Atkins, the FRES Systems House, has placed two Technology Demonstrator Programme (TDP) contracts with Lockheed Martin (UK) Ltd and Thales, announced Lord Drayson, minister for Defence Procurement today.   

The Government is to launch a new programme to help retrain Iraqi doctors and other clinicians.   

Minerals are an important national resource. There is a continuing need for an adequate and steady supply of minerals for a variety of purposes. Equally, working must be fully reconciled with policies to protect...

Automated Registration of Title to Land (ARTL) is a Registers of Scotland Executive Agency project to introduce automated, electronic registration of routine property dealings in the Land Register of Scotland.

Asked about the Prime Minister's concerns with respect to Law and Order given the spate of recent well publicised violent crime, the PMOS said that, as we had said many times, we had to keep the actual level of ...

Asked about the Prime Minister's view of the current trade negotiations between the EU and China, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) pointed out that the European Commission was the sole negotiator in...

London's Regent Street and an Eco Centre in Wales are among 18 environmentally-friendly projects that will share over GBP 1.5million in funding.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: EU and China trade negotiations and law and order.

A standard set of powers for Community Support Officers (CSOs) will help tackle crime and anti-social behaviour and increase community safety, the Home Office announced today.   

Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, today announced her intention to appoint new members to the following authorities:   

New system makes it easier to monitor patients with long-term conditions   

The United Kingdom, as Presidency of the European Union, condemns in the strongest terms the mortar attacks on Shia pilgrims in Baghdad which led to today's tragic loss of life and offers condolences to the families...

A standard set of powers for Community Support Officers will help tackle anti-social behaviour the Home Office said today.

The UK, as current President of the European Union, has condemned in the 'strongest terms' the mortar attacks on Shia pilgrims in Baghdad which led to today's tragic loss of life.

National Workforce Planning Framework: 2005

Summary document

Progress Report on Scottish Sustainable Development Indicators.

The Government's Key Worker Living Programme (KWL) is making a positive contribution towards improving recruitment and retention of key workers, such as teachers, nurses and police.   

The following statistics were released today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC):   

David Colin-Thome will be the new Chair of the Task Force on Medicines Partnership. He replaces Jim Smith, who will be retiring from his position as Chief Pharmaceutical Officer at the Department of Health at ...

Revised short introduction to the new Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

Progress Report on Scottish Sustainable Development Indicators.

A revised version of guidance designed to help employers who supply and use personal protective equipment (PPE) at work meet their duties under the law has been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).   

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently investigated several complaints relating to flame failure devices (FFDs) on gas forges used primarily by farriers. The key issues are the purchase of suitable equipment...

Home Office Minister Paul Goggins today announced that the Government intends to ban possession of extreme pornographic material, and published a consultation paper inviting views on the proposals.   

The Competition Commission (CC) is greatly saddened to report that its Chairman Professor Paul Geroski died on Sunday 28 August. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer, which had been diagnosed earlier in ...

The Competition Commission (CC) has today published an issues statement as part of its inquiry into the classified directory advertising services market.   

Details of how the review of legal aid procurement will be taken forward over the next few months were announced today.   

People who may not always be able to make their own decisions as a result of an illness like dementia, disability or injury and those who live and work with them - including banking, legal, finance, health and social...

The Rural Development Service (RDS) reminded farmers today that they can still submit Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) applications for the majority of their farms; they don't have to wait until outstanding issues ...

Industry, conservation groups and the public are being invited to give their views on a major piece of legislation that will improve the management of Britain's seas.   

The following statistics were released today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre:   

Fourth successive annual increase in UK

1 in 10 children has a mental disorder

London's Regent Street and an Eco Centre in Wales are among 18 environmentally-friendly projects that will share over £1.5million in funding.

Final Report of the NEET Workstream

This consultation document seeks the views on a proposal to make illegal the possession of extreme pornographic material featuring adults

The London Borough of Newham has given undertakings to the OFT that it will remove potentially unfair terms from tenancy agreements used in providing housing to previously homeless people.   

A vehicle hire trader from Kent has had his application for a consumer credit licence refused by the OFT.   

Gurkhas will soon benefit from improved access to family accommodation when accompanied by their families, John Reid, Secretary of State for Defence, announced today.   

