 2016.
It outlines the requirements for audio recording interviews with suspects.
The request was for information about the number of shifts filled by agency staff in November 2015 and the number of those shifts where the payments exceeded the price caps.
Monitor does not hold the...
Updated: Link to PACE Code E 2016 added.
This revised Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Code E has effect from 27 October 2013. It covers the requirements for audio recording of interviews with...
Updated: Link to PACE Code E 2016 added.
The annex, together with supporting changes to other provisions and notes for guidance, exempt 4 specific crime types from the current requirement that interviews...
Updated: Further details on consultation process and proposals for community pharmacy added.
The government wants to better integrate community pharmacy into primary care. The letter from DH and NHS England...
Government has asked Lord Nicholas Stern to lead an independent review of the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The review is examining how university research funding can be allocated more efficiently so ...
21 years of The Amber Trust
The Transitional Arrangements auction has closed securing 803MW electricity capacity for winter 2016-2017 at a clearing price of £27.50/KW.
The auction, which supports the Capacity Market...
Updated: Added new FOI responses - Information on military personnel with a place of birth recorded as a location in Herefordshire who have died in military service since the end of World War 2, Number of widows...
This analysis supplements our ‘special educational needs: an analysis and summary of data sources’ publication.
It includes breakdowns of the data by:
gender type of SEN reason for...
This leaflet provides information about Disability Living Allowance (DLA) ending for people who were born after 8 April 1948 and are 16 or over. It also includes information for claimants about deciding whether...
Updated: Replaced chapter P2 with revisions to the descriptor log.
This advice for DWP decision makers covers:
Universal Credit (UC) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) contribution-based Jobseeker...
All closures are based on historical data and are compulsory for all UK vessels 10 metres and over using demersal trawls (including otter, beam and seines), fixed nets (including gill, entangling and trammel) ...
Updated: The guidance document Learning from experience: Post-incident reporting for UK dams has been withdrawn from use, guidance on this subject is available elsewhere on GOV.UK.
Reservoir owners or operators...
Updated: Update letter for antiviral prescribing when A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza virus is the dominant circulating strain.
Guidance covers:
definitions treatment of suspected or confirmed influenza...
In this issue:
Mid-year Funding Claims 2015 to 2016: Deadline Monday, 8 February Funding Rules, Funding Rates and Formula: Online Forum ‘Recruit an apprentice’: March LaunchÂ
These user guides explain how schools and LAs can use the funding reports in COLLECT, the Department for Education’s centralised data collection and management system.
The reports will help schools...
Updated: Published new annex 9 - management information guidance about Work Choice provision and match funding.
The provider guidance forms part of your contract and provides guidance on processes and requirements...
Updated: This publication has been updated in January 2016 to correct data in the Taking Part 2015/16 Quarter 2 statistical release published on 17 December 2015. The only changes relate to figures presented ...
Updated: Added quarter 3 information for financial year 2015 to 2016.
The percentage of invoices paid on a quarterly basis, within:
5 days 30 daysThe data covers:
Department for ...
The Government Buying Standards (GBS) are a set of sustainable specifications for a range of commonly purchased products and are designed to make it easier for government departments to buy sustainably...
This revised Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Code E has effect from 2 February 2016.
It outlines the requirements for audio recording interviews with suspects.
The request was for information about the number of shifts filled by agency staff in November 2015 and the number of those shifts where the payments exceeded the price caps.
Monitor does not hold the...
Updated: Link to PACE Code E 2016 added.
This revised Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Code E has effect from 27 October 2013. It covers the requirements for audio recording of interviews with...
Updated: Link to PACE Code E 2016 added.
The annex, together with supporting changes to other provisions and notes for guidance, exempt 4 specific crime types from the current requirement that interviews...
The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...
The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...
The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...
Updated: Further details on consultation process and proposals for community pharmacy added.
The government wants to better integrate community pharmacy into primary care. The letter from DH and NHS England...
Government has asked Lord Nicholas Stern to lead an independent review of the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The review is examining how university research funding can be allocated more efficiently so ...
The shortlist for the Better Business for All Awards 2016 has been announced today (27 January 2016). The 12 shortlisted entries have demonstrated success in bringing together business and regulators to change...
