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08 May 2013

Statistics - national statistics: Weekly economic indicators
seen at 22:30, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Newest update to the pocket databank 08/05/13

The focus of the Pocket databank is to be a quick and concise reference source for monthly and annual historical data.

A comprehensive list...

Eryri / Snowdonia 2013 - 2014
seen at 20:30, 8 May in National Parks News (Our copy).
Are you looking for new things to do and different places to visit in Snowdonia during the year? Recently published is a useful and valuable magazine for the residents and visitors to Snowdonia National Park.
Statistics: Farmer intentions survey
seen at 18:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Minor revisions to text.

This annual publication gives the results of the Farmer Intentions Survey for England. It looks at recent changes in the farm business and at intentions for future changes...

Correspondence: Despatch ezine: issue 02/2013
seen at 18:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

This issue has articles about:

good feedback for the new DSA online business service the new THINK! campaign urging motorcyclists to ‘stay in control’ drink driving rules being tightened to improve ...
FOI release: Number of people employed by BIS, including communications, March 2010 to January 2013
seen at 18:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Shows how staff numbers have changed in the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) particularly within communications, and by sex. The numbers are provided annually from March 2010 to January ...

Form: ACMD open meeting registration form: May 2013
seen at 16:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Please return this form by 14 May to register for the open meeting of the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs at Marsham Street. You’ll be able to provide feedback to council members and take part in a question...

FOI release: Number of staff employed and number signed up to support a charity via payroll giving.
seen at 16:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

This information has been released by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Policy paper: Statement of New Regulation (SNR5) - January to June 2013
seen at 16:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, along with other Government departments, has published its fifth Statement of New Regulation. Defra’s contribution to SNR5 provides an overview of regulations...

Independent report: General review of the profit formula for non competitive government contracts
seen at 16:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Report on the general review of the profit formula for non competitive government contracts: February 2013

Transparency data: Foreign Office Spend over £25,000 for March 2013
seen at 16:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

The Coalition Government is committed to publishing departmental spend over £25,000 as part of its commitment to transparency and open government.

This is the Foreign Office spend in the UK ...

Guidance: JSP 886: volume 03: support chain management
seen at 16:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Part 2: contractor logistic support

Volume 3 (support chain management) Policy and procedures for the management of the defence/joint support chain.

Related information JSP 462...
Guidance: JSP 886: volume 07: supportability engineering
seen at 16:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated 'Part 8.06: test equipment'

Volume 7 (supportability engineering): policy and process for the application of supportability engineering and integrated logistic support (ILS).

Related...
Policy paper: ‘One year on’ assessment: Government response
seen at 16:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Changed further information and link as the link was leading to an old Defra link.

This sets out a number of specific actions which the department will take to reduce the burden of unnecessary ...

FOI release: BIS staff seconded from 1 January 2010 to present from listed financial institutions: FOI request 130313
seen at 16:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Secondments to the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) from:

KPMG Ernst & Young PWC Deloitte

Includes job title, start and end dates, and amount BIS is paying for them.

50 years young and entrepreneurs competition is still going strong
seen at 16:31, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
Budding young entrepreneurs from across the North West faced a panel of judges at the STFC Daresbury Laboratory today, for the area final of the 50th Young Enterprise Company Programme competition.
National Park Authority shortlisted for Museum 'Oscars'
seen at 16:30, 8 May in National Parks News (Our copy).
The North York Moors National Park Authority's innovative Lime and Ice exhibition has been shortlisted for the museum ‘Oscars'.
Case 171 – Local gym notice states “hairdryers can only be used for drying hair on the head”
seen at 16:30, 8 May in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

The enquirer read a notice in their local gym stating that for “health and safety reasons members are requested only use the hair dryers for hair on the head”.

CPS statement on sentencing of Melanie Smith
seen at 16:30, 8 May in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Karen Dixon, District Crown Prosecutor for CPS Wales, said: "Melanie Smith has today been sentenced for starting a devastating fire that had an immensely distressing outcome. She did so knowing that a family...
Guidance: Template letter to parents about measles and MMR
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

This template was developed as part of the MMR catch-up programme announced on 25 April 2013 by Public Health England, NHS England and the Department of Health.

Guidance: Measles: Don't let your child catch it flyer (for schools)
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

This flyer is designed for schools. It answers common questions about measles and the vaccine that protects against it.

Guidance: Measles: Don't let your child catch it flyer (for GPs)
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

This flyer is designed for general practitioners (GPs). It answers common questions about measles and the vaccine that protects against it.

Form: Carer's Credit application form
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Update to the Carer's Credit application form (PDF).

To find out if you might get Carer’s Credit, answer the questions on page 3 of the Notes.

The carer or their representative must fill...

Guidance: Immunisation schedule: the green book, chapter 11
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Updated: Update patch added

Chapter 11 update patches archive

The overall aim of the routine childhood immunisation programme is to protect all children against the following preventable ...

Form: UKTI Belgrade - Internship form
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Job description and Call for application for British Embassy, Belgrade - Commercial Section intern.

