Updated: The new fees are valid as of today
A full list of Consular fees
Updated: Updated "last dates of posting" document with new version.
The ‘Last dates of posting’ list contains dates for the:
last recommended posting dates for letters (both air and surface) latest...
Fifty-five impact assessments for the free schools that opened in 2012 (wave 2).
Impact assessments for wave 1 approved free schools are also available.
Updated: Replaced Safety Alert 05 with updated version.
Safety alerts are issued by Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to the wider MOD and its industry partners to communicate specific safety issues...
Touchbase is a monthly publication for external organisations and people who work with or advise our customers. It has news about:
benefits pensions and DWP services relevant news from other government...
The Sustainable Communities Act 2007 gives local authorities the power to submit proposals about the social, economic and environmental improvements they want to see introduced in their local areas. The...
Provides information about a project to gather evidence from countries that are current leaders in science and innovation, to compare:
how the UK’s system performs how the UK can maintain a global leadership...
Although not enforceable at law, PHE and CIEH agree to adhere to the principles set out in this MoU and will show proper regard for each other’s activities.
Updated: Added latest version of document
Phase 1 of the childhood influenza programme started on 1 September 2013. In the first year of the programme, flu vaccine will be offered to all 2 and 3 year old...
The Human Tissue Authority is running public consultation events in Wales on the Code of Practice for new organ donation law.
An international food manufacturer has been fined after a production worker lost the tip of a finger in an unguarded dough-proving machine at a pizza factory in Harrow.
A landlord has been prosecuted for safety failings relating to illegal and dangerous gas work at two properties in Essex.
A construction firm has been prosecuted after it allowed subcontractors to carry out refurbishment work on a Grade 2 listed building in Preston for nearly seven weeks without toilets or running water.
Former BBC Radio Norfolk Presenter Michael Souter has today (Thursday 17 October) been convicted of 19 sexual offences, including indecent assault, buggery and possession of indecent images of children.
Form for bus, coach or lorry drivers who suffer from the conditions listed below:
Ataxia Friedrich’s ataxia Huntington’s disease Motor neurone disease Multiple sclerosis Myasthenia gravis Peripheral...
This circular provides details about The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/2536). They make a number of amendments to various social security regulations. Most of these relate...
This document contains Housing Benefit processing guidance for local authorities. It includes:
the claims process telephone and electronic claims calculating Housing Benefit backdating change of...
Updated: Think 2013 Road Safety survey published.
The focus of the THINK! annual survey research is on measuring road safety attitudes and behavior among the British population.
Past THINK! annual ...
Updated: Fact sheets updated.
Overarching documents which belong to the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Police Bill.
Return to the main page of the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Police Bill...
Updated: Fact sheets updated.
The Bill will improve the speed and efficiency of the criminal justice system’s response to low-level offending by enabling the police to prosecute uncontested minor offences...
Updated: Fact sheets updated.
The measures on extradition proposed in the Bill are designed to improve the efficiency of the operation of the Extradition Act 2003 and follow from a review of the UK’s extradition...
Updated: Fact sheets updated.
The Bill builds on Government reform of the policing landscape towards greater freedom for the police to take local decisions that fit the needs of the areas they serve. It...
Updated: Fact sheets updated.
The Bill contains a number of measures to tackle specific crime issues. Measures to tackle dangerous dogs, illegal firearms and forced marriage are contained in parts 7 to ...
Updated: Fact sheets updated.
Everyone has the right to feel safe in their own homes and neighbourhoods. Yet thousands of people around the country are still having their everyday lives blighted by anti...
Updated: Added Ch L2 - Sure Start Maternity Grants, Ch L3 - Funeral Payments and Ch L4 - Cold Weather Payments.
This advice for DWP decision makers covers:
Universal Credit (UC) Personal Independence...
Updated: Added new firing times for the period commencing 17 October 2013 in CSV and PDF format.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile...
Theatre Alibi's Morpurgo show reaches 10,000 Devon schoolchildren
K’ching! Creative industries event looks at turning creativity into economic and cultural wealth
A roundup of the latest news from British Athletics, British Skeleton and GB Taekwondo's new recruits.
With a programme comprised entirely of case studies, RoSPA’s 2013 Congress – ‘Behind the Scenes of Safety Excellence’, delivers practical insight into real-life management situations. ...
Welcoming new quarterly crime statistics for the year to June 2013, Crime Prevention Minister Norman Baker said:
Police reform is working and crime is falling. Recorded crime has dropped yet again, ...
Asked whether the PM had recently spoken to the Leader of the Opposition about press regulation, the PMS said that he had not. Published: 11 October 2013 ...
Asked about Leveson and the introduction of a royal charter, the PMS said there was no change to the planned timetable. Published: 11 October 2013 ...
Asked if the Prime Minister had a comment on the widening of the Jimmy Savile enquiry, the PMS said the PM echoed the words of the Health Secretary. Published: ...
Asked if the PM had a view on a call for a public enquiry into the huge rise in food banks, the PMS said that alongside the benefits system, food centres played an important role in supporting people on low incomes...
In this letter to Edward Davey, the Council for Science and Technology (CST) introduce a report on Britain’s electricity supply prepared for them by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The study looks at...
Updated: Added Business Statement for 17 October.
The following lists all Business Statements by the Leader of the House of Commons for October 2013.
The Business Statement takes place every Thursday...
Updated: Added updated casualty stats up to 30th September 2013.
Op Herrick casualty and fatality tables up to 30 September 2013. Report includes historical data (pre Jan 06) on ‘very seriously injured’ ...
Updated: Updated the detail to clearly indicate how to provide feedback.
Global strategic trends (GST) is produced by the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC). This is the fourth publication...
Updated: Updated and corrected table creator published.
This tool provides users with the ability to create bespoke cross tabs and charts on consumption by property attributes and characteristics, based...
Updated: Update on reforms and new further information links
The purpose of this document is to help quoted companies, as defined by the Companies Act 2006, understand how and when they will be affected...
Form for bus, coach or lorry drivers with Parkinson’s disease. Tell DVLA about your condition.
Updated: Table 1 and Table 3 updated
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act aims to cut the costs of doing business in Britain, boosting consumer and business confidence and helping the private...
Bids are being accepted from philatelic agencies who wish to produce the Territory’s stamps from 2014. The current contract is due to mature on 23 March 2014 and it is intended that the new contract shall commence...
Schools Minister Lord Nash has written to the Chair of the School Trust following Ofsted’s publication of its inspection report of the school. He has reiterated his concerns about the school and need for the ...
Business costs that have been incurred in pursuit of the department’s aims and objectives for quarter 1 for 2013 to 2014. .
The recommendations from The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) are detailed in this report, together with information on the approach used and the evidence considered.
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Updated: updated list
The following list of English speaking lawyers and translators/interpreters has been prepared for the convenience of British Nationals who require legal advice
Nottingham organisations stage family-friendly events as part of the first ever Family Arts Festival this October half-term
An Essex-based firm has been fined for repeated safety failings following three separate incidents in which workers were injured after becoming trapped in machinery.
A Croydon company that builds truck bodies has been prosecuted after a worker’s leg was crushed by a pack of six-metre steel sheets weighing almost 4 tonnes when it slid and fell during unloading.
Speech by the Master of the Rolls
Courts' Judiciary Prospectus 2014-15
Presents key findings from the Registrar General's Annual Review.
Updated: List of signatories updated
The voluntary code of conduct sets out the basis on which public and private sector partners agree to work together to make savings in operational Public Private Partnership...
Updated: Added the low flying timetable covering 28 October to 1 November 2013.
A list of timetables for operational low flying (OLF) training by RAF fast jets and Hercules aircraft. These timetables cover...
Updated: Updated passport renewal application for children under 16 - Bangladesh
Passport Renewal: Child
The Merlin Standard is a standard of behaviour which DWP prime providers are expected to adhere to in their relationship with their subcontractors. It is designed to encourage excellence in supply chain management...
Updated: Added replacement version of Reserve Forces (Attributable Benefits etc) Regulations 2001.
The RFPS 05 rules have been amended so that in death in service cases, the lump sum will be paid to the...
NERC has funded a new project to uncover why killer whales evolved a menopause.
A record of Neanderthal archaeology, thought to be long lost, has been re-discovered by NERC-funded scientists working in the Channel island of Jersey.
On 17 October 2013 Natural England submitted a report to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs setting out our proposals for improved access to the Somerset coast between Brean Down to...
Updated: 2012 figures
These datasets present trends up to 2012 in wild bird populations in the UK and set out the detail behind the headline results.
Population of wild...
The legally-binding goal of ending child poverty by 2020 is likely to be missed by a considerable margin, and progress on social mobility may be undermined by the twin problems of high youth unemployment and ...
Updated: List of signatories updated
The voluntary code of conduct sets out the basis on which public and private sector partners agree to work together to make savings in operational Public Private Partnership...
Updated: Updated first time applications for adults - Bangladesh
Passport Application: First Time Adult
Adapting To Change lays out the three principles of respect, leadership and co-operation that underpin the government’s approach.
The UK is respectful of the sovereign rights of the eight Arctic States...
Updated: Updated first time passport application for a child under 16 - Bangladesh
Passport Application: First Time Child
Updated: Updated weekly 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 item but...
Updated: Corrected typo in the pdf document.
This publication gives the provisional UK results of the June Surveys of Agriculture and Horticulture run in June 2013 by the Department for Environment, Food...
Updated: Updated passport renewal for adults - Bangladesh
Passport Renewal: Adult
Sets out the government’s interim economic and non-economic evidence to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) on national minimum wage (NMW) policy issues. It provides evidence on issues relevant to the LPC’s task of ...
The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has appointed Graeme Osborn to the HEFCE Board, with specific responsibility for the student interest.
We're giving you a chance to get your hands on a pair of tickets to one of British Cycling's events of the year.
Passenger rail service satisfaction quality report 2013-14 Q1
ORR publishes latest passenger complaints data
The clock is ticking for thousands of medium sized employers across the UK who have six months to go before their duty to automatically enrol workers into a work based pension is switched on.
Welcoming new quarterly crime statistics for the year to June 2013, Crime Prevention Minister Norman Baker said:
Police reform is working and crime is falling. Recorded crime has dropped yet again, ...
Provides statistics on the staff of local social services departments.
Presents the most recent crime statistics from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.
Contains a first estimate of retail sales in volume and value terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted
Information on Consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RtT) waiting times, monitoring length of time from referral through to elective treatment.
Prices received by producers for agricultural products (excludes subsidies) and prices paid by producers for agricultural inputs.
Structure of the farming industry including crop areas, yields and production, livestock populations, detailed labour force figures and diversification activity for England and the United Kingdom. Selected results...
These annual statistics present trends up to 2010 in wild bird populations in England and the associated Defra National Statistics Release explores the detail behind the following headline results.
An update on national wild bird indicators.
Statistics on the use of pesticides in the United Kingdom
Presents statistics on the slaughter of cattle, sheep and pigs, dressed carcase weights and meat production.
Provides information on the overall achievements of young people in A level and AS level and other equivalent examinations.
Provides the earliest information on the overall achievements of young people in GCSE and equivalent examinations.
Previously published under the name "Post-16 Education", this Statistical First Release covers further education and skills, showing learner participation, outcomes and the level of the highest qualification held...
Report on pesticide usage practices on arable crops in Northern Ireland.
My right hon Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Eric Pickles) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
The private rented market is a vital asset to this country...
The private rented market is a vital asset to this country. It is an important option for the millions of people who prefer the flexibility that renting offers, or who are simply saving up for a deposit so they...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 21 October, and I will attend the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 22 October. ...
Updated: Consular Section asked for a change.
Living in Vietnam
Updated: Consular section asked for the change.
A full list of Consular fees
This qualitative research report is a follow-up to the Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2011 to 2012. It explores the motivations, challenges and benefits experiences of students who worked during...
Presents findings from a study of student participation in paid and unpaid work. It uses data from Futuretrack, which is a study of all people who applied in 2005 to 2006 to enter university in the UK during ...
This report follows the research paper on Assessing Public Investment in Education and Skills. It considers how best to estimate the value added by government investment in apprenticeships:
to what...
This publication gives the provisional UK results of the June Surveys of Agriculture and Horticulture run in June 2013 by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Government, the Welsh...
Updated: Updated to include figures to September 2013.
This monthly publication gives UK statistics on the slaughter of cattle, sheep and pigs, dressed carcase weights and meat production. Additional information...
Updated: Updated with figures to August 2013.
The Agricultural Price Index (API) is a monthly publication that measures the monthly price changes in agricultural outputs and inputs for the UK. The output...
Updated: Updated weekly 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 item but...
This release presents the latest statistics on the Green Deal (GD) for the domestic sector (including information on GD Assessments, Plans, Cashback and the GD supply chain). It also includes information on ECO...
Updated: Updated 'Police recorded crime open data tables user guide', 'Recorded crime data offence reference table', 'Police recorded crime open data Police Force Area tables from 2007 to 2008 onwards' and 'Police...
This statistical first release (SFR) provides the earliest information on the overall achievements of young people in GCSE examinations and other regulated qualifications in the 2012-to-2013 academic year. The...
Updated: Updated information on movement monitoring and added new spreadsheet giving information about inconclusive reactors that are identified as reactors at the next re-test.
This data set includes a...
Updated: Links to new data release.
last published: 17 October 2013 next release: November 2013This is a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Statistical First Release (SFR), published...
Updated: 2012 figures update
This publication present trends in wild bird populations in the UK and explores the detail behind the headline results. Bird populations provide a good indication of the broad...
Updated: 2012 update
These annual statistics present trends in wild bird populations in England and explores the detail behind the headline results. Bird populations provide a good indication of the broad...
Updated: 2012 figures update
This dataset presents trends up to 2012 in wild bird populations in England and sets out the detail behind the headline results.
Population...
The latest national statistics on the final outturn figures of local authority capital expenditure and receipts in the financial year April 2012 to March 2013 was released on 17 September 2013 under arrangements...
Updated: 2012 figures
These datasets present trends up to 2012 in wild bird populations in the UK and set out the detail behind the headline results.
Population of wild...
Updated: Updated UK annual time series and UK cereal and oilseed area, yield and production spreadsheets to include provisional figures for 2013.
These data series show land and crop areas, livestock populations...
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission funded research exploring the early careers of graduates, looking specifically at whether their chances of securing a high-status job 6 months and 3 years after...
The data in these spreadsheets have been used to compile the final outturn figures of local authority capital expenditure and financing for the financial year April 2012 to March 2013.
HeadlinesKey messages and statistics for A level and other level 3 results in England in the academic year 2012 to 2013:
6.7% more students entered for at least 1 substantial level 3 qualification in ...
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 relating to the application...
Contains a first estimate of retail sales in value and volume terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.
Presents the most recent crime statistics from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.
This bulletin presents the 2012 mid-year population estimates for lower layer and middle layer Super Output Areas (LSOA and MSOA respectively), which are small areas within England and Wales. It also describes recent...
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, issued the following statement today.
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, QC, has today (Tuesday 15 October) set out the clear, agreed approach prosecutors will take to tackle cases of child sexual abuse after a public consultation showed...
Provides statistics on the staff of local social services departments.
Presents the most recent crime statistics from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.
Contains a first estimate of retail sales in volume and value terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted
Information on Consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RtT) waiting times, monitoring length of time from referral through to elective treatment.
Prices received by producers for agricultural products (excludes subsidies) and prices paid by producers for agricultural inputs.
These annual statistics present trends up to 2010 in wild bird populations in England and the associated Defra National Statistics Release explores the detail behind the following headline results.
An update on national wild bird indicators.
Statistics on the use of pesticides in the United Kingdom
Presents statistics on the slaughter of cattle, sheep and pigs, dressed carcase weights and meat production.
Provides information on the overall achievements of young people in A level and AS level and other equivalent examinations.
Provides the earliest information on the overall achievements of young people in GCSE and equivalent examinations.
Previously published under the name "Post-16 Education", this Statistical First Release covers further education and skills, showing learner participation, outcomes and the level of the highest qualification held...
Report on pesticide usage practices on arable crops in Northern Ireland.