This is available on-line at http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_control/documents/contentservertemplate/odpm_index.hcst?n=2586&l=1 Choose 'Statistics of Planning Applications'   

This summer a host of major talent from the worlds of music and film come together in a new project funded by Culture Online, part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.   

A father and son team have been successfully prosecuted by the DTI after an investigation into their building restoration business.   

As Portsmouth gears up for the International Fleet Review and the International Festival of the Sea a restricted area in the Eastern Solent has been established. Specific details have been distributed by the Queens...

New quarterly surveillance reports have been launched to monitor disease outbreaks in horses and donkeys.   

An Essex electrician has been banned from acting as a company director for five years and sentenced to 80 hours community punishment following a DTI prosecution.   

Edition 8 of the Reforming Mental Health Law Newsletter series

The Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Business Plan for 2005/2006

Three new members, Sarah Buckley, Susan Knox and Stephen Spice, have been appointed to the Veterinary Residues Committee.   

A £45 million fund to help provide advice for those struggling with unmanageable debts was welcomed today by Consumer Minister Gerry Sutcliffe.   

Lord Sainsbury, Minister for Science and Innovation, today announced a new partner to strengthen the UK's standardization strategy. The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has joined the Department of Trade...

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Patrick Diamond's ideas on Capital Transfer Tax, the PMS said that Mr. Diamond no longer advised for the Government. He was a private individual who was entitled to express...

Asked about David Blunkett receiving payment of compensation after leaving office, only to return to Cabinet later, the PMS said the rules were all laid down in the Ministerial Pensions and Salaries Act 1991. She...

Asked if there was anything to add about the NHS financial report that was published this morning, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said she had nothing further to add to what Patricia Hewitt had said this morning...

Read or watch the Prime Minister's speech to MEPs setting out the the UK's position on the future of the European Union.

A new report on NHS finances shows the need for the ongoing reform agenda, the Health Secretary said today.

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: NHS Finance, David Blunkett Payment and Capital Transfer Tax.

The aims of the Awards are to stimulate the creativity of those engaged in planning.

A report summarising the responses to a consultation on proposals to enable those who have potentially been infected with a blood borne virus as a result of a crime to seek information about whether the alleged ...

Responses to the consultation on proposals to enable those who have potentially been infected with a blood borne virus as a result of a crime to seek information about whether the alleged assailant was infected ...

ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING 3-14

Planning authorities are responding well to the Government's drive to improve and modernise their services Planning Minister Yvette Cooper said today. Planning figures for year-ending March 2005 show improved performance...

My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State has made the following written ministerial statement."Today I have deposited copies of The Freedom of Information Act 2000—Statistics on Implementation...

My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State has made the following written ministerial statement."The following list sets out the key performance targets that have been set for the Public Guardianship...

The Chief of the Defence Staff and I have today signed an agreement with the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) setting out measures to prevent and deal with sexual harassment in the armed forces.We have been ...

In line with our policy of employing reservists as an integral component of the armed forces, we shall shortly begin mobilising approximately 600 of them to replace existing reservists serving in support of our ...

Five key targets have been set for the chief executive of the Defence Procurement Agency for the financial year 2005–06.The first three key targets apply to all projects over £20 million which have passed...

Key targets have been set for the chief executive of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency for the financial year 2005–06. The targets are as follows:Key Target 1. QualityTo achieve less than 15 attributable major...

I am today announcing 61 schemes, involving 34 local authorities, that will ensure social rented homes meet minimum standards of decency, and boost provision of new social rented homes. These schemes should deliver...

Following the annual review, the Deputy Prime Minister will today lay regulations to update the home loss payment thresholds in section 30 of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (as amended). Home loss payments are paid...

The Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) is a non-departmental public body established as a body corporate under the Police Act of 1997. In January 2004, I commissioned an independent, end-to end review...

The Sentencing Guidelines Council has today published its first annual report, jointly with the Sentencing Advisory Panel, giving details of the excellent work it has achieved since its creation in March 2004 and...

I am today announcing the findings of the review of the Sectors-Based Scheme (SBS). The scheme, which currently has the status of a pilot, was introduced on 1 May 2003 and provided for the issuance of work permits...

Section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 will come into force on 18 July 2005. Section 21 has amended the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 so that any fungi containing psilocin or an ester of psilocin—commonly known as magic ...

I have received the annual report for 2004–05 of the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland which is being presented to Parliament today as a Command Paper.Copies of the report are available...

'Reform programme is the solution - not the problem' - Hewitt