London's Regent Street and an Eco Centre in Wales are among 18 projects that will share over £1.5million in funding   

A new set of reports is published today by the Department for Work and Pensions. They present findings from three independent studies commissioned by the Department into hybrid, or risk sharing, pension scheme designs...

£639 million spent on cancer services - £69 million more than NHS Cancer Plan commitment   

Housing Trends in Scotland: Quarter Ending 31 March

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In response to an attack on a group of Serbs in Kosovo, a Foreign Office spokesman said today:   

Recognising the 'complex task' presented by the ethnic and religious diversity of the country, Tony Blair said the agreed text was a 'testimony to the determination of the Iraqi people to build a free, secure and...

Recognising the 'complex task' presented by the ethnic and religious diversity of the country, Tony Blair said the agreed text was a 'testimony to the determination of the Iraqi people to build a free, secure and...

Proposed Plastic Bag Levy - Extended Impact Assessment volume 2

Proposed Plastic Bag Levy - Extended Impact Assessment: Volume 1: Main Report

Proposed Plastic Bag Levy - Extended Impact Assessment

Patients could have recurring eye problems monitored at their local optician rather than their hospital, under plans announced by Health Minister Rosie Winterton today.   

The United Kingdom, as Presidency of the EU, today welcomes the publication of Iraq's constitution.   

Figures released today show a fifteen-fold increase in the number of prosecutions against those who physically assault NHS staff. During 2004/05 there were 759 prosecutions compared to 51 cases identified in 2002...

consultation on Draft Regulations

Has figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, accidents, toll bridges, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport, finance, personal travel and international comparisons.

prison statistics

The report examines criticism of the performance of the planning system in dealing with major planning applications and recommends measures to make the system more "business friendly".

The report examines criticism of the performance of the planning system in dealing with major planning applications and recommends measures to make the system more "business friendly".

Sarah Jean Earney was fined £2,500 with costs of £1,432.45 at Southampton Magistrates Court on Wednesday 24 August, following a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). She admitted...

Transco PLC was today fined a total of £15m at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh, under Section 3 of the Health and Safety etc Act 1974. The jury returned the guilty verdict today following a ...

People who may not always be able to make their own decisions as a result of an illness like dementia, disability or injury and those who live and work with them - including banking, legal, finance, health and social...

Information Note   

Main Points This Month   

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has presented a petition in the High Court to wind up GLI (Galaxy Lifestyles) Limited trading as Galaxy Lifestyles International in the public interest.   

The public will be asked for their opinion on the future of the NHS outside hospitals in a major consultation exercise.

The Department of Health and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) are today publishing the results of the first ever mandatory surveillance schemes for Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea and glycopeptide resistant...

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:   

Draft smoking regulations

Has figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, casualties, air, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, Scottish Executive transport spending plans and personal travel.

Output rises 0.3% in the quarter to June

Economy rose by 0.5% in Q2 2005

The Government is launching a new programme to help develop the skills of Iraq's doctors - and is looking for an organisation to help with the training.

This consultation presents proposals for changes to the current producer responsibility regime for packaging waste as set out in the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, as amaended...

John Sumner, Head of the Health and Safety Executive's Chemicals Unit in Scotland, said:   

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today published new statistics on work-related ill health in Great Britain. For the first time these identify the contributing factors recorded by specialist doctors involved...

The Government is to launch a new programme to help retrain Iraqi doctors and other clinicians.   

Applicants have just a few days left to enter the Deputy Prime Minister's Awards for Sustainable Communities.   

UK Armed Forces are currently at 98.1 percent Full Time Trained Strength. The Full Time Trained Strength at 1 July 2005 was 187,020 personnel against a target requirement of 190,620 personnel.   

Two major bodies are to join the new Tribunals Service in April 2006 ahead of schedule. Originally the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel was to become part of the Tribunals Service in 2008, while the ...

Defra has launched a consultation on proposed new rules to help protect the rural environment from agricultural damage.   

A bankrupt businessman who persuaded people to contribute to a book about the actor John Thaw and then refused to pay them has been jailed for 15 months after a DTI prosecution.   

PUBLICATION OF DWP RESEARCH REPORT 277   

Applicants have just a few days left to be considered for awards that recognise the improvements being made to Britain's towns and cities - where anti-social behaviour and crime are being stamped out.

