This document reflects the work on Prosperity that Central America and Dominican Republic have done in the past three months.
Asked whether the PM is a fan of the Drenge (a musical band) the PMS said that he has not discussed this with the PM. Asked whether the PM is disappointed that there has been no progress on party funding for ...
Asked whether the PM thinks Boris Johnson had anyone in mind when he said that he didn?t think politicians should stick around for too long, the PMS explained that the question would be better directed to the ...
Defence Focus magazine issue 272 July 2013
The British Embassies in Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama and Peru are inviting you to submit a concept bid for the Rules-Based International Economic System (RuBIES) Fund for the Financial Year 2013...
GPC FOI: ref no. RFI 5560 - annual breakdown of the department’s spending via GPC cards 2010 to 2012.
Taking Part is the key evidence source for DCMS and was commissioned primarily to provide a single evidence source on participation in culture and sport. The survey is currently used to measure and inform departmental...
Taking Part is the key evidence source for DCMS and was commissioned primarily to provide a single evidence source on participation in culture and sport. The survey is currently used to measure and inform departmental...
Taking Part is the key evidence source for DCMS and was commissioned primarily to provide a single evidence source on participation in culture and sport. The survey is currently used to measure and inform departmental...
Another great BIG Adventure Day is planned for Wednesday 24 July.
HRH the Duke of Gloucester focused on picture-perfect images of the Peak District National Park when he called in to Bakewell Visitor Centre.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a consultation on changes to the content of an Asbestos-related Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) that will consolidate two existing documents.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published details of proposed changes that will simplify the mandatory reporting of workplace injuries for businesses.
Update: Information published on rogue private investigators
Statistical freedom of information response for statistics on sanctions, appeals and reconsiderations at Southall Jobcentre Plus office: March 2007 to 21 October 2012.
Updated: Added Q3 2012 to 2013 spending approvals and Q4 2013 exceptions reporting
Following the announcements by the Chancellor and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 24 May 2010, the government introduced...
It has been a busy time for HEFCE, with action on some exciting new initiatives. The Council has maintained a strong focus on supporting universities in promoting national economic growth: we have always known that...
The new ship to serve the UK marine science community was yesterday (8 July 2013) handed over to NERC by its builder CNP Freire, SA in Vigo, Spain.
Professor Les Ebdon, Director of Fair Access to Higher Education, has today welcomed the publication of UCAS figures showing an increase in the number of applicants to higher education received by the 30 June...
Vote to select winners at the National Lottery Awards 2013
The Home Secretary announced on Tuesday (9 July) that the UK will opt out of EU policing and criminal justice measures adopted before the Lisbon Treaty came into force.
Theresa May confirmed in a statement...
This written ministerial statement was laid on 9 July 2013 in the House of Commons by Mark Harper and in the House of Lords by Lord Taylor of Holbeach. Minister of State for Immigration (Mark Harper):Last week...
Measures to toughen civil penalties against rogue businesses employing illegal migrants, while cutting red tape for legitimate employers, have been unveiled by the government on Tuesday (9 July).
These...
Broker jailed for obtaining fraudulent mortgages totalling over £2.5m
Public Spending Statistics present analyses of public spending against budgeting and expenditure on services frameworks. These analyses cover public spending by department, function and economic category.
Updated: Uploaded new individual forms
Paper forms and guidance to make:
a property and financial affairs LPA a health and welfare LPAYou can download a complete pack of documents in ZIP format...
It is a particularly exciting time for the UK’s collaboration with India on education. As well as our long-standing links in all areas of education, our collaboration is expanding. We see this in particular with...
This note, for suppliers interested in the wireless element of the Super Connected Cities Programme (SCCP), explains the wireless options within the SCCP, and the activity suppliers can expect to see from SCCP...
This edition includes news about:
Annual Fraud Indicator 2013 Intelligence sharing Project Bloom How insolvency practitioners are taking the fight to fraudsters Getting your money back – a victims...
IssueThe Economic team at the British High Commission, India is part of the wider Knowledge Economy umbrella. The team helps interpret the Indian economy for the UK and develop bilateral economic policy...
A draft amendment to allow goats’ milk protein to be used in infant formula and to lower the minimum protein levels permitted in follow-on formula. This amendment will implement changes to EU Directive 2006/141...
A new version of a draft regulation setting the rules for authorisations of generic descriptors presented by the European Commission at the meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health...
