At the ITV awards hosted by TV celebrity Paul O’Grady, Tyke and handler Sam O’Connor won top spot in the working dog category – ‘In the Line of Duty’.
The Heathrow based Border Force detector dog was ...
Letter from John O’Reilly, Director General for Knowledge and Innovation at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS). It seeks views and comments on the key priorities and challenges for the...
One of the Lake District's most beautiful valleys is in the spotlight as opinion is sought on how Ullswater should look in the future.
The benefits of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority's new solar panels are now clear for all to see at its Llanion headquarters, following the installation of a real-time display in t
Visitors to the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes later this month are in for an even bigger visual treat than usual.
More than a hundred people (plus resident goats and Exmoor ponies) enjoyed the Big Adventure Day at the Valley of Rocks recently.
Two new members have been appointed by the Environment Secretary, Owen Patterson, to provide the national voice on the Broads Authority which has strategic responsibility for conservation, recreation, navigation...
A piece of railway history in the Yorkshire Dales National Park has been restored to its former glory.
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Owen Paterson has re-appointed Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Member William Weston to his post for another year to complete his maximum eight-...
Landscape photographer Ian Burton stages his first solo exhibition next week.
Sultry afternoons to the strains of Vivaldi, Handel, Bach and Puccini beckon as Sundays and a string quartet become terrace treats.
Snowdonia National Park Authority's Chief Executive has welcomed the Auditor General's Annual Improvement Report.
Updated: Updated document
IntroductionThis bulletin presents National Statistics on activity in the county, family, magistrates’ and Crown courts of England and Wales. The figures give a summary overview...
This research aims to inform the forthcoming negotiations for the European Structural and Cohesion programmes to run from 2014 to 2020. It looks at how the European Social Fund (ESF) might be used...
Application form for a Bevin Boys Veterans Badge and Q&A explaining the application process
In March, OFFA and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) launched a call for evidence from WP practitioners, to inform the national strategy for access and student success
UK Sport has today announced that it will renew its partnership with the International Netball Federation (INF)
A builder has been prosecuted for neglecting the welfare of his workers at a construction site in West Cornwall.
A York civil engineering firm was responsible for safety failings that led to one of its workers suffering multiple and life-changing injuries, a court was told today (18 April).
We are working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to transfer and begin releasing colonial administration records, referred to as the 'migrated archives' between April 2012 and November 2013. ...
Improvement notice issued to Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council by the Department for Education.
CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION...
PROTOCOL AMENDING THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION...
Improvement notice issued to Herefordshire Council by the Department for Education.
Details of Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) expenditure over £25,000.
CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES...
These statistics provide an update to the earlier statistical analysis of the Electronic Systems Community (ESCO). The earlier statistics are also available in the BIS Occasional Statistics series.
Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation on Cooperation in the area of Taxation London, 6 October 2011 Protocol amending the Agreement between the...
PROTOCOL AMENDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE ...
CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND BARBADOS FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND ON CAPITAL...
PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA TO AMEND THE CONVENTION FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND ...
PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS TO AMEND THE CONVENTION FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE...
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION...
Updated: Updated fees list with effect from 11 March 2013
A full list of Consular fees
Updated: Added new firing times
Dartmoor Training Area’s firing times are presented in three file formats so that the information is accessible to everyone. The TXT format is browseable on mobile devices...
Updated: Latest October to December 2012 release removed, because additions to this page will appear at bottom out of sequence with the rest.
Details of hospitality received by the Department of Work &...
Pack your torch: Museums at Night kicks off in a month’s time
Liz Nicholl comments on the announcement of Sir Chris Hoy's retirement
UK Sport has today announced that it will renew its partnership with the International Netball Foundation (INF)
CJC news release
Updated: Amended document
The objective of these reform proposals is to create a single system of fee remissions (waivers) for all fee paying courts and tribunals which is simple to use, more cost efficient...
This slide pack features the content of presentations given at the Better Bus Areas workshops held in Sheffield on 19 March 2013 and in London on 21 March 2013. The accompanying notes summarise the key points...
The arrangements have been agreed between the Department of Health, NHS England and the two companies, which are owned by the Department of Health. The main principle is that NHS bodies previously funded the ...
This document supplements the Government’s consultations on the draft legal text of the Smart Energy Code (SEC) and the Data and Communications Company (DCC) Licence – two key elements of the regulatory...
The purpose of this return is to collect statistical data for:
the evidence base to inform and monitor government strategies, policies and business objectives responding to parliamentary questions policy...
Updated: Replaced document
OverviewThis consultation sets out the government’s plans to reform the victims’ code to give victims clearer entitlements from criminal justice agencies and to better tailor...
Updated: Added a link to the impact assessment on legislation.gov.uk
This is a consultation on the government’s suggestions for implementing the EU Directive 2011/24/EU. This directive concerns patients...
The monthly statistics for the Renewable heat Incentive (RHI) program present the number of applications and accredited installations on the scheme so far. These figures are broken down by technology type and...
Updated: We reformatted and edited some of the text throughout the body of the document. We also revised the email address.
The British Embassy, Tel Aviv is pleased to announce a call for proposals for ...
Free online cultural marketing resource CultureHive to launch on 23 April
The Home Office is supporting a conference being held today to help frontline practitioners get to grips with two new stalking offences.
It comes after the law was changed in November to make stalking...
Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Wilkie
Previously, at 30 years after creation, the closed records were transferred to The National Archives (TNA). This rule has been reviewed and, from January 2013, a move to 20 years begins.
Most records ...
Updated: Added in public responses to consultation.
Update - 18 April 2013This consultation, which proposed to relax the restrictions on the deployment of overhead telecoms lines, closed in February 2012...
