This document outlines the effect of amendments to the Pensions Bill in the following areas:
charges, governance and administration requirements Bereavement Support Payment Assessed Income Periods and...
Asked whether the PM thought MPs should receive an 11% pay rise, the PMS said that MPs? pay was a matter for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. The PM?s view was that the cost of politics should...
Asked if the PM agrees with the Archbishop of Canterbury?s comments, the PMS said it was an issue of widespread concern. The government has legislation to lower tariffs and increase competition in the market, and...
Letter from Fire Minister Brandon Lewis to the Chairman of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire and Rescue Authority about the requirement of all local and fire authorities to publish pay policy statements under...
Updated: Fixed broken link and created HTML version
Read more about how we run the official AGO Twitter account.
Updated: Public responses to the consultation published.
Trade unions should be able to visibly demonstrate that they know who their members are and can communicate with them. The Transparency of Lobbying...
Request for information on ISDN telephone lines installed in London or constituency home of DECC ministers since May 2010.
Within the framework of the UK-Viet Nam Strategic Partnership Agreement and the 2013 Action Plan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister of State Hugo Swire and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam...
Updated: Updated figures on the value and volume of UK imports and exports of food, feed and drink.
We produce a variety of statistics on UK imports and exports of food, feed and drink based on data collected...
Request for information on the purchase of British products by DECC’s catering providers.
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I congratulate my Hon Friend, the Member for Skipton and Ripon, on securing this debate and on the eloquent way in which he has put his case.
I am grateful for the opportunity...
Updated: Added a Welsh version of the guide.
The positions listed in this guide represent the professions, offices, employments, work and occupations that are known as the exceptions to the Rehabilitation...
The London 11, the Core Group of the Friends of Syria, met in London on the 22 October to discuss Syria.
The London 11 consists of: Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey...
Updated: Published the October 2013 version of the DT1.
The Driving Standards Agency’s DT1 document contains internal operational guidance for driving examiners in the conduct of driving tests.
Updated: Added performance figures for September.
These figures are available because police disclosure units work with the DBS as part of the criminal record checking process.
Use the tabs along...
The former UK Coal Mining company has today (22 Oct) been sentenced for safety failings that led to an underground pit explosion and the evacuation of more than 200 miners from Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire...
The former UK Coal Mining company was sentenced today (22 October) after admitting a catalogue of serious safety failings that led to the death of miner Gerry Gibson at Kellingley colliery in 2011.
A heating, ventilation and air conditioning company has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered serious injuries in a fall whilst repairing an extraction unit in Newcastle.
The Pensions Regulator has today issued a report under Section 89 of the Pensions Act 2004 setting out its regulatory actions in respect of the UK defined benefit pension scheme of MF Global.
The Department for Education provides additional transport funding to local authorities to support children from low-income families to be able to attend schools further from home than the statutory walking distances...
This document provides information about Defence Fire Training and Development Centre including contact details.
For course guides and forms visit: Defence Fire Training and Development Centre courses...
Identification of target Indian companies and specific opportunities, for high value inward investment to the UK.
Updated: Government response to open letter published.
This open letter seeks views on a number of issues in the non-domestic market:
whether the period within which advanced metering may be installed...
The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) commissioned qualitative research with small and medium sized businesses that would be affected by the upgrade to smart meters. This project explored their...
Updated: Updated with new guidance document.
This guidance is about varying consents which have been granted under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for the construction or extension, and operation...
Updated: September 2013 Department for Education family monthly workforce management information added.
Monthly workforce management information for the period covering April 2013 to March 2014 will be ...
This bulletin contains information about:
Housing Benfit Credit Reference Agency data-matching mailbox risk based verification guidance Discretionary Housing Payments reporting measures benefit cap...
In October 2010, the Department for Work and Pensions and Her Majesty’s Revenues and Customs jointly published a strategy for tackling welfare benefit fraud in collaboration with local authorities. Known as <...
Updated: added Eggborough Power Limited
This table lists the status of projects that are currently prequalified for the UK Guarantees scheme and are seeking finance.
Our policy is to publish the...
In this issueThis issue includes:
new ministerial team Social Security Regulations come into force Universal Credit partner toolkit and employer guide Universal Credit Local Support Services Framework...
Updated: Added updated firing times which included cancellations at Willsworthy for 22, 24 and 25 October 2013.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible...
Updated: Added new firing times for 11 to 24 November 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 devices such...
Updated: Added 30 May 2013 notes and actions
Meetings of the Submarine Dismantling Project Advisory Group (SDP AG) which provides independent advice, review and challenge to the project. Meetings are open...
There are no deep geothermal power plants in the UK, despite government grant awards and eligibility for the Renewables Obligation.The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) therefore commissioned Atkins...
A UK company has delivered a £300,000 contract to a high intensity laser facility in Romania - a hugely advanced set up which is expected to lead to major scientific breakthroughs with applications in ...
The leading national event dedicated to high performance computing (HPC) is returning for its 24th year in 2013. The annual Machine Evaluation Workshop (MEW24) will take place on the 27th - 28th November at the ...
The Home Secretary opened the second reading debate for the Immigration Bill today (Tuesday 22 October). The bill continues the government’s reforms to ensure that our immigration system is fair to hard-working...
I beg to move that the Bill now be read a second time.
Mr Speaker, we have introduced a limit on economic migration from outside the EU, cut out abuse of student visas and reformed family visas. As a ...
A guide produced by the judiciary
Speech by Master of the Rolls
(22 October 2013) LSB issues report outlining changes in competition in the legal services market
The Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 provide for the setting of fees and charges for Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC) and Local Air - Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA...
Freedom of Information statistical return on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants with a sanction or disallowance decision overturned on reconsideration or appeal: 22 October 2011 to 21 October 2013.
By Nick Coleman, Wendy Sykes and Carola Groom – Independent Social Research Ltd
This working paper presents a quick review of international research evidence, mainly from the European Union (EU) and Organisation...
Later life newsletter 49 (October 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...
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) aims to consider your application within 8 weeks of getting it. This includes the time to inspect the site.
You should send your application back to DSA with the ...
Updated: Updated with September data
The data is broken down by headcount and number of posts (full-time equivalents). It includes the number of ‘non-payroll staff’, and the paybill costs relating to staff...
Freedom of Information statistical response on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants with a sanction or disallowance decision in Luton local authority: 1 January 2010 to 31 May 2012.
Published title: Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses
Published title: Arms Trade Treaty
Updated: Published new list of upcoming ad hoc statistical releases.
This spreadsheet provides details of upcoming DWP ad hoc statistical releases.
Published title: Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the One Part, and Mongolia, of the Other Part
Published title: Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the One Part, and The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, of the Other Part
Published title: Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the One Part, and The Republic of the Philippines, of the Other Part
Published title: Agreement on a Unified Patent Court
Published title: Fifth Protocol to the Convention of 19 January 1967, as amended by the Protocol of 6 July 1971, between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany...
Updated: Added impact assessment
This consultation seeks views on our proposals to create a new requirement on landlords to conduct immigration checks on tenants, with penalties for those who provide rented...
DFID government e-payments framework transactions September 2013
Updated: Supporting tables added to page.
The speed of processing official statistics replace the old “right time indicator”. The speed of processing statistics show new claims and changes of circumstances...
The second edition of Civil Service Quarterly includes articles on:
provincial reconstruction in Afghanistan using automatic pension enrolment to help people save for their future analysis of...
Higher education organisations and stakeholders are invited to provide views and feedback on the National Student Survey (NSS). The deadline for responses is noon on Wednesday 13 November 2013.
The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) wishes to appoint a new HEFCE Board member.
Birkenhead Lecture by the Lord Chief Justice
The speed of processing official statistics replace the old “right time indicator”. The speed of processing statistics show new claims and changes of circumstances separately and do not include a combined measure...
This document outlines the main impacts of changes to the Bill, including simplifying the rules on reporting changes of circumstances, so that all customers will be obliged to notify any changes in capital or...
Updated: The questionnaire has been completely revised and the return form has been changed.
STR1V online should be used for reporting medical conditions such as an intercerebral haemorrhage, stroke or ...
Updated: The questionnaire has been completely revised and the return form has been changed.
FEP1V online should be used for reporting medical conditions such as:
blackouts convulsions deja vu...
Updated: Questions 8/9 on page 3 have been amended and the return form has been changed.
C1V online should be used for reporting medical conditions such as:
cancer Hodgkins lymphoma leukaemia ...
This Statistical Bulletin includes information on driving licenses, driving tests and parking badges.
Sub-national results from the June Welsh Agricultural Survey.
This Statistical Release presents data on the arrangements for transfer of patients to a more appropriate care setting in Wales
The 21st Century Mortality Files are a record of mortality in England and Wales from 2001 onwards. They are designed to complement the 20th Century Mortality Files, which are a record of mortality in England and...
Presents mortality statistics on deaths registered in England and Wales by age-group, sex and underlying cause of death and by other selected information collected at the time of registration.
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Monthly death figures provide counts of the number of deaths registered by area of usual residence, England and Wales
Latest data on the Public Sector Net Borrowing, Net debt and the cash requirement.
Provides monthly and quarterly information on all HMRC taxes, including tax receipts, the number of taxpayers, personal tax credits, child benefit and estimates of the cost of tax expenditures and structural relief...
Provides general information on all HMRC taxes, including tax receipts, the number of taxpayers, personal tax credits, child benefit and estimates of the cost of tax expenditures and structural relief.
Monthly statistics on clearances of cigarettes & tobacco products and duty receipts for the UK.
Provides details of the quantities of products that have had UK excise duty paid on them and revenue receipts.
Bulletins provide a full historic series of data detailing amounts of goods cleared and amount of duty collected.
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
Presents trade data on Defence export orders and payments made for services consumed by MOD establishments overseas. Industry tables provide data on the impact of MOD spending on equipment and services in the UK...
I wish to inform both Houses that following my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs’ oral statement launching the review of the balance of competences in July 2012...
HM Treasury has today published two calls for evidence as part of the Government’s review of the balance of competences, which is looking at what the EU does and how it affects the UK.
The first call...
I am proposing an amendment to the Children and Families Bill that will place a clear requirement on all types of state schools to make arrangements for supporting pupils at the school who have medical conditions...
I wish to inform the House that, further to the Foreign Secretary’s oral statement launching the review of the balance of competences on 12 July 2012 and the written ministerial statements on the progress...
My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has today laid an order under section 67(7A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (‘PACE’) which brings into operation amended versions of six of the...
I wish to inform the House that, further to the Foreign Secretary’s oral statement launching the review of the balance of competences in July 2012 and the written statements on the progress of the review...
Later today the Government’s response to the consultation on the moving around activity within the assessment for personal independence payment (PIP) will be published on the gov.uk website. I will place...
My honourable Friend Secretary of State for Education (Rt Hon Michael Gove MP) made the following announcement:
I am proposing an amendment to the Children and Families Bill that will place a clear requirement...
My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Dr Vince Cable) has made the following statement.
I wish to inform both Houses that following my Rt. Hon. Friend The Secretary...
My hon Friend the Minister for Security (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
The second annual report of the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Human Trafficking...
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice (Damian Green) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary has today laid an ...
Updated: Published consultation response document and impact assessment
These proposals respond to longstanding public concern that the current rules regulating access to those services are both too generous...
OSCAR: publishing raw data from the databaseThis first annual set of raw data released from the OSCAR reporting system covers plans, outturn and in-year data for financial years 2008-09 to 2012-13. This dataset...
From 1 November 2013 the British Embassy Muscat will no longer issue visa recommendation letters to British Nationals applying for visas to travel to any country. Visa officers are requested to accept a British...
Updated: Published 1 page summary of changes to the appeals process from 28 October 2013: 'What to do when a claimant wants to appeal against a DWP benefit decision'
We are changing the appeals process ...
This table lists the status of projects that are currently prequalified for the UK Guarantees scheme and are seeking finance.
Our policy is to publish the names of projects unless sponsors have requested...
Statistics on the numbers of disabled people helped and numbers continuing to benefit from Access to Work from April 2013 to June 2013.
We released this statistical publication according to arrangements...
This publication provides statistics on:
the outcomes of completed Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments claims still in progress claims closed before the Work Capability...
A questionnaire to gather user views on the ‘ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments’ quarterly statistics publications and tables.
Updated: Updated with most recent data.
Table last updated on 22 October 2013.
Weekly fuel pricesMS Excel Spreadsheet, 231KB
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A Driffield roofing company has appeared in court for safety failings after a young worker suffered a fractured skull just weeks after being hired.
Up to £500 million could be recovered from overseas visitors’ and migrants’ use of the NHS every year – making clear the need for changes to the current system, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt revealed...
The PSF Statistical Bulletin, is published jointly by ONS and HM Treasury on a monthly basis, and provides the latest available measures for key public sector financial statistics such as Public Sector Current ...
This bulletin presents the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in 2012 by age, sex and selected underlying cause of death.
This Statistical Bulletin includes information on driving licenses, driving tests and parking badges.
Sub-national results from the June Welsh Agricultural Survey.
This Statistical Release presents data on the arrangements for transfer of patients to a more appropriate care setting in Wales
The 21st Century Mortality Files are a record of mortality in England and Wales from 2001 onwards. They are designed to complement the 20th Century Mortality Files, which are a record of mortality in England and...
Presents mortality statistics on deaths registered in England and Wales by age-group, sex and underlying cause of death and by other selected information collected at the time of registration.
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Monthly death figures provide counts of the number of deaths registered by area of usual residence, England and Wales
Latest data on the Public Sector Net Borrowing, Net debt and the cash requirement.
Provides monthly and quarterly information on all HMRC taxes, including tax receipts, the number of taxpayers, personal tax credits, child benefit and estimates of the cost of tax expenditures and structural relief...
Provides general information on all HMRC taxes, including tax receipts, the number of taxpayers, personal tax credits, child benefit and estimates of the cost of tax expenditures and structural relief.
Monthly statistics on clearances of cigarettes & tobacco products and duty receipts for the UK.
Provides details of the quantities of products that have had UK excise duty paid on them and revenue receipts.
Bulletins provide a full historic series of data detailing amounts of goods cleared and amount of duty collected.
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
Presents trade data on Defence export orders and payments made for services consumed by MOD establishments overseas. Industry tables provide data on the impact of MOD spending on equipment and services in the UK...
These two reports, commissioned by the Department of Health, provide evidence of the impact overseas visitors and migrants are having in GP practices and NHS hospitals. They give a first set of estimates for...
The report was commissioned for the Department of Health’s Social Marketing Strategy (now under Public Health England) and independently conducted by GfK NOP. This is the second of a series of twice yearly surveys...
Up to £500 million could be recovered from overseas visitors’ and migrants’ use of the NHS every year – making clear the need for changes to the current system, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt revealed...