This annual report on zoonoses in the United Kingdom (UK) includes a summary of reported cases of zoonotic infection in humans and animals during 2012. The data have been compiled from statutory notifiable or...
This guide aims to assist academies and their academy trusts to understand what they need to do before making a significant change to their existing arrangements. It sets out the steps that an academy trust would...
This publication considers the relevance, accuracy, timeliness, punctuality, accessibility, comparability and coherence of the estimates of statistics on the total factor productivity of the agricultural industry...
Information about uses and users of the British survey of fertiliser practice.
For further information please contact:crop-statistics@defra.gsi.gov.ukTwitter: @DefraStats Defra Helpline...
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This is a call for evidence to support a policy review of the Clean Air Act 1993 in England. The purpose is to seek your views on our evidence base and for you to provide us ...
The co-directors of a former London scaffolding firm have been prosecuted after a trainee worker fell to his death from a poorly constructed scaffold in Westminster.
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has today (4 September) been ordered to pay a total of £350,000 in fines and costs for serious safety failings relating to two separate...
A Staffordshire furniture company has been fined after an employee severed a finger in an unguarded machine.
An east London firm has been fined £125,000 after being found guilty of safety failings that led to the death of a worker who was crushed by a falling metal mast at its site in Cambridgeshire.
Updated: Added new low flying timetable for 16 to 20 September 2013
This document sets out the timetable for use of the 3 Tactical Training Areas (TTA) for operational low flying (OLF) training by RAF fast...
This guidance aims to assist academies and their academy trusts to understand what they need to do before making a significant change to their existing arrangements. It sets out the steps that an academy trust...
The school experience programme (SEP) offers a short school experience to people who are considering teaching at secondary level. Participants will need to meet the programme requirements to be able to apply ...
Updated: Minor corrections to the description of the survey methodology.
This annual publication gives the results of the Farmer Intentions Survey for England. It looks at recent changes in the farm business...
Updated: Parts 2,3 and 4 of the Doing Business Guides In Cameroon have also been attached.
Cameroon is the largest economy in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) owing to its demography...
The first group of participants has recently completed the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL), a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), aimed at helping those delivering higher education to make best...
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) published the September edition of its e-newsletter today
Following the publication of the ‘Behaviour change and energy use paper ’ in 2011, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), working in partnership with the Cabinet Office Behavioural Insights Team (...
DECC commissioned TNS BMRB to conduct quantitative and qualitative research to assess how attractive ‘investing’ a winter fuel payment would be in encouraging older people to make their homes more energy efficient...
Request for information on correspondence and meetings between Angus MacNeil MP and DECC ministers and Scottish Government ministers and DECC ministers about the proposed sub-sea interconnector between Lewis ...
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Updated: Updated fees (4 September)
A full list of Consular fees
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The government introduced the greening government commitments (GGC) in 2010. The targets follow on from the previous sustainable development targets called sustainability on...
Updated: Added new firing times for 14 to 20 September 2013
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberry’s, smart...
Updated: Added further information about the routes to take.
These are the identity checking guidelines for the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), to help organisations make sure that DBS check applicants...
A summary of the impact of the Climate Change Act 2008, to support the Energy and Climate Change Committee in conducting post-legislative scrutiny, carried out five years following the Royal Assent of the Act...
Later life newsletter 48 (September 2013) has the latest news on policy changes, good practice and initiatives and their impact on older people.
To subscribe to the later life newsletter, email: simon...
Freedom of Information statistical request for the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance or Income Support for Lone Parents claimants with a sanction applied in Great Britain and what this is as a percentage of the...
Freedom of Information statistical request on Employment and Support Allowance outcomes of new claims where functional assessment has been completed for musculo-skeletal and cardio-vascular conditions: October...
Updated: Updated list of consular fees for September 2013
An abbreviated list of Consular fees
Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
An outline planning application for the University of Northampton’s new £330m Waterside Campus at Avon Nunn Mills is to be submitted to Northampton Borough Council today.
This ...
The Audit Commission is working alongside its sponsor Departments and other key stakeholders to help design a new regime for local public audit, that will be robust and sustainable, following the closure of the ...
Baljit Ubhey OBE, Chief Crown Prosecutor for Thames and Chiltern Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said: "This case involved the tragic murder of a young woman more than 12 years ago. Rachel Manning, who was...
DWP Local Authority Associations Steering Group minutes: August 2013
In May 2010 the Coalition Government set up new standards for transparency in government. All Departments have committed to publish any spend over £25,000.
Updated: Updated the list of Consular fees, as of 4 September 2013.
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A review exploring the contribution of the government’s plug-in car grant and plugged-in places schemes to the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs).
This assessment involved a quantitative survey of over...
Distilling the lessons learnt from the government’s plugged-in places schemes to help guide local authorities and other organisations who are considering installing a plug-in vehicle charging infrastructure. ...
Report providing an exploratory analysis into electric vehicle charging point data from the plugged-in places projects based upon 40,000 individual charging events.
Related documents Government drives...
A strategy setting out the government’s unprecedented long-term commitment to speeding the transition to ultra low emission motoring in the UK. This will bring significant opportunities for the UK to grow its...
NERC has joined BBSRC and MRC to support an agreement that will maximise the impact of Europe's bioscience research data.
HSE Acting Chief Executive responds to The Guardian article – “Mid Staffs trust to be prosecuted over death of diabetic patient”, 29 August 2013.
Immigration Minister Mark Harper said:
The UK operates one of the most secure borders in the world and I am pleased the National Audit Office recognises the success of Border Force in implementing ...
Operation Pallial - arrest in Lancaster, Lancashire
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Updated: Statistics for week ending 1 September
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, ...
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The following list of English speaking lawyers and translators/interpreters has been prepared for the convenience of British Nationals who require legal advice
Professor Madeleine Atkins CBE, Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University, will take up her post as Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England on 1 January 2014. Professor Atkins was appointed...
Scientists have used the NERC Radiocarbon Facility to set a timeline for the first eight dynastic rulers of Egypt.
International Development Advisor, Clare Barrell, talks about why sport is so inspirational.
Today The Pensions Advisory Service is launching its latest initiative to help women save for their retirement. Although many women are currently saving for retirement, from our experience of helping members...
The Pensions Regulator has today responded to the announcement that the Kodak Pension Plan (KPP) has completed the acquisition from Eastman Kodak Company of the Personalised Imaging and Document Imaging businesses...
Summarises information on assessments and social services provided to adults aged 18 and over by Welsh local authorities.
This dataset enables household analyses to be carried out at a Local Authority level, including details of people in workless households, children in workless households, lone parents and housing tenure.
Summarises information on referrals, assessments and social services provided to children by Welsh local authorities.
This release gives information about households and the adults and children living in them, by their economic activity status. Regional differences across the UK will be provided.
Provides information on selected building materials and contains monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks; and quarterly data on sand and gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles and ready-...
The Government have published the fifth paper in the Scotland analysis programme. This series of publications is designed to inform the debate on Scotland’s future within the United Kingdom ahead of next...
The coalition Government have taken a series of steps to ensure a streamlined, easy-to-use planning system. A number of statutory instruments to make planning practice swifter and simpler are being laid this ...
I regret that the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames) on 27 June 2013, Official Report, column 344-45W, contained some incomplete figures in the table.
It has ...
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Under certain circumstances drivers without a full category D1 entitlement may drive a minibus within the UK provided that it is not being used for hire or reward - ie provided there’s no payment from or on ...
Updated: List has been simplified and updated with new contacts.
Notified Bodies (NoBos) and Designated Bodies (DeBos) are independent bodies assessed as meeting certain criteria, including competence, ...
Updated: Added 60 Second digests for 2013 upto September
The ‘60 second digest’ is designed to provide a quick and comprehensive overview of recent and forthcoming changes to human resources policy and ...
This monthly release shows details of movements in the UK’s official holdings of international reserves, or assets. These consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
Presents information on selected building materials, including monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks. It also presents quarterly data on sand and gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles...
The UK is launching a national Action Plan on business and human rights on 4 September, the first government to publish such a plan.
Seminar will provide a practical guide to area classification taking into account recent research that has been carried out by the Health and Safety Laboratory. Seminar will also be of interest to those with ...
The aim of this event is to encourage forward planning to prevent major workplace incidents. The event covers: flooding, fire, emergency evacuation, first aid provision, dealing with the media and running a business...
This gives information about workless households across the UK focusing on regional differences. It also looks at the reason why people living within households that are workless are not working.
Summarises information on assessments and social services provided to adults aged 18 and over by Welsh local authorities.
This dataset enables household analyses to be carried out at a Local Authority level, including details of people in workless households, children in workless households, lone parents and housing tenure.
Summarises information on referrals, assessments and social services provided to children by Welsh local authorities.
This release gives information about households and the adults and children living in them, by their economic activity status. Regional differences across the UK will be provided.
Provides information on selected building materials and contains monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks; and quarterly data on sand and gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles and ready-...