Q:The Wales Office’s total spend on recruitment for the financial year 2011/12 ending in April 2012.
We Replied:
A:In 2011-12 the Wales Office did not incur any expenditure on recruitment.
Paul was Senior Partner of Addleshaw Goddard until May 2010, and has practised with the firm since qualification, specialising in Corporate Finance. He read Law at Clare College Cambridge.
He became ...
Please disclose the number of compromise agreements your organisation has reached with former staff in each of the past 10 financial years. For each year, if possible please disclose the number of these agreements...
Please disclose the total number of judicial mediation settlements that have been reached with former staff members at employment tribunals in each of the last 10 financial years.
We Replied:
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Please provide a breakdown of the visits (including dates) made to the National Assembly for Wales by David Jones MP since his appointment as Secretary of State for Wales
We replied:
1.Breakdown...
Updated: Updated firing times
Castlemartin’s firing times are presented in 3 file formats so that the information is accessible to everyone. The TXT format is browseable on mobile devices such as Blackberry...
Provides the number of staff employed at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) on fixed term contracts in the 2012 to 2013 financial year. Includes their annual pay, length of contract, internal...
Updated: Updated prices for current week.
This weekly publication includes averages of the most usual prices charged at the English wholesale markets in Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool and New Spitalfields...
The leaflet ‘Procurement for Growth’ gives public sector procurement practitioners tips and advice on how they can maximise economic growth through the way they approach buying goods and services.
Global defence company BAE Systems has been ordered to pay almost £350,000 in fines and costs after a worker died when he was crushed by the 145-tonnes weight of a metal press at its East Yorkshire ...
A County Durham man has been jailed and a Tyneside firm and one of its directors fined after a demolition worker fell to his death from a cherry picker that was knocked over by a falling roof beam.
Updated: 2013 Lighters Direction published
A renewed direction, given by the Secretary of State to local authorities, on how they should enforce the European Commission Decision on child resistant lighters...
April 2013 transparency report for the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Updated: Added contact details
This booklet contains information which will be of use to you both prior to and shortly after your arrival in Cyprus. It contains comprehensive details from living in Cyprus...
Sets out the government’s plan to give Royal Mail access to the capital and commercial disciplines that it will need to have a sustainable future.
Updated: Publication updated to replace references to 'fortnightly' payments with 'twice monthly payments'.
Frequently asked questions about Universal Credit for partner organisations.
Part of ...
In the interests of transparency we regularly publish minutes of board meetings.
Updated: Publication updated to replace references to 'fortnightly' payments with 'twice monthly payments'.
Quick guide for partner organisations describing how Universal Credit will be paid and how to...
Updated: Publication updated to replace references to 'fortnightly' payments with 'twice monthly payments'.
An introduction to Universal Credit to help partner organisations prepare future claimants for...
Updated: Government response document published.
We believe that there is significant potential for greater efficiency in the use of electricity in the UK - some of which will be realised by existing policy...
How much did your department spend on external recruitment firms in the last financial year (i.e. March 2012-April 2013)? Could you please specify how much money was paid to each firm?
We replied:
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Updated: Added consultation response.
The publicity code provides guidance on the content, style, distribution and cost of local authority publicity.
This consultation sets out the government...
1.How many times has the Secretary of State met with the departmental head of internal audit (or equivalent) over the last year (April 1st 2012 – March 31st 2013)?
We replied:
A:The Wales Office...
This report on the penultimate year of the Warm Front scheme highlights the ongoing significance of the assistance provided to low income and vulnerable households that are in, or at risk of, fuel poverty. Since...
1.Please could you provide the number of staff you employed on fixed term contracts in the 2012/2013 financial year.
We replied:
A:We employed three Wales Office staff on fixed term contracts ...
A new set of case studies shows that NERC-funded PhD studentships have a big impact on society, providing highly skilled people to work in industry, business, academia and the public sector.
The green hairstreak butterfly appears to be making a recovery in the South Downs thanks to the hard work of National Park rangers and volunteers, Butterfly Conservation and local landowners.
Two new TV adverts extolling the virtues of Exmoor National Park, The Quantock Hills and the West Somerset Coast air this May to a targeted audience of 3 million plus viewers.
Calls for evidence for reports in the second round of consultations in the Government’s Balance of Competences Review opened last week. The first reports are due to be published this summer.
The Minister...
Alison Storey, Specialist Prosecutor for the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: "After carefully reviewing all of the evidence I have concluded that no manslaughter charges should be brought...
Chief Crown Prosecutor for the CPS East of England, Grace Ononiwu, said: "We have today advised Cambridgeshire police that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to charge Joanna Dennehy over...
