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24 July 2013

Research and analysis: Privately funded providers of higher education in the UK
seen at 20:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

This report presents an authoritative picture of privately funded providers of Higher Education (HE). It examines existing privately funded providers of HE in the UK. Around 250 providers completed a detailed...

Royal Welsh Show
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Royal Welsh Show
Maintenance man prosecuted for illegal gas work
seen at 20:30, 24 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A 70 year-old self-employed maintenance worker has been fined for carrying out illegal gas work at a café and restaurant in St Austell, exposing customers and workers to the risk of injury.

Consultation outcome: Smart metering equipment technical specifications: second version
seen at 18:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published individual responses to consultation.

The first version of the smart metering equipment technical specifications (SMETS) was designed to deliver functional interoperability in smart metering...

Guidance: Service accommodation customer fact sheets
seen at 18:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added replacement documents for attachments

Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) operations accommodation customer factsheets.

Transparency data: Payments over £25,000: June 2013
seen at 18:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Details of Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) expenditure over £25,000

Transparency data: Workforce management information
seen at 18:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added June 13 file.

Details of the workforce management data for MOD. These figures are not official statistics. They are internal workforce management information published in the interests of...

Guidance: Move in leaflet for SFA
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Updated: Added updated leaflet

This leaflet aims to provide simple advice and key points about the Move In process.

Guidance: Vaccination against shingles for adults: Q&As for healthcare professionals
seen at 18:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Additional questions and answers added.

Shingles is a common disease that can cause long-lasting, severe pain. It can cause permanent disability, and it occurs more frequently in those over 70 ...

Guidance: GP and dental clinical educator pay scales
seen at 18:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to add dental educator payscales

Information for employers on the revised GP and dental clinical educators rates for 2013.

Previous GP and dental clinical educator pay scales...

Mygrove Competition winners' day 2013
seen at 18:31, 24 July in (Our copy).
The Prince's Mygrove Competition Day
HSE Business Plan 2012/15 – updated
seen at 18:30, 24 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

This updated plan includes a summary of what has already been achieved, what work is already in progress and what remains to be done over the remaining period covered by this plan.

CONIAC meeting minutes – 13 March 2013
seen at 18:30, 24 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Minutes of the Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) meeting held on 13 March 2013 in London, now available.

News story: Damian Green rallies key players in fight against child abuse
seen at 18:30, 24 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Updated: Added a video clip to the story

At a summit hosted by the Home Office on Wednesday (24 July), Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green rallied key players in the fight against...

FOI release: Amendment of Stilton cheese PDO technical file
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Amendment of Stilton cheese PDO technical file

FOI release: Request for information - telephony
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Request for information - telephony

FOI release: Records management solutions across the organisation
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Document records management solutions across the organisation

FOI release: Costs associated with the Quadrant, Newcastle
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Costs associated with the Quadrant, Newcastle

FOI release: Cost of review of Environment Agency and Natural England
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Cost of triennial review of Environment Agency and Natural England

Guidance: Notarial services guide for Finland
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Important information on notarial services provided at British Embassy Helsinki

Correspondence: PHE bulletin: 24 July 2013
seen at 16:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Included in this issue:

ten point plan on NHS Health Checks hot weather: heat related illness figures new indicators for Local Health MMR catch-up programme update PHE response on minimum unit ...
Guidance: MOD bullying and harassment complaints procedures
seen at 16:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added updated document.

A MOD Joint Service Publication (JSP) providing information about making, responding to, advising on, investigating and deciding on, complaints of bullying and harassment...

Guidance: Civil servants and party conferences: guidance
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Updated: Updated guidance for 2013

The general principles for civil servants, including special advisers, which apply for party conferences.

Guidance: DSF: Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Sub Forum: meeting minutes
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Updated: Added new minutes 13 May 2013

Minutes of the DSF: Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) Sub Forum, chaired by the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology (Min (DEST)) Phillip Dunne...

Guidance: European Structural and Investment Funds strategies: supplementary guidance to local enterprise partnerships
seen at 16:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

For the 2014 to 2020 funding period, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and part of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), will be brought together...

Guidance: Missile noise data
seen at 16:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added new missile noise data

Missile noise data for Air defence range Manorbier

The Manorbier firing/flying notice is also available to view.

Consultation outcome: Development cooperation and humanitarian aid report: review of the balance of competences
seen at 16:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: removed redundant attachment

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

Policy paper: Licence applications (Iran)
seen at 16:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: updated all forms

Licences authorise certain activities or types of transaction that would otherwise be prohibited by asset freezing legislation.

This page contains:

forms...

HSE responds to The Daily Record ‘Washing up war’ article
seen at 16:30, 24 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

HSE has responded to a news item in The Daily Record, News, Scottish News, East Kilbride section posted on 22 July ‘Washing up war: Fairy Liquid is banned from Scottish tax office as ‘non-approved...

Open consultation: Apprenticeships funding reform in England
seen at 14:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

This consultation is published in response to Doug Richard’s independent ‘Review of Apprenticeships’, which looked at how apprenticeships in England can meet the needs of the changing economy. It addresses...

Guidance: HS2 judicial review the appeals rulings explained
seen at 14:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Of the 7 broad areas of challenge made against HS2, the court ruled in the government’s favour on all of the these. Three of the appeals were dismissed while the court refused the appellants permission to appeal...

Guidance: Categorisation of roadworthiness defects
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This is guidance on the actions to take when roadworthiness defects are found during roadside vehicle inspections and annual tests.

It’s primarily for the use of VOSA examiners and authorised constables...

Policy paper: Financial sanctions, Syria
seen at 14:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Latest HM Treasury Notice , 24.07.2013 Syria (Reg 697/2013)

In 2011 the European Union imposed asset freezing measures on certain persons identified as being responsible for the violent repression...

Policy paper: Financial sanctions, North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
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Updated: added Latest HM Treasury Notice, 24.07.2013 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Reg 696/2013)

In 2006 the United Nations imposed restrictions on a range of goods from entering or leaving...

Policy paper: Finance Bill 2013: June to July 2013
seen at 14:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Lord Deighton's Written Ministerial Statement to confirm that the provisions of the Finance Bill are compatible with the Convention rights

This page sets out documents supporting the passage...

Consultation outcome: Sanctions for the directors of failed banks
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Updated: Response document published as Annex D of 'The government's response to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards' on 8 July 2013.

The government published its response to the Parliamentary...

Policy paper: Finance Bill 2013: March to June 2013
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Updated: reordered detail and renamed page to Finance Bill 2013: March to June 2013

This page sets out documents supporting the passage of Finance Bill 2013 between March and June 2013.

20 March 2013...
Policy paper: Financial sanctions, Iran (nuclear proliferation)
seen at 14:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Removed: 21.11.2012 Financial Restrictions (Iran) Order 2012

In 2006, the UN Security Council imposed, amongst other matters, asset freeze restrictions on persons determined by the UN as...

Open consultation: Property owners and business improvement districts
seen at 14:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced pdf doc.

Currently, property owners can make voluntary contributions towards a ratepayer business improvement district and some do. However, others choose not to make a contribution...

Policy paper: Canada-UK Polar Research Memorandum of Understanding: Annex 2
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This equipment sharing agreement is an annex to the Memorandum of Understanding between Canada and the UK on Cooperation in Polar Research. This agreement provides a framework for Canadian and UK scientists...

Guidance: Living in Finland
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This guide contains important information on moving to, and living in, Finland

Consultation outcome: Smart metering implementation programme: Foundation Smart Market
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Updated: A further government response to the follow up consultation on the Foundation Smart Market.

Smart meters will be installed in two stages: the foundation stage and mass roll-out stage. The foundation...

Open access consultation launched
seen at 14:31, 24 July in HEFCE news (Our copy).
Views are invited on the open access proposals for the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF).
NERC welcomes the UK's strategy for agricultural technologies
seen at 14:31, 24 July in NERC news (Our copy).
NERC welcomes the publication of the UK's strategy for agricultural technologies which was launched yesterday.
British forests still feel the impact of the 1976 drought
seen at 14:31, 24 July in NERC news (Our copy).
The drought caused by the blazing summer of 1976 caused permanent changes to British forests that are still evident today, researchers part-funded by NERC have discovered.
Study reveals brown trout's tolerance to heavily polluted water
seen at 14:31, 24 July in NERC news (Our copy).
Scientists part-funded by NERC have found that brown trout can survive in the contaminated waters of the River Hayle in Cornwall.
ORR occupational health programme update - July 2013
seen at 14:31, 24 July in What's new (Our copy).
ORR occupational health programme update - July 2013
Case 184 – Local Council blocks access to coastal country park due to health and safety
seen at 14:30, 24 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A local council have blocked access and locked a gate providing a thoroughfare to a country coastal park. They have claimed that this road poses a risk to pedestrians and vehicles and state they have had reports...

HSE Business Plan 2012-15 (updated)
seen at 14:30, 24 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

This updated plan includes a summary of what has already been achieved, what work is already in progress and what remains to be done over the remaining period covered by this plan.

Copper ionisation systems – What is the issue over copper ionisation in legionella control?
seen at 14:30, 24 July in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Updated July 24 2013 – For users and suppliers of water treatment systems that use elemental copper for legionella control ie copper ionisation systems – it is important to read the updated information...

Speech: National Group on Sexual Violence against Children and Vulnerable People
seen at 14:30, 24 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Thank you, Stephen, and thank you all for coming to this very important event today. I am delighted that you are able to be here and grateful that so many experts in the field of safeguarding have taken time ...

News story: Damian Green rallies key players in fight against child abuse
seen at 14:30, 24 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

At a summit hosted by the Home Office on Wednesday (24 July), Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green rallied key players in the fight against child sexual exploitation and abuse against vulnerable...

News story: Security Minister visits West Midlands following terror incidents
seen at 14:30, 24 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Security Minister James Brokenshire visited Birmingham yesterday evening to meet with those who have been directly affected by recent terrorist incidents in the West Midlands. He also took part in an Iftar (Ramadan...

HS2 Action Alliance and Others -v- Secretary of State for Transport
seen at 14:30, 24 July in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) judgment
Three men guilty of sexual exploitation offences in Manchester
seen at 14:30, 24 July in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Three men have been found guilty by a jury at Manchester Crown Square Crown Court of the serious sexual exploitation of two young girls in Manchester.
Participation of Young People in Education and the Labour Market in Wales - 2011 and 2012 (provisional)
seen at 11:31, 24 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Presents data on participation levels in education and the labour market for Wales.
NHS Cancer Waiting Times in Wales - May 2013
seen at 11:31, 24 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides data on Cancer waiting times for Welsh NHS Trusts.
Young People not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) - Year to 31 March 2013
seen at 11:31, 24 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This Statistical Bulletin summarises the available statistics on young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) in Wales.
Guidance: JCVI interim position statement on the use of Bexsero meningococcal B vaccine in the UK
seen at 11:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) interim position statement sets out the outcome of the considerations of JCVI and its meningococcal sub-committee on the use of meningococcal B vaccine...

Guidance: HS2 judicial review the appeals rulings explained
seen at 11:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Of the 7 broad areas of challenge made against HS2, the court ruled in the government’s favour on all of the these. Three of the appeals were dismissed while the court refused the appellants permission to appeal...

Consultation outcome: Development cooperation and humanitarian aid report: review of the balance of competences
seen at 11:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added - Development Report - Balance of Competences Review - Online Evidence

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

Policy paper: Sexual Violence Against Children and Vulnerable People National Group
seen at 11:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

At a ministerial summit held at the Home Office on 24 July, Damian Green, the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice, announced publication of the first SVACV progress report and action plan together with...

Guidance: Service leavers pack
seen at 11:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added useful links document.

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

Corporate report: Honorary British Awards to Foreign Nationals - 2013
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A full list of honorary awards approved so far in 2013

Transparency data: Monthly workforce management information: financial year 2013 to 2014
seen at 11:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include data for June 2013.

Monthly workforce management information for the period covering April 2013 to March 2014 will be added to this page so that it can be downloaded.

Policy paper: Financial sanctions: consolidated list of targets
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Updated: updated permalinks to point to new bucket

HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in effect in the UK, for domestic designations...

We announce our 2015 to 2018 investment plans
seen at 11:31, 24 July in http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Latest entries (Our copy).
We announce our 2015 to 2018 investment plans
Senior management changes at ORR
seen at 11:31, 24 July in What's new (Our copy).
Senior management changes at ORR
'Nortel-Lehman' Supreme Court judgment - regulator statement
seen at 11:31, 24 July in Latest news from The Pensions Regulator (Our copy).
The Pensions Regulator has welcomed todayÂ’s Supreme Court judgment handed down in the case of Bloom and Others versus The Pensions Regulator and Others.
Speech: National Group on Sexual Violence against Children and Vulnerable People
seen at 11:30, 24 July in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

Thank you, Stephen, and good morning everyone and welcome to the Home Office for this very important event today. I am delighted that you are able to be here and grateful that so many experts in the field of ...

Bradford drugs couriers jailed
seen at 11:30, 24 July in National Crime Agency - Home (Our copy).

 

SOCA investigation leads to nine-year sentences

Government of South Africa -v- Shrien Dewani
seen at 11:30, 24 July in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
At Westminster Magistrates' Court
Minimum pricing
seen at 10:31, 24 July in Downing Street Says (Our copy).
Asked whether the PM is sad to see that minimum pricing will not go ahead, the PMS said that the government is banning sales of alcohol below the level of alcohol duty plus VAT, taking action to deal with the problems...
Open consultation: Consultation on social investment tax relief
seen at 10:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added John Hemming, Charity Tax Group

At Budget 2013 the government announced that it would introduce a new tax relief for private investment in social enterprise from 2014, and would consult on...

Guidance: Top 10 overcrowded train services: England and Wales
seen at 10:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Top 10 overcrowded train services for England and Wales: Autumn 2012 released.

These lists show the 10 most overcrowded peak train services recorded in passenger count data collected by train operators...

Guidance: Overseas passport - supporting documents (group 2)
seen at 10:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

A checklist of the supporting documents you need to provide when applying for a passport from overseas.

Transparency data: DWP approved recruitment exemptions 2013
seen at 10:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced existing xls and csv spreadsheets - Jan to May 2013 with Jan to June 2013 stats.

A recruitment freeze has been in place since May 2010 as part of the government’s commitment to reduce ...

Guidance: Overseas passport - supporting documents (group 3)
seen at 10:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

A checklist of the supporting documents you need to provide when applying for a passport from overseas.

Assessing campus biodiversity
seen at 10:31, 24 July in HEFCE news (Our copy).
A web-based tool to measure plant diversity on university and college campuses has been developed by the University of Northampton with funds from HEFCE.
Operation Pallial - Arrest in Chester
seen at 10:31, 24 July in National Crime Agency - Home (Our copy).

61 year old man arrested in Chester by Operation Pallial

Rail passenger numbers and crowding - on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales 2012
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Annual statistics on rail passenger numbers and crowding statistics.
Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by local areas in England and Wales - 2009-11
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by local areas in England and Wales
Central Feed-in Tariff register statistics - June 2013 data
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Total installed capacity and the number of installations by tariff band and technology type.
Open consultation: Apprenticeship funding reform in England
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

This consultation is published in response to Doug Richard’s independent review of apprenticeships, which looked at how apprenticeships in England can meet the needs of the changing economy.

The...

FOI release: Most visited websites since January 2013
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

This Freedom of Information response concerns the 50 most visited websites at the Department for Transport since January 2013.

FOI release: Tar sands, oil sands and fuel quality directive correspondence
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Environmental information regulations request asking for details of correspondence between ministers, and senior civil servants on tar sands, oil sands and the fuel quality directive since 28 November 2012 with...

FOI release: Mobile connections at DfT
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Freedom of Information response regarding the internet data and voice mobile phone connections used within the Department of Transport and its agencies.

FOI release: Bring your own device questions for DfT
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Freedom of information request regarding the policies and practices of “bring you own device” usage and practice within the Department for Transport.

FOI release: Databases used by DfT
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Freedom of Information request regarding the databases used by the Department for Transport.

Transparency data: Department for Transport government procurement card transactions
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Department for Transport government procurement card transactions for May 2013 added.

Government procurement card (GPC) transactions above £500 for the Department for Transport (DfT) ...

Statistical data set: Weekly solar PV installation & capacity based on registration date
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: W/E 21 July published

The statistics presented in the table below, show the number of sub 50kW solar photovoltaic installations and capacity installed at the end of each week, that are recorded...

Consultation outcome: Enforcement procedures against drink drivers and other offenders
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Summary of responses to consultation on enforcement procedures against drink drivers and other offenders added.

This consultation encompasses the legislative changes the government proposed in ...

Statistical data set: RAI02 - Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).
Table RAI0201

RAI0201 - City centre peak and all day arrivals and departures by rail on a typical autumn weekday, by city: 2012 [MS Excel Spreadsheet, 56.5KB]

Table RAI0202

RAI0202 - ...

Statistics - national statistics: Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales: 2012
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

This statistical release presents information from 2012 about rail passenger numbers on trains throughout the day in several major cities, as well as the levels of peak crowding.

These statistics are ...

Statistics: Private sector employment indicator: February to April 2013
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

The private sector employment indicator (PSEI) shows whether, over time, dependency on the private sector for employment is increasing and how this rebalancing varies by region.

The indicator is...

Statistical data set: Monthly MCS and ROOFiT statistics
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: June 2013 statistics published

The MCS and ROOFiT pipeline statistics show the number of installations each month that are registered on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme - MCS Installation...

Statistical data set: Sub-regional Feed-in Tariffs confirmed on the CFR statistics
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: June 2013 stats published

Sub-regional statistics show the number of installations and total installed capacity by technology type at the end the latest quarter that have been confirmed on the ...

Statistical data set: Monthly central Feed-in Tariff register statistics
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: June 2013 stats published

Statistics presented in the monthly table below show the number of installations and capacity installed by technology type and tariff band that are confirmed on the

Statistical data set: Number of domestic photovoltaic installations per 10,000 households by Local Authority (as at end of June 2013)
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Q2 map published

Map showing the domestic photovoltaic installations per 10,000 households by Local Authority, as at end of June 2013.

Number of domestic photovoltaic...
Statistical data set: Number of domestic photovoltaic installations by Local Authority (as at end of June 2013)
seen at 09:31, 24 July in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Q2 map published

Map showing domestic photovoltaic installations by Local Authority, as at end of June 2013.

Number of domestic photovoltaic installations by...
Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 for local areas in England and Wales, 2009-11
seen at 09:30, 24 July in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
This bulletin presents male and female period life expectancy at birth and at age 65 for England and Wales and local areas within both countries. Figures are presented for the period 2009–11.
Rail passenger numbers and crowding - on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales 2012
seen at 02:31, 24 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Annual statistics on rail passenger numbers and crowding statistics.
Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by local areas in England and Wales - 2009-11
seen at 02:31, 24 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by local areas in England and Wales
Central Feed-in Tariff register statistics - June 2013 data
seen at 02:31, 24 July in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Total installed capacity and the number of installations by tariff band and technology type.