Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I am very pleased to be here with you this evening to present the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award at the 2017 British Construction Industry Awards.
An ...
The Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award recognises excellence in publicly funded buildings and infrastructure, and highlights projects that bring real change to communities, demonstrate innovative and...
Latest auction brought forward over 1GW of clean electricity for Scotland UK decarbonising faster than any other G20 nation, with renewables now providing 30% of the UK’s electricity supplyThe UK government...
Updated: Change of consular rate of exchange from 6 October 2017.
In line with the changes to notarial and documentary services outlined in the Consular Strategy 2013-2016, not all services on the Consular...
Information on legal issues relating to parental child abduction in Peru.
Decision reference: LAN73
Type of decision: land transfer - transferred in full consequent upon removal of trust
School type: foundation
School phase: primary
Local authority: ...
The UK space sector is important and is growing: it contributes over £7 billion to the UK economy each year, and has grown over 8% per year over the last decade. To grow UK share of the market, the ...
Updated: Change of consular rate of exchange from 6 October 2017.
In line with the changes to notarial and documentary services outlined in the Consular Strategy 2013-2016, not all services on the Consular...
Information on legal issues relating to parental child abduction in Peru.
The two discussed Catalonia. Following the meeting, the Minister for Europe said:
As Spanish courts have ruled, the poll on 1st October was not held within the Spanish legal and constitutional framework...
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As the government sets out its plans for an ambitious new industrial strategy, the IPO is seeking views to form part of our contribution to the next phase of the strategy. We are looking for your views on a range...
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Updated: The list has been updated to include the funds that have entered the Reporting Fund Regime as at 2 October 2017.
This is a list of funds that come within the definition of an offshore fund and ...
Updated: Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 11/10/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations
UN Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999)This resolution (and its successor resolutions) requires...
A request was made under the Freedom of Information Act for details of all written correspondence received from Alistair Burt MP and/or his office about this section of the A1 and its junction with New Road in...
Updated: We’ve published the final allocations for the school improvement monitoring and brokering grant.
The school improvement monitoring and brokering grant of £50 million per year ...
Updated: Added November 2017 newsletter.
This page contains the 2 latest editions of the Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) newsletter, providing news and updates about current and planned activities...
Updated: Added Manorbier firing times for November 2017.
The firing times presented in PDF format are web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberrys, smart phones and tablets.
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Updated: Added CSV version of firing times for the East Region 2017.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberry...
This document contains Steve Holliday’s interim findings for the Magnox Inquiry.
The Magnox Inquiry is looking into the award of the Magnox decommissioning contract by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority...
This guidance tells Home Office staff how to consider enquiries about limited leave to remain outside of the Immigration Rules from relatives of those directly affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. It applies ...
The history of British nationality law falls into 4 periods, which are marked by key pieces of legislation:
before 1915 between 1915 and 1948 between 1949 and 1983 after 1983This document ...
Updated: Updated WEEE approved compliance schemes public register.
2017 registers of EEE producers, approved exporters and approved authorised treatment facilities. Plus a list of WEEE producer compliance...
Decision reference: LAN73
Type of decision: land transfer - transferred in full consequent upon removal of trust
School type: foundation
School phase: primary
Local authority: ...
The UK space sector is important and is growing: it contributes over £7 billion to the UK economy each year, and has grown over 8% per year over the last decade. To grow UK share of the market, the ...
Updated: 11 October - Closure of The Verne Immigration Removal Centre
Latest updates 11 October - Closure of The Verne Immigration Removal CentreYesterday (10 October) the Home Office notified stakeholders...
I would like to thank you for the opportunity to speak today and for what has been a wonderful lunch. I would also like to pay tribute to Lord Lindsay who is a committed and effective advocate for UKAS.
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A new Education Advisory Group, run by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Skills Partnership, will help the sector unlock its commercial potential and meet the huge demand for British education...
We have notified the Information Commissioner’s Office of a limited breach of our information security policy.
On Monday 9th October, we sent an email in three batches to a total of 508 housing associations...