The first is to get the document legalised by the Legalisation Office in the UK. The second is to have your document legalised by the Qatar Embassy in London. The third is to have the document legalised by the...
This document provides information on the agreement of a new ‘Regulation on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control’. The...
Updated: Updated commercial list
This British Forces Post Office (BFPO) commercial contracts list contains a list of all companies that are able to send items using the BFPO mail system.
This list...
Updated: Published revised MOD form 5014: DSEAR risk assessment
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) Health and Safety forms are referenced in MOD Joint Service Publication (JSP 375) Health and Safety Handbook...
Defence Focus magazine issue 272 July 2013
Updated: Link to British Sign Language video added.
From April 2013 Disability Living Allowance (DLA) began to be replaced for new claimants with a new benefit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Like...
This letter, dated 8 July 2013, about early learning for 2-year-olds was sent by Minister for Education and Childcare Elizabeth Truss to local authority leaders, lead members for children’s services, and directors...
Findings and recommendations from a review of how to improve standards in further education colleges and sixth form colleges.
The report focuses on three areas:
recruitment and succession planning...
Updated: Published the Natural Environment White Paper: implementation update for July 2013
The Natural Environment White Paper is a bold and ambitious statement outlining the government’s vision...
To implement carbon capture and storage (CCS) successfully, each underground repository will need careful appraisal based on its unique history and setting, according to a new study co-authored by researchers from...
Vote to choose winners at the National Lottery Awards
Triathlon World Returns to London
A drinks producer and a building services firm have been fined for safety failings at a Ledbury factory.
A construction company and a roofing contractor have been fined after a worker was left paralysed from the waist down when he plunged four metres through a hole in a roof at a Swindon building site.
With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the decision as to whether the UK should opt out of those EU police and criminal justice measures adopted before the Lisbon Treaty came into force...
Information published on rogue private investigators
The consultation seeks views on the government’s preferred policy option of making it an offence to drive if any of 17 controlled drugs are found in blood over a specified limit.
A zero tolerance approach...
The licence condition modifications to implement Government policy in the above areas were laid in Parliament on 10 May 2013. Following successful completion of the Parliamentary process, the licence conditions...
Updated: New version of document added due to fixing minor content issues in download.
The initial teacher training (ITT) criteria apply to all ITT programmes, and are imposed by the Secretary of State ...
DFID Global Partnerships Department operational plan 2013
This is the tenth annual review of controls on imports of animal products, also known as Products Of Animal Origin (POAO), into the United Kingdom (UK) in accordance with section 10A of the Animal Health Act ...
Updated: Government response to the call for evidence published.
This call for evidence sought views and evidence on the impact of the annual contribution limit and the transfer restrictions placed on the...
Updated: NHS Injury Costs Recovery date for June has been added
The NHS Injury Costs Recovery (ICR) scheme aims to recover the cost of NHS treatment where personal injury compensation is paid, for example...
Updated: Preliminary findings report published.
On 9 July 2013 Sir Andrew Witty published preliminary findings of his independent review of universities and growth.
The preliminary findings do not...
Updated: Added date to title and corrected defra link in further information
This is the ninth annual review of controls on imports of animal products, also known as Products Of Animal Origin (POAO), into...
The UK Government’s approach to managing higher activity waste in the long term is through geological disposal (preceded by safe and secure interim storage). In responding to the House of Lords Science and Technology...
Updated information published on rogue private investigators
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) judgment
As incomes grow, more people join the urbanised middle class. Our analysis on Latin America looks at the implications of this shift, particularly in terms of UK commercial interests in the region.
In Europe, growth has been subdued following the debt crisis. UK exports to the Eurozone, our largest export market, fell in 2012. Yet opportunities remain, particularly in the faster growing economies of Central...
In the Middle East and North Africa many economies are struggling following the worldwide economic crisis and unrest during the Arab Spring. Our paper on economic progress in transition countries looks at this...
In the last 5 years Asia has grown at almost three times the global average. By 2020, China will account for almost a fifth of global GDP. This paper on UK exports to China examines what the Chinese market may...
Ahead of the World Islamic Economic Forum, to be held in London this October, we also look at the growth of Islamic Finance. Now worth US$1.2bn globally and growing at 10-15% per year, Islamic Finance is fast...
This paper looks across the globe at the longer term socio-economic trends at play behind the macroeconomic headlines, and focuses on what is happening inside countries, rather than between them.