You heard it at Davos, and in every boardroom in the City and Whitehall: what does the new model of 21st century innovation look like?
The breathless pace of biotechnology and bioscience is driving a...
The northbound carriageway and exit slip road remain closed between the A2 and the Bobbing junction, following a burst water main and subsequent void underneath the carriageway.
The outside lane on the...
A new bridge is being installed over the M4, as part of the construction of the new Shinfield Eastern Relief Road, by HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction on behalf of the University of Reading.
The M4 will be ...
The Highways England renovations to the A421 Bedford bypass eastbound and westbound bridge, will begin on Wednesday 3 February and will take 4 nights to complete. The work is due to finish on Tuesday 9 February...
Public Health England (PHE) and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) are aware of a Zika virus outbreak in South and Central America and the Caribbean.
In October 2015...
Updated: Added a link to an update on the call for evidence on the valuation of pensions with a guaranteed annuity rate.
This consultation seeks views on proposed minor and technical regulatory changes ...
Guidance for companies and LLPs on the register of PSC requirements due to come into force from 6 April 2016.
These requirements introduce new legal duties and those failing to comply could be committing...
Decision reference: VAR677
Type of decision: variation to admission arrangements decision - approved.
School type: voluntary aided
School phase: primary
Local authority: London...
Updated: new notice added
Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1373 (2001). It denounced terrorism and required member states to deny all...
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
Updated: Replaced CRU 1 form with 2 page printable version.
All CRU forms include our address, phone number, fax number and email address.
Please consider the need to keep personal information ...
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
Updated: Added 2016 access days.
A list of scheduled days for public access to the defence training estate at Warcop, Cumbria.
Related information public access to military areas The...
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
Updated: Added new firing times for the periods 30 January to 5 February and 6 to 12 February.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile...
Updated: Details of consultation outcome added
See the consultation summary for information about the proposed restriction to open access land (case number: 2015067839 and 2015067840). The consultation ...
The Chancellor has written to Andrew Tyrie, the Chairman of Treasury Select Committee on the apprenticeship levy.
The annual fisheries report 2014 to 2015 sets out what’s been done to achieve:
a better environment for fish more people fishing more satisfied customersIt includes:
fisheries monitoring...
Updated: Updated MCA Approved doctors UK based 27 January 2016
This list is for seafarers who need to get an ENG1 medical fitness certificate, and to find a Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) approved...
Updated: Updated List of recruitment and placement agencies 26 January 2016
The table details recruitment and placement agencies approved by MCA under regulation 1.4 of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC...
Following comments by the judge in the case of HM Advocate v. Ross Monaghan, the Forensic Science Regulator was, in 2012, invited to review the performance of the Scottish Police Services Authority forensic science...
Updated: Added new FOI responses - Information on military personnel with a place of birth recorded as a location in Herefordshire who have died in military service since the end of World War 2, Number of widows...
This analysis supplements our ‘special educational needs: an analysis and summary of data sources’ publication.
It includes breakdowns of the data by:
gender type of SEN reason for...
This leaflet provides information about Disability Living Allowance (DLA) ending for people who were born after 8 April 1948 and are 16 or over. It also includes information for claimants about deciding whether...
Updated: Replaced chapter P2 with revisions to the descriptor log.
This advice for DWP decision makers covers:
Universal Credit (UC) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) contribution-based Jobseeker...
All closures are based on historical data and are compulsory for all UK vessels 10 metres and over using demersal trawls (including otter, beam and seines), fixed nets (including gill, entangling and trammel) ...
Updated: The guidance document Learning from experience: Post-incident reporting for UK dams has been withdrawn from use, guidance on this subject is available elsewhere on GOV.UK.
Reservoir owners or operators...
Updated: Update letter for antiviral prescribing when A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza virus is the dominant circulating strain.
Guidance covers:
definitions treatment of suspected or confirmed influenza...
In this issue:
Mid-year Funding Claims 2015 to 2016: Deadline Monday, 8 February Funding Rules, Funding Rates and Formula: Online Forum ‘Recruit an apprentice’: March LaunchÂ
These user guides explain how schools and LAs can use the funding reports in COLLECT, the Department for Education’s centralised data collection and management system.