It is a pleasure to be here at Wembley for this well timed conference on maintaining advantage in an era of global challenges, the first time in 17 years the annual International Concept Development and Experimentation...
Updated: Essential maintenance message
We’ll be carrying out some planned maintenance on our internal systems from 5pm to 7pm on 18 October 2017.
Companies House Service may be affected during ...
This page lists ad-hoc statistics released during the period October - December 2017. These are additional analyses not included in any of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s standard publications...
Updated: Edited attachment order to move figures to top.
The government is committed to 33% of central government procurement spend going to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), directly or via the...
Updated: This notice has been updated in multiple sections to help clarify the Registered Dealers in Controlled Oil Scheme.
This notice cancels and replaces Notice 192 (January 2016). Details of any changes...
Updated: TUR1/1019(2017) RMT & Krones UK Limited – Acceptance decision issued.
The decisions set out:
names of CAC panel members name of the case manager issue in dispute views of the parties...
The Committee issued 2 reports earlier in 2017 concerning adult social care. This document responds to the Committee’s recommendations and was prepared by the Department of Communities and Local Government...
Updated: Amended some performance targets in Annex A. Minor corrections to text to add clarity.
This MCERTS standard requires laboratories that analyse stack emissions monitoring samples to be accredited...
The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee conducted an inquiry into capacity in the homebuilding industry which concluded with a report in April 2017. This is the government response...
Updated: Added assessment plan.
This document is relevant to:
employers wanting to recruit an apprentice training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships available <...
Updated: Consular fees updated as at 10th October 2017
Fees are non-refundable, subject to change and an official receipt must be given for all fees.
The Benefits and Impact Report shows that the Mobile Infrastructure Project has delivered 2G, 3G and 4G mobile connectivity through 75 mobile masts to 7,199 premises which previously had no mobile signal, more...
A request was made under the Freedom of Information Act for information relating to surface defect (pothole) data.
Updated: Added data for July and August 2017.
Data for spending over £25,000 by:
Department for Education (DfE) Standards and Testing Agency (STA) Education and Skills Funding Agency...
Updated: Added data for August 2017.
Details of all ePCS expenditure over £500 by:
Department for Education (DfE) Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) National College for Teaching...
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The attached document is classified by HM Revenue and Customs as a tariff notice and contains information about how to correctly classify certain goods for import and export purposes.
Updated: Guidance on settlement route published.
This guidance tells Home Office staff how to consider the immigration status of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
It allows eligible individuals...
HB Direct newsletters provide information that affects Housing Benefit, including:
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As the government sets out its plans for an ambitious new industrial strategy, the IPO is seeking views to form part of our contribution to the next phase of the strategy. We are looking for your views on a range...
HB Direct newsletters provide information that affects Housing Benefit, including:
policy changes good practice other initiatives
Updated: The list has been updated to include the funds that have entered the Reporting Fund Regime as at 2 October 2017.
This is a list of funds that come within the definition of an offshore fund and ...
Updated: Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 11/10/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) publishes a list of all those subject to financial...
Updated: Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 11/10/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations
UN Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999)This resolution (and its successor resolutions) requires...
A request was made under the Freedom of Information Act for details of all written correspondence received from Alistair Burt MP and/or his office about this section of the A1 and its junction with New Road in...
Updated: We’ve published the final allocations for the school improvement monitoring and brokering grant.
The school improvement monitoring and brokering grant of £50 million per year ...
Updated: Added November 2017 newsletter.
This page contains the 2 latest editions of the Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) newsletter, providing news and updates about current and planned activities...
Updated: Added Manorbier firing times for November 2017.
The firing times presented in PDF format are web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberrys, smart phones and tablets.
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Updated: Today we have deployed a team to assess the grounding of general cargo vessel Ruyter on Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland which occurred at 2154 yesterday.
All new investigations will be added to...
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...
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: Added CSV version of firing times for the East Region 2017.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberry...
This document contains Steve Holliday’s interim findings for the Magnox Inquiry.
