Good evening everybody and it is a great pleasure to welcome you all to Downing Street today.
I host a number of these receptions, and when I host events here it is normally to celebrate an anniversary...
Updated: Updated version to rectify small error found in one of the datasets.
Statistics on the number of fly tipping incidents and actions taken in England reported by local councils. Including detailed...
Updated: Added report C75(1) on investigations following a self-reported incident.
We have published these investigations in the interests of transparency and openness. We believe that this will also help...
Updated: Updated adult education budget: funding and performance management rules 2017 to 2018.
This document sets out the adult education budget (AEB) funding and performance management rules for the 2017...
Information for care home on recognising an outbreak and infection and control measures.
This poster is suitable for all social care settings.
Updated: Updated list of authorities.
At the Spring Budget 2017, the Chancellor announced a £435 million package of support for business ratepayers over the next 4 years, following the ...
Updated: Updated data up to October 2017.
The spreadsheet includes data about all collaborative research and development (R&D), feasibility, smart and innovation voucher grants, and Knowledge Transfer...
Updated: uploaded assessment plan
This document is relevant to:
employers wanting to recruit an apprentice training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships available <...
Updated: uploaded assessment plans
This document is relevant to:
employers wanting to recruit an apprentice training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships available...
The FCO accounting officer system statement includes:
a statement of the accounting officer’s responsibilities an overview of the system a description of the responsibilities within the core department...
Updated: Attendee list updated.
The meeting discussed items including: performance; service reform, alternative dispute resolution and updates from BEIS and ACAS.
A request was made under the Freedom of Information Act for information regarding the Asset Support Contracts for Areas 1, 2 and 3 which includes details of subcontractors, suppliers and consultants (Project ...
Updated: Request named documents for Generator Set, Engine Driven (Gasoline), Battery Charging 14/28V 300/500 W (Hopkins); Request information on women in the army; Career projections for named ranks in Engineering...
Updated: September data added.
Details of the workforce management data for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. These figures are not official statistics. They are internal workforce management information...
Office of the Advocate General publishes details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations, gifts (given and received), hospitality and overseas travel on a quarterly basis
Updated: Updated version to rectify small error found in one of the datasets.
Statistics on the number of fly tipping incidents and actions taken in England reported by local councils. Including detailed...
Updated: Added report C75(1) on investigations following a self-reported incident.
We have published these investigations in the interests of transparency and openness. We believe that this will also help...
Updated: Updated adult education budget: funding and performance management rules 2017 to 2018.
This document sets out the adult education budget (AEB) funding and performance management rules for the 2017...
Information for care home on recognising an outbreak and infection and control measures.
This poster is suitable for all social care settings.
Updated: Updated list of authorities.
At the Spring Budget 2017, the Chancellor announced a £435 million package of support for business ratepayers over the next 4 years, following the ...
Updated: There is planned downtime for the Childcare service between 11:00pm Monday 23 October and 00:01am Tuesday 24 October.
Latest updates on the availability and any issues affecting the Childcare service...
Updated: Updated Overseas Business Risk - Peru.
This report looks at issues UK businesses may face when operating in Peru, including the economic and political environment, intellectual property, organized...
Good morning everybody, it is fantastic to be here in this wonderful hotel, that I think that I opened or reopened. I opened many hotels across London in my time as Mayor and I definitely reopened this hotel ...
Pupils at an infant school in Derbyshire are ‘back on the right lines’ after the final touches have been made to their playground, which had been affected by historical coal mining.
On Friday 13 October...
The appointment has Cabinet Office and Treasury approval and will be advertised across the Civil Service shortly.
HMRC Chief Executive, Jon Thompson, said:
Over the course of the department...
Dr Martin Longden has been appointed as the UK’s Special Envoy to Syria in succession to Mr Gareth Bayley who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.
Dr Longden will take...
2 Rifles, currently based at Al Asad providing infantry, counter-IED, engineering and combat medical training to the Iraqi Security Forces, will now patrol outside the base perimeter.
The UK is also deploying...
With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a Statement on last week’s European Council.
Long after we have left the European Union, the UK will continue to be a strong and committed partner, standing...
The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has urged farmers to remain vigilant for signs of bluetongue virus after the disease was successfully picked up in a number of cattle imported from France through our ...
Taking place over some of the harshest yet most picturesque terrain in Mid Wales, Exercise Cambrian Patrol is a unique event and the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. It is rightly regarded as the premier...
