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28 October 2013

Statistics: Quality report: numbers of taxpayers and registered traders
seen at 20:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

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

Statistics: Numbers of taxpayers and registered traders
seen at 20:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

This table shows:

the estimated number of taxpayers with a tax liability arising in the year the number of traders registered at 31 March

A quality report for these statistics is also available...

Statistics: Main tax expenditures and structural reliefs
seen at 20:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

These statistics are part of the collection “Tax expenditures and ready reckoners statistics”.

Statistics: Direct effects of illustrative tax changes
seen at 20:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Estimates are measured from the relevant standard indexed base, i.e. they show the impacts of the various illustrative changes on top of what is already assumed in the indexed baseline (generally revalorisation...

Statistics: Minor tax expenditures and structural reliefs
seen at 20:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Only tax allowances and reliefs costing less than £50 million in both years are included in this publication. Reliefs with higher costs, where they can be estimated, are given in table 1.5.

Statistics: Tax allowances and reliefs in force: cost not known
seen at 20:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

These statistics are part of a collection of statistics relating to tax expenditures and ready reckoners.

Statistics: Quality report: direct effects of illustrative changes
seen at 20:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

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

Statistics: Quality report: tax expenditure and ready reckoners
seen at 20:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

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

Guidance: Overseas Territories governments on the web
seen at 20:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

This document contains links to the websites and social media of the Overseas Territories governments.

Guidance: Canada – Consular Fees
seen at 20:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Fees updated to reflect currency exchange rates.

A full list of Consular fees

Guidance: Youth Social Action Fund: call for ideas
seen at 18:33, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New call for ideas added.

The Youth Social Action Journey Fund

The Youth Social Action Fund offers financial support to social action programmes. A fourth call for ideas has now been opened, seeking...

Guidance: Personal Independence Payment myth buster
seen at 18:33, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added new myths about reassessment and updated some facts due to date changes in PIP myth buster.

The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) myth buster aims to provide reassurance on some common...

Guidance: PIP claim process overview: the 'claimant journey'
seen at 18:33, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Amended dates in the 'claimant journey' and added a link to the 'reassessing existing DLA claimants for PIP fact sheet'.

This reference guide gives support organisations who work with disabled ...

Guidance: PIP quick guide for support organisations
seen at 18:33, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Amended the reassessment dates in quick guides for support organisations, local authorities, MPs, carers and health professions.

This Personal Independence Payment (PIP) guide is aimed primarily...

Transparency data: DFID Management Board business expenses: April to June 2013
seen at 18:33, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

DFID Management Board business expenses for April to June 2013

Transparency data: Permanent Secretary's meetings with external organisations: April to June 2013
seen at 18:33, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Permanent Secretary’s meetings with external organisations for April to June 2012

Transparency data: Permanent Secretary business expenses: April to June 2013
seen at 18:33, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Permanent Secretary business expenses for April to June 2013

Transparency data: DFID Special Advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings returns: April to June 2013
seen at 18:33, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

DFID Special Advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings returns for April to June 2013

Promotional material: Seasonal flu vaccination: who should have it and why (2013)
seen at 18:33, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Uploaded an updated version of the leaflet. Updates include: Page 7, second heading, change ‘flu jab’ to ‘one’ to read: 'Do I need another one this year?' Page 9, second para, last line, to read ‘…vaccine...

Guidance: PIP presentation for advisers
seen at 18:33, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Reassessment dates and assessment descriptors changed in 'PIP presentation for advisers'.

This presentation provides an overview of the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for disabled people...

Transparency data: DCLG special advisers data: April to June 2013
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Details of meetings between special advisers to the Department for Communities and Local Government and media and business representatives, as well as of gifts and hospitality received by them.

Transparency data: DCLG Permanent Secretary data: 2013
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added April to June 2013 meetings.

These documents contain details for 2013 of the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Permanent Secretary’s meetings, lunches and dinners with external...

Transparency data: Business expenses and hospitality for DCLG senior officials: 2013
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added returns for April to June 2013.

All government departments have to publish any expenses senior civil servants claim for and any hospitality they receive.

These are the Department ...

FOI release: FOI releases for October 2013
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Ministry of Justice FOI releases for October 2013

Open consultation: Alcohol fraud: next steps
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Extended date for the end of the consultation from 28 October 2013 to 4 November 2013.

Alcohol duty fraud is damaging the legitimate UK alcohol industry, resulting in losses of approximately &...

FOI release: Number of veterans suffering from post-traumatic symptons in the south west Essex area
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

MOD response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 15 August 2013 for the following information:

a) what are the number of veterans in the south west Essex area? b) what are the number of veterans...

Guidance: Service family accommodation: Home Front newsletter
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Uploaded new October/November 2013 issue of Home Front magazine.

A bi-monthly newsletter produced by Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Operations Accommodation for occupants of service...

Transparency data: PFI/PF2 tracker: Department for Transport
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: updated tracker

As part of the PF2 commitments on transparency following the PFI review, the government wanted to make the PFI and PF2 data more accessible and comprehensible to the public.

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Transparency data: PFI/PF2 tracker: Department for Education
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: updated tracker (Building Schools for the Future)

As part of the PF2 commitments on transparency following the PFI review, the government wanted to make the PFI and PF2 data more accessible and...

Transparency data: PFI/PF2 tracker: Department for Communities and Local Government
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: updated tracker

As part of the PF2 commitments on transparency following the PFI review, the government wanted to make the PFI and PF2 data more accessible and comprehensible to the public.

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Guidance: Disposal database: House of Commons report
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added October 2013 edition of MOD House of Commons disposal report.

MOD present and future disposal properties that are in the public domain that is provided for reference in the House of Commons...

Correspondence: PHE Bulletin: 28 October 2013
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Included in this issue:

Cold Weather Plan for England 2013 published PHE signs up to pledge on mental health, wellbeing and resilience in the workplace guidance on appointing directors of public health...
Form: Tea with Ambassador Dickson
seen at 16:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Fill in the complete application with your personal details and complete the essay and send it to embassy@intelnett.com no later than 15th November 2013 in order to be able to participate in “Tea with Ambassador...

Fire fighters industrial action – advice for businesses
seen at 16:31, 28 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

The Fire Brigade Union (FBU) have announced their intention to take further strike action. The strikes will take place in England and Wales only on Friday 1 November 2013 from 1830 to 2300 and on Monday 4 November...

R -v- Marines A, B and C
seen at 16:30, 28 October in Judicial Office: Home (Our copy).
Ruling on application for access to DVD footage
Assisting host country militaries: assessing lessons from NATO, EU and member state experience (WP1296)
seen at 16:30, 28 October in Wilton Park (Our copy).

What are the lessons from NATO, EU and member state training, advising, mentoring and operational support missions over the past ten years in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries? How can they apply to future...

FOI release: Number of Section 5 firearms authorities
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

FOI release 25780

Number of current Section 5 authorities where individuals or companies can possess or handle section 5 prohibited items

We released the information on 17 January 2013

FOI release: Crimes reported to Action Fraud since October 2009 that have been sent to police forces
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

How many of the 118,549 crime reports made to Action Fraud since October 2009 have been sent to regional police forces for investigation by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.

The information was ...

Map: PIP postcode map (UK)
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Map of the United Kingdom showing postcode areas where Atos Healthcare and Capita Health and Wellbeing provide Personal Independence Payment (PIP) face-to-face consultations, which are part of the PIP assessment...

Guidance: PIP editorial for support organisations
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Deleted 'PIP editorial for carers' as this information is included in the 'PIP quick guide for carers and carers organisations'. Updated general, health sector and local authority editorial documents...

Guidance: Supporting young people claiming PIP
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated information about inviting existing DLA claimants in certain circumstances and in certain areas to claim PIP from 28 October 2013.

This fact sheet is aimed at support organisations who ...

Transparency data: Senior staff meetings
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added April - June 2013 files

MOD senior staff are required to publish details of their meetings with external organisations.

Guidance: Reassessing existing DLA claimants for PIP
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with information about inviting existing DLA claimants in certain circumstances and areas to claim PIP from 28 October 2013.

This fact sheet is aimed at support organisations who work with...

Transparency data: Senior staff: hospitality received
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added April-June 2013 files.

The Ministry of Defence publishes the hospitality received of its most senior Civil Servants on a quarterly basis.

Transparency data: Special advisers' gifts and hospitality
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added April to June 2013 files

MOD special advisers are required to publish details of gifts and hospitality received.

Guidance: PIP assessment criteria
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated factsheet document.

This fact sheet, intended for support organisations working with disabled people, provides detailed information on how eligibility for PIP is assessed. It provides information...

Transparency data: Special advisers' meetings
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added April to June file.

A quarterly updated list of meetings between special advisers, newspaper and other media proprietors, editors and senior executives.

Related information Special...
Guidance: Timetable for PIP replacing DLA
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated timetable documents.

This publication sets out the dates during which PIP will replace DLA and sets out the age groups and parts of the country affected at each stage.

Guidance: The Personal Independence Payment toolkit
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated postcode maps to correct errors in postcodes listed.

A toolkit to inform partner organisations about Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to help them explain the changes to claimants.

Promotional material: Infectious disease genomics briefing: October 2013
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Public Health England’s current work on infectious disease genomics including investment in sequencing capability.

Transparency data: Military court centres court listings
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added 28 Oct to 8 Nov 2013 listing.

In line with the government’s Transparency and Open Data initiative, the Military Court Service is to publish the court listings for the military court centres...

Guidance: Information claimants need to have ready when they claim Universal Credit
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

This document lists the information claimants need to have with them before starting their claim for Universal Credit.

This is part of the Universal Credit toolkit for partner organisations.

Independent report: NHS hospitals complaints system review
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

This report looks at how complaints about care in NHS hospitals made by patients, their carers and representatives are listened to and acted on by hospitals.

The recommendations cover:

improving...
Corporate report: Central Advisory Committee on Pensions and Compensation (CAC) triennial review 2013
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

This review was announced in September 2011, and carried out in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance, with the aim of examining the role and function of the Central Advisory Committee on Pensions and Compensation...

Form: General consent form template for immunisation
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Uploaded a new version of the consent form. Updated the narrative in the summary and detail section.

This form is for health professionals to give to parents, either by hand or by post, preferably...

FOI release: Number of military personnel suffering from combat relate injuries during the Afghan conflict
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

MOD response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 11 September 2013 for the number of military personnel suffering from combat relate injuries from the start of the Afghan conflict up to the present...

FOI release: Number of military personnel experiencing hearing loss
seen at 14:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

MOD response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 2 October 2013 for the number of military personnel experiencing hearing loss where this is not the principal cause of discharge.

Mathematics and statistics support for students in English universities receives funding boost
seen at 14:31, 28 October in HEFCE news (Our copy).
sigma, the national network for cross-university mathematics and statistics support in England, will receive more than &pound;800,000 from HEFCE to boost its vital service.
LSB appoints new members to the Legal Services Consumer Panel
seen at 14:30, 28 October in LSB (Our copy).
(28 October 2013) LSB appoints new members to the Legal Services Consumer Panel
Open consultation: Repealing legislation prescribing the maximum temperature to which particular premises may be heated
seen at 11:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

This consultation seeks views on the relevance and usefulness of legislation which specifies a maximum temperature to which certain premises may be heated, in order to inform government’s decision on whether ...

Guidance: Registering a birth abroad - Application in the United Arab Emirates
seen at 11:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Minor changes for an update for telephone number

Application and requirements to register a birth in the UAE

Documents required (Must be originals) Laminated documents are NOT acceptable. You ...

Transparency data: DWP payments over £25,000, 2013
seen at 11:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: September 2013 transparency data added.

This series contains details of payments over &pound;25,000 that DWP has made in 2013. This is in line with Cabinet Office policy. Payments are defined...

Transparency data: DWP spending moratoria exceptions: information communications technology (ICT)
seen at 11:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Approved ICT exceptions for November 2010 to September 2011 added.

Any new ICT contracts with a value greater than &pound;1 million must be approved by the cross-government Efficiency and Reform...

Form: Carriage of dangerous goods application form (ADR III)
seen at 11:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: The ADRIII form has been updated to incorporate ADR Accord changes to ADR and to take into account that a new form ADRIII(S) is to be used for subsequent ADR tests. The new form has also been added.

Policy paper: City Deal: Thames Valley Berkshire
seen at 11:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Councils in Thames Valley, Berkshire have agreed a City Deal with central government that will see local leaders given the powers and levers to deliver growth and jobs in their communities.

The deal, ...

FOI release: Meetings with Defra on bees or pollinators
seen at 11:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Bees and pollinators - EIRs list of meetings (with dates) that took place from 1 June 2013 to 1 October 2013 between Defra and any external party on the subject of, or containing references to, ‘bee’, ‘bees’, ‘...

INDG354 – Safety in electrical testing at work
seen at 11:31, 28 October in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

This revised leaflet is aimed at people who manage or carry out electrical testing, and gives guidance on controlling risks and preventing or reducing danger arising from these activities.

Teenager sentenced to six years and three months for acid attack
seen at 11:30, 28 October in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Liam Sibbons, 16, was sentenced today to six years and three months in a young offenders institute at Snaresbrook Crown Court for applying a corrosive liquid with intent, contrary to section 29 of the Offences Against...
Two brothers jailed for evading £6m of alcohol duty
seen at 11:30, 28 October in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Brothers Inderjit and Amandeep Singh-Mangher have today (Friday 25 October) been sentenced to a total of six years and three months imprisonment for their roles in an alcohol duty fraud believed to have cost the...
Open consultation: Coastal Access in Kent: Folkestone to Ramsgate
seen at 10:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

On 28 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 Kent coast between Folkestone and Ramsgate...

Guidance: Bulk Data Set - Information for Vehicle Buyers
seen at 10:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Change of company address

The Bulk data set is primarily used for vehicle buyers to check if a vehicle is genuine. The data consists of vehicle identifying information which gives the Vehicle ...

Guidance: Doing Business in Namibia. A guide for UK companies
seen at 10:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

The UK Government remains committed to building Britain’s prosperity by increasing exports and investment, opening markets, ensuring access to resources, and promoting sustainable global growth. Trade and investment...

Research and analysis: Analysis of EU 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target options
seen at 10:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

The European Commission’s Green Paper on a 2030 framework for climate and energy policies, published on 27 March 2013, launched a consultation on a series of questions about the future of EU climate and...

Policy paper: Going for Green Growth: The case for ambitious and immediate EU low carbon action
seen at 10:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

The Green Growth Group is an informal grouping of like-minded energy, climate and environment Ministers from 13 EU Member States: UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark...

Statistics: DBS criminal record checks: police performance
seen at 10:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Update to the September figures - added the statistics for 95% completed in 25 days.

Police disclosure units published service standards.

These figures are available because police...

Guidance: Pakistan – Consular Fees
seen at 09:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated 28th Oct 2013

A full list of Consular fees

FOI release: Meetings about neonicotinoids and bees involving Defra
seen at 09:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Neonicotinoids and bees EIRs: List of meetings between Defra and external parties on the subject of neonicotinoid insecticides and bees that took place between 1 January 2012 and 1 October 2013.

Guidance: Visa Recommendation Letter
seen at 09:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

From 1st November 2013 the British Embassies in Abu Dhabi and Dubai will no longer issue Visa Recommendation Letters to British Nationals applying for visas to travel to any country. Visa officers are requested...

Consultation outcome: Future of apprenticeships in England: Richard Review next steps
seen at 09:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response published: includes Implementation Plan and Guidance for Trailblazers.

The government has published this consultation in response to Doug Richard’s independent Review of ...

Guidance: Biofuels carbon calculator
seen at 09:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest version of carbon calculator added.

The carbon calculator is a standalone programme that contains default values for the carbon emissions associated with various types of biofuels. It allows...

Guidance: List of suspension, quota and prolongation applications
seen at 09:32, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated list of new applications for the 1 July 2014 round

Provides a list and current status of applications for the 1 July 2014 round of the European Union (EU) temporary duty suspensions ...

Test for market sensitive content Monday
seen at 09:30, 28 October in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
Test for market sensitive content Monday
STB NMS Test Monday
seen at 09:30, 28 October in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
STB NMS Test Monday
Guidance: If you think our decision is wrong
seen at 02:31, 28 October in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Link to new appeals process for decisions made on or after 28 October 2013 added.

Decision dated before 28 October 2013

This leaflet explains what to do if you think a benefit decision dated before...