Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Iraq, Trident, Sudan, Ofsted and Police Inquiry
Asked as the Ofsted report showed many schools still underperforming if it made the Government feel the need to rethink its education policy, the PMOS said that the report had showed, and what the Chief Executive...
Asked if the call to President Bashir would contain a tone along the lines of do this or else face other measures, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister would be very clear to President Bashir that we believe there...
Asked if it was correct that MPs would not be given a vote option by option, the PMOS said that what the Prime Minister had said was these were matters that would be discussed through the normal channels. This was...
Asked to clarify what Margaret Beckett had said in the House of Commons regarding Iraq, the PMOS said what she meant was what she had said before, and what the Prime Minister had said in his interview with Pakistani...
Tony Blair hosted a reception today to mark a commitment he made to become the patron of a London sports club.
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Iraq, Trident, Sudan, Ofsted and Police Iquiry
Thanks for all your questions for Bev Hughes. You can read the transcript.
A new Cultural Test for British films has been given the green light by the European Commission and should come into force on 1 January 2007, Film Minister Shaun Woodward announced today.
The UK's new film tax incentives scheme has today received formal state aid approval from the European Commission, allowing the Government to bring the new film tax regime fully into force, and providing certainty...
Asked why was the Government spending £15 million to get children to walk to school, the PMOS replied that as those who walked to school would know, it was a very healthy way to do it. For further details, ...
Asked by Sky if the new fingerprinting devices were another example of the big brother society, the PMOS replied that an alternative way of asking the question might have been was it a commonsense measure which ...
Asked if there had been any contact with the Prime Minister's Office by the Metropolitan police, the PMOS said that as always, he would not comment on a police investigation. However, the answer today was still: ...
Asked to comment on the number of civilian deaths, as published in today's UN report, and also the recent figure of 2 million people having being left in Iraq so far, the PMOS said that nobody underplayed the difficulties...
Asked what was the latest thinking on Lebanon - what happened, who was to blame, and could we ever trust Syria again, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the honest answer at this stage was ...
The 2012 Olympics, NHS and Darfur were on the agenda at this week's PMQs. You can read the transcript of today's session, or watch the broadcast again.
The OFT is today announcing the appointment of Tim Head FCA and Nigel Matthews OBE as initial trustees of an educational charitable trust to be established as a result of its investigation into information sharing...
21 November - Race and the Criminal Justice System - HO report
21 November - Rail performance measures: Scotland - SE report
21 November - Estates turning the tide - JRF report
22 November - Welfare and punishment - CSF report
A four-fold increase in Leeds - Nottingham train services was announced by the Department for Transport today.
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a proposal to vary the admission arrangements for Wellington Primary School in Chingford. The adjudicator, Dr Peter Matthews, has approved the variation...
The 2012 Olympics, NHS and Darfur were on the agenda at this week's PMQs. You can read the transcript of today's session, or watch the broadcast again, on our website.
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Lebanon, Iraq, Police Inquiry-BBC, Pledgebank-Olympics, Fingerprinting and Walking to School
Naomi Eisenstadt has been appointed the Director of the newly created Social Exclusion Task Force in the Cabinet Office.
This Advice Note sets out why engagement is so important and looks at the factors which contribute to effective engagement planning and activity.
Parents could find themselves under increasing financial pressure to help their children onto the property ladder if opposition to new house building continues, Housing Minister Yvette Cooper warned today.
An innovative joint programme to tackle rising levels of cocaine smuggling from Ghana was launched today by Paymaster General Dawn Primarolo. Under Operation Westbridge, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers will...
Tony Blair is answering questions from MPs in Parliament. You can watch the broadcast live NOW on our website, or return later this afternoon to watch it again or read the transcript. We'll have a summary of the...
Commonwealth soldiers serving in the British Armed Forces abroad can now gain UK citizenship under a change to the rules announced by the Home Office today.
15 November - Affordable housing in the United Kingdom and Australia - AHURI bulletin
Plans for a greener Thames Gateway, with more family homes, better designed buildings and stronger leadership to fulfil its economic potential, were unveiled today by Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly.
Commenting on The Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools 2005/06 published by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) today, Schools Minister Jim Knight said:
Asked if the Prime Minister had had any contact with the Russians following reports that Mr. Litvinenko had been poisoned with radioactive thallium, the PMOS said as there was a police investigation going on it ...
Asked if the Prime Minsiter was worried or had a reaction to the reports that the costs for the Olympics was rocketing, the PMOS said that the important thing was to recognise that it had always been said that a...
Asked if the Prime Minister had any thoughts on the decision by British Airways not to allow an employee wear a crucifix, the PMOS said that it was a matter for British Airways....
Asked what was discussed between the Greek Prime Minister and the Prime Minister, the PMOS said that primarily talks were on European issues, and the EU Summit in December....
Asked what the Prime Minister's reaction was to the assassination of the Lebanese Minister, Pierre Gemayel, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister has spoken about it with the Greek Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Lebanese Minister, Greek Prime Minister, British Airways and Religious Symbols, Olympics, Alexander Litvinenko, Police Inquiry, President of Kazakhstan...
Tony Blair will answer questions from MPs in Parliament today. You can watch the broadcast live on our website from 1200 GMT, or return later this afternoon to watch it again or read the transcript. We'll have a...
ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF THE LEGAL SERVICES COMPLAINTS COMMISSIONER
First Release Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
The Report of The Smoking Prevention Working Group
The Government has awarded contracts to three companies to run tenancy deposit protection schemes from 6 April 2007.
The Survey of English Housing (SEH) is a continuous household survey carried out for DCLG by the National Centre for Social Research, and provides important housing data on owner occupation and on the social and...
Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, today announced the appointment of Kay Hampton as chair of the Commission for Racial Equality and the appointment of four new commissioners...
Local communities can transform their own neighbourhoods, Green Spaces Minister Kay Andrews will say today.
Thousands more children around the country could soon be going greener in getting to school, after Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander announced a £15million boost for walking to school initiatives today...
We're be holding the latest in our popular series of webchats next week with Louise Casey, the head of the Respect task force.
This afternoon Tony Blair will be holding a reception in Number 10 to mark the completion of a commitment to become the patron of a London sports club.
Tony Blair says climate change is the single most important issue that we face. His words come in an article for Friends of the Earth.
Vera Baird QC MP, the Legal Aid Minister, today announced important changes to the new means test for legal aid in the Magistrates' Court.
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Cabinet Office DEL will be increased by £171,376,000 from £208,004,000 to 379,380,000. The resource DEL and capital...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (John Hutton) has made the following Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department...
At the forthcoming Energy Council in Brussels during the morning of 23 November, Lord Truscott will represent the UK.
Informal discussions at the pre-council dinner on 22 November will address the Commission...
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ed Balls) has made the following Written Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, National Savings...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the National School of Government will be a separate non-ministerial department from January 2007. The national school's departmental...
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Peter Hain) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval, the Northern Ireland Office (NSO) will be taking a 2006-07 winter...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the new estimate, the Deputy Prime Minister's Office departmental expenditure limits for 2006-07 will be £1,960,000 as set out in the table below.
New DEL &...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Actuary's Departmental Expenditure Limit will be reduced by £71,000 from £917,000 to £846...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the H M Revenue and Customs departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £56,085,000 from £4,802,839...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office for National Statistics' departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £2,205,000 from £193...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, National Savings and Investments DEL will be increased by £9,000,000 from £170,294,000 to £179,294,000 ...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Communities and Local Government's Departmental expenditure limits for 2006-07 will change as follows:
(1) The...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Culture Media and Sport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £93,217,000 from £1,...
In May 2006, the then Veterans Minister announced that the Ministry of Defence would later this year be introducing an enhanced post-operational mental healthcare programme for recently demobilised reservists...