The Magnox Inquiry is looking into the award of the Magnox decommissioning contract by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority...
This guidance tells Home Office staff how to consider enquiries about limited leave to remain outside of the Immigration Rules from relatives of those directly affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. It applies ...
The history of British nationality law falls into 4 periods, which are marked by key pieces of legislation:
before 1915 between 1915 and 1948 between 1949 and 1983 after 1983This document ...
Updated: Updated WEEE approved compliance schemes public register.
2017 registers of EEE producers, approved exporters and approved authorised treatment facilities. Plus a list of WEEE producer compliance...
In preparation for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, UK government and the European Commission have set out a number of proposals for future global trading arrangements in a joint letter to World...
Equivalent high standards of Euratom to be maintainedThe UK will establish a domestic nuclear safeguards regime under measures contained in the Nuclear Safeguards Bill, introduced to Parliament today...
The names of 32 academy leaders elected to help shape the future of schools in their local areas, have been announced today (11 October) by the Department for Education.
The leaders – who were elected...
International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, today (11 October) opened the ASEAN@50 Business Forum and hailed the region’s strong trade links with the UK.
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN...
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:
I am very concerned that a UK national has been denied entry to Hong Kong. The British Government will be seeking an urgent explanation from the Hong Kong authorities...
They reviewed a number of defence and security issues, including our close Carrier cooperation, our deepening capability collaboration on F-35s and P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft, and the UK’s National Shipbuilding...
It is a pleasure to be here today at the UK Commercial Finance and Banking Conference in the City of London, one of the world’s preeminent financial centres.
Throughout the 19th century, the City was ...
Updated: Amended some wording to improve clarity, updated contact details.
This document provides guidance for the appropriate level of knowledge required by personnel responsible for implementing monitoring...
Updated: Added ADM memo 24/17: Infected blood and thalidomide regulations and revised chapters H2 and H5 annotated to memo 24/17.
This advice for DWP decision makers covers:
Universal Credit (UC...
Updated: Amended some wording to improve clarity. Updated contact details.
The OMA scheme covers assessments of operators’ self-monitoring of both emissions to air and discharges to water. Separate guidance...
The Environment Agency and Office for Nuclear Regulation’s (the nuclear regulators) joint publication about their scrutiny of RWM’s work relating to geological disposal of radioactive waste.
Government...
Updated: Added Disposal database: House of Commons report October 2017.
MOD present and future disposal properties that are in the public domain that is provided for reference in the House of Commons library...
Updated: New document added to the page.
This document lists all the new manufacturer or wholesale dealer licences that have been granted by MHRA for February 2016 through to January 2017.
This ...
Updated: New document added to page for September 2017
Termination of a licence, authorisation or registration takes place at the request of the holder of the licence, authorisation or registrant, for example...
Updated: New document added to the page.
A publicly available UK register for national health regulators in other European Economic Area (EEA) member states to check who is an authorised broker in the UK...
This is a list of responses to FOI requests to DVSA where some or all of the requested information was given to the person who asked for it.
It covers responses sent in August 2017.
To request...
The facilitation fund supports over 60 groups with 1400 farmer/land manager members. These case studies illustrate the range of approaches taken by the groups.
If you require more information on specific products or have any questions about the lists email info@mhra.gov.uk.
If you require more information on specific products or have any questions about the lists email info@mhra.gov.uk.
Updated: The SIVA1 form has been redesigned based on user feedback.
Use form SIVA1 to apply to simplify your import accounting if you regularly import goods and complete questionnaire SIVA1a as part of ...
Updated: Added desider: issue 111, October 2017.
desider is the monthly corporate magazine for Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). It is aimed at readers across the wider MOD, armed forces and industry...
We are working to expand the opportunities available to business and science in the UK by enabling new markets for safe, competitive and sustainable small satellite launch and sub-orbital flight.
Updated: Added operational low flying training timetable 23 to 27 October 2017.
A list of timetables for operational low flying (OLF) training by RAF fast jets and Hercules aircraft. These timetables cover...
Updated: Businesses can now publish their reports online.
This guidance is for companies and LLPs who must comply with the statutory reporting duty for payment practices and performance. It covers:
...
Information on the marine licence application process for LPAs.
Updated: Groundwater situation report for October 2017 added.
This document provides information on the groundwater situation for Wessex: Dorset and south Wiltshire.
Flooding from groundwater can...
This page lists ad-hoc statistics released during the period October - December 2017. These are additional analyses not included in any of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s standard publications...
Updated: Edited attachment order to move figures to top.
The government is committed to 33% of central government procurement spend going to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), directly or via the...
Updated: This notice has been updated in multiple sections to help clarify the Registered Dealers in Controlled Oil Scheme.
This notice cancels and replaces Notice 192 (January 2016). Details of any changes...
Updated: TUR1/1019(2017) RMT & Krones UK Limited – Acceptance decision issued.
The decisions set out:
names of CAC panel members name of the case manager issue in dispute views of the parties...
The Committee issued 2 reports earlier in 2017 concerning adult social care. This document responds to the Committee’s recommendations and was prepared by the Department of Communities and Local Government...
Updated: Amended some performance targets in Annex A. Minor corrections to text to add clarity.
This MCERTS standard requires laboratories that analyse stack emissions monitoring samples to be accredited...
The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee conducted an inquiry into capacity in the homebuilding industry which concluded with a report in April 2017. This is the government response...
Updated: Added assessment plan.
This document is relevant to:
employers wanting to recruit an apprentice training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships available <...
Updated: Consular fees updated as at 10th October 2017
Fees are non-refundable, subject to change and an official receipt must be given for all fees.
The Benefits and Impact Report shows that the Mobile Infrastructure Project has delivered 2G, 3G and 4G mobile connectivity through 75 mobile masts to 7,199 premises which previously had no mobile signal, more...
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from any political influence.
The NICEI is an experimental quarterly measure of the performance of the NI economy based on available official statistics. Existing published quarterly indices (i.e. Index of Services (IOS), Index of Production...
A request was made under the Freedom of Information Act for information relating to surface defect (pothole) data.
Updated: Added data for July and August 2017.
Data for spending over £25,000 by:
Department for Education (DfE) Standards and Testing Agency (STA) Education and Skills Funding Agency...
Updated: Added data for August 2017.
Details of all ePCS expenditure over £500 by:
Department for Education (DfE) Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) National College for Teaching...
Updated: Added data for July and August 2017.
Teachers’ pension scheme payments are routine daily cash transfers to Capita to fund the payments it makes to pensioners and others on behalf of DfE.
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We commissioned Professor Chris Lewis to carry out a rapid review of crime and criminal justice statistics in other countries, to inform our work in the UK. We wanted to get a sense of how UK statistics...
This document reports a breach of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, or the relevant Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Orders, to which the Code applies as if it included these orders.
The First Secretary of State Damian Green and the Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns will meet the First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones for discussions on arrangements under the EU (Withdrawal) Bill for...
In preparation for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, UK government and the European Commission have set out a number of proposals for future global trading arrangements in a joint letter to World...
Robert joined the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as Permanent Secretary in January 2011 having been Permanent Secretary at the Department of Transport from May 2007.
At DWP he has led the organisation...
Last auction saw cost of offshore wind halved and secured enough renewable capacity to power 3.6 million homes. UK decarbonising faster than any other G20 nationEnergy Minister Richard Harrington confirmed...
Thirteen companies have been wound up by the High Court in the public interest following investigations by Company Investigations of the Insolvency Service.
The companies all traded from an address in...
The Battle Honours have been awarded to commemorate notable battles, actions, or engagements in which squadron aircrew or RAF Regiment personnel played a memorable part.
Battle Honours were approved for...
Thank you Mr Chair,
The United Kingdom supports the statement made by the Ambassador of Estonia on behalf of the European Union.
We commend your work, Mr Chair, to steer the Executive Council ...
Figures out today show that SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) benefitted from £12.2 billion worth of central government spending in 2015 to 16.
They also show that the amount government...
Under the original policy, eligible foreign nationals directly affected by the fire with uncertain immigration status could be granted 12 months’ limited leave to remain in the UK with full access to relevant...
Equivalent high standards of Euratom to be maintainedThe UK will establish a domestic nuclear safeguards regime under measures contained in the Nuclear Safeguards Bill, introduced to Parliament today...
Public Health England (PHE) today (11 October 2017) launched its latest return on investment (RoI) tool, this time helping local commissioners decide the best approach to preventing musculoskeletal conditions...
For the second year running, Highways England and The Deer Initiative have joined forces to warn motorists about the heightened risk of deer-vehicle collisions during the autumn.
Across the UK it is estimated...
Updated: Added MOD statistics pre-release access list: 6 October 2017.
This is a list of the individuals who currently have pre-release access to MOD’s key national and official statistics. The list includes...
Updated: Sea passengers monthly data table updated for August 2017.
Table SPAS0101UK international sea passengers by port (ODS, 34.5KB)
Table SPAS0102
Updated: Added drinking water scheme: intended results for distribution W177.
For more information, please email foodeqa@phe.gov.uk.
Updated: Added 'Post-16 technical education reforms: T level action plan'.
The documents are as follows:
‘T level action plan’: the government’s progress on the reforms to technical education set...
Updated: Document template updated.
River Thames accommodations licensing requirements relates to mooring piles, slipways, landing stages and other private structural encroachments in the public river.
Updated: Amended some wording to improve clarity, updated contact details.
This document provides guidance for the appropriate level of knowledge required by personnel responsible for implementing monitoring...
Updated: Added ADM memo 24/17: Infected blood and thalidomide regulations and revised chapters H2 and H5 annotated to memo 24/17.
This advice for DWP decision makers covers:
Universal Credit (UC...
Updated: Amended some wording to improve clarity. Updated contact details.
The OMA scheme covers assessments of operators’ self-monitoring of both emissions to air and discharges to water. Separate guidance...
The Environment Agency and Office for Nuclear Regulation’s (the nuclear regulators) joint publication about their scrutiny of RWM’s work relating to geological disposal of radioactive waste.
Government...
Updated: Added Disposal database: House of Commons report October 2017.
MOD present and future disposal properties that are in the public domain that is provided for reference in the House of Commons library...
Updated: New document added to the page.
This document lists all the new manufacturer or wholesale dealer licences that have been granted by MHRA for February 2016 through to January 2017.
This ...
Updated: New document added to page for September 2017
Termination of a licence, authorisation or registration takes place at the request of the holder of the licence, authorisation or registrant, for example...
Updated: New document added to the page.
A publicly available UK register for national health regulators in other European Economic Area (EEA) member states to check who is an authorised broker in the UK...
Updated: New document added to the page.
This document provides information about all the sites licensed as wholesale dealers of human and veterinary medicines by the Department of Health and the Medicines...
This is a list of responses to FOI requests to DVSA where some or all of the requested information was given to the person who asked for it.
It covers responses sent in August 2017.
To request...
The facilitation fund supports over 60 groups with 1400 farmer/land manager members. These case studies illustrate the range of approaches taken by the groups.
Education Secretary Justine Greening, has today (11 October) announced the first three T levels in Digital, Construction, and Education and Childcare, which will help deliver a generation of home-grown talent...
The ‘Avexis’ will help dislodge and clear waste from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo.
Watch the robot enter the plant for the first time
It has been developed by Cumbrian firm Forth Engineering...
Kenneth Macgregor Munn and Richard Jonathan Owen Rees have been disqualified from acting as a director for seven years and four years respectively, after failing to pay over £1.4 million in taxes.
These are notices which appear for a limited number of weeks.
They include Intellectual Property policy announcements and recent additions to the British Library.
In compliance with the Noise Insulation Regulations 1975, where no offer of insulation or grant has been made the Regulations give a right of appeal to anyone having a qualifying interest, where the dwelling ...