The reports will help schools...
Updated: List of titles added for Kingley Vale NNR
OverviewNatural England’s National Nature Reserves (NNRs) have been used for environmental research for decades and there are hundreds of reports and...
Updated: Published new annex 9 - management information guidance about Work Choice provision and match funding.
The provider guidance forms part of your contract and provides guidance on processes and requirements...
Art Is Your Human Right: London visual arts takes up the Cultural Education Challenge
Luke Willmott banned from all sport for two years
Clydeport Operations Limited (Clydeport) of Glasgow, has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered fatal crush injuries at their Hunterston Coal Terminal site in Ayrshire.
Construction firm Balfour Beatty has been fined after a worker lost his life whilst repairing a central reservation barrier damaged in a road traffic collision.
A company which maintains the power distribution supplies to London, the South East and East of England has been fined £1million after a runner was electrocuted by a low-hanging high voltage power cable...
A Staffordshire farming firm has been sentenced for safety failings after a Polish worker had to have his arm amputated when it was caught in the rollers of a potato grading machine.
A 25 year old man who used social media to harass a man because of his disability has been sentenced to six weeks imprisonment.
For the last two weeks a team of 6 soldiers from Gutersloh based 26 Regiment Royal Artillery (26 Regt RA) have been testing their physical endurance and determination against everything...
Susie Lind, who was rescued from the Nazis by Sir Nicholas Winton’s Kindertransport, spoke about her experiences for the first time in almost 80 years. Ms Lind contributed to the BBC One documentary programme...
Top apprentices and leading employers from around the country gathered at an exclusive ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House last night to recognise the nation’s top apprentices and apprenticeship employers. Six...
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is encouraging drivers to avoid MOT fails and save money.
The latest MOT testing data for Great Britain shows that around 40% of cars fail their MOT...
Updated: Updated with today's forecast from the Environment Agency.
Government departments, councils and the Environment Agency are working together to respond to the flooding during the winter of 2015 ...
The Information Age is changing the nature of the threat to the UK’s defence and security for example through the power of social media. But just as the UK needs to evolve in order to respond to these new digital...
The shortlist for the Better Business for All Awards 2016 has been announced today (27 January 2016). The 12 shortlisted entries have demonstrated success in bringing together business and regulators to change...
Thank you. I am delighted to be at this Police IT Suppliers Summit once again. I know that today we have representatives from police forces across England and Wales, police and crime commissioners, and experts...
In December last year the European Commission launched a consultation on the evaluation and modernisation of the legal framework for the enforcement of intellectual property rights. This aims to help assess...
At Hull Crown Court in September last year, Bell, a cub-scout leader, pleaded guilty to having sexually assaulted a child in his care. He also pleaded guilty to offences of making and possessing indecent images...
Following a change of collection approach the key stage 2 (KS2) science results for 2014 are not comparable with the previous published data. Additional changes will be introduced in 2016 following the introduction...
The Scottish Secretary will formally announce the move during a visit to Aberdeen tomorrow (Thursday 28 January) when he will meet representatives of the offshore industry and Aberdeen City Council.
The...
Greater Manchester, Brighton, Norfolk, Surrey have together been awarded almost £200,000 to help more women in their communities address the underlying issues which left unchecked may lead to them becoming...
Report showing the results of a review of the coverage and quality of monitoring and evaluation plans across the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
BIS’s evaluation strategy ...
Recommendations from the BIS panel of external independent experts, giving an overview of common areas where the department could improve evaluation.
Under the revised customs code legislation, the UCC, the incomplete declaration facility will be replaced by Customs Freight Simplified Procedures.
Updated: Updated guidance.
This document lists institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under Tier 4. It includes information about the category of students they’re licensed to sponsor and their...
Updated: The address for the National Registration Unit has changed.
This notice cancels and replaces Notice 457 (April 2010). Details of any changes to the previous version can be found in paragraph 1....
Updated: The address for the National Registration Unit has changed.
This notice cancels and replaces Notice 458 (June 2011). Details of any changes to the previous version can be found in paragraph 1.2...