Big Bang Fair 2013
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
Grow your own crystals, explore a life-size model of the Large Hadron Collider tunnel and find out more about the largest infrared space telescope ever launched - all at the Big Bang Fair next week (14-17 March ...
The fastest movie camera in the world could study the dynamics of atomic nuclei
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
A technique to create the shortest X-ray pulses ever made is proposed in Physical Review Letters.
UK celebrates completion of the most complex ground-based telescope ALMA
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
Scientists across the UK are today proudly celebrating the monumental achievement of the completion of ALMA - the most complex ground-based telescope in existence. The telescope is being officially opened during...
Latest results indicate that new particle is a Higgs boson
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
Latest results from CERN further reinforce that the particle discovered last year is a Higgs boson.
Science Minister launches first Higher Apprenticeship in Space engineering
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
The Science Minister David Willetts launched the first ever Higher Apprenticeship in Space Engineering at STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) today (15 March 2013). The apprenticeship has been developed ...
Call for proposals for the Projects Research and Development scheme
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
STFC has announced a call for applications to the Projects Research and Development scheme (PRD).
Could foot and mouth disease finally be controlled?
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) affects all cloven-hoofed animals, both domesticated and wild, and is one of the most contagious of animal diseases.
Prototype MRI magnet's new life as a physics experiment - read about it in New Scientist
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
STFC's Daresbury Laboratory is hosting the original prototype magnet that was used to develop Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in hospitals, in preparation for its use in an exciting new project to study the rarest...
STFC CLASP Energy Call
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
STFC is offering £1.5M to fund a range of projects from short feasibility studies to large developmental projects that will use STFC funded research to solve key challenges in the Energy sector.
UK wins major £10m Czech science contract to develop new laser technologies
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
UK scientists have won a major £10m Czech contract to develop new laser technologies for use by business and science.
New UK particle accelerator heralds exciting opportunities for industry
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
The new UK particle accelerator VELA (Versatile Electron Linear Accelerator) has achieved a significant electron acceleration milestone, which heralds exciting new opportunities for industry to apply the latest ...
UK scientists one step closer to finding the missing anti-matter from the Universe
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
A subtle difference between matter and antimatter has been observed for the first time by the LHCb experiment at CERN. The observation has been made in the neutral Bs meson system, and submitted for publication...
World's Largest Science Experiment comes to Northern Ireland
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
The world's largest science experiment, the Large Hadron Collider (the LHC), and the man behind the Higgs particle theory, are coming to Belfast as part of a week-long public exhibition organised by the UK Science...
UK joins the world's largest nuclear physics research facility
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has today (3 May 2013) signed an agreement that makes the UK an associate member of FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) currently under construction...
SKA - World's largest and most sensitive radio telescope one step closer as new HQ opens
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
Less than a year after the decision to site the revolutionary Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in Southern Africa and Australia, the SKA Organisation has opened its new international headquarters.
British Caribbean Reception
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British Caribbean Reception
Case 169 – Garden Shredder cannot be sold online without a safety briefing
seen at 14:30, 8 May in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

The enquirer raised the issue of a website selling a garden shredder stating “DUE TO HEALTH AND SAFETY – THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION ONLY”.

Case 170 – Coffee chain cannot serve half and half milk due to health and safety
seen at 14:30, 8 May in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

The enquirer visited her local coffee chain and asked for semi-skimmed milk. The server informed her they only serve skimmed or full fat, she then asked if she could perhaps have half and half as other branches...

News story: Queen's Speech: immigration and crime measures announced
seen at 14:30, 8 May in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Tough new measures to continue immigration reform and prevent illegal immigrants accessing services they’re not entitled to will be part of a new Immigration Bill.

The bill, announced in the Queen’...

R -v- Melanie Smith
seen at 14:30, 8 May in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
Sentencing Remarks of Mr Justice Griffith Williams
Nationwide industrial action on Thursday 9 May
seen at 14:30, 8 May in News Archives - The National Archives (Our copy).
Due to nationwide industrial action by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) on Thursday 9 May from 11:00 to 12:00, The National Archives will be offering a reduced service to the public during this time...
19th century immigrants' records released online
seen at 14:30, 8 May in News Archives - The National Archives (Our copy).
The records of thousands of 19th century immigrants to Britain are now available to search and download online. The collection, which covers the period 1801 to 1871, includes records relating to more than...
Statistics: Public Health Outcomes Framework: May 2013 quarterly data update
seen at 11:33, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

The Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) data update for May 2013 has been published by the Department of Health (DH) and Public Health England (PHE).

The data are presented in an interactive...

Statistics: Offender management statistics quarterly
seen at 11:33, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: One document updated

Earlier editions: Offender Management Statistics Quarterly

Offender management statistics (quarterly) - October to December 2012 Introduction

This publication...

Paralympic Potential launched to discover new talent for Rio 2016
seen at 11:32, 8 May in UK Sport (Our copy).
Future Paralympic stars will have the chance to be fast-tracked on the road to Rio 2016 thanks to an exciting new initiative
ADCO-Machinery open Workshop on the NOMAD survey – 18 June, Brussels
seen at 11:31, 8 May in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

ADCO-Machinery open Workshop on the NOMAD survey – “Quiet machinery – Higher competitiveness and better health”. Tuesday 18th June 2013, Hotel Le Plaza, Bd Adolphe Max 118-126 Brussels 1000.