The rich natural environment of Alderney's west coast, home to large populations of nesting seabirds, pristine seagrass beds and other rare species, has been recognised as a wetland of international importance under...

Minister for Industry and the Regions Alun Michael today welcomed a net increase in the business population across the UK, with new figures published by the DTI's Small Business Service (SBS) showing an increase...

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, David Blunkett, has today published an inspection report by the BFI on Uttlesford District Council's counter-fraud arrangements.   

In 2004/05 East Dunbartonshire Council administered some 48 million pounds in housing benefits, about 31 per cent of its gross revenue expenditure. The council was selected for a focused inspection of claims administration...

First Release Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare   

Fraud and error has been slashed by 41 per cent as official statistics published today show DWP is on track to beat its target of a 50 per cent cut by 2006.   

First Release Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare   

The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve that the Honourable Said Wilbert Musa, Prime Minister of Belize, be appointed a member of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.

The Queen has been pleased to approve that John Lawrence, the Lord Whitty, be sworn of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.

Consultation on proposed regulations setting out how much Scottish Water should pay towards new connections to the public water and sewerage networks, made under the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland...

Statutory Guidance relating to the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, David Blunkett, has today published an inspection report by the BFI on Caerphilly County Borough Council.   

0.5% rise in second quarter 2005

Total production lower in the 3 months to July

UK population approaches 60 million

The award of a contract for risk reduction of technologies that may be used to equip the Army's next generation of armoured fighting vehicles was announced by the MoD today.   

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Covering letter

The OFT has decided to refuse an application for a consumer credit licence from a Malton motor dealer, Linda Susan Cook. This decision will not take effect until the end of any appeal process (see note 5).   

Revitalising town centres; redeveloping a goods-yard to provide new homes; funding improvements to a leisure centre; providing theatre studio space and learning opportunities for young people, and enhancing an area...

Miners who developed vibration white finger or lung disease as a consequence of their employment are entitled to a refund of any contributions they have made towards legal aid costs if their claims are covered by...

Six local authority projects have been chosen to go forward for public funding of £130 million towards the cost of library and sport projects under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI).   

The DWP and EDS have entered into an arrangement which will mean the Department makes substantial savings on IT costs whilst getting an improved service. Benefits to DWP include: upgraded IT infrastructure; improved...

The Government's ongoing work to tackle terrorism and extremism took another step forward today as the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, published a list of certain types of behaviours that will form the basis for...

The contract to provide chlamydia screening in high-street pharmacies across London has been awarded to Boots, Public Health minister Caroline Flint announced today.   

The Government's ongoing work to tackle terrorism and extremism took another step forward today as the Home Secretary published a list of certain types of 'unacceptable' behaviour.

The online version of the Improving with Experience: Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 Consultation

Statistical Publications Notice (SPN) for SHS 2005 quarter 1 data and related trend information

Highways Agency advice for road users   

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare   

A new campaign had been launched to encourage young people to become charity trustees - with half of all charities having problems recruiting.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is encouraging parents to take care of their children when visiting funfairs and theme parks during the summer holidays.   

The proposed Direction would require local planning authorities to refer certain planning applications involving inappropriate development in the Green Belt to the Secretary of State

Consultation on Local Authority Levies to Environment Agency

These annexes set out regional planning bodies, minerals and local planning authorities the Government policies and advice on the supply of aggregates, brick clay, building and roofing stone and oil and gas.

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) starts a consultation exercise on draft registration regulations. The purpose of the regulations is to specify revised criteria that organisations must in future adhere to in order...

DARD Strategic Plan 2006-2011

Department's proposal to amend the "Guide to Licensing for Passenger Service Operators" by introducing a new licensing category to enable commercial bus service providers to offer flexibly routed services

Comments are sought on European Commission (EC) guidance on Articles 11, 12 and 1620 of the General Food Law Regulation EC 178/2002. An assessment will follow on how the EC guidance has been working in practice ...

New version of the Commission's working document for a recast Directive on infant formulae and follow-on formulae

New version of the Commission's working document for a recast Directive on infant formulae and follow-on formulae (Scotland)

New version of the Commission's working document for a recast Directive on infant formulae and follow-on formulae (Northern Ireland)

Consultation on setting the baseline for the Food Standards Agency target.