The return on investment tool pulls together evidence on the effectiveness and associated costs for a number of interventions for musculoskeletal conditions.
The tool allows results to be tailored to...
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
This is a patient-level data set providing information relating to NHS-funded community services for children and young people aged 18 years or under. These services can include health centres, schools and mental...
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Updated: Added MOD statistics pre-release access list: 6 October 2017.
This is a list of the individuals who currently have pre-release access to MOD’s key national and official statistics. The list includes...
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Updated: Sea passengers monthly data table updated for August 2017.
Table SPAS0101UK international sea passengers by port (ODS, 34.5KB)
Table SPAS0102
Updated: MAIB has commenced a new investigation into the grounding of Barbados registered general cargo ship Islay Trader off Margate, Kent, UK on 8 October 2017.
All new investigations will be added to...
Updated: Added drinking water scheme: intended results for distribution W177.
For more information, please email foodeqa@phe.gov.uk.
Updated: Added 'Post-16 technical education reforms: T level action plan'.
The documents are as follows:
‘T level action plan’: the government’s progress on the reforms to technical education set...
Updated: Document template updated.
River Thames accommodations licensing requirements relates to mooring piles, slipways, landing stages and other private structural encroachments in the public river.
Updated: Teacher Recruitment Bulletin: October 2017 added
The Teacher Recruitment Bulletin has replaced the School Direct bulletin. This is a fortnightly bulletin with the latest news on teacher recruitment...
Updated: Added funding band. Approved for delivery.
This document is relevant to:
employers wanting to recruit an apprentice training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships...
We’ve published the first in-depth look at mix of nationalities in the UK digital tech workforce
Tech Nation Talent report shows non-UK workers made up 13% of the digital tech workforce versus 10% ...
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has reiterated Britain’s support for the Iran nuclear deal ahead of a US deadline to recertify Iranian compliance.
Mr Johnson yesterday (Tuesday 10 October) held phone ...
I have been asked by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State, to make this written ministerial statement. This statement concerns the application made by Transport for London under the Planning Act...
The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, has today (11 October) announced the first three T levels, in Digital, Construction, and Education and Childcare, which will help deliver a generation of home-grown ...
The ‘Avexis’ will help dislodge and clear waste from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo.
Watch the robot enter the plant for the first time
It has been developed by Cumbrian firm Forth Engineering...
I represented the UK at the General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting in Brussels on Monday 25 September. This was the first meeting of the GAC under the Estonian Presidency.
The main items on the agenda were...
I am today announcing that Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the award of Battle Honours to squadrons of Her Majesty’s Royal Air Force, for their participation in Operation TELIC...
A Double Taxation Convention with Belarus was signed on 26 September 2017. The text of the Convention has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and has been made available on HM Revenue and Customs&#...
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Luxembourg on 10th October. EU Finance Ministers will discuss the following items:
Early Morning Session
The...
My Rt. Hon. Friend Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union, has made the following statement:
I represented the UK at the General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting ...
The Internet Safety Strategy looks at how we can ensure Britain is the safest place in the world to be online. The Strategy considers the responsibilities of companies to their users, the use of technical solutions...
These are notices which appear for a limited number of weeks.
They include Intellectual Property policy announcements and recent additions to the British Library.
In compliance with the Noise Insulation Regulations 1975, where no offer of insulation or grant has been made the Regulations give a right of appeal to anyone having a qualifying interest, where the dwelling ...
The return on investment tool pulls together evidence on the effectiveness and associated costs for a number of interventions for musculoskeletal conditions.
The tool allows results to be tailored to...
What do we understand to be the real substance of education? When we think about what the core purpose of education is, what comes first to our minds? In recent years, we have thought a great deal about the role...
The Internet Safety Strategy looks at how we can ensure Britain is the safest place in the world to be online. The Strategy considers the responsibilities of companies to their users, the use of technical solutions...
Cracking down on dangers like cyber-bullying, trolling and under-age access to porn, the Government’s Internet Safety Strategy proposes:
A new social media code of practice to see a joined-up approach...