Asked about the comments from EU Commissioner Andor, the PMS said the PM had set out his view very clearly. Published: 29 November 2013 ...
In the interests of transparency we regularly publish minutes of board meetings.
Updated: Updated impact assessment: assumption that applicants will receive 70% of average civil compensation has been raised to 75%.
This impact assessment considers the costs and benefits to the main...
Updated: Revised bursary guide and bursary claim form published.
This guide covers the operational delivery of further education (FE) initial teacher training bursaries.
It is aimed at providers...
Updated: Added employee contribution Q&A
This consultation seeks views on the proposed increase in employee contribution rates from 1 April 2014 for members of the firefighters’ pension scheme (1992) and...
This revised Impact Assessment sets out the government’s analysis of options to address the issue of availability and affordability of flood insurance.
It has been published at the same time as our amendments...
A gas fitter has received a suspended prison sentence and curfew, and been ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid community work, after a pensioner suffered severe burns in a gas explosion at his home in Manchester...
An international chemical company has been prosecuted after three workers suffered acid burns when pipework at its plant near Southampton ruptured, sending a jet of sulphuric acid 20 metres into the air.
Two men have been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when he fell through a fragile warehouse roof in Poole.
As part of its commitment to greater transparency, the Government publishes salary information for the Senior Civil Service and organograms for all government departments.
The information provides a snapshot...
A monthly-updated list of all financial transactions spending over £500 made by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, as part of the Government’s commitment to transparency in expenditure. Returns...
You can also read case studies from organisations signed up to the Think, Act, Report campaign.
This report sets out conclusions and recommendations, of the independent review commissioned by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and undertaken by Robert Gordon CB, into the governance...
A monthly-updated list of all financial transactions spending over £500 made on the Government Procurement Card by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, as part of the Government’s commitment...
Updated: Added data from October 2013
Details of Department of Health expenditure over £25,000 (invoices, grant payments, expenses and other such payments, excluding pay bill expenditure).
Updated: Added data for September
Information on Department of Health transactions over £500 made using the government procurement card (GPC).
The monthly data is published two months ...
Updated: Updated to add Quarter 2 (July - September)
This publication shows the expenditure items approved by the Cabinet Office as exceptions to the expenditure controls for the financial year 2013 to ...
The research report presents an exploratory analysis of some of the properties of the English Business Survey (EBS).
The report contains 4 sections:
part 1 uses publically available information...
A letter from the minister to Birmingham City Council about the next steps towards securing improvement in children’s services.
Updated: Revised Chapter 10 - Management Information published
Information for providers about your role as an organisation contracted to deliver ‘ESF for families with multiple problems’ provision for...
Updated: Added new version of the BFPO Indicator list.
This document lists all British Forces Post Office (BFPO) locations, together with their respective numbers and their postcodes.
Related information...
Updated: July to September figures published
In May 2010 the Government introduced an approach to cut costs and waste in central government operations in order to help tackle the budget deficit and protect...
Updated: Updated attachment which is now bookmarked.
This circular sets out and explains the approval and publication of the:
new 2013 Approved Documents L1A and L2A amendments to the 2010 Approved...
CoRWM commissioned an analysis of the responses to the Call for Evidence that was issued by DECC as part of their review of the Siting Process for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) for Higher Activity Waste...
This letter from the Department for Education to schools details changes to the secure access system, which include the introduction of an approver role to create and manage local accounts.
The...
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Speech by Sir Rabinder Singh
On Friday the 11th October, the students undertaking geography as an option took part in a field trip to the river Grindsbrooke in Edale, Derbyshir...
David Jeffs was convicted today at Croydon Crown Court for the murder of Roberto Troyan on 8 March 2013. Jeffs was also convicted of fraud and will be sentenced at a later date.
The principal responsibility of our Advisory Board, which held its third meeting on Wednesday, is to help us prioritise as an agency and, crucially, to safeguard the independence of our science and advice.
This leaflet, in which the pictures have been updated, describes the BCG vaccination that is given to babies who are considered to be at risk from tuberculosis.
This Determination is to enable the regulator to calculate a number of civil penalties for non-compliance with the EU ETS in 2014 (the 2013 carbon price is set by default in the Regulations).
For the ...
Michael Gove writes to Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and Chris Keates, General Secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT...
In May 2010 the Coalition Government set up new standards for transparency in government. The Minister for the Cabinet Office has committed government to publishing procurement card spending data over £...
In May 2010 the Coalition Government set up new standards for transparency in government. All Departments have committed to publish any spend over £25,000.
Updated: Updated list of Cabinet Committees and members
Cabinet and Cabinet Committees are groups of ministers that can take collective decisions that are binding across government. The Cabinet is the supreme...
Updated: Added July to September 2013 data.
BackgroundThe government has introduced a strict moratorium in 5 key areas of discretionary spend:
consulting Information and communications technology...
Baroness Martha Lane Fox has announced her resignation from her role as digital champion. Read her letter and the Prime Minister’s response.
These documents show spending by the Planning Inspectorate over £250 for October 2013.
Updated: PI/04 and Gas exemplar safety documents published.
List of extant DIO policy instructions published in 2013. These are used to promulgate changes to MOD estate related strategic statements, practitioner...
This document assesses the impact of new GCSE content in English literature, English language and mathematics with reference to the protected characteristics of pupils or students.
The relevant protected...
A report on the lessons that came out of the midata Innovation Lab (mIL). The midata progamme give consumers better access to the personal data that companies hold about them.
The mIL was a unique project...
Updated: Added Safety Alerts 06/13, 07/13 and 08/13.
Safety alerts are issued by Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to the wider MOD and its industry partners to communicate specific safety issues...
Welcome to the latest issue of the Border Force bulletin, which provides you with regular, accessible information on what’s happening across Border Force.
Updated: Added 'DfE spending controls: approved exemptions Q2 2013 to 2014' document
Following the announcements by the Chancellor and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 24 May 2010, the government ...
The 2013 to 2014 Cold Weather Payment season started on 1 November 2013.
There was 1 trigger for Cold Weather Payments at weather stations between 23 November 2013 and 29 November 2013 and an estimated...
Updated: A revised text has been provided.
The commentary document provides further details of the intended effects of the government amendments to the Water Bill for the proposed legislative approach...
We look at a range of compliance, operational and customer service measures throughout the year to assess our performance. Results for April to September 2013 show a strong start to the year on securing additional...
Updated: Added August, September and October 2013 data.
We provide real-time energy data for the department’s main offices (detailed below) on a day +1 basis.
You can access the raw data file detailing...
As part of its commitment to greater transparency, the Government publishes salary information for the Senior Civil Service and organograms for all government departments.
The information provides a snapshot...
Comet ISON has just experienced a highlight of a journey that has taken millions of years. A relic from the formation of the solar system, ISON spent 4.6 billion years in the Oort cloud, a giant swarm of icy objects...
Over 90 representatives from across the sporting landscape met in Salford on Thursday 28 November
UK Sport announce four-year partnership with Sportscover, world-leading sport and leisure insurers
Brailsford and Grobler become UK Sport's first Honorary Coaching Fellows
35th event of Gold Event Series secured as halfway target is reached
A worker had two fingers pulled from their sockets as he cleaned a silo because of a badly-guarded machine, a court has been told.
Sentencing Remarks of Mr. Justice Stewart
Discussions about what is unique about the media in fragile state circumstances and why it’s of interest to aid donors. We talk about obstacles for the media in being effective and if they can help donors understand...
Important Information Regarding Base Admnin Office this holiday season.
Universal Credit is a new simpler, single monthly benefit payment for people in or out of work, which merges together:
income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance income-related Employment and Support Allowance...
Updated: Latest quarterly forecast published.
The quarterly forecast shows the current estimated committed expenditure for the next 12 months based on the number of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) applications...
Quarterly information on exceptions to moratoria on spend for ICT, consultancy, recruitment, property, consultancy, advertising and marketing.
Previous returns are available from the National Archive...
Updated: Welsh translation added
The Government response to the Law Commission Report published in March 2011, “Expert evidence in criminal proceedings in England and Wales†(Law Com No 325).
The government has committed to publishing information about hospitality received by senior officials in an official capacity valued at over £140, and other business costs claimed. This information ...
A London joinery firm and a company director have been fined for multiple safety breaches that put employees at risk.
spending moratoria: consultancy, ICT, recruitment, property, advertising and marketing: July 2013 to September 2013
As a result of ongoing engagement with employers, HMRC is making changes to the rules concerning Pay As You Earn, National Insurance contributions and the Construction Industry Scheme as they relate to Real Time...
Updated: Government response to consultation published.
The government is publishing this consultation on administering shared parental leave and pay. Shared parental leave and pay will give parents more...
Updated: Latest quarterly forecast published.
The quarterly forecast shows the current estimated committed expenditure for the next 12 months based on the number of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) applications...
Research based on 100 in-depth interviews with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across England which had used 1 or more of the following services during 2011 to 2013:
UK Trade & Investment (...
This table shows the monthly uptake by area team in England of pertussis vaccine in pregnant women between October 2012 and September 2013.
Updated: Added updated 'Bank details upload form for academies' document.
This form will allow the EFA to make any necessary payments to the academy, in accordance with the funding agreement.
The...
Updated: Prison population figures for 29 November 2013 published.
Latest prison population figures for 2013.
Updated: Scotland: DWP partnership contacts updated
DWP works on the topics of employment, pensions and ageing society and welfare. We develop strong and productive partnerships at a local, regional...
Review of the Designation Scheme – we want your views
From 11-13 December, we will be running a conference in Cape Town on Scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment as prevention: South Africa and Beyond bringing the HIV/AIDS agenda into the spotlight.
The ...
An Invitation to attend the official opening of a photographic exhibition by German Photographer, Stephan Saguma, who has captured images of the British Forces in Westphalia.
Mon 02 Dec @ ...
2011 Census statistics provide a rich source of information about the number, distribution and characteristics of the population in England and Wales as at census day (27 March 2011). This release provides Detailed...
Information on the level of Research & Development (R&D) activity in Northern Ireland.
Number of births and deaths registered each month.
Quarterly monitoring of hospital inpatient activity
Cancer waiting.
Monthly statistics on clearances of alcohol products and duty receipts for the UK.
In the spending review this summer, we announced our intention to end the undergraduate national scholarship programme (NSP) after 2014-15. That decision was based on evaluation which has shown that there are...
An arrangement comprising of an exchange of letters amending the 2009 tax information exchange
agreement (TIEA) with the Turks and Caicos Islands was signed on 26 November 2013 to permit automatic and spontaneous...
The 19 November 2013 Defence Foreign Affairs Council opened with consideration of the European Defence Agency budget: I successfully argued for a flat cash settlement. Discussing the defence industry in more ...
The annual conference of the parties (COP) to the United Nations framework convention on climate change took place in Warsaw, Poland, from 11-23 November. The United Kingdom was represented by the Secretary of...
I wish to inform the House of some further important steps that the Government are planning to take to tackle bovine TB (bTB). BTB is the most worrying and costly animal health problem facing our cattle farmers...
I am today announcing that we have asked Sir Cyril Chantler to carry out an independent review of the public health evidence on standardised packaging of tobacco products.
Tobacco use is a significant public...
Earlier this year we consulted on our motoring services strategy which set out our intention to put the customer at the heart of what we do.
One of our objectives was to identify ways in which to give customers...
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Owen Paterson) has today made the following statement.
I wish to inform the House of some further important steps that the Government is planning to take to tackle...
I regret to inform the House that because of an administrative error, the verbal answer I gave to my noble colleague, the Baroness
Scotland of Asthal on 21 November 2013, Official Report Column 1114 was...
The Trade Foreign Affairs Council will take place in Nusa Dua, Bali on 3 December 2013. The Council meeting is
being held in the margins of the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference which is being held from 3 ...
My Rt. Hon Friend Minister of State for Universities and Science (The Rt. Hon David Willetts) has made the following statement.
In the Spending Review this summer, we announced our intention to end the ...
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (Jane Ellison) has made the following written ministerial statement.
I am today announcing that we have asked Sir Cyril Chantler...
Updated: Consular fees updated: 29th Nov 2013
A full list of Consular fees
The commentary document provides further details of the intended effects of the government amendments to the Water Bill for the proposed legislative approach for flood insurance following the expiry of...
spending moratoria: consultancy, ITC, recruitment, property, advertising and marketing: July 2013 to September 2013
The five cross-government moratoria are:
ICT spend above £1 million advertising & marketing consultancy property leases & lease extensions Civil Service recruitment
This publication and accompanying appendix data tables were released on Friday 29 November 2013 by the Department for Communities and Local Government. The publication focuses on personnel, health and safety ...
This release provides information on the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme membership data obtained by all 46 fire authorities in England that provide information on firefighters’ pension funds.
Updated: New doc added
These statistics focus on three main categories: civil, family and criminal cases. This edition also includes supplementary information on specialised courts functions including the...
The English Business Survey (EBS) statistics for September 2013 provide information on the current economic and business conditions across England.
The statistical release provides background information...
This report sets out what is known about dementia care, support and research. It highlights where improvements are being made and where progress can be seen – it also shows where improvements are needed, including...
Universal Credit is a new simpler, single monthly benefit payment for people in or out of work, which merges together:
income related Jobseekers Allowance income related Employment Support Allowance ...
Government departments have been exercising tighter controls on expenditure as part of a spending freeze (moratorium) in five key areas: consulting, property, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), recruitment...
The coalition government is committed to publishing departmental spend over £25,000 as part of its commitment to transparency and open government.
Professor Ragnar Löfstedt, Director of the King’s Centre Risk Management, Kings College, London, carried out an independent review of health and safety regulations to look at the scope for reducing the burden...
A sign on an airport shuttle bus informed passengers that, for health and safety reasons, the driver could not assist with passenger bags.
The eighth and final tranche of colonial administration records is now available to view in the reading rooms at The National Archives.
Daniel James Smith, 21, was sentenced today to 12 weeks in prison at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for vandalising a war memorial in Central London in June of this year. He pleaded guilty on 1 November to one count...
2011 Census statistics provide a rich source of information about the number, distribution and characteristics of the population in England and Wales as at census day (27 March 2011). This release provides Detailed...
Information on the level of Research & Development (R&D) activity in Northern Ireland.
Number of births and deaths registered each month.
Quarterly monitoring of hospital inpatient activity
Cancer waiting.
Monthly statistics on clearances of alcohol products and duty receipts for the UK.