Consultation on setting the baseline for the Food Standards Agency target.

This report from a working group with representation from the Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Child Health, Anaesthetists, Nursing and Surgery, and the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists considers issues ...

Consultation on the sourcing of industrial energy pricing data in the Quarterly Energy Prices publication

Government Connect will receive £7.5 million of funding in 2005/06 to support its development and initial roll-out, Minister for Local e-government Jim Fitzpatrick has announced.   

Local authorities in England are now on the home straight to meet the target to be 100% e-enabled by the end of this year, Local e-Government Minister Jim Fitzpatrick has announced.   

Proposals on possible changes to Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002, which governs the release of information by public authorities, were published in a consultation today by the DTI.   

Promoters of a website scheme that offered expensive hi-tech gadgets as a 'free gift' in return for buying a low-value product have given binding undertakings to the OFT that they will no longer promote such schemes...

Local people are being urged to support organ donation and sign the Organ Donor Register by Health Minister Rosie Winterton today as she visited the Donor Bus in Doncaster. Last year saw the highest number of organ...

Record numbers of 11-year-olds have achieved the expected level in English and Maths in this year's Key Stage 1 and 2 tests.

13.1 million households on-line

Applications fall 11% in Q2 2005

The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally found that there are features of the markets for the supply of domestic bulk liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Great Britain and Northern Ireland which prevent, restrict...

Asked why the Government was only writing now to the ICC regarding future cricket matches in Zimbabwe, and had there been any response, the PMS said she was not aware of any response. A letter had been sent saying...

Asked if the Prime Minister had been kept "up to speed" on the de Menezes case whilst he was abroad, the PMS said the Prime Minister had been kept regularly informed. Asked what the Prime Minister's thoughts...

Asked about the Prime Minister's whereabouts, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister's Director of Communications had written to editors last night to explain that since the Prime Minister...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Prime Minister's Holiday, Sir Ian Blair/London Terror and Zimbabwe Cricket

DTI wish to consult users of energy statistics on proposals to use Net Calorific Values (NCVs) as opposed to Gross Calorific Values (GCVs) when calculating the energy content of fuels. The difference between GCVs...

This proposal intends to permit approved verifiers to conduct the verification of equipment after carrying out adjustment of weighing or measuring equipment as part of maintenance work where such activity does not...

Views and comments are seeked on new target nutrient specifications developed for manufactured products used in school meals across the UK

We seek your views and comments on proposed targets for levels of salt in key food categories

Changes to Northern Ireland legislation are necessary to apply European Community measures on maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs. Parallel legislation will be made in England, Scotland and Wales...

Comments are sought on European Commission (EC) guidance on Articles 11, 12 and 1620 of the General Food Law Regulation EC 178/2002.

The Occupational Pensions Scheme (Cross-border Activities) Regulations 2005

The Treatment Working Group of the Prostate Cancer Advisory Group has developed draft advice, for consultation, for local NHS services on the development of Permanent Seed Implant Brachytherapy Services for localised...

A cost recovery mechanism for protected energy companies in energy administration

A cost recovery mechanism for protected energy companies in energy administration

This consultation document seeks views on the draft Statutory Instruments for the Occupational Pension Schemes (Regulatory Own Funds) Regulations 2005.

Overview of the current Rural Affairs Research Programme, including ongoing and future research.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a note clarifying guidance for managing health and safety in public paddling pools, tidal pools and segregated areas of rivers, lakes and the sea. HSE has issued ...

Minister for Sport Richard Caborn today announced the appointment of Stephen Castle as Chair of the East Regional Sports Board.   

When re-decorating older homes (mainly those built before the 1960s), householders should be aware that any remaining old paint could contain lead and should therefore be treated with care.   

Defra has today opened a consultation looking at future packaging recycling and recovery targets for businesses during 2006-10.   

Melville Haggard, a senior director in Impax Group plc's corporate finance division, will join Defra's Waste Implementation Programme on a one-year secondment starting on 15th August.   

Scottish Executive Voluntary Sector Grants Guide 2005-06

Issued jointly by the Office of Fair Trading and the Department of Trade and Industry   

This topic report describes the types of activities which have been funded to promote community safety and to address crime and anti-social behaviour and their impact on BNSF Pathfinder areas

Views are invited on the Scottish Executive's proposals for a new fire safety regime in Scotland and new draft fire safety regulations.

