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04 October 2013

FOI release: FOI releases for July 2013
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Included additional FOI documents

Ministry of Justice FOI releases for July 2013

Correspondence: Letter to directors of children’s services: independent schools operating without registration
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This letter was sent to local authority education welfare and home education officers and asks for information about independent schools operating without registration.

Transparency data: Ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings with external organisations April to June 2013
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Ministerial gifts (both received and given), hospitality, travel and meetings for ministers within the Cabinet Office, including data for the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Office ministers...

Promotional material: Vaccination timeline
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This updated timeline includes the latest introductions to the vaccination programme in the UK.

Transparency data: DCMS Ministerial hospitality and meetings with outside interest groups: 1 April – 30 June 2012
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

In response to a report by the Public Administration Select Committee on Lobbying, the Government committed to publishing information about hospitality received by Ministers in a ministerial capacity valued at...

Transparency data: AGO ministerial gifts: April to June 2013
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Information on gifts given or received over £140 by AGO’s ministers as part of their official duties. The entry for this quarter is a nil return.

Transparency data: AGO ministerial overseas travel: April to June 2013
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Information on AGO’s ministers’ overseas travel that’s part of their official duties.

Transparency data: AGO ministerial hospitality: April to June 2013
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Information of the hospitality received by AGO’s ministers while working for the AGO.

Transparency data: AGO ministerial meetings: April to June 2013
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Information on AGO’s ministers’ meetings with external organisations (including meetings with newspaper and media owners, editors and senior executives).

Statistics: Prison population figures: 2013
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New bulletin added

Latest prison population figures for 2013.

Earlier editions

Prison population 2012

Prison population 2011

Population in custody - Jan...

Consultation outcome: The Fair Deal policy: Treatment of pensions on compulsory transfer of staff from the public sector
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: further questions for consultation moved to new page

Background

The Government announced at Spending Review its intention to consult on the Fair Deal policy in response to a recommendation made...

Guidance: Fair Deal guidance
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

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Guidance: Open general export licence (OGEL) (military components)
seen at 18:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced by newer version on 29 September 2013.

Open general export licence (OGEL) for military components which came into force on 31 July 2012, granted by the Secretary of State.

This...

Joiner’s fall lands Bradford firm in court
seen at 18:31, 4 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Bradford construction firm has been fined for neglecting safety after a joiner fell six metres through a fragile rooflight at a factory in Leeds.

Daniel Morgan (Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

Further to my Statement of 10 May 2013 announcing the creation of the Daniel...

Education: National Curriculum (Lord Nash)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Secretary of State for Education (Rt Hon Michael Gove MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

On 8 July 2013, I launched a statutory one-month consultation seeking representations...

Hague Convention: Austria and Malta (Lord McNally, Minister of State, Justice)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The Government has decided to opt in to the proposed Council Decision...

Health: Information Sharing (Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Quality), Health)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

Today I am publishing the Government's response to Dame Fiona Caldicott's Review of...

Historic Royal Palaces (Baroness Northover, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (Ed Vaizey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The Departmental minute laid today is in respect of an extension...

Industrial Strategy Conference (Viscount Younger of Leckie)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Dr Vince Cable) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

In September last year, I set out the Government’s new...

Judicial Diversity Taskforce: Report (Lord McNally, Minister of State, Justice)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mrs Helen Grant) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The Judicial Diversity Taskforce has today published its third...

Managing Radioactive Waste Safely: Consultation (Baroness Verma, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Edward Davey MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

I am today launching a public consultation on the site selection...

NHS: Winter Planning (Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Quality), Health)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt) has made the following statement.

Today the Government can announce its plans for winter and the allocation of £250 million funding...

Parish Council Payments (Baroness Hanham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Brandon Lewis) made the following Written Ministerial Statement on 10 September.

I am pleased to announce that...

Parliamentary Written Answer: Correction (Lord McNally, Minister of State, Justice)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Jeremy Wright) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

I regret to inform the House, because of an administrative error...

Police: Taser Statistics (Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice (Damian Green) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

I am today publishing the statistics on police use of Taser in ...

Royal Mail (Viscount Younger of Leckie)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable) has made the following statement:

On 10 July, I laid a Report in Parliament and made a statement setting out the ...

Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration (Mark Harper) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) allows fruit and vegetable growers...

Spectrum Release (Lord Astor of Hever, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology (Mr Philip Dunne) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

Following my statement of 17 December 2012 I can confirm ...

Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act ...

Town and Parish Councils (Baroness Hanham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My Rt. hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary

of State for Communities and Local Government (Don Foster) made the following Written Ministerial Statement on 9 September.

I have today published...

Troubled Families Programme (Baroness Hanham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My Rt. hon Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Eric Pickles) made the following Written Ministerial Statement on 10 September.

I am pleased to update hon. Members on the ...

UN Firearms Protocol (Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Whip, House of Lords)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice (Damian Green) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The UK has opted into the draft Council Decision to approve, on...

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust (Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Quality), Health)
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust (UHMBT) has been the subject of scrutiny...

Guidance: Court martial results from the military court centres
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the Court martial results 31 October 2011 - 30 September 2013.

In line with the government’s ‘transparency and open data initiative’, the Military Court Service has agreed to provide court...

Transparency data: DFID payment performance 2013
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: September figure added

January 2013 - 90.61% February 2013 - 90.42% March 2013 - 88.24% April 2013 - 84.51% May 2013 - 88.21% June 2013 - 84.95% July 2013 - 82.04% August 2013 - 84....
Transparency data: BIS ministerial information: April to June 2013
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

BIS ministers must publish details of gifts, meetings with suppliers, overseas travel and hospitality received that’s part of their official duties. Covers the period of April to June 2013.

Transparency data: Ministers' quarterly returns: 2013
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include information for April to June 2013.

The Department for Education publishes quarterly details of:

ministerial gifts given and received, valued at over £140 all...
Transparency data: Returns for April - June 2013
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Transparency returns for April - June 2013

Guidance: DBS Update Service: applicant guide
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Wording of application reference changed to application form reference. Also added more information about applicant actions when there is a status change.

You can subscribe to the new Update Service...

Guidance: DBS Update Service: preview for applicants
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Wording of application reference changed to application form reference.

The DBS has produced this document to give you a preview of the new Update Service screens.

Guidance: DBS Update Service: employer guide
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Wording of application reference changed to application form reference.

From 17 June 2013, you can access the new Update Service to carry out Status checks on an individual’s DBS Certificate and...

Guidance: DBS Update Service: employer presentation
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Wording of application reference changed to application form reference.

This presentation will help you understand, and get the most out of, the new DBS Update Service. Information includes:

Guidance: DBS Update Service: preview for employers
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Wording of application reference changed to application form reference.

The DBS has produced this document to give you a preview of the new Update Service screens.

Guidance: How to subscribe to the DBS Update Service
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Wording of application reference changed to application form reference.

A one page quick guide that will show you how to subscribe to the Update Service.

Guidance: DBS Update Service: multiple status checking guide
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Wording of application reference changed to application form reference.

The multiple status check facility will allow employers to make an almost unlimited number of status checks simultaneously...

Guidance: Update Service: How to carry out status checks
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Wording of application reference changed to application form reference.

A one page quick-guide showing you how to carry out status checks for applicants who have joined the DBS Update Service.

Guidance: DBS Update Service: stakeholder presentation
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Wording of application reference changed to application form reference.

This presentation will help DBS stakeholders understand the new Update Service.

Information includes:

background...
Policy paper: Current list of designated persons, Al-Qaida
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Notice 041013 Al-Qaida (Reg 943/2013)

UN Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999) and subsequent related Resolutions requires all member states to freeze the assets, prevent the entry...

Policy paper: Current list of designated persons, terrorism and terrorist financing
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Terrorism and Terrorist Finance (Renewals)

Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1373 (2001). It denounced terrorism and...

Policy paper: Financial sanctions: consolidated list of targets
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: updated lists

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

Transparency data: Ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and external meetings April to June 2013
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The department has published an update on information relating to ministerial gifts and hospitality, overseas travel and meetings for the period April to June 2013.

Policy paper: UK Guarantees scheme key documents
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: removed: 'that have stalled because of adverse credit conditions'

Government support will take the form of an unconditional and irrevocable financial guarantee (the UK Guarantee) of scheduled principal...

Corporate report: Shareholder Executive: portfolio businesses
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Insolvency Service added to portfolio list of businesses.

The Shareholder Executive is responsible for a portfolio of government owned or part-owned businesses. The businesses include those where...

Transparency data: NHS Injury Costs Recovery scheme: April 2013 - March 2014
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include amounts collected up to September 2013

The NHS Injury Costs Recovery (ICR) scheme aims to recover the cost of NHS treatment where personal injury compensation is paid, for example...

Reaching out to Africa
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
Fundamental Physics Prize winner Tejinder (Jim) Virdee (Imperial and CMS) is supporting a project which will bring physics and particle physics to more secondary school students in the continent of his birth.
Sustaining the pipeline of female talent in STEM from the classroom to the boardroom
seen at 16:32, 4 October in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
It's that time of year again; it's time for the WISE (women in science and engineering) awards 2013!
Automatic enrolment opt-outs low at first year anniversary
seen at 16:32, 4 October in TPAS News (Our copy).

It has now been a year since automatic enrolment started, and a survey by NEST and the Futures Company has found that out of the 1.4 million people who have been automatically enrolled, only 9% have opted out...

Curtis Warren subject to Serious Crime Prevention Order
seen at 16:31, 4 October in National Crime Agency - Home (Our copy).

Notorious drug dealer Curtis Warren will be subject to Serious Crime Prevention Order

Judicial College Prospectus 2014-15
seen at 16:31, 4 October in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
First online-only edition
Statistics: Prison population figures: 2013
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Prison population figures for 4 October 2013 published.

Latest prison population figures for 2013.

Earlier editions

Prison population 2012

Prison population 2011

Transparency data: Workforce management information
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New information for August 2013 added

Information on the Ministry, its agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies’ paybills for 2010-11; their workforce as at 31 March 2011; and a monthly...

Guidance: Table of Consular conventions and mandatory notification obligations
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This table contains information on bilateral treaties concerning mandatory notification of Consular officials when a foreign national is arrested or detained.

Contact details of foreign embassies in...

Policy paper: Energy Bill policy briefs
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest policy briefs published.

Policy briefs covering the main measures included in the Energy Bill.

Guidance: Italy: list of lawyers and translators
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with an internal link to translator section

The following list of English-speaking lawyers and translators/interpreters has been prepared for the convenience of British nationals who require...

Transparency data: Foreign Office Spend over £25,000 for August 2013
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The Coalition Government is committed to publishing departmental spend over £25,000 as part of its commitment to transparency and open government.

This is the Foreign Office spend in the UK ...

Transparency data: Government Procurement Card Data - August 2013
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Details of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) spend on government procurement cards.

Promotional material: European Antibiotic Awareness Day: Resources for primary and secondary care
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The Department of Health has produced a variety of resources for use in both primary and secondary care settings. Antibiotics affect both people and animals, so the department has worked with DEFRA to produce...

Form: Application for Deposit of Foreign Marriage Document in Spain
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

If you are resident in Spain and would like to deposit your marriage please download this form. If you are not resident in Spain please go to the General Register Office website.

Correspondence: The Submarine Dismantling Project Advisory Group
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added meeting notes and actions for SDP Advisory Group No.13.

Meetings of the Submarine Dismantling Project Advisory Group (SDP AG) which provides independent advice, review and challenge to the...

Transparency data: Home Office ministers' gifts and hospitality, April to June 2013
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This document provides a breakdown of Home Office ministers’ gifts and hospitality over the three month period of April to June 2013.

Transparency data: Ministerial overseas travel data for Department for Transport
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: April to June 2013 data added.

This data concerns overseas travel for ministers within the Department for Transport. This data is published quarterly.

Data DfT ministerial overseas travel...
Transparency data: Ministerial and special adviser gifts data for Department for Transport
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Ministerial data added for April to June 2013.

Data about minister and special adviser gifts both given and received. This information and data is published quarterly. Where returns are blank this...

Transparency data: Ministerial and special adviser hospitality data for Department for Transport
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Ministerial data added for April to June 2013

Ministers DfT ministerial hospitality received July to September 2012 (CSV, 2KB) DfT ministerial hospitality received April to June 2012...
Transparency data: Home Office special advisers' gifts and hospitality, April to June 2013
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This document provides a breakdown of Home Office special advisers’ gifts and hospitality over the three month period of April to June 2013.

Transparency data: DFID Minister of State gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings with external organisations April to June 2013
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

DFID Minister of State gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings with external organisations April to June 2013

Transparency data: DFID Parliamentary Under Secretary of State gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings with external organisations
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Attachment added with details for April to June 2013

The above lists DFID Parliamentary Under Secretary of State returns detailing gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings with external organisations...

Transparency data: DFID Secretary of State gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings with external organisations
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: April to June 2013 return added

The above lists DFID Secretary of States’ returns detailing gifts (both received and given), hospitality, travel and meetings with external organisations

Transparency data: Ministerial and special adviser meetings data for Department for Transport
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Ministerial data added for April to June 2013.

This data concerns ministerial and special adviser meetings with external organisations, including meetings with newspaper and other media proprietors...

Transparency data: Ministerial transparency data for Department for Transport
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Ministerial April to June 2013 data added.

Information about ministerial gifts, hospitality, overseas travel, and meetings with external organisations. This information and data is published quarterly...

Guidance: Italy – Consular Fees
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated fee list with latest consular rate of exchange

A full list of Consular fees

Transparency data: DCLG ministerial information: April to June 2013
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

These publications include:

gifts given to, and received by, ministers hospitality received by ministers overseas travel by ministers ministers’ meeting with external organisations (including meetings...
Guidance: Spain: Consular Fees
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated fee list with latest consular rate of exchange

A full list of consular fees

Guidance: Portugal – Consular Fees
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated fee list with latest consular rate of exchange

A full list of Consular fees

Transparency data: Wales Office Transparency Data
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Wales Office Transparency Data

FOI release: Number of JSA claimant sanctions by month: Nov 2011 to Oct 2012
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This statistical Freedom of Information release provides the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants with a sanction applied by month of decision in Great Britain from 1 November 2011 to 21 October 2012...

Transparency data: Ministerial expenses - 1 April to 30 June 2013
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Details of Ministerial hospitality, overseas travel, gifts (given or received) and meetings with outside interest groups.

Published on a quarterly basis, reflecting the civil service’s commitment to transparency...

FOI release: Measure whether the pilot badger cull has been safe and humane
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Measure whether the pilot badger cull has been safe and humane

FOI release: Spending on cattle and badger vaccination
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Spending on cattle and badger vaccination in 2010, 2011 and 2012

Guidance: Germany – Consular Fees
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated fee list with latest consular rate of exchange

A full list of Consular fees

FOI release: Western waters Edible and Spider crab effort management
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Documentation regarding the Western Waters (ICES Area VII) Edible & Spider Crab Effort Management.

Correspondence: Children and Families Bill: Lord Nash writes to Baroness Hughes and Baroness Jones
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools, wrote this 2 October 2013 letter about the Children and Families Bill committee stage to Baroness Hughes and Baroness Jones.

Correspondence: Children and Families Bill: Lord Nash writes to Baroness Thomas
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools, wrote this 2 October 2013 letter about the Children and Families Bill to Baroness Thomas, Chair of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee...

Guidance: Accounts guidance notes 2012 to 2013
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The National College for Teaching & Leadership (NCTL) requires the audited annual accounts to monitor the financial status of all initial teacher training providers, and to know how NCTL funds have been spent...

Guidance: Guidance notes to the 2012 to 2013 audit grant report
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

One of the requirements of National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) funding, as set out in the financial memorandum, is that providers submit independently audited accounts each year. Submitting a ...

Transparency data: Ministers' gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings
seen at 14:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the April - June 2013 returns.

A quarterly updated list of gifts and hospitality received by ministers; travel undertaken and meetings between ministers in MOD and external organisations

Chemical firm sentenced over Burscough explosion
seen at 14:30, 4 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A chemical firm has been ordered to pay £150,000 in fines and costs over a major explosion at a waste management site in Lancashire that caused three workers to sustain serious burns.

R -v- Amanda Hutton and Tariq Khan
seen at 14:30, 4 October in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
Sentencing remarks of His Honour Judge Thomas QC
Guidance: XXI Pontignano Conference: background papers
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The Pontignano Conference, established in 1993, brings together politicians, businessmen, journalists and opinion-makers from both the UK and Italy, every year. Now in its 21st year, the Conference will be chaired...

Promotional material: European Antibiotic Awareness Day: Resources for primary care
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The TARGET Antibiotics tookit is hosted by the Royal College of General Practitioners. It provides a central resource for information about antibiotic prescribing and is important for use in primary care...

Guidance: Israel – Consular Fees
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated fee list with new consular rate of exchange

A full list of Consular fees

Guidance: Defence fire training course forms
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

A selection of forms provided by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre that are required to be completed when attending a defence fire training course.

Statistics: Statistical releases: timetable for twelve months ahead
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest timetable published.

DECC’s timetable of statistical releases for twelve months ahead is detailed below; all releases are National Statistics unless stated otherwise. The timetable will ...

Guidance: Defence fire training: firefighter operational refresher course
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The firefighter operational refresher course delivered by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC) is designed to refresh and update firefighters within the MOD estate and concentrates on aspects...

Guidance: Defence fire training: pre-course information for training courses
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

General pre-course information for personnel who are attending Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC) courses. The information provides guidance on

pre-course preparation medical requirements...
Guidance: Defence fire training: rescue pack trainer assessor course
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This course will provide personnel with the skills and knowledge required to enable them to carry out the training of personnel in the use of the RescuePack and associated equipment on the MOD estate. The course...

Correspondence: Duncan Selbie's Friday message: 4 October 2013
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

We recently conducted, through Ipsos MORI, a small qualitative survey of our stakeholders to help shape our quantitative stakeholder survey, planned for the early New Year, and to give us early insight...

Guidance: Defence fire training: road traffic incident instructor course
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The road traffic incident instructors course delivered by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC) is designed to provide students with the functional requirements to devise and deliver training...

Guidance: Defence fire training: recruit firefighter course
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The recruit firefighter course delivered by the Defence Fire Trainining and Development (DFTDC) will provide newly employed firefighters with the skills and knowledge and identify the attitudes required to enable...

Guidance: Defence fire training: 4 year qualified firefighter assessment course
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Delivered by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC) the qualified firefighter assessment (QFA) is to qualify civilian firefighters who have achieved all the requirements for the fully qualified...

Guidance: Defence fire training: emergency response driver courses
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The Emergency Response Driver (ERD) courses delivered by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC) are designed to teach selected firefighters within the Ministry of Defence estate the skills to...

Guidance: Defence fire training: compartment fire behaviour training (CFBT) course
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

To teach experienced firefighters in the practical skills required to deal with compartment fires. Duration 2 days.

The course delivered by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC) is ...

Guidance: Health and Wellbeing Tax Plan: Your guide to making a disclosure
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This guide tells you about the Health and Wellbeing Tax Plan voluntary disclosure opportunity which runs from 7 October 2013 to 6 April 2014. It will be of interest to you if you work in the field of health and...

Promotional material: European Antibiotic Awareness Day: Resources for secondary care
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The Department of Health has produced resources for use in secondary care settings on European Antibiotic Awareness Day including a checklist of the main considerations for responsible prescribing.

...

Guidance: Dartmoor firing times
seen at 11:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added amended firing times to include cancellation Friday 4th and Monday 7th October 2013.

The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile...

Firm fined for Hippodrome worker fall
seen at 11:30, 4 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

The principal contractor for a major project to renovate the historic Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square has been fined for safety failings after a worker fell from an unguarded edge and plunged over four ...

Illegal gas fitter fined for dangerous gas work
seen at 11:30, 4 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A self-employed builder has been fined for putting an Essex family in danger from leaking gas pipes after illegally replacing a boiler as part of a kitchen refit.

Kebab company sentenced after worker suffers horrific injury
seen at 11:30, 4 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

An Essex kebab manufacturer has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker suffered horrific injuries to his hand when it became trapped in unguarded machinery.

The China Dialogues with the Communist Party School – Wilton Park’s innovation in global thinking combines with ‘an intellectual free fire zone’
seen at 11:30, 4 October in Wilton Park (Our copy).

The inception of the China Dialogues series has borne fruit, concluding discussions on the implications of the 18th Communist Party Congress, and holding a forthcoming seminar in Beijing on opportunities...

Statistics: Disaggregation of HMRC tax receipts
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

These are experimental statistics.

More on (HM Revenue & Customs receipts)[https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/series/hm-revenue-customs-receipts]

Statistics: HMRC receipts statistics: publication dates
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Details of the dates of publication for statistics related to HM Revenue & Customs receipts.

More on HM Revenue & Customs receipts.

Statistics: HMRC Tax & NICs receipts survey results
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The HMRC Tax & NIC receipts survey also asked for suggestions for further improvement.

HMRC currently publishes National Statistics covering all the tax receipts and National Insurance Contributions...

Statistics: HMRC receipts: quality reports
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Quality reports pull together key information showing how the various dimensions of quality have been considered.

Research and analysis: Evaluation of the work experience placement trials
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This summary presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations from an independent evaluation by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) of the Department for Education work experience placement...

Guidance: Driving examiner training programme
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The driving examiner training overview sets out:

the competencies that driving examiners need how the Driving Standards Agency makes sure that driving examiners have them

All new driving examiners ...

Guidance: Post-16 work experience as a part of 16 to 19 study programmes
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Professor Alison Wolf, in her Review of vocational education recommended that study programmes be introduced to offer students breadth and depth, without limiting their options for future study or work...

Transparency data: Payroll costs and non-consolidated pay data, 2013 - 2014
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: July and August data added.

Monthly management information on staff numbers and paybill costs in Cabinet Office and non-consolidated performance related pay data for Cabinet Office.

Notes...

Transparency data: DWP staff numbers and associated costs: August 2013
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Details of the DWP workforce including numbers of payroll and non-payroll staff and costs: August 2013.

Transparency data: DCLG workforce management information: August 2013
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This spreadsheet contains details of the workforce management data for August 2013.

These figures are not official statistics. They are internal workforce management information published in the interests...

Statistics - national statistics: School workforce in England: November 2012
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced underlying data file to fix incorrect coding within the data files relating to statutory low age, statutory high age and school phase.

On 30 April 2013 total school workforce headcount...

Guidance: Ukraine – Consular Fees
seen at 10:31, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the list of consular fees as of October 2013

A full list of Consular fees

OFFA highlights importance of guidance for part-time students
seen at 10:31, 4 October in OFFA (Our copy).

The Director of Fair Access to Higher Education has called for clearer information, advice and guidance to be provided to prospective mature and part-time students. His comments follow the publication by the <...

Open consultation: Draft 0 to 25 Special Educational Needs (SEN) Code of Practice, draft regulations
seen at 09:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The Children and Families Bill, currently in Parliament, will bring radical changes to the special educational needs (SEN) framework, subject to royal assent. The Department for Education is consulting on a draft...

Research and analysis: Impact evaluation of the SEND pathfinder programme
seen at 09:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

This report is the second of two volumes containing the evaluation findings from the first 18 months of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pathfinder programme. This volume covers the impact...

Statistical data set: Commodity prices
seen at 09:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated weekly banana prices.

Prices for selected agricultural and horticultural produce are published on a weekly or monthly basis in the following spreadsheets. The data source depends on the...

Consultation outcome: Company and business names: Red Tape Challenge
seen at 09:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response published.

The government has reviewed company law as part of its commitment to reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens under the Red Tape Challenge. For further information...

Research and analysis: Evaluation of the green paper support contracts
seen at 09:32, 4 October in Search (Our copy).

The recent special educational needs and disability (SEND) green paper and subsequent draft legislation on the reforms of the special educational needs system, outline the government’s intentions to improve the...

The Benefits of Occupational Health – Health, Wellness & Fitness, Manchester, 27 November 2013
seen at 09:31, 4 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Afternoon meeting of Manchester Occupational Health and Safety Group (MOHSG) that includes the above talk by Steve Deacon, Avondale Medical Consultancy. An HSE Workplace officer will be in attendance.