Local planning authorities (LPAs) are continuing to improve performance and respond to the Government's drive to deliver a quality, customer-focussed planning service, Housing and Planning Minister, Yvette Cooper...

The UK Presidency chaired a meeting of European Health Ministers today.

A four-year strategy developed by the four Scottish Science Centres in partnership with the Scottish Executive

New scheme funding regulations for defined benefit occupational pension schemes will replace the Minimum Funding Requirement (MFR) from 30 December 2005.

Asked to clarify if the G8 (Group of Eight) plus 5 were not going ahead with a meeting before the WTO, the PMOS said that it had been dependent on the outcome of the G7 meeting last weekend. While...

Asked if it was the Government's position that they were happy to have a cap on British workers' hours not exceeding 65, the PMOS said that this was a matter that was of continuing discussion. The report in the...

Asked if by the time the Prime Minister spoke this afternoon, there might be a clear idea of any new proposals on the EU budget, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMOS) replied that as he had said yesterday, and ...

A 'general will' exists across Europe to reach an agreement on the future financing of the EU, Tony Blair has said at the end of two days of talks in Downing Street.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: EU Budget.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Europe, Workers' hours, G8 plus 5 and Norman Kember.

Here we reflect on some of the main business carried out by Tony Blair this week, which saw a new initiative on housing, more discussions on the EU Budget, and a special award for the PM as Statesman of the Decade...

Analysis of consultation on proposed legislation from the registrar General of Births Deaths and Marriages for Scotland

Cross Compliance Notes for Guidance 2006

Miss Sarah MacIntosh has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Sierra Leone in succession to Dr John Mitchiner who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Miss MacIntosh will take up ...

New measures to ensure that defendants who have frozen assets pay their own legal costs rather than relying on the taxpayer to pick up the bill were published today. The measures will save around £3 million...

People travelling from the UK to mainland Europe over the Christmas and New Year period could be left without health cover if they do not apply for a new health insurance card.

Analysis of Responses to the Review of Census Ethnicity Classifications Consultation 2005.

This is available on-line at http://www.odpm.gov.ukindex.asp?id=1146962 JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2005

The new rates of war pensions and allowances proposed from April 2006 are set out in the tables below. The Annual uprating of war pensions and allowances for 2006 will take place from the week beginning 10 April...

I am announcing today a step change in the support the Government provide to front-line professionals in children's services by leading the implementation of an information sharing index.The information sharing ...

I am pleased to announce the publication today of the Government's consultation paper on reform of the laws of bribery.Although the crime of bribery remains relatively rare in the UK, it is vital that we, through...

The Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain—2004 is being published as a Command Paper today. Copies will be placed in the House Library.This annual report meets the requirement in...

Since my statement of 11 October, further assessments in Southern Africa have identified an additional 1.4 million people in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique likely to face food shortages in the period up to April ...

Today I have placed in the Libraries of the House copies of the Consultation Report on the Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) of the Government's proposals for the reform of water and sewerage services in Northern...

I have decided to appoint the new Board Members listed at Annex A and to reappoint the RDA Chairs and Board Members, listed at Annex B. Both new appointments and reappointments will be for a period of three years...

I have today published my Department's Autumn Performance Report for 2005. Copies have been laid before Parliament and placed in the House Libraries.The Report sets out the Department's progress made on our seven...

On 23 May 2005, in response to a question from the hon. Member for Hertsmere (Mr. Clappison), the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State informed the House that I expected to be in a position to decide whether to...

Deficit narrowed to £2.9 bn in Oct 2005

Visits abroad up by 3% to 66.0 million

This summary provides a context for the post-campaign evaluation of the 2005 Fire Safety media campaign and draws upon findings of the 2004 post-campaign evaluation for comparative purposes.

This report was commissioned by the Office of Chief Researcher and provides a post-campaign evaluation of the 2005 Fire Safety media campaign.

This report was commissioned by the Office of Chief Researcher and provides a post-campaign evaluation of the 2004 Fire Safety media campaign.

Evaluation Report

Put that following the Law Lords' judgement on torture this morning, would the Government now say that it would not use evidence gained form torture, the PMOS replied that it was a difficult and complex case, and...

Asked if the Government considered Abu Qatada an effective spokesman in the hostage situation, the PMOS relied that he had been very careful not to become involved in commenting on this situation. He had taken that...

Asked if the Prime Minister had spoken to President Chirac, and if not, was he planning to in the next few days, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister had not spoken to President Chirac again since Tuesday. The ...

Asked for a flavour of the bi-lateral discussions the Prime Minister had held so far with other EU Prime Ministers today, the Prime minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that whilst all came with specific issues...

Press briefing from the Prime Ministers Official Spokesman on: EU Budget.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Europe, Norman Kember and the Law Lords' Torture Judgement.

Tony Blair is meeting with more European leaders today to continue discussions on the EU Budget.

Poultry keepers were today urged to start registering their birds as part of a new scheme to boost government and industry's ability to effectively tackle an outbreak of avian flu.