Environment minister Elliot Morley has come 'face to face' with evidence of how man-made climate change is affecting Greenland's ice-cap.

Payment by Results (PbR) aims to support the provision of high quality, cost effective healthcare, which is shaped around the needs of patients. This Code of Conduct describes principles for best practice. Comments...

Application of UK regulatory requirements to foreign registered aircraft based permanently in the UK

Consultation on draft Best Practice Guidance for local taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing authorities.

Consultation on draft regulations to implement European Community Directives requiring fitment of additional mirrors to new goods vehicles and cars so as to increase the driver's field of vision and reduce blind...

Consultation on Department for International Development's plans for supporting China to reduce poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It provides the overall framework for the detailed activities...

DFID draft Agriculture Strategy Paper

The Prince of Wales and senior members of the Government will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph to mark the 60th Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ DAY).   

Climate change and Environment Minister Elliot Morley has witnessed growing evidence of how man-made climate change is affecting Greenland's ice-cap.   

The European Union regrets the way in which the trial of Sam Rainsy Party opposition members Cheam Channy and Khom Piseth was conducted, and the verdict passed on them by a military tribunal in Phnom Penh on 9 August...

Handbook for schools and education authorities describing good practice in child protection in education and when a child goes missing from education.

Hi-tech site-survey equipment to speed up police investigations at the scene of serious road incidents and re-open lanes more quickly is being tested in the West Midlands.   

Communications Research and Evaluation published   

It may still be August but older people are being urged to plan early and keep warm this winter - with a new advertising campaign supporting the annual fuel payments.

The Prime Minister has today re-appointed Catherine Graham-Harrison as a Trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund for a term of three years from 19 August.

The Prime Minister announced today that Jeremy Willoughby OBE has been appointed as a Trustee of the Museum of London for a term of four years.

Summary and next steps of Consultation on Cross Border Student Flows: Higher Education Tuition Fee Levels

The summer can't last forever so Minister for Pensions Reform, Stephen Timms, is urging older people to plan early and make sure they keep warm this winter. An advertising campaign is being launched today to encourage...

The Government has launched a consultation to re-examine the legal structures around assisted human reproduction following scientific advances such as embryo screening and tissue typing.

Manufacturing less than 15% of economy

Tony Blair has offered his sympathy to the family of Mo Mowlam, the former Northern Ireland Secretary who died today.

Review of Dumfries and Galloway Primary Inspection of 2002

Police forces across the UK have gone live on a new computer system that allows them to share a wide range of information on the country's most dangerous violent and sex offenders, helping to stop re-offending and...

"The Presidency of the European Union welcomes the release of 404 Moroccan prisoners of war by the Polisario Front. This is an important and welcome development. The Presidency urges all parties to take concrete...

Science and Innovation Strategy

A web only full report surveying the views of building design professionals towards the Policy on Architecture for Scotland and the impact it made on the profession.

Summary report surveying the views of building design professionals towards the Policy of Architecture for Scotland and the impact made on the profession.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published the pack used to train HSE and Local Authority Inspectors in enforcing the Work at Height Regulations 2005 on its website at http://www.hse.gov.uk/falls/downloads...

The United Kingdom as Presidency of the European Union strongly condemns the series of bomb blasts across Bangladesh on 17 August. We denounce all acts of terrorism whenever and wherever they occur. We express...

The Treasury have launched a review of the financial tables included in Departmental Reports to find out whether the content and format could be changed to better meet the needs of users of the Reports. The review...

Consultation on diversions of rights of way: (1) for the protection of sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) and (2) temporary diversions for dangerous works

The Carpet Foundation has become the first association in the furniture sector to complete Stage One of the OFT's Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (CCAS), which aims to promote and safeguard consumer interests (see...

Chris Mayock has been appointed as a branch director in the OFT's competition enforcement division. He will be responsible for conducting competition investigations in sectors which include the media, sport and ...

Rural communities, rural economies and the environment have all benefited from Defra's England Rural Development Programme (ERDP), a report out today shows.   

The Directors of a Leeds company that offered debt management services have been successfully prosecuted by the DTI after an investigation into their business.   

Sets out the Executive's policy for town centres and the key uses which contribute to their economic growth and enhancement.