Updated: Removed how to respond and added summary of responses.
SummaryThis consultation was carried out by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs together with the Devolved Administrations...
The objective of these reform proposals is to create a single system of fee remissions (waivers) for all fee paying courts and tribunals which is simple to use, more cost efficient and better targeted to those...
Request for information on cross-government macroeconomic narratives on green growth, firstly from a domestic perspective, and secondly from an international perspective.
The following lists all Business Statements by the Leader of the House of Commons for April 2013.
The Business Statement takes place every Thursday morning when the House is sitting, usually at 11.30am...
A time capsule is set to be buried at the site of the new and improved Northampton Railway Station.
But there’s a twist – readers of the Northampton Herald...
Wolverhampton Art Gallery announced as Wolverhampton's City Treasure
Ice hockey player Jerramie Domish has been suspended from all competition for two years following an anti-doping rule violation.
This week's update includes news and results from Athletics, BMX, Canoeing, Diving, Gymnastics, Sailing and Modern Pentathlon
Preliminary estimate for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) containing constant price Gross Value Added (GVA) data for the UK. Data is available split by industrial sector.
The FCO is committed to leading dialogue and debate on the key issues shaping the world and  has launched ‘The Jubilee Dialogues’ a flagship series of debates bringing together leading thinkers to discuss some...
Asked about the latest labour market statistics, the DPMS said that the figures underlined the fact that these were tough economic times and that of course any increase in unemployment was worrying. But he pointed...
Questioned on Lady Thatcher's funeral, the Deputy Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (DPMS) said that the Prime Minister had expressed his view earlier in the day about the role that Lady Thatcher had played and...
Thursday 18 April 2013 ...
Contains chapters on arrests, stop and search, fixed penalty notices and breath tests.
Updated: Added new ad hoc statistics
From time to time the Ministry of Justice publishes ad hoc statistical Notices. These will be published in this section as and when released.
Providing a modern and efficient service to British nationals overseas is a foreign policy priority.
While the majority of UK taxpayers pay the tax they owe, a small minority are intent on ignoring their legal responsibility to register all their business activity and pay the tax due on it.
Laura Dyer, Executive Director, Arts Council England speaks at Family Arts Conference on 15 April 2013
ORR shines a light on the finances and growth of Britain’s railways
GB rail industry financial information 2011-12
A Staffordshire powder coatings company has been fined for safety failings after an employee’s arm was seriously injured in machinery.
A Lincoln man suffered life-changing injuries because of a series of safety failings at the waste recycling plant where he worked in Scunthorpe, a court has heard.
This release comprises a further three Quick Statistics tables for a range of different geographical breakdowns of Northern Ireland including Local Government Districts (LGDs), Health and Social Care Trusts (HSCTs...
Contains a first estimate of retail sales in volume and value terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted
One-year and five-year net survival estimates for adult patients diagnosed with one of eight cancers in England. Results are presented by region, Strategic Health Authority and Cancer Network.
Prices received by producers for agricultural products (excludes subsidies) and prices paid by producers for agricultural inputs.
Presents statistics on the slaughter of cattle, sheep and pigs, dressed carcase weights and meat production.
Information on Consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RtT) waiting times, monitoring length of time from referral through to elective treatment.
Contains chapters on arrests, stop and search, fixed penalty notices and breath tests.
My noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Viscount Younger of Leckie, has today made the following statement:
As an executive agency and trading fund...
Updated: Updated to include new weekly prices.
Prices for selected agricultural and horticultural produce are published on a weekly or monthly basis in the following spreadsheets. The data source depends...
Updated: Updated to include figures to March 2013.
This monthly publication gives UK statistics on the slaughter of cattle, sheep and pigs, dressed carcase weights and meat production. Additional information...
Updated: Updated to include figures to February 2013.
The Agricultural Price Index (API) is a monthly publication that measures the monthly price changes in agricultural outputs and inputs for the UK. The...
Tables to accompany ‘Police powers and procedures in England and Wales 2011/12’.
Data workbooks containing tables for arrests, detentions, stops and searches, road checks, intimate searches, fixed...
Updated: Updated lawyers list with new attachment
The following list of English speaking lawyers and translators/interpreters has been prepared for the convenience of British Nationals who require legal...
Tables for ‘Police powers and procedures in England and Wales 2011/12’.
This release has statistics on the following topics: arrests, detentions, stops and searches, road checks, intimate searches...
The guide contains a glossary of terms, notes on interpreting the figures, and information on sources of data on other police powers.
This Freedom of Information response concerns information on the “new model office†practices and information including emails, minutes and submission papers.
OFFA and the Higher Education Funding Council for England are developing a national strategy for access and student success and are keen to maximise sector input.
As part of our work to gather...
This bulletin presents estimates of age-standardised one- and five-year net survival for adults diagnosed with one of eight cancers in England during 2004–2006 and followed up to 2011. Annual trends in unstandardised...
Contains a first estimate of retail sales in value and volume terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.
Presents statistics on the slaughter of cattle, sheep and pigs, dressed carcase weights and meat production.
Information on Consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RtT) waiting times, monitoring length of time from referral through to elective treatment.
Contains chapters on arrests, stop and search, fixed penalty notices and breath tests.
Prices received by producers for agricultural products (excludes subsidies) and prices paid by producers for agricultural inputs.
One-year and five-year net survival estimates for adult patients diagnosed with one of eight cancers in England. Results are presented by region, Strategic Health Authority and Cancer Network.
Contains a first estimate of retail sales in volume and value terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted
This release comprises a further three Quick Statistics tables for a range of different geographical breakdowns of Northern Ireland including Local Government Districts (LGDs), Health and Social Care Trusts (HSCTs...