The timetable for the NCARRB 2017-18 and 2018-19 pay rounds is as follows:
27 October 2017 – submission of parties’ written evidence 28 November 2017 – oral evidence sessions 31 January 2018 – submission...
Updated: Commissions with Immersive, Rubica, McKinsey and Schillings added.
The letters to Robert Hannigan, former Director, GCHQ. The Committee’s advice, that the independent consultancy and commissions...
Updated: Patents hearing diary updated.
This document is updated regularly to highlight the patents hearings which have been scheduled.
For further information relating to the hearings listed please...
Updated: Added updated versions of JSP 319 part 1: directive (version 4.2) and JSP 319 part 2: guidance (version 4.2).
JSP 319 explains the standards of practice to be observed within the MOD for the storage...
This report has been issued pursuant to the reporting requirements under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012.
Updated: Added report for week 42, 2017.
This report compares the current week’s data on statutory notifications of causative agents to that of the previous 5 weeks.
Older weekly NOIDS causative...
This consultation seeks views from interested parties across the UK on implementing the European Union’s new sustainability requirements for bioliquids used for electricity generation under the Renewables Obligations...
Updated: Added 2 responses: (1) Information relating to the draft Employment and Support Allowance (Claimant Commitment) Regulations 2016 (2) Subject access requests.
This page contains Social Security ...
This document is relevant to:
employers wanting to recruit an apprentice training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships availableThe approved standard outlines the skills...
NoteAny documents filed as evidence will be destroyed in due course. Original documents are not required, photocopies are sufficient.
Fee sheetFee payable forms must be accompanied with a completed ...
Updated: Added Holcombe Moor firing times 11 to 17 November 2017.
The ‘firing times’ are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberrys...
Updated: Published revised versions of section 13a (now dated Oct 17) and section 13a supported business return form.
Read the Work Choice provider live running memos for updates to the guidance.
Updated: Published a revised version of section 13a (now dated Oct 17).
DWP provider guidance for all referrals made during the contracts’ extension period in England and Wales effective from April 2017...
At Budget 2016, the government announced that it would introduce the Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme (FHDDS) from April 2018. The scheme applies to businesses that store any goods imported from outside ...
Updated: Updated documents
This guidance is for:
marine surveyors and inspectors fishing vessel owners fishing vessel builders anyone else who needs to know how Maritime and Coastguard Agency...
Updated: Revised documents added
This guidance is for:
marine surveyors and inspectors fishing vessel owners fishing vessel builders others who need to know how Maritime and Coastguard agency...
This note replaces MGN 430 (F) and should be read in conjunction with MGN 571 – Preventing Man Overboard, MSN 1871 The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels, MSN 1872, The Code of Safe Working...
This note replaces MGN 430 (F) and should be read in conjunction with MGN 570 Emergency Drills, MSN 1871 The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels, MSN 1872, The Code of Safe Working Practices...
Updated: Updated data up to October 2017.
The spreadsheet includes data about all collaborative research and development (R&D), feasibility, smart and innovation voucher grants, and Knowledge Transfer...
Updated: Updated allocations of restricted certificates of sponsorship for October 2017.
This document lists the number of restricted certificates allocated to employer sponsors by month, for foreign workers...
Updated: Page updated with a note to say that the FNtI is now closed.
This letter and its annex serve as a written notice to improve financial management, control and governance at The Isle of Portland ...
Updated: Corrected title of this notice.
The notices to exporters collection brings together all notices published since August 2016.
Updated: Corrections: 1) Manufactured topsoil must be used as a soil substitute for landscaping purposes. 2) Manufactured topsoil must not be used at depths greater than 300mm.
If you comply with the conditions...
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: uploaded assessment plan
This document is relevant to:
employers wanting to recruit an apprentice training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships available <...
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: uploaded assessment plans
This document is relevant to:
employers wanting to recruit an apprentice training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships available...
The FCO accounting officer system statement includes:
a statement of the accounting officer’s responsibilities an overview of the system a description of the responsibilities within the core department...
Updated: Attendee list updated.
The meeting discussed items including: performance; service reform, alternative dispute resolution and updates from BEIS and ACAS.
A request was made under the Freedom of Information Act for information regarding the Asset Support Contracts for Areas 1, 2 and 3 which includes details of subcontractors, suppliers and consultants (Project ...
Updated: Request named documents for Generator Set, Engine Driven (Gasoline), Battery Charging 14/28V 300/500 W (Hopkins); Request information on women in the army; Career projections for named ranks in Engineering...
The statistics on the disregard and pardon of sexual convictions includes:
cases accepted cases rejected cases in progress cases disregarded
Updated: Supplier list - updated
The webpages above contain information on establishing community broadband solutions, including advice on delivery models, technologies and financing options.
Updated: September data added.
Details of the workforce management data for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. These figures are not official statistics. They are internal workforce management information...
Office of the Advocate General publishes details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations, gifts (given and received), hospitality and overseas travel on a quarterly basis
Holidaymakers could be spared the hassle of removing laptops and tablets from hand-luggage when passing through airport security, as government seeks to revolutionise aviation screening.
The government...
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 International Development Secretary Priti Patel called for urgent international action to end the “death sentence” that innocent people of Raqqa city still face from explosive booby-traps and wounds inflicted...
Good morning everybody, it is fantastic to be here in this wonderful hotel, that I think that I opened or reopened. I opened many hotels across London in my time as Mayor and I definitely reopened this hotel ...
During the visit, Prince Harry was accompanied by Jon Parkin, Head of Veterans UK, as he was shown the extent of work undertaken in support of all UK veterans. Veterans UK provides vital welfare help for ex-service...
The journey to locate these vessels has taken 172 years. Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin set sail from England in 1845 on an expedition to chart the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic with HMS Erebus...
The UK has increased its own support for innocent families who have been forced to flee relentless violence in Burma and make the treacherous journey to Bangladesh to find refuge. This is an increase from &...
Updated: Alert about service maintenance.
We’ll be carrying out some planned maintenance on our internal systems from 6pm to 10pm on 25 October 2017.
Companies House Service may be affected during...
Updated: Description of the Official Receiver’s general fee updated to provide more clarity.
In 2014, The Insolvency Service agreed with Ministers at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and...
Updated: Additional statistics - UK defence exports to Slovakia added
Defence statistics include:
UK defence exports by sales based on new orders estimated data for global defence imports and ...
Updated: Files updated
The foundation trust directory has links to foundation trust publications. Providers licensed by Monitor include foundation trusts and independent healthcare providers.
Updated: Added consultation response: Strategy for pharmacopoeial public quality standards for biological medicines
Biological medicines are an increasingly important part of healthcare worldwide. Their...
Requirement R083 Requirement detailAn important component of managing impact is clarifying the presence of sensitive features. Traditional methods of determining the location of features provide a snapshot...
The guidance notes set out the terms under which the Department for Communities and Local Government is prepared to make emergency financial assistance available to local authorities above a qualifying threshold...
Updated: Updated document (see version history for changes).
This guide will help local authorities to submit the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April 2017 to 31...
This guide will help local authorities to submit the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.
Read more guidance on submitting data for ...
Updated: Added a guide to validation checks.
This is technical information about submitting and validating data for the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April...
This is technical information about submitting and validating data for the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.
It is for:
...
Updated: Updated list October 2017
The following list of funeral directors has been prepared by the British High Commission Port Louis for the convenience of British Nationals who may require this service...
Updated: Updated list October 2017
The following list of English speaking lawyers and translators/interpreters has been prepared for the convenience of British Nationals who require legal advice
Updated: Added Tregantle firing times 6 to 19 November 2017.
The ‘firing times’ are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberrys, smart...
Updated: New Quarter information uploaded
From 1 April 2015 all central government departments and their executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies, are required to report on their prompt payment...
Please read the competition scope before you apply for this competition.
To be eligible for funding you must:
be a UK registered organisation carry out your project in the UK work in...
The timetable for the NCARRB 2017-18 and 2018-19 pay rounds is as follows:
27 October 2017 – submission of parties’ written evidence 28 November 2017 – oral evidence sessions 31 January 2018 – submission...
Updated: Commissions with Immersive, Rubica, McKinsey and Schillings added.
The letters to Robert Hannigan, former Director, GCHQ. The Committee’s advice, that the independent consultancy and commissions...
We want to know what you think about how we plan to enforce controls on mercury in the UK. The controls will apply the requirements of EU Regulation 2017/852 on mercury.
We are interested in the...
Updated: Patents hearing diary updated.
This document is updated regularly to highlight the patents hearings which have been scheduled.
For further information relating to the hearings listed please...
Updated: Added updated versions of JSP 319 part 1: directive (version 4.2) and JSP 319 part 2: guidance (version 4.2).
JSP 319 explains the standards of practice to be observed within the MOD for the storage...
This report has been issued pursuant to the reporting requirements under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012.