Safety lesson for paper mill in court
seen at 11:31, 8 May in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Swanley firm has been prosecuted after a worker at its warehouse was injured after being crushed between a forklift truck and a pallet of paper goods.

Appointment of a High Court Judge - Jay QC
seen at 11:31, 8 May in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
MoJ news release
Appointment of a High Court Judge - Lascelles Carr QC
seen at 11:31, 8 May in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
MoJ news release
Appointment of a High Court Judge - Gilbart
seen at 11:31, 8 May in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
MoJ news release
Statistics: Rural expenditure
seen at 10:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: 2010 Household expenditure in rural and urban areas.

This publication shows the breakdown of what households in different rural and urban areas spend their disposable income on. Expenditure data...

Statistics: Rural enterprise
seen at 10:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: 2011/12 Enterprise composition and business breakdown by rural urban definition.

Businesses, and the employment opportunities they provide, are a very important aspect of the rural and urban economy...

Statistics: Rural earnings
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Updated: 2012 workplace based and resident based earnings by rural urban classification.

Employee earnings give an indication of the living standards people are able to enjoy. If people have high earnings...

Statistics: Rural broadband
seen at 10:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: OFCOM average broadband speeds in 2012 by rural urban definition.

Broadband is very important for the economic and social sustainability of rural communities. By 2015 the government aims to deliver...

Statistics: Rural population and migration
seen at 10:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: 2011 mid year population estimates by rural-urban definition published.

Population change is a result of natural change (the difference between births and deaths) and net international migration...

Guidance: Otterburn firing times
seen at 10:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added Otterburn firing times 16 to 31 May

Otterburn’s firing times are presented in three file formats so that the information is accessible to everyone. The TXT format is browseable on mobile...

Consultation outcome: Cost recovery for oil and gas consents
seen at 10:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response to consultation published.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) sought views on proposals to recover the costs of its services in issuing consents under:

...
£7 million awarded to successful applicants to Catalyst Arts: building fundraising capacity scheme
seen at 10:30, 8 May in http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Latest entries (Our copy).
£7 million awarded to successful applicants to Catalyst Arts: building fundraising capacity scheme
Annual funding statement 2013
seen at 10:30, 8 May in Latest news from The Pensions Regulator (Our copy).
The Pensions Regulator has today published its 2013 annual funding statement to help pension scheme trustees and sponsoring employers to agree valuations and deficit recovery plans.
Local Area Labour Markets in Scotland: Statistics from the Annual Population Survey - 2012
seen at 09:31, 8 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Summary publication of results from the Annual Population Survey, presenting analysis on the labour market, education and training. Results are provided for Scotland and local authority areas in Scotland.
Births in Northern Ireland - 2012
seen at 09:31, 8 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Births registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Weekly Fuel Prices - 6 May 2013
seen at 09:31, 8 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
Statistics: Rural community broadband fund (RCBF) output indicator
seen at 09:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Broadband is increasingly important for economic and social interactions in rural communities. The Government aims to bring superfast broadband to 90 per cent of premises in each county. The remaining 10 per...

Form: V85 - Application to tax a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV)
seen at 09:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Application to apply for a HGV vehicle licence (tax disc).

Form: British Embassy Baku - Call for bids: Proposal Form
seen at 09:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

The deadline for bids is Monday 28 May at 5pm (local time) and the Project Proposal Form must be submitted electronically to Baku.ProjectBids@fco.gov.uk

Guidance: British Embassy Baku - Call for bids: Guidance for project proposal
seen at 09:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

The deadline for bids is Monday 28 May at 5pm (local time). The Project Proposal Form must be submitted electronically to Baku.ProjectBids@fco.gov.uk

In the process of completion you can use this...

Statistics: England natural environment indicators
seen at 09:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

This publication covers the indicators developed to assess progress against the Natural Environment White Paper which is the Government’s vision for the natural environment over the next 50 years.

Next...

Statistics: Public Health Outcomes Framework: May 2013 quarterly data update
seen at 09:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

The Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) data update for May 2013 has been published by the Department of Health (DH) and Public Health England (PHE).

The data are presented in an interactive...

Statistical data set: Weekly road fuel prices
seen at 09:31, 8 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest table published.

Table last updated on 8 May 2013.

Weekly fuel prices

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 224KB

This file...
Public consultation on the request for consent to decommission Wylfa nuclear power station
seen at 09:30, 8 May in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is holding a formal 3-month consultation period in order to provide the opportunity for interested parties to comment upon Wylfa’s application and decommissioning project.

Local Area Labour Markets in Scotland: Statistics from the Annual Population Survey - 2012
seen at 02:33, 8 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Summary publication of results from the Annual Population Survey, presenting analysis on the labour market, education and training. Results are provided for Scotland and local authority areas in Scotland.
Births in Northern Ireland - 2012
seen at 02:33, 8 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Births registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Weekly Fuel Prices - 6 May 2013
seen at 02:33, 8 May in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel