Today the UK Government and Devolved Administrations announced that Ann Finlayson has been appointed to the Sustainable Development Commission as Education Commissioner. Ann will lead the Commission's work on Education...

The term of the Sustainable Farming and Food Strategy Implementation Group (SFFS IG) is being extended to enable it to oversee a key period of SFFS delivery.

Wicks looks to extend backing for renewables on Scottish islands till 2024 & free up microgeneration sector

Asked if he could confirm that the new generation of trust schools did not need any legislation as they were covered by the city academies legislation, the PMOS said it was best to speak to the Department for Education...

Asked if there was any update on when they could expect a reshuffle, the PMOS said obviously it would not be today. We did not anticipate that it would be Monday. On Monday the focus would be on the Prime...

Asked for the Prime Minister's view in relation to the Foreign Secretary's suggestion that Sir Christopher Meyer might not be the best head of the Press Complaints Commission given the kind of information found ...

Asked what the Prime Minister thought about the situation with the two people held in Iran, the PMOS said that the Foreign Secretary had spoken this morning about this. It was clearly a very worrying development...

Put to him that yesterday they had been assured that the Home Office had not encouraged the police to talk to people about the 90 days when in fact it now appeared that the Home Secretary had suggested that it...

Asked what the Prime Minister's reaction to the rise in racially aggravated prosecuted offences was, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that if you looked at the figures and talked to the relevant...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Racially aggravated prosecuted offences, Iran, Sir Christopher Meyer, the terror bill, the Reshuffle and Trust schools.

Take up of e-enabled services will offer benefits for citizens and local authorities alike

Today the UK Government and Devolved Administrations announced that Ann Finlayson has been appointed to the Sustainable Development Commission as Education Commissioner. Ann will lead the Commission's work on Education...

Rural Affairs Minister, Jim Knight, set out his commitment to tackling rural disadvantage and achieving social justice in rural areas at a Newcastle summit today, citing a vision of sustainable rural communities...

Sustainable Farming and Food Minister, Lord Bach, today announced a full consultation on Rosemary Radcliffe's 'Review of the Agricultural and Horticultural Levy Bodies', following publication of her report earlier...

Fisheries minister Ben Bradshaw has condemned Japan's decision to go ahead with its whaling programme in the Southern Ocean.

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

Asked if the Government expected a tough fight to get their terror bill through the House of Lords given that the Lords appeared to be in a feisty mood, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he...

Here we reflect on some of the main business carried out by Tony Blair this week.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Terror Bill

A multi-million pound contract to provide the fire and rescue service with a new nationwide digital radio system was announced today by Fire Minister, Jim Fitzpatrick.

The highly successful events held this summer and autumn by the Royal Navy to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson have been shortlisted for a series ...

Today, 11th November, Britain's soldiers, sailors and air-force personnel will pay their respects to those who fell in the wars and conflict of the 20th and 21st centuries, in countries as far apart as Norway and...

A new award-winning computer system that gets court information to victims, witnesses of crime and crime fighters much more quickly is being launched in Birmingham today by the Secretary of State for Constitutional...

A revised statement outlining the continuing availability of flood insurance has been welcomed as good news for homeowners and businesses in at-risk areas by Environment and Climate Change Minister Elliot Morley...

Professor David Slater has been appointed as the new independent chair of Nirex CLG Limited.

Lord Warner welcomed the National Centre for Health Outcomes Development (NCHOD) preliminary report of four independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) schemes published today.

More patients will now be able to consult an NHS dentist according to new figures that show the Department of Heath is meeting government targets to recruit and train more dentists in England.

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) informed journalists that the Prime Minister was back at No10, and he would be holding interviews later. In general terms, clearly the Government was disappointed by...

Asked if the Prime Minister intended to take the same attitude with other White Papers and Bills that were coming up soon, i.e, uncompromising, and also was the Prime Minister going to let Charles Clarke "take...

Tony Blair has said he hopes MPs haven't made the 'wrong decision' by rejecting proposals to detain terror suspects for 90 days without charge.

A formation of nine Royal Air Force Tornado F3 fighter aircraft will overfly Mansion House, London, on Saturday, 12 November 2005, as part of the annual Lord Mayor's Parade.

A Liverpool-based publishing company that claimed it was raising money for charity but only donated a fraction of its profits to good causes has been wound up following a DTI investigation.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Terror Bill

In June 2005 Her Majesty The Queen graciously approved the award of a Theatre Honour ("IRAQ 2003") and the Battle Honour ("AL BASRAH") for units of the British Army. Subsequently, individual Regiments and Corps ...

The Regulatory Impact Assessment that was published alongside the Higher Education Act 2004 contained estimates of the fee income for the Higher Education sector and the costs of student grants and loans. These ...

The Government have committed itself to informing Parliament on an annual basis of the sanctions regimes being implemented by the United Kingdom. Currently the United Kingdom implements mandatory United Nations ...

On 11 October 2004, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Jack Straw) announced in a written ministerial statement, Official Report, column 3WS, that, upon receipt...

Two public consultations were carried out earlier this year on the future of independent prescribing by nurses and on the introduction of independent prescribing by pharmacists. The responses were overwhelmingly...

I am pleased to announce the appointment of four new Members to the Animal Procedures Committee. They were appointed with effect from 1 February 2005.Dr. John Doe is a Director of the Central Toxicology Laboratory...

I would like to inform the House that Mr. David Jessel and Dr. James MacKeith have been re-appointed as Commissioners to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Copies of the press release relating to these appointments...

I have today received copies of the annual report of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland for the financial year 2004–05. The report outlines the Board's performance against targets during that year.Copies of...

I have today placed in the Libraries of both Houses papers relating to decisions that have been taken during the period 1 October 2004 to 12 September 2005 which relate to the North/South Implementation Bodies and...

We announced last year that we would conduct a feasibility study into the prospects for an obligation on transport fuel suppliers to ensure that a proportion of their sales were from a renewable source.In the light...

From January 2004, following the Employment Act 2002 which introduced new data sharing provisions, the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study has linked benefit and programme information held by the Department for...

Follow up of HMP Low Moss