Updated: Added report for week 42, 2017.
This report compares the current week’s data on statutory notifications of causative agents to that of the previous 5 weeks.
Older weekly NOIDS causative...
This consultation seeks views from interested parties across the UK on implementing the European Union’s new sustainability requirements for bioliquids used for electricity generation under the Renewables Obligations...
Updated: Added information about reference numbers for tenants.
These guides provide private and social sector landlords and tenants with information about Universal Credit.
If a tenant is having...
Updated: Added 2 responses: (1) Information relating to the draft Employment and Support Allowance (Claimant Commitment) Regulations 2016 (2) Subject access requests.
This page contains Social Security ...
This document is relevant to:
employers wanting to recruit an apprentice training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships availableThe approved standard outlines the skills...
NoteAny documents filed as evidence will be destroyed in due course. Original documents are not required, photocopies are sufficient.
Fee sheetFee payable forms must be accompanied with a completed ...
Updated: Added Holcombe Moor firing times 11 to 17 November 2017.
The ‘firing times’ are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberrys...
Updated: Published revised versions of section 13a (now dated Oct 17) and section 13a supported business return form.
Read the Work Choice provider live running memos for updates to the guidance.
Updated: Published a revised version of section 13a (now dated Oct 17).
DWP provider guidance for all referrals made during the contracts’ extension period in England and Wales effective from April 2017...
At Budget 2016, the government announced that it would introduce the Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme (FHDDS) from April 2018. The scheme applies to businesses that store any goods imported from outside ...
Updated: Updated documents
This guidance is for:
marine surveyors and inspectors fishing vessel owners fishing vessel builders anyone else who needs to know how Maritime and Coastguard Agency...
Updated: Revised documents added
This guidance is for:
marine surveyors and inspectors fishing vessel owners fishing vessel builders others who need to know how Maritime and Coastguard agency...
This note replaces MGN 430 (F) and should be read in conjunction with MGN 571 – Preventing Man Overboard, MSN 1871 The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels, MSN 1872, The Code of Safe Working...
This note replaces MGN 430 (F) and should be read in conjunction with MGN 570 Emergency Drills, MSN 1871 The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels, MSN 1872, The Code of Safe Working Practices...
The 90-metre ship, which will deploy across the globe on counter-terrorism and anti-smuggling operations, was formally named HMS Medway by her Sponsor, Lady Wendy Fallon, in a ceremony at the BAE Systems Scotstoun...
Business Secretary Greg Clark was in Canada today (20 October 2017) to attend an event marking the joint venture between Airbus and Bombardier, agreed earlier this week.
During the visit, Greg Clark held...
Innovate UK has up to £16 million to invest in capital projects that support the growth of manufacturing capacity for viral vectors used in cell and gene therapies.
Commercial opportunities in ...
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
This morning the Prime Minister called Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan to congratulate him on his success in the Japanese general election.
The Prime...
In January 2017, MHRA launched a public consultation on pharmacopoeial quality standards for biological medicines.
The quality of biological medicines, which are an increasingly important part ...
The Department for Education has announced today, Monday 23 October, the appointment of Richard Pennycook to the Board as Lead Non-Executive Board Member.
As the former CEO of The Co-Operative Group, ...
Good morning everybody,
It is fantastic to be here in this wonderful hotel, that I think that I opened or reopened. I opened many hotels across London in my time as Mayor and I definitely reopened this...
Pension Wise is a national, government backed service that launched in April 2015 as part of the pension freedom reforms. Anyone over the age of 55 with a defined contribution pension has the option to...
Updated: Updated with weekly datasets.
Weekly publications give the average wholesale prices of selected home-grown horticultural produce. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged...
Updated: Updated 'Lead: toxicological overview'.
These documents provide information on the health effects of exposure, the chemical’s toxicity and material for responding to a chemical incident.
The purpose of our safety digest is to share important safety messages quickly.
These are published when we have decided not to undertake a full investigation for any of the following reasons:
...
A request was made under the Freedom of Information Act for information regarding data on surface defects (potholes).
Updated: Additional statistics - UK defence exports to Slovakia added
Defence statistics include:
UK defence exports by sales based on new orders estimated data for global defence imports and ...
Updated: Files updated
The foundation trust directory has links to foundation trust publications. Providers licensed by Monitor include foundation trusts and independent healthcare providers.
Updated: Added consultation response: Strategy for pharmacopoeial public quality standards for biological medicines
Biological medicines are an increasingly important part of healthcare worldwide. Their...
Updated: Indexation Allowance rates for assets disposed of in August 2017 have been amended. Indexation Allowance rates for assets disposed of in September 2017 have been added.
Indexation Allowance allows...
Requirement R083 Requirement detailAn important component of managing impact is clarifying the presence of sensitive features. Traditional methods of determining the location of features provide a snapshot...
The guidance notes set out the terms under which the Department for Communities and Local Government is prepared to make emergency financial assistance available to local authorities above a qualifying threshold...
Updated: Updated document (see version history for changes).
This guide will help local authorities to submit the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April 2017 to 31...
This guide will help local authorities to submit the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.
Read more guidance on submitting data for ...
Updated: Added a guide to validation checks.
This is technical information about submitting and validating data for the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April...
This is technical information about submitting and validating data for the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.
It is for:
...
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.
Minister for Europe and Americas, Sir Alan Duncan, will today [October 23] welcome Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Georgia, Mikheil Janelidze for the fourth round of the UK-Georgia annual strategic...
Richard Hoyes, an operational analyst based at Portsdown West, deployed to the Caribbean to support the military following the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
With just 3 days’ notice...
Quarterly update produced by the British Embassy in Beijing on key commercial regulatory developments in China.
Updated: The November 2017 monthly exchange rates have been added to the page.
You should use these exchanges rates if you have to convert any foreign currency to sterling for customs and VAT purposes.
Updated: Lines added to main body text notifying the general public of the cessation of publication of the quarterly statistics release.
The publication of a quarterly statistics release has now ceased. ...
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
This review estimates the risks and benefits of breast screening in terms of the number of:
deaths due to radiation-induced cancers lives saved by digital mammographyin the NHS Breast Screening...
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Pension Wise is a national, government backed service that launched in April 2015 as part of the pension freedom reforms. Anyone over the age of 55 with a defined contribution pension has the option to...
This data covers former staff at senior civil service levels SCS1 and SCS2 and equivalents who fall within the scope of the business appointment rules.
Updated: Updated with weekly datasets.
Weekly publications give the average wholesale prices of selected home-grown horticultural produce. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged...
Updated: Updated 'Lead: toxicological overview'.
These documents provide information on the health effects of exposure, the chemical’s toxicity and material for responding to a chemical incident.
The Environment Agency notifies the public of the decision made on certain applications for the abstraction or impoundment of water.
This decision statement explains:
who has made the application...
Updated: Added employers list involved in standard development
This document is relevant to:
employers wanting to recruit an apprentice training organisations working with employers to make the...
The purpose of our safety digest is to share important safety messages quickly.
These are published when we have decided not to undertake a full investigation for any of the following reasons:
...
A request was made under the Freedom of Information Act for information regarding data on surface defects (potholes).
Updated: Added translation
Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns will call on Welsh SMEs to capitalise on new UK Government backed finance to help gain access to global growth markets when he attends...
Giving evidence can be a painful and difficult experience, which often involves people having to recount one of the most horrific moments in their lives.
The inaugural ‘Celebrating Services for Witnesses...
Updated: Details about public hearing added.
On 25 July 2016, Natural England submitted a report to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs setting out the proposals for improved...
Updated: Added ESPAUR report 2017.
The ESPAUR report:
shows developments in antimicrobial stewardship and professional or public education and awareness activities reviews ESPAUR activities ...
To lead a project you must:
be a UK-based business of any size manufacture viral vectors either: to good manufacturing practice (GMP) standards as gene therapies for viral transduction...
The notices to exporters collection brings together all notices published since August 2016.
Quarterly update produced by the British Embassy in Beijing on key commercial regulatory developments in China.
Updated: The November 2017 monthly exchange rates have been added to the page.
You should use these exchanges rates if you have to convert any foreign currency to sterling for customs and VAT purposes.
Darren McCormack banned from all sport for four years
This is the second annual Charity Fraud Awareness Week, aiming to help you increase resilience against fraud.
A group of around 40 charities, regulators, professional bodies and other stakeholders...
Updated: Details about public hearing added.
On 25 July 2016, Natural England submitted a report to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs setting out the proposals for improved...
Updated: Added ESPAUR report 2017.
The ESPAUR report:
shows developments in antimicrobial stewardship and professional or public education and awareness activities reviews ESPAUR activities ...
An overwhelming majority of the UK public support the introduction of a legal ban on unpaid internships lasting 4 weeks or more.
New polling data released by the Social Mobility Commission, found that...