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22 July 2013

Policy paper: UK agricultural technologies strategy
seen at 18:36, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

This strategy sets out for the first time how the government, science researchers and the food and farming industry will build on the strengths of the UK agricultural technologies sector. It aims to:

improve...
Guidance: Children travelling to the UK
seen at 18:36, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Every day thousands of children arrive at the UK border, many return from holiday with their family or with family friends. The safety and welfare of every child is of utmost importance to us and sometimes we...

Guidance: JCVI statement on the wider use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines
seen at 18:36, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) statement provides advice about the wider use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to older children and adults in clinical risk groups for invasive pneumococcal...

Guidance: 2013 Canada-UK Collaboration Development Award (CDA) Programme
seen at 18:36, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Applications for the current round are open to academic and industrial science and innovation experts in the UK and Canada. Ideal outcomes include joint publications; joint or complementary funding applications...

Guidance: How to note - Capacity development
seen at 18:35, 22 July in Search (Our copy).
Capacity Development

In development, Capacity is the ability of people, organisations and society as a whole to manage their affairs successfully. Capacity Development is the process whereby people, organisations...

Guidance: Department for Transport regulated agents and in-flight suppliers
seen at 18:35, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added updated list of regulated suppliers.

Contact number for all enquiries phone: 020 7944 6430 email: transec.cargo@dft.gsi.gov.uk Communication with the Cargo and IFS Compliance Teams...
Guidance: Technical support management: volume 05 (JSP 886)
seen at 18:35, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added updated part 2

Technical support management outlines the supporting functions that must be carried out to ensure that projects and integrated project teams operate within defence and technical...

Guidance: Commodity supply management: volume 06 (JSP 886)
seen at 18:35, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added updated part 6

Volume 6 (commodity supply management) Specific joint supply chain policy, regulation, guidance and procedures for the commodity ranges of items of supply.

Guidance: Support chain management: volume 03 (JSP 886)
seen at 18:35, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Part 3 version 4.5

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

Related information JSP 462: financial management...
Guidance: Inventory management: volume 02 (JSP 886)
seen at 18:35, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added updated part 105

Volume 2: inventory management: policy and procedures for the management of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) materiel inventory.

Related information JSP 317: joint...
Guidance: Version and legacy records (JSP 886)
seen at 18:35, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added two updated documents version history and recent additions

Introduction to JSP 886: the defence logistics support chain manual, including a list of additions and amendments.

Consultation outcome: Health report: review of the balance of competences
seen at 18:35, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to add 'Health report: review of the balance of competences' and submissions to the call for evidence

This report covers the overall application of EU competence in health, and gives some...

Public consultation – Workplace health, safety and welfare
seen at 18:33, 22 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Last chance to have your say on revised Approved Code of Practice L24 – ends 30 July.

Worker suffers life changing injuries after being hit by falling machinery
seen at 18:33, 22 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Hereford company that produces nickel alloys has been fined after an employee suffered life-threatening injuries when he was crushed and burned by falling machinery.

Food company fined after worker burned by hot oil
seen at 18:33, 22 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Lincolnshire firm that manufactures frozen potato products has been fined after a worker was burned by hot oil.

Payment by Results Data Assurance Framework: Report on Assuring Mental Health Currencies
seen at 18:30, 22 July in Audit Commission (Our copy).
Payment by Results Data Assurance Framework: Report on Assuring Mental Health Currencies (July 2013), summarises the findings of reviews undertaken at nine mental health trusts and their commissioners between October...
Two men involved in Selfridges £1.5 million smash and grab raid jailed
seen at 18:30, 22 July in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Connor Groake and Sam Curtin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob and aggravated vehicle taking at Kingston Crown Court today. Curtin was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment and Groake was sentenced to eight years...
Guidance: Ministry of Defence Police actions
seen at 16:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

The role is to apply constabulary powers and civil police training to combat the principal risks of crime and disorder faced by the Ministy of Defence.

Guidance: Sites affected by SOCAP
seen at 16:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCAP), as amended by the Terrorism Act 2006, provides for the offence of criminal trespass on certain areas of land. A number of critical Ministry of Defence (...

Transparency data: DFID government e-payments framework transactions June 2013 travel
seen at 16:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

DFID government e-payments framework transactions June 2013 travel

FOI release: Recent changes in Wayleaves guidance
seen at 16:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Response to request for information concerning the recent changes in Wayleaves guidance.

Guidance: Grant funding to transport freight by rail and water
seen at 16:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Supplementary guidance Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) and Waterborne Freight Grant (WFG) schemes bid round dates, June 2013 added.

The Department for Transport manages the sustainable distribution...

Guidance: Power Lines: Control of Microshocks and other indirect effects of public exposure to electric fields
seen at 16:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

The companion Code of Practice “Power Lines: Demonstrating compliance with EMF public exposure guidelines” issued in March 2012, specified how compliance with guidelines for exposure of the public to electric...

Consultation outcome: Proposed changes to exemptions from rail vehicle accessibility requirements
seen at 16:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response to comments received during changes to the handling of exemptions from rail vehicle accessibility regulations consultation.

Consultation seeking views on a proposal to make ...

Policy paper: 2014 to 2015 funding: guide for local authorities
seen at 16:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the additional information document.

This continues on from the significant reforms for 2013 to 2014 and takes into account the feedback from the review of these changes. It includes more...

Consultation outcome: Single market report: review of the balance of competences
seen at 16:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with 'Single market report: review of balance of competences' and submissions to the call for evidence.

The government is carrying out a review of the balance of competences between the...

Consultation outcome: Development cooperation and humanitarian aid report: review of the balance of competences
seen at 16:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: removeda response from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Foreign Secretary launched the balance of competences review in Parliament on 12 July 2012. This follows the government’s commitment...

News story: Consultation on prescription drug tramadol
seen at 16:30, 22 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Crime Prevention Minister Jeremy Browne launched a consultation today (22 July), in conjunction with the Department for Health, on access to tramadol.

Misuse

It follows a recommendation ...

News story: Six London boroughs targeted in returns pilot
seen at 16:30, 22 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

A pilot scheme that aims to encourage illegal migrants to leave the UK voluntarily has been launched in London on Monday (22 July).

Vans displaying large adverts, as well as leaflets, posters and messages...

The British-German Forum 2013 The European Union: EUseful or EUseless?
seen at 16:30, 22 July in Wilton Park (Our copy).

Three and a half days’ excellent discussion threw into sharper relief the strength of the British-German bilateral relationship and highlighted the common concerns and interests that Britain and Germany share...

Guidance: Service leavers pack
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added replacement documents and replacement detail.

All regular service leavers will receive a service leavers’ pack from the Termination Cell, SPVA(G), 9 months prior to their termination date...

Open consultation: Scheduling of tramadol and exemptions for temazepam prescriptions
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

This consultation seeks your views on the ACMD’s recommendation to place tramadol in Schedule 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (as amended) following control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Tramadol...

Open consultation: Consultation on the Housing Transfer Manual
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

This consultation is aimed primarily at local authority landlords (especially those considering stock transfer) and their tenants. In addition, housing and treasury management consultants, private registered ...

Guidance: Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

The code of practice gives guidance to people who:

work with people who can’t make decisions for themselves care for people who can’t make decisions for themselves

It says what you must do when you...

Policy paper: UK agricultural technologies strategy
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

This strategy sets out for the first time how the government, science researchers and the food and farming industry will build on the strengths of the UK agricultural technologies sector. It aims to:

improve...
Guidance: Border Force response to joint report of HMIC and HMIP
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

The Home Secretary and the Director of Border Revenue welcome the publication of the first joint HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary report on Border Force customs custody suites in...

Promotional material: Children travelling to the UK
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Every day thousands of children arrive at the UK border, many return from holiday with their family or with family friends. The safety and welfare of every child is of utmost importance to us and sometimes we...

Correspondence: Ministerial letter to the chair of ACMD: advice on tramadol
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

This is a letter from Jeremy Browne, Minister for Crime Prevention to Professor Les Iversen regarding the ACMD’s recent advice on tramadol.

Guidance: Sri Lanka – List of Lawyers
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Got a new version from Thiranee

The following list of English speaking lawyers and translators/interpreters has been prepared for the convenience of British Nationals who require legal advice

Consultation outcome: Streamlining/updating provisions of the Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added summary of response.

This consultation sought views on how best to streamline and update the provisions of the Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995 (ABPI) with respect to...

Guidance: Bereavement Information Pack
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

The death of a relative or friend is always distressing. But if it happens abroad the distress can be made worse by practical problems. Consular Directorate in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British...

Policy paper: Heatwave plan for England 2013
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added Easy Read and web-accessible version of the plan

The Heatwave Plan for England aims to prepare for, alert people to, and prevent, the major avoidable effects on health during periods of severe...

Corporate report: DFID Carbon Management Plan
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

This plan was developed with the Carbon Trust to identify the strategic targets we need to meet by 2015 in order to ensure a low-carbon future.

Corporate report: Transparency and open data
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: 'How DWP is being transparent' section amended.

Transparency is important to improved public services. Public reporting of data promotes higher quality and more efficient services, choice and accountability...

Correspondence: Criminal attacks on Mosques
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

A letter from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to Muslim organisations following the recent criminal attacks on Mosques in Tipton and Walsall, as well as the arson attacks on a Mosque...

Consultation outcome: Right to Transfer and Right to Manage regulations for tenants
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added Giving tenants control: Right to Transfer and Right to Manage regulations consultation: summary of responses (July 2013).

A consultation on the government’s proposed introduction of the Right...

Transparency data: DFID progress update - Greening government transparency commitments
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

A summary of DFID’s Greening government commitments.

Consultation outcome: Transforming DVLA services
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Transition of DVLA local office services pdf added.

This consultation is about DVLA’s plan to move away from a largely paper-based organisation to a modern, highly efficient, electronic business...

Transparency data: DFID government e-payments framework transactions June 2013
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

DFID government e-payments framework transactions June 2013

Statistics: Practical driving test: operational statistics
seen at 14:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the top 10 reasons for failing the practical driving test.

About these statistics

These statistics aren’t classed as an ‘official statistic’. This means that they are not:

...
Robert McCrum speaks at Scribble Conference
seen at 14:31, 22 July in http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Latest entries (Our copy).
Robert McCrum speaks at Scribble Conference
News story: Trial of simplified visa process launched to support business
seen at 14:30, 22 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

A new pilot allowing top business migrants to continue travelling whilst waiting for their visa to be processed launched on Monday (22 July).

Applicants re-applying for a visa under the Intra-Company...

Attfield -v- London Borough of Barnet
seen at 14:30, 22 July in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
High Court (Queen's Bench Division) Administrative Court judgment
New media and a digital age: the opportunities for public service delivery (WP1267)
seen at 14:30, 22 July in Wilton Park (Our copy).

Third in a series run by Wilton Park and the party School of the Communist Party of China, this meeting will seek to discuss developments in social media in the context of interaction with public services.

The British-German Forum 2013 The European Union: EUseful or EUseless?
seen at 14:30, 22 July in Wilton Park (Our copy).

Three and a half days’ excellent discussion threw into sharper relief the strength of the British-German bilateral relationship and highlighted the common concerns and interests that Britain and Germany share...

Gross negligence manslaughter charge over balcony fall death of two-year-old
seen at 14:30, 22 July in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Mark Auty, Specialist Prosecutor in the Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime Division, said: "I have carefully reviewed all evidence in relation to the death of a two-year-old girl in Sheffield who tragically...
Carl Mills convicted of murder
seen at 14:30, 22 July in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Nicola Rees, Senior Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service Wales, said: "Carl Mills was responsible for starting a devastating fire that had distressing and tragic consequences.
Ashley Foster convicted of the manslaughter of church organist Alan Greaves
seen at 14:30, 22 July in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Gavin Hotchkiss, Senior Crown Prosecutor for CPS Yorkshire and Humberside, said: "Alan Greaves was killed in a brutal, senseless and random attack which rocked the local community.
Four sentenced over £5 million film industry tax fraud
seen at 14:30, 22 July in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Anish Anand, Amit Kumar, Sanjeev Mirajkar and Afsana Karim have today been sentenced at Croydon Crown Court for cheating the public revenue of more than £5m.
FOI release: Patent box consultation: working group minutes
seen at 11:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

A working group of representatives from businesses has been established to complement wider consultation on the Patent Box and to discuss options and proposals in more detail.

Access information on...

Consultation outcome: Improving honey bee health
seen at 11:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Summary of responses published.

In 2009, Defra commissioned the National Bee Unit (NBU) to undertake a survey of honey bee pests and diseases with the aim of using the results to inform a review...

Research and analysis: Does Supervision After Release From Prison Reduce Re-offending? - Analytical summary
seen at 11:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Currently, in England and Wales, adult prisoners serving a sentence of 12 months or more are supervised by the Probation Service “on licence” upon release from custody, whilst those serving a sentence of less...

Research and analysis: Re-offending by offenders on Community Orders: Preliminary findings from the OMCCS
seen at 11:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

This report summarises preliminary findings from the Offender Management Community Cohort Study (OMCCS) on levels of re-offending among offenders who received Community Orders. It looks at the factors associated...

Manufacturer fined after worker’s hand trapped in machine
seen at 11:30, 22 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Stirling insulation manufacturer has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered injuries to his hand and arm when it became trapped in an unguarded part of a machine.

Company and director fined for Baglan site failings
seen at 11:30, 22 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Lancashire housebuilder and its sole director have been fined for safety failings following two serious incidents at a new-build development in South Wales.

Tradesman jailed for illegal Milton Keynes gas work
seen at 11:30, 22 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Buckinghamshire tradesman has been jailed for nine months for illegally carrying out sub-standard gas work at a Milton Keynes home.

Hereford building firm fined for employee roof fall
seen at 11:30, 22 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Hereford construction firm has been fined for safety failings after an employee fractured his back when he fell more than three metres through a roof.

Company fined after worker suffered broken neck
seen at 11:30, 22 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Shropshire steel engineering company has been fined after a worker got the sleeve of his overalls caught in an unguarded drill bit, causing serious neck and arm injuries.

Guidance: Clinical Excellence Awards 2013: application forms and guidance
seen at 10:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

These application guides are for the 2013 awards and explain the application process.

Research and analysis: The Real Time Information Pilot
seen at 10:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated attachement with small amendment.

RTI will help to improve the operation of the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system by creating more up-to-date taxpayer records and making it more efficient for...

Policy paper: UK agricultural technologies strategy
seen at 10:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

This strategy sets out for the first time how the government, science researchers and the food and farming industry will build on the strengths of the UK agricultural technologies sector. It aims to:

improve...
Mark Lancaster sentenced for voyeurism and trafficking offences in student scholarship scam
seen at 10:30, 22 July in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Mark Lancaster was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court today. He had previously pleaded guilty to one count of voyeurism and one count of trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation...
Public Sector Finances - Supplementary Table - June 2013
seen at 09:31, 22 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Supplementary tables containing additional data relating to the Public Sector Finances statistical bulletin.
Open consultation: Investment Management Exemption and Collective Investment Schemes: expanding the “white list”
seen at 09:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

The white list provides certainty that specified transactions will not be treated as trading activities and also acts to determine the types of investment transactions that may qualify for the investment manager...

Open consultation: Residence of Offshore Funds - extending the scope of Section 363A Taxation Act 2010
seen at 09:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Section 363A Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (‘TIOPA’) treats certain offshore funds as not resident in the UK if they are resident under the law of a Member State.

HMRC would like...

Open consultation: Interest distributions from Authorised Investment Funds paid without deduction of tax
seen at 09:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

The Government announced at Budget 2013 that it would consult on a proposals set out in this document.

HM Revenue & Customs would like to hear in particular from tax practitioners, fund managers, ...

Guidance: Liechtenstein – Prisoner Pack
seen at 09:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated prisoner pack.

This guide aims to explain the legal and prison system to British Nationals who are imprisoned. You can also read about how to apply for a transfer back to a UK prison

Guidance: Credit/Debit Card Payment Authorisation Slip – Spain & Andorra
seen at 09:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated credit card form.

Passport Credit/Debit Card Payment Authorisation Slip

Statistics: Youth Contract wage incentive payments: experimental statistics
seen at 09:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

These experimental statistics contain the first data on wage incentive payments, by month from June 2012 up to and including May 2013.

Statistics: Youth Contract wage incentive job starts: management information
seen at 09:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

This publication contains management information on wage incentive job starts which is the number of claim forms issued, by month from April 2012 up to and including May 2013.

Statistics - national statistics: Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices
seen at 09:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with prices for week ending 19th July 2013.

This weekly publication includes averages of the most usual prices charged at the English wholesale markets in Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool...

Transparency data: Prompt payment performance at DfT
seen at 09:31, 22 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: June 2013 data added.

Information on invoice payment performance for the Department for Transport and the transport agencies.

Further information This data is also available from data...
Loss of African woodland may impact on climate, study reveals
seen at 09:31, 22 July in NERC news (Our copy).
Deforestation in parts of Africa could be reversed with changes to land use, a NERC-funded study suggests.
Public Sector Finances - Supplementary Table - June 2013
seen at 02:31, 22 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Supplementary tables containing additional data relating to the Public Sector Finances statistical bulletin.