HM Revenue and Customs has published draft regulations and a draft explanatory memorandum for a technical consultation. The draft regulations make changes to the information requirements for scheme administrators...
Updated: Addition of video link.
A detailed guide on doing business in and with France. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in France growth potential of the market...
Updated: The address for the National Registration Unit has changed.
This edition of Notice 451a, dated December 2014, cancels and replaces Notice 451a: General Betting Duty (GBD) dated October 2014. This...
Updated: The address for the National Registration Unit has changed.
This edition of Notice 147a, dated December 2014, cancels and replaces Notice 147a: Pool Betting Duty (PBD) dated October 2014. This...
This factsheet is intended to help pension scheme providers determine:
whether certain types of pension benefits which contain a promise, including those with a guaranteed annuity rate (GAR), are safeguarded...
Updated: Added a link to an update on the call for evidence on the valuation of pensions with a guaranteed annuity rate.
This consultation seeks views on proposed minor and technical regulatory changes ...
Updated: Variations effective from 00:01 hours, Friday 29 January 2016 added
Variations occur to reflect changes in quota limits and closures or openings of sea areas.
Current licensing documents...
Guidance for companies and LLPs on the register of PSC requirements due to come into force from 6 April 2016.
These requirements introduce new legal duties and those failing to comply could be committing...
Updated: The address for the National Registration Unit has changed.
This notice cancels and replaces Notice 452 February 2014.
Decision reference: VAR677
Type of decision: variation to admission arrangements decision - approved.
School type: voluntary aided
School phase: primary
Local authority: London...
Updated: The address for the National Registration Unit has changed.
This notice cancels and replaces Notice 453 (October 2014). Details of any changes to the previous version can be found in paragraph ...
Updated: new notice added
Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1373 (2001). It denounced terrorism and required member states to deny all...
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
Updated: Replaced CRU 1 form with 2 page printable version.
All CRU forms include our address, phone number, fax number and email address.
Please consider the need to keep personal information ...
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
Updated: lists corrected
HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in effect in the UK, for domestic designations under the Terrorist Asset...
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
Updated: Added 2016 access days.
A list of scheduled days for public access to the defence training estate at Warcop, Cumbria.
Related information public access to military areas The...
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
The UK Space Agency publishes details of all its spending, both over £25,000 and under, on a monthly basis.
Updated: Added new firing times for the periods 30 January to 5 February and 6 to 12 February.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile...
Updated: Details of consultation outcome added
See the consultation summary for information about the proposed restriction to open access land (case number: 2015067839 and 2015067840). The consultation ...
The Chancellor has written to Andrew Tyrie, the Chairman of Treasury Select Committee on the apprenticeship levy.
The annual fisheries report 2014 to 2015 sets out what’s been done to achieve:
a better environment for fish more people fishing more satisfied customersIt includes:
fisheries monitoring...
Updated: More country call for bids added
The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review announced a £1.3billion Prosperity Fund over the next 5 years to promote the economic reform and...
Updated: Updated MCA Approved doctors UK based 27 January 2016
This list is for seafarers who need to get an ENG1 medical fitness certificate, and to find a Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) approved...
Updated: Updated List of recruitment and placement agencies 26 January 2016
The table details recruitment and placement agencies approved by MCA under regulation 1.4 of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC...
Following comments by the judge in the case of HM Advocate v. Ross Monaghan, the Forensic Science Regulator was, in 2012, invited to review the performance of the Scottish Police Services Authority forensic science...
A farming company in Cornwall has been fined £75,000 after a worker was electrocuted.
An East Anglian Scaffolding company was fined after a worker fell over four metres suffering severe injuries.
Top apprentices and leading employers from around the country gathered at an exclusive ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House last night to recognise the nation’s top apprentices and apprenticeship employers. Six...
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is encouraging drivers to avoid MOT fails and save money.
The latest MOT testing data for Great Britain shows that around 40% of cars fail their MOT...
Secretary of State for Wales Stephen Crabb has today paid tribute to those who died in the Holocaust, and to the survivors working tirelessly to share their stories of courage with future generations.
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Highways England is providing new traffic lights, pedestrian crossings and cycle lanes, linking villages, schools and businesses on either side of the busy A56. The roundabout – which links the A56 to the A680...
The following information summarises the work being carried out this coming week. It is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.
...
Updated: Operational update
Latest updateDaesh terrorists in both Syria and Iraq have been repeatedly struck by numerous Royal Air Force attacks over recent days.
On Wednesday 20 January Typhoon...
Biographical details
Joyce Cook OBE
Joyce is the founding and Managing Director of the Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFÉ) and Chair of Level Playing Field, a charity that campaigns...
Prof McNaughton’s appointment is recognition of his expertise in the world of high speed rail and marks a first for the UIC in that Prof McNaughton is the first Briton to hold the post.
Welcoming his appointment...
The Prime Minister David Cameron has today (27 January 2016) announced that the national memorial to the Holocaust will be built in the iconic Victoria Tower Gardens, next to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster...
The Rural Payments Agency has confirmed that the total number of farmers in England who have now received their BPS 2015 payments stands at 61,172 - over 70% of those eligible.
This means over £...
Read Winter flooding 2015: community support for advice and current information.
Environment Agency is urging communities in the south west, south, and north of England and the Severn Valley...
This is the first contract for TAS-UK to deliver a propulsion subsystem for an ESA-led mission - an important step for the company who are building a Propulsion Centre at the established Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire...
Updated: Added Quarter 2 of 2015 to 2016 (January 2016 release, with data from July to September 2015).
This publication contains breastfeeding prevalence at 6 to 8 weeks after birth. The data was collected...
The Secretary of State does not make these decisions herself. They are made by a senior official on the recommendation of an independent panel.
Teacher reference number: 1148549 ...
Updated: Release date of Sub-national electricity and gas consumption at LSOA, MSOA and IGZ level changed from 28 January to 4 February 2016.
DECC’s timetable of statistical releases for twelve months ahead...
Contains breakdown of staff by grade for core BIS, including UK Trade and Investment (UKTI). We also include information on our approach to ensuring our staff are part of an equal and diverse organisation.
Updated: Update to the new driving test trial statistics.
About this data setThis data set comes from data held by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
It isn’t classed as an ‘official...
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes details of approved expenditure in areas limited by spending controls on a quarterly basis.
This paper sets out recommendations to develop cross-border parcel delivery within Europe to support e-commerce across the single market.
This notice is designed advise MCA Approved Training Providers (ATPs) and Seafarers about the current and future requirements (After 1st January 2017) relating to Updating (refreshing) Ancillary and Safety Training...
Application number 1003Applicant Clearwater Care (Group) Limited, & Clearwater Care (Hackney) Limited objected to the name used by Clearwater Care & Support Services Ltd under the Companies Act 2006...
Application number 1043Applicant Exxon Mobil Corporation objected to the name used by Exxon (UK) International Auction Limited under the Companies Act 2006.
The decision was undefended. ‘Undefended’ ...
Updated: Signed Order added to decision page.
Application number 979Applicant The Maersk Company Limited objected to the name used by Maerk Training Limited under the Companies Act 2006.
This...
Updated: Signed Order added to decision page.
Application number 969Applicant Vomal International Limited objected to the name used by Vomal Oilfield Services Limited under the Companies Act 2006.
Updated: Signed Order added to decision page.
Application number 865Applicant Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and CIBC World Markets Plc objected to the name used by CIB Credit Ltd under the Companies...
Updated: Signed Order added to decision page.
Application number 981Applicant Heineken Brouwerijen B.V objected to the name used by Heineken Beer Co.Ltd. under the Companies Act 2006.
This decision...
Updated: Signed Order added to decision page.
Application number 955Applicant Guardian Financial Services Holding UK Limited objected to the name used by Guardian Mortgages Limited under the Companies...
Updated: Decisions for company names Exxon (UK) International Auction Limited and Clearwater Care & Support Services Ltd added to the 2016 table. Signed Orders for application numbers 979, 969, 865, 981, 955 ...
This document provides detail on a food product from the UK, Lough Neagh Pollan, which is being considered under the EU protected food names scheme.
We have applied to the EU to get Protected Designation...
You can use form VATC9 to start paying direct debits to make VAT payments via our online service.
The updated interception of communications code of practice reflects developments in the law since the code was brought into force in 2002. It also provides more information on the safeguards that apply to the...
Updated: Added data for January to May 2015
In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, we are now publishing details of spend over £25,000 since 1 April 2010 and over &...
Updated: Added data for January to May 2015
In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, we publish details of spend over £500 from 1 April 2011. We will continue to publish...
Professor Tim Wheeler will be joining NERC at the start of April 2016 as our new director of science & innovation.
Three men were convicted today for offences relating to the burglary of a vault at Hatton Garden, in the heart of London's jewellery district. Four other men had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle...
A CPS Spokesperson said: "The Central Criminal Court today received formal evidence of the death of Lord Greville Janner. As a result Mr Justice Openshaw brought proceedings to an end. This concludes the criminal...
A man who raped a sex worker at gunpoint in Leicester in 1994 has been convicted and jailed, after a DNA sample identified him in 2013.
Trevor James Monk has been sentenced at the Old Bailey today to 19 years and six months for child sexual abuse, including the possession of over 80,000 indecent images of children.
As members of the BFG community you will be aware that recently there have been a few incidents which have raised concerns regarding security.
Although there has been no need to increase...
Top apprentices and leading employers from around the country gathered at an exclusive ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House last night to recognise the nation’s top apprentices and apprenticeship employers. Six...
Sir Eric Pickles said:
I am pleased that Holocaust Memorial Day this year has the theme of ‘Don’t Stand By’.
It is a powerful reminder that the Holocaust was not a consequence simply of a...
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is encouraging drivers to avoid MOT fails and save money.
The latest MOT testing data for Great Britain shows that around 40% of cars fail their MOT...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is currently finalising its procurement plans for the planning and delivery of the nationwide census in 2021 and we want to give you a chance to get involved.
government to encourage 7-day working to ensure roadworks finish as quickly as possible on local ‘A’ roads potential charges for those leaving road works in place, when no work is ongoing new charge for...
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said:
On Holocaust Memorial Day, we reflect on the terrible events of the Holocaust and pay tribute to those who work tirelessly to ensure that this remains forever...
Updated: Revised form for Scotland due to new notice period for local bus service registrations in Scotland.
Supplementary form to start, change or cancel a local registered bus service with less than the...
See the consultation summary for information about the current restriction to open access land (case number: 2006050235). The consultation map shows the open access land affected.
Submit your comments...
This regulatory judgement is based on the Homes and Communities Agency’s (HCA) assessment of the provider’s governance and financial viability.
The regulatory judgement includes:
the parent or...
This regulatory judgement is based on the Homes and Communities Agency’s (HCA) assessment of the provider’s governance and financial viability.
The regulatory judgement includes:
the parent or...
We publish a regulatory notice when we have evidence that a provider with fewer than 1,000 units is not compliant with an economic standard. In some cases we may also publish a regulatory notice relating to the...
This letter outlines the Department for Transport’s decision about the fitting of a radio communication system on HS1 for maintenance. It features information about:
the authorisation of this rail project...
This letter outlines the Department for Transport’s decision about a freight wagon used by Network Rail for infrastructure renewal work. It features information about:
the authorisation of this rail project...
This letter outlines the Department for Transport’s decision about fitting a new signalling system at Ashford International Station. The signalling system will enable new Eurostar trains to stop there. It features...
These publications contain data comparing the value of reductions to Housing Benefit entitlement identified by each local authority against the value of reductions we expect they could potentially identify.
Estimates for the number of UK seafarers active at sea, including demographic analysis. The release covers some statistics on non UK seafarers who are qualified to work on UK registered vessels. Updated annually...
Updated: Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2015.
Table SFR0201Age profile of deck officers holding Certificates of Competency (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 24KB)
Table SFR0202 <...
This publication provides background information on Housing Benefit: entitlement reductions statistics, (also known as Housing Benefit: caseload management information).
Updated: Revised to incorporate minor clarifications, including the process inspectors must follow when they have judged boarding or residential provision to be inadequate.
This guidance is designed to ...
This publication contains statistics on cases being processed by the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme, delivered by the Child Maintenance Service.
The statistics have been developed using guidelines...