The Ministry of Defence Supplementary Estimate Votes A 2006-07 will be laid before the House on 21 November as HC18. This outlines an amendment to the maximum numbers of personnel to be maintained for Service...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Defence Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) will be increased by £1,592,272,000 from £32,018,905...
I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Mr Keith Murray McNeish for a three year term of office as a member of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body commencing March 2007. This appointment has been conducted...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the new Estimate, the Deputy Prime Minister's Office Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2006-07 will be £1,960,000 as set out in the table below:
New DEL &...
The Government Actuary has reported on the results of his valuation of the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) as at 31 March 2004. His report, which takes account of the reforms to the TPS that will be introduced...
Anne Lambert, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, attended the Youth Council on behalf on the UK, I represented the Government at the Education Council.
Ministers discussed the following issues...
The UK has a continuing obligation under the United Nations Charter to promote the well-being of the inhabitants of its Overseas Territories, and we are committed under the White Paper "Partnership for Progress...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Education and Skills Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL), (including the Office for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Forestry Commission's DEL will be increased by £2,541,000 from £82,288,000 to £84,829,000. Within the...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs DEL will be increased by £12,368,000 from £3,484,561,000 to...
Last week I attended the 12th meeting of the Parties (COP12) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Nairobi.
It was clear from the discussions that the science of climate change is...
I have set the Rural Payments Agency the following performance targets for 2006-2007.
Customers
Provide decisions by 15 January 2007 on at least 95 per cent. of representations relating to the 2005...
Today the UK ratified the Council of Europe's European Landscape Convention which aims to promote landscape protection, management and planning, and to organise European co-operation on landscape issues.
<...
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Grant (UK Permanent Representative to the EU) and I represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels. My right ...
Subject to the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department of Health's element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £5,418,000 from £87,170,719,000 to &...
Plans of changes to the Departmental Expenditure Limit and Administrative Budget for 2006-07.
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Home Office's Departmental Expenditure...
My hon. Friend the then Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality announced on 21 July 2005 Official Report, column 155WS, that we would begin last summer the initial phase of our programme of targeted...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Cabinet Office DEL will be increased by £171,376,000 from £208,004,000 to 379,380,000. The Resource DEL and Capital...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the National School of Government will be a separate non-ministerial department from January 2007. The National School's departmental...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Privy Council Office total DEL will be increased by £200,000 from £6,656,000 to £6,856,000 and the ...
Subject to Parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2006-07 Winter Supplementary Estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £30,843,000 from...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Scotland Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £147,768,000 from £24,805,766,000 to &...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department of Trade and Industry's DEL will be increased by £276,102,000 from £6,600,353,000 to £6,...
I have decided to reappoint the Chairs of EEDA, ONE and Yorkshire Forward, as listed at annex A. The reappointments will all be for a period of three years from 14 December 2006 until 13 December 2009.
...
The Government have submitted their economic evidence on the National Minimum Wage to the Low Pay Commission. The Commission will take this and all the other evidence received into account when preparing its ...
The Department for Transport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for 2006-07 will be decreased by £13,206,000 from £13,060,028,000 to £13,046,822,000 and the administration budget...
The National Assembly for Wales' Departmental Expenditure Limit will be increased by £188,419,000 from £ 12,832,297,000 to £13,020,716,000. The increase is a result of:
A take...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions DEL will decrease by £5,668,000 from £7,785,869,000 to £7,780,201,...
Professional men are now plotting their escape from the office - as their successful partners pledge their financial support.
This is an application under section 288 of the TCPA 1990. The claimant challenges an inspector's decision dismissing an appeal against the deemed refusal of an application for planning permission for development...
This is the latest stage in a long running dispute between two adjoining land-owners over an area of land ("the disputed land") amounting to a little less than an acre in area, to which the claimant, Mr Ali, holds...
This unusual and unfortunate case arises out of errors that were made by the respondent county council during an adoption process. In order to protect the interests of the two of the claimants who are children...
The claimant, who is now 34, is a citizen of the Lebanon. She arrived in this country in December 2004 with her son, born in July 1996. Following refusal of her claim for asylum, directions for removal were given...