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 with...
Jenny Hopkins, CPS London Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, said: "Paula Castle, an 85 year old woman, was on her way home from the shops in Greenford where she lived when she was attacked and robbed of her handbag...
Alison Saunders, Chief Crown Prosecutor for London, said: "This was an appalling and unthinkable crime, made worse by Hazell's efforts to hide Tia's body and disrupt the police investigation. As an adult and trusted...
Zoe Martin, specialist prosecutor in the CPS Special Crime Division, said: "Rebecca Swanston, a former police officer with Hampshire Constabulary, today appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court charged with three...
Gregor McGill, a senior lawyer with the Crown Prosecution Service, whose team handles CPS decision making and potential prosecutions in relation to the on-going phone hacking investigations and other related matters...
Baljit Ubhey, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Thames & Chiltern, said: "The abuse these girls were subjected to was truly appalling. No-one, let alone a child, should ever be exploited as these young victims were...
Gregor McGill, a senior lawyer with the Crown Prosecution Service, whose team handles CPS decision making and potential prosecutions in relation to the on-going phone hacking investigations and other related matters...
Zoe Martin, Specialist Prosecutor in the CPS Special Crime Division, said: "I have carefully considered all the available evidence in relation to the tragic death of Philip Carsley, who died on 8 February 2010 when...
Martin Goldman, Chief Crown Prosecutor, CPS Yorkshire and Humberside said: "Susan Murphy and James Hinds have today been found guilty of the ill-treatment of patients at the Solar Centre in Doncaster.
Alison Norton, Specialist Prosecutor in the CPS Special Crime Division, said: "This was a tragic case in which Kenneth Joyce, a shipyard worker, died when unstable steelwork knocked over the cherry picker he was...
As announced at Budget 2013, the government has published a consultation on options for providing further support to the visual effects industry today (Tuesday 21 May).
The visual effects industry...
Updated: Added to a document series
Release of statistics on the reoffending of adults under probation supervision, including breakdowns to the regional, probation trust and local authority level.
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Updated: Updated version of the countersignatory training dates.
Download the document to find out about referral information events and countersignatory training.
Detector dogs have been working at the border since 1978.
They are multi-skilled and have been trained to search for a variety of items such as drugs, products of animal origin, firearms, tobacco, cash...
We use a fleet of patrol boats, known as ‘cutters’, to protect UK waters. Our cutters operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
They detect prohibited and restricted goods, and prevent tax fraud, ...
Updated: Added summary of responses to the consultation, and the government's response to both the consultation and report.
On 21 December 2012 the government welcomed the report of the review...
Updated: Green Deal-CML frequently asked questions published.
The Green Deal Guidance for the Property Industry in Great Britain is of interest to people selling, letting (social or private rented sector...
Updated: Minutes for 24 April 2013 added
The aim of the ministerial working group is to prevent and reduce homelessness, and improve the lives of those people who do become homeless. By bringing the relevant...
The Secretary of State’s letter, dated 20 May 2013, to the Welsh and Northern Irish education ministers was sent in response to a discussion about academic qualifications reforms held on 13 May.
Updated: Added updated tables 101, 102, 103 and 106.
Live tables Table 100: number of dwellings by tenure and district, England: 2012MS Excel Spreadsheet...
Updated: For clarity within the consultation we have re-drafted the section that refers specifically to the representation of craft in the official occupational coding.
Clarifying our approachWe recently...
Request for information as follows:
Please could you indicate the amount of Disclosures requested by each RB that use the e-Bulk method? Could this be for the month of March 2013 and not include withdrawn...
Sentebale at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt on taking up the role of President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and whether she would still choose to be a chemical engineer if applying to go to university today.
Previous work has shown that noise emission data provided by manufacturers can be of variable quality and based on standards that no longer exist. The aim of the project was to assess the suitability of information...
The Minister for Criminal Information (Lord Taylor of Holbeach):
There has been significant progress in preparation for the commencement of the DNA and fingerprint provisions in Part 1, Chapter 1 of...
The event was held at St James’s Palace and hosted by Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Cambridge.
PoachingIn recent months, poaching of elephants and rhinos has reached ...
The project has been developed by the British Embassy in Kyiv in agreement with the EU Delegation, EU Member State countries and Ukrainian partners and approved for funding by the FCO Bilateral Programme with...
Welcome to the first Border Force Bulletin, a regular update to provide you with accessible information on what’s happening across Border Force. We hope you find it useful.
Welcome to the second issue of the monthly Border Force Bulletin, an email to provide you with regular, accessible information on what’s happening across Border Force.
Welcome to the latest issue of the Border Force Bulletin, which provides you with regular, accessible information on what’s happening across Border Force.
This guidance explains how you can increase the amount of your State Pension if you reached State Pension age between 6 April 2008 and 5 April 2010, but you are not getting a full basic State Pension. It applies...
Updated: Most up to date documents added
Latest statistics on the reoffending of adults on the probation caseload.
The quarterly release presents statistics on the reoffending of adults under supervision...
This guidance explains how you can increase the amount of your State Pension if you reach State Pension age between 6 April 2010 and 5 April 2015 but you are not getting or do not expect to get a full basic State...
London Economics – Energy Retail Markets Comparability StudyThis report, completed by London Economics for DECC, assesses the trends and position of the UK electricity and gas retail markets relative to comparable...
E-payments framework transactions March 2013
E-payments framework transactions travel March 2013
Updated: Link to earlier editions added
Release of statistics on the reoffending of adults under probation supervision, including breakdowns to the regional, probation trust and local authority level.
E-payments framework transactions January 2013
E-payments framework transactions travel January 2013
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) judgment
After what seemed like an age, the 22nd of March soon appeared on our calendars. All we needed to do was survive the last day of school and we woul...
Asked whether the PM was meeting Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, the PMS said that Eric Schmidt was a member of the Business Advisory Group which was meeting that day. The PM would discuss the G8 tax and transparency...
The Government, in collaboration with the Care Quality Commission, Monitor, NHS England and the NHS Trust Development Authority, are today issuing a joint policy statement to provide further information on the...
The 2012 annual report and accounts for the Criminal Records Bureau for the eight-month period up to 1 December 2012 is being laid before the House today and published on www.gov.uk. Copies will be available...
There has been significant progress in preparation for the commencement of the DNA and fingerprint provisions in Part 1, Chapter 1 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. To date, 1,136,000 DNA profiles belonging...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Owen Paterson) has today made the following Statement.
I wish to inform the House that my right honourable friend...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Owen Paterson) has today made the following Statement.
I would like to update the House on the work of Tree Health...
This consultation is designed to gather views on the preferred location for additional road-based river crossing capacity in the Lower Thames area.
Responses to this consultation will form part of the...
Contact list for DECC’s press office and press officers.
This report sets out AECOM’s assessment of the engineering feasibility and estimated capital costs of constructing new crossing capacity at each of the 3 location options under consideration, as well as the feasibility...
Options for a new Lower Thames Crossing
I’m at the Dartford-Thurrock crossing. This is the only river crossing situated to the east of London and has been providing a vital north-south connection...
This report documents a number of pre-existing traffic models and data sources that were considered for use in this review. It details how they were incorporated into the existing traffic model covering the M25...
This report presents findings from the review of the merits of the 3 location options, and the option C variant. It is intended to provide information during the public consultation on location options to inform...
This report sets out the basis for and assumptions used to estimate: operating and maintenance costs, the costs of revenue collection using a free flow tolling system and toll revenues for an additional Lower...
This report documents the work undertaken using the Lower Thames Crossing model to forecast traffic flows and traffic conditions in future scenarios for the 3 location options under consideration. It documents...
Updated: Government response and Impact Assessment published.
This consultation seeks comments on modifications to gas and electricity licences in order to set up a cost recovery mechanism for energy supply...
Updated: Added new firing times
The Lulworth firing times are presented in three file formats so that the information is accessible to everyone. The TXT format is readable on mobile devices such as Blackberry...
Inspiring the next generation of scientists in the North West is a challenge, one that has been made a little bit easier thanks to the donation of numerous pieces of experimental equipment by staff from the Science...
The Pensions Regulator has set out its strategic approach to regulating defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) schemes and maximising employer compliance with new automatic enrolment duties in its latest...
This written ministerial statement was also laid in the House of Commons by the Minister of State for Crime Prevention, Jeremy Browne.
Minister for Criminal Information (Lord Taylor of Holbeach):The ...
This Statistical Release presents data on the arrangements for transfer of patients to a more appropriate care setting in Wales
A comprehensive selection of data on input and output index series. Contains producer price indices of materials and fuels purchased and output of manufacturing industry by broad sector.
Contains cost indices (purchase of materials and fuels, earnings and National Insurance, general expenses and combined costs) relating to four aerospace and electronics industries. The data are based on the revised...
Contains indices on UK manufactured products together with the materials and fuel purchased, and the home sales at both broad and detailed industry levels. The data are used throughout business and government.
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Contains price indices, percentage changes and weights for the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), Retail Prices Index (RPI) and the components that make up these indices. Internationally, the CPI is known as the Harmonised...
Deaths registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Provides general information on all HMRC taxes, including tax receipts, the number of taxpayers, personal tax credits, child benefit and estimates of the cost of tax expenditures and structural relief.
Monthly statistics on clearances of cigarettes & tobacco products and duty receipts for the UK.
Provides details of the quantities of products that have had UK excise duty paid on them and revenue receipts.
Bulletins provide a full historic series of data detailing amounts of goods cleared and amount of duty collected.
The results in this notice are split into several sections covering education and training, Skills and Knowledge, Risk Management, Business Planning and finally the profile of those farms doing at least one positive...
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, “State of the Estate in 2012”. This report provides an assessment of the efficiency and sustainability of...
The Government have today published the third paper in the Scotland analysis series to inform the debate on Scotland’s future within the United Kingdom.
“Scotland analysis: Financial services...
As outlined in my written statement of 17 December 2012, Official Report, column 70WS, Sir Ken Knight, former firefighter and Government chief fire and rescue adviser, has undertaken a review into the operational...
The 2013 main report of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body (AFPRB) and Government response was published on the 14 March 2013. In line with convention, the AFPRB has today published a supplement to its main...
I wish to inform the House that the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr Davey), and I have today published the call for evidence relating...
I would like to update the House on the work of the tree health and plant biosecurity taskforce which publishes its report today. This is further to my written ministerial statement of 6 December 2012, Official...
I am today announcing the beginning of the triennial review of the Great Britain China-Centre (GBCC). Triennial reviews of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) are part of this Government’s commitment...
My hon Friend the Minister for Criminal Information, Lord Taylor of Holbeach, has today made the following written ministerial statement:
There has been significant progress in preparation for the commencement...
Our motorways and trunk roads play a vital role in the economic prosperity of this country. This is why this Government are committed to implementing a robust
approach to identifying, prioritising and planning...
On 19 July 2012, the Government published “Supporting separated families; securing children’s futures” (Cm 8399), a public consultation on the draft Child Support Fees Regulations 2013 and the...
This report investigates whether the gender birth ratio in the UK varies by mothers’ country of birth beyond the range that might be expected to occur naturally.
The analysis concludes that when broken...
This publication looks at the business management practices adopted by farmers in England. The information comes from the 2011/12 business management practices module of the Farm Business Survey.
Topics...
Release of statistics on the reoffending of adults under probation supervision, including breakdowns to the regional, probation trust and local authority level.
Updated: Latest table published.
Table last updated on 21 May 2013.
Weekly fuel pricesMS Excel Spreadsheet, 225KB
This file...
Kelly Holmes Education has become the latest organisation to pledge their efforts to support doping-free sport.
Tenants, and not the building owner, have been charged for the purchase of a plastic barrier to carry out maintenance on the lift at their managed housing. Bespoke barriers designed specifically for this purpose...
A comprehensive selection of data on input and output index series. Contains producer price indices of materials and fuels purchased and output of manufacturing industry by broad sector.
Monthly CPI and RPI inflation indicators
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) House Price Index, previously published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is a monthly release that publishes figures for mix-adjusted average...
This Statistical Release presents data on the arrangements for transfer of patients to a more appropriate care setting in Wales
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
A comprehensive selection of data on input and output index series. Contains producer price indices of materials and fuels purchased and output of manufacturing industry by broad sector.
Contains cost indices (purchase of materials and fuels, earnings and National Insurance, general expenses and combined costs) relating to four aerospace and electronics industries. The data are based on the revised...
Contains indices on UK manufactured products together with the materials and fuel purchased, and the home sales at both broad and detailed industry levels. The data are used throughout business and government.
Contains price indices, percentage changes and weights for the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), Retail Prices Index (RPI) and the components that make up these indices. Internationally, the CPI is known as the Harmonised...
Deaths registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Provides general information on all HMRC taxes, including tax receipts, the number of taxpayers, personal tax credits, child benefit and estimates of the cost of tax expenditures and structural relief.
Monthly statistics on clearances of cigarettes & tobacco products and duty receipts for the UK.
Provides details of the quantities of products that have had UK excise duty paid on them and revenue receipts.
Bulletins provide a full historic series of data detailing amounts of goods cleared and amount of duty collected.
The results in this notice are split into several sections covering education and training, Skills and Knowledge, Risk Management, Business Planning and finally the profile of those farms doing at least one positive...
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
It has been written as a useful tool of information for any potential UK investor interested in learning about this Central American market, which represents the biggest, the most reliable and the one much more...