The report outlines what the government and other organisations have done to support the high street, how the 27 Portas Pilots have been tackling their local challenges and sets out next steps for the future ...
Updated: Published summary of responses
This “Call for Evidence†sought views and evidence on proposed changes to the water Special Merger Regime. In particular, we sought views and evidence on proposals...
As a Class C drug, anyone caught trafficking or supplying khat will face up to 14 years in prison and an unlimited fine.
DecisionBefore making her decision, the Home Secretary consulted the ACMD which...
High Court (Queen's Bench Division) Administrative Court judgment
Constant price seasonally adjusted indices and growth rates for Production and component industries for May 2013
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.
Measures the volume of production at base year prices for the manufacturing, mining and quarrying and energy supply industries. These are seasonally adjusted figures on the index of output of the production industries...
Latest monthly statistics on trade in goods classified according to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) as well as monthly estimates for total trade in services.
Public Spending Statistics present analyses of public spending against budgeting and expenditure on services frameworks. These analyses cover public spending by department, function and economic category.
This publication provides details of the overseas trade in goods statistics (OTS) of the United Kingdom (UK) which are published as National Statistics by HM Revenue and Customs. The OTS are a detailed dataset...
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 9 July 2013. The following items are on the agenda to be discussed.
Presentation of the Lithuanian Presidency Work Programme...
On 7 February this year, I made a statement outlining the next stage in our programme of raising standards in schools. I outlined draft programmes of study for a revised national curriculum, a new approach to...
On 20 December last year my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary announced that we would take stock of our policy on the resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). I wish to update the House...
My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has today laid before Parliament the 2012-13 annual report of the appointed person under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The appointed person is an independent person who...
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime Prevention (Jeremy Browne) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
My right hon Friend the Home Secretary has today laid before Parliament...
Technology transfer is a general term used to describe the commercialisation of research and knowledge generated from the research base. The intellectual property (IP) considerations in any particular technology...
At Budget 2013 the Government announced that it would consult on options for reforming the rules which govern loans made by close companies to individuals who have a share or interest in those companies (participators...
UK-China trade and investment is expanding rapidly. As British companies pursue commercial opportunities in China it is important to identify and mitigate risks, including around intellectual property (IP). It...
Updated: Uploaded new individual forms
Paper forms and guidance to make:
a property and financial affairs LPA a health and welfare LPA.You can download a complete pack of documents in ZIP format...
The industry led review was announced by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food in January 2013 and is led by David Fursdon, Chair of South West Rural Farming Network.
The review group engaged...
Costs and reasons for legal advice obtained externally, not through Treasury Solicitor services, by the Department for Transport.
Temporary agency workers and organisation structure information for the Department for Transport including expenditure cost in the last two financial years.
Partnerships for poverty reduction: rethinking conditionality
It provides a bridge between the independent Hills Review of fuel poverty published last year and a future Government Strategy for Fuel Poverty, to be put in place following Royal Assent of the Energy Bill currently...
The report outlines what the government and other organisations have done in support, how the 27 Portas Pilots have been acting to tackle their local challenges and sets out next steps for the future of the high...
The Public Spending Statistics July 2013 release is intended to provide comprehensive information on public spending against the budgeting and expenditure on services frameworks. This release contains the first...
Updated: Tabled updated on 09 July 2013.
Table last updated on 09 July 2013.
Weekly fuel pricesMS Excel Spreadsheet, 228KB
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Updated: Government response published.
This consultation sought views on the government’s proposed changes to the way we measure fuel poverty in England, setting out a proposal for a new definition of ...
A Hull bakery has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost the tip of a finger while using a poorly-guarded machine.
A Dorset brewery has been prosecuted for safety breaches after an employee lost two fingers in unguarded machinery.
UK Trade is a major component of two other key economic statistics – UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the UK Balance of Payments. This means that there is a threefold potential for UK Trade statistics to inform...
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.
Measures the volume of production at base year prices for the manufacturing, mining and quarrying and energy supply industries. These are seasonally adjusted figures on the index of output of the production industries...
Latest monthly statistics on trade in goods classified according to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) as well as monthly estimates for total trade in services.
Public Spending Statistics present analyses of public spending against budgeting and expenditure on services frameworks. These analyses cover public spending by department, function and economic category.
This publication provides details of the overseas trade in goods statistics (OTS) of the United Kingdom (UK) which are published as National Statistics by HM Revenue and Customs. The OTS are a detailed dataset...
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel