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30 January 2014

News story: Chancellor celebrates success of growing creative industries in Britain
seen at 20:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has visited Ealing Studios on the day new British Film Institute (BFI) figures show that investment in UK-based film production in 2013 was over £1billion – ...

FOI release: Number of officers and soldiers medically graded Medical Non Deployable
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

MOD response to a Freedom of Information request dated 9 January 2014 regarding how many AGC / SPS officers and soldiers have been medically graded Medical Non Deployable MND(P) permanently since 2010 and out...

Corporate report: Afghanistan: Progress Report November - December 2013
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

The Foreign Secretary updates Parliament with a progress report every month as part of his commitment to keep Parliament regularly informed on developments in Afghanistan.

Statistics - national statistics: Farm business income
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated text.

This publication gives annual statistics about farm business income in England. This represents the financial return to all unpaid labour on their capital invested in the farm business...

Guidance: NHS Bursary Scheme rules
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New editions of both old and new rules have been published. Changes to the rules are summarised in appendix 1 of each document.

These documents set out the rules and administrative arrangements...

Policy paper: Financial sanctions, Libya
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Notice Libya 300114 (Reg 74/2014)

In 2011 the United Nations, amongst other matters, imposed financial sanctions against designated persons involved in or complicit in ordering, controlling...

Policy paper: Financial sanctions, Sudan
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Notice Sudan 300114 (Reg 75/2014)

In 2004 the European Union imposed measures in the EU prohibiting the supply of technical, financial and other assistance related to military activities, ...

Policy paper: Current list of designated persons, terrorism and terrorist financing
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Notice 300114 Terrorism and Terrorist Finance (Renewal)

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

Policy paper: Financial sanctions: consolidated list of targets
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Notices: Libya (Reg 74/2014); Sudan (Reg 75/2014); Terrorism and Terrorist Finance (Renewal)

HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial...

FOI release: Number of serving military personnel with a nut allergy
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

MOD response to a Freedom of Information request dated 25 November 2013 for the number of serving members of the armed forces with a nut allergy, including those joining prior to the introduction of the JPA system...

FOI release: Number of people in the RAF with Bipolar disorder
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

MOD repsonse to a Freedom of Information request dated 28 November 2013, with following emails dated 3 December 2013 and 18 December 2013 to clarify the request. The initial request was regarding the number of...

Guidance: Code of conduct for operational PFI/PPP contracts
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

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...

FOI release: Opposition policy costings
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with new opposition policy costings document.

This FOI release details HM Treasury’s costings of the following official opposition policies:

Jobs guarantee for every person who has...
Policy paper: Operation of the UK's counter-terrorist asset freezing regime: quarterly report to Parliament
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added Quarterly Report to Parliament: October to December 2013

Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (“TAFA 2010”), the Treasury is required to report to Parliament, quarterly, on its...

New web app supports smart agriculture
seen at 18:30, 30 January in NERC news (Our copy).
Global agri-food businesses and NERC-funded scientists have collaborated to create a free new web app aimed at helping farmers reduce their carbon footprints.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg visits Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and the Minister for Cities, Greg Clark MP, visited STFC's ISIS research centre on Thursday 30 January 2014, where he saw the brand new 'ChipIr' facility
Rainbow Seed Fund announces appointment of former Science Minister as new advisory Chair and also publishes robust economic report
seen at 18:30, 30 January in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
British technology investor, the Rainbow Seed Fund (RSF), publishes robust economic analysis and has appointed the former science minister, Ian Taylor, as the new chair of its advisory board
News story: The Fiver Challenge: pupils to start own business with a £5 loan
seen at 18:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Fiver Challenge will give thousands of pupils aged up to 11 the chance to set up their own business and learn about the world of enterprise.

Register your pupils to take part in the Fiver...

Statement to Parliament: Afghanistan monthly progress report for November to December 2013
seen at 18:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, is today publishing the thirty-third progress report...

News story: Management of HIV infected healthcare workers performing exposure prone procedures
seen at 18:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

In August 2013, the Chief Medical Officer for England announced a change in policy to remove restrictions on Healthcare Workers (HCW) with HIV practising Exposure-Prone Procedures (EPPs). Public Health England...

News story: Guardsmen get ready for Afghan role
seen at 18:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Nearly 300 soldiers from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards have been taking part in a high intensity training exercise before deploying to the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the next few days.

Exercise...

Press release: Richard Caseby appointed Director of Communications
seen at 18:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Richard Caseby has today been named as the new Director of Communications at the Department for Work and Pensions.

Mr Caseby has previously worked in a number of senior roles at News UK, including Managing...

Press release: UK provides airlift support to UN Mission in South Sudan
seen at 18:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Her Majesty’s Government today announced that the UK is providing airlift support to the UN Mission in South Sudan in order to transport much needed equipment. An RAF C17 departed from RAF Brize Norton carrying...

Forecasts of Farm Business Income by farm type - 2013/14: Farm Business Survey, England
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Presents forecast income figures based on results from the Farm Business Survey. Note: due to an error the statistics due to be published on the 30th January 2014, were disclosed to 13 Defra policy staff not on ...
FOI release: Number of officers and soldiers medically graded Medical None Deployable
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

MOD response to a Freedom of Information request dated 9 January 2014 regarding how many AGC / SPS officers and soldiers have been medically graded Medical None Deployable MND(P) permanently since 2010 and out...

FOI release: Noise induced hearing loss in the UK armed forces
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

MOD response to a Freedom of Information request dated 13 January 2014 regarding the number of currently serving personnel who have impaired or poor hearing, identified from hearing grades entered in their electronic...

Guidance: Cameroon Business Guides
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Cameroon is situated on the West coast of Africa. It is a country that is becoming increasingly urbanized. Cameroon is the largest and most diversified economy within the Central African Economic and Monetary...

Guidance: School census spring 2014: validation queries and notes
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

This list of validation queries and acceptable explanatory notes is for schools, academies, and local authorities completing school census spring 2014.

Validation queries occur in COLLECT

Guidance: Armed forces corporate covenant: signed pledges
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added new signed pledges

The corporate covenant is a voluntary pledge made by organisations who wish to demonstrate their concrete support for the armed forces community. It complements the ...

Corporate report: Building Regulations Advisory Committee triennial review
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

This document sets out the findings of the triennial review of the Building Regulations Advisory Committee (BRAC). It describes the purpose of triennial reviews, the process adopted for this review and presents...

Corporate report: Building Regulations Advisory Committee annual report 2011 and 2012
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

During the 2011 the committee assisted the Department for Communities and Local Government in giving their views and comments on a range of areas, including consolidation of the Building Regulations 2010 and ...

Guidance: Plug-in vehicle infrastructure grants: second round
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

The second round of grant awards for plug-in vehicle charge points in train stations and public sector sites. The first set of awards of was released on 19 February 2013. This is part of the Deputy Prime...

Statistics: Quality report: income tax liabilities statistics
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

The figures are broken down by taxpayer characteristics such as age, gender and country/region, income levels and groupings (such as the richest 10%), and by marginal rate of tax (such as basic rate taxpayers...

Independent report: General Aviation Challenge Panel: interim report
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

This document contains the interim report to ministers, on the regulation of the general aviation sector, which has been produced by the independent General Aviation (GA) Challenge Panel.

The GA Challenge...

Promotional material: Defence Focus: issue 278
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Defence Focus magazine issue 278 February 2014

FOI release: Compensation paid to staff
seen at 16:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Compensation FOI: compensation paid to staff within Defra in 2011, 2012 and 2013, including: when claimed; amount claimed; reason (what/why); and amount paid.

Arts festival celebrating South African democracy awarded £290,000 for 2014 tour
seen at 16:31, 30 January in http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Latest entries (Our copy).
Arts festival celebrating South African democracy awarded £290,000 for 2014 tour
Sport-in-brief - your weekly update from the high performance sports community
seen at 16:30, 30 January in UK Sport (Our copy).
Olympic canoeing champion retires, new role for Rebecca Adlington and British Rowing news in sport-in-brief
HTA responds to blood, tissue and organ screening parliamentary inquiry
seen at 16:30, 30 January in Human Tissue Authority (Our copy).
The Human Tissue Authority has responded to a Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry into blood, tissue and organ screening
Company fined after worker loses finger in unguarded machine
seen at 16:30, 30 January in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
A Birmingham company that manufactures components for the roofing and cladding industry has been fined after an employee had to have part of his finger amputated when it was crushed in an unguarded machine.
Packaging specialist fined for guarding failings
seen at 16:30, 30 January in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
The UK division of a global packaging company has been fined for safety failings after a long-serving worker lost a finger in an unguarded chain on a machine.
Promoting LGBT rights: next steps for international institutions and civil society? (WP1312)
seen at 16:30, 30 January in Wilton Park (Our copy).

As part of our human rights series, this conference will bring together multilateral institutions, national governments and advocacy groups to consider how to promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and ...

News story: New guidance to reduce cost of construction projects
seen at 16:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The government has launched draft guidance to help embed best practice in the procurement of public sector construction projects, Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd has announced today.

The Government...

Press release: City Deal signed to create thouands of jobs in Oxford and surrounding area
seen at 16:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Oxford and the surrounding area will be given a cash injection to create thousands of new jobs, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will announce today as he signs the landmark Oxford City Deal handing power over...

Press release: Royal approval for new law to deliver £1.2 billion taxpayer savings
seen at 16:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

A Local Audit and Accountability Act that will lead to £1.2 billion of savings has today (30 January 2014) passed into law following Royal Assent by Her Majesty the Queen.

The Act will...

Guidance: Social investment roadmap
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

In 2014 the government will introduce a new social investment tax relief, this is part of a series of steps taken to create the right conditions for social enterprise to thrive in the UK. The social investment...

Statistics: Destinations of key stage 4 and key stage 5 pupils by characteristics: academic year 2010 to 2011
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Technical note updated.

This statistical first release (experimental statistics) on destination measures shows the percentage of students progressing to further learning in a school, further education...

Policy paper: City Deal: Oxford and Oxfordshire
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

The Oxford and Oxfordshire City Deal aims to unleash a new wave of innovation-led growth by maximising the area’s world-class assets, such as the universities of Oxford and Oxford Brookes, and “big science” facilities...

Policy paper: Draft Deregulation Bill: government response to Joint Committee report
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

The government has published its response to the Joint Committee’s Report on the Draft Deregulation Bill today.

The Joint Committee undertook a process of pre-legislative scrutiny on the draft Deregulation...

Guidance: Horse passport issuing organisations that manage studbooks
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated table

You can get a horse passport application form from an authorised Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO).

Further information Getting and using a horse passport
Guidance: Horse passport issuing organisations that do not manage studbooks
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated table

You can get a horse passport application form from an authorised Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO).

Further information Download passport issuing organisations that manage...
Policy paper: Finance Bill 2014: measures with immediate effect
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Corporation tax: avoidance involving losses. The government has published legislation to clarify the operation of one of the chargeable gains anti-avoidance rules with immediate effect from 30 January...

Policy paper: Finance Bill 2014: January 2014 draft legislation
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Corporation tax: avoidance involving losses. The government has published legislation to clarify the operation of one of the chargeable gains anti-avoidance rules with immediate effect from 30 January...

Open consultation: Onshore employment intermediaries: false self-employment
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added a second document - Interaction of Personal Service Companies with the Proposed Changes to Chapter 7 S44-47 ITEPA 2003 (The Agency Legislation)

There is evidence that some companies and employment...

Guidance: Business Statements: Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, January 2014
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added Business Statement for 30 January.

The Business Statements by the Leader of the House of Commons for January 2014.

The Business Statement takes place every Thursday morning when the...

Corporate report: Civil Service people survey: Public Health England results (2013)
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

PHE took part in its first Civil Service people survey in October 2013. It involved 98 organisations across the Civil Service, which range in size from 30 employees to over 100,000. A total of 61% of PHE staff...

Guidance: Military low flying: RAF operational low flying training timetable
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added new timetable for the periods 3 to 7 February 2014 and 10 to 14 February 2014.

A list of timetables for operational low flying (OLF) training by RAF fast jets and Hercules aircraft. These...

Guidance: Open general export licence (export after exhibition or demonstration: military goods)
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: A paragraph has been added to the Conditions and Requirements explaining that it will automatically run out if not used within a 2 year period.

This open general export licence (OGEL) allows, subject...

Open consultation: Increasing the transparency of donations and loans to Northern Ireland political parties
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

The Minister of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Andrew Robathan MP today published draft legislation which would increase the transparency of donations and loans to Northern Ireland political parties.

Statutory guidance: Allotment disposal guidance: safeguards and alternatives
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Allotments are valuable community spaces that provide people with the opportunity to enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle. As such there are many legal and policy safeguards in place to make sure that their ...

Guidance: Work Programme provider tools
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published the Work Programme Provider DMA referrals Quality Assurance Framework.

These tools have been designed to support providers in the delivery of the Work Programme.

Read the Work...

Correspondence: Crime and policing news update: January 2014
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

This month’s news update contains information on the following:

new funding to link up police and mental health services transforming youth custody new restorative justice standards launched Lord ...
Guidance: Dartmoor firing times
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added new firing times for the period commencing 30 January 2014 in CSV and PDF formats.

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

Policy paper: Noise action plans: large urban areas, roads and railways
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Noise action plans provide a framework to manage environmental noise and its effects. They also aim to protect quiet areas in agglomerations (large urban areas) where the noise quality is good.

The

Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: workers
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated 30 January 2014

This document lists Tier 2 and 5 sponsors. It includes information about the category of workers they’re licensed to sponsor and their sponsorship rating.

Form: Application to extend stay in the UK: appendix 1 FLR(FP) FLR(O)
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Use this form if you are destitute and can’t pay the fee to extend your stay using application forms FLR(FP) or FLR(O).

Use form FLR(FP) for these categories of visa:

family life as a partner (10...
Consultation outcome: Draft noise action plans
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added summary of responses document.

This consultation is seeking views on the second round of noise action plans which revise those previously adopted. There are three draft noise action plans...

Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: students
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated 30 January 2014

This document lists Tier 4 sponsors. It includes information about the category of students they’re licensed to sponsor and their sponsorship rating.

Consultation outcome: Supporting the introduction of the single Family Court – Proposed changes to Family legal aid remuneration schemes
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Outcome now published.

We anticipate that the proposals set out in this consultation would, if implemented as proposed, have no impact on legal aid recipients and no or minimal impact on provider...

Guidance: Defence Infrastructure Organisation: a quick guide
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

A brief guide to what the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) does and what it’s like to be part of the DIO team.

We hope you find it interesting and useful if you decide to apply for a job with...

Consultation outcome: New Smart Energy Code Content (Stage 2): consequential consultation on changes to the DCC licence
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response published.

The Smart Energy Code (SEC) is a new industry code which has been created through, and comes into force under, the DCC licence. The SEC is a multiparty contract which...

Consultation outcome: New Smart Energy Code Content (Stage 2)
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response published.

The Smart Energy Code (SEC) is a new industry code which has been created through, and comes into force under, the DCC Licence. The SEC is a multiparty contract ...

Policy paper: Modifications to the Smart Energy Code, Smart Meter Communication Licences and the Standard Conditions of Electricity and Gas Supply Licences (No. 1 of 2014)
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Policy positions and legal text for each of these areas have previously been consulted on and responses published as follows:

Government response to the consultation on New Smart Energy Code Content...
Research and analysis: Winter health watch summary: 30 January 2014
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Summary for the week including 30 January 2014.

Guidance: Drafting bills for Parliament
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated guidance.

This page contains guidance about the drafting of bills, produced by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel for members of that office.

Consultation outcome: Licence conditions for non-domestic smart metering issues
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response published.

Part 1 of this document contains the government’s response to its 1 July 2013 open letter consultation on rules governing smart and advanced metering in the non...

Consultation outcome: Smart meters: draft amendments to supply licence conditions for domestic and non-domestic markets
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response published.

The government is seeking views on a number of proposed changes to Supply Licence conditions, including amendments clarifying the policy position and amendments resulting...

Consultation outcome: Domestic market: licence conditions to implement the EU Energy Efficiency Directive provisions on consumer access to consumption and export data from smart meters
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Government response published.

The government is seeking views on draft licence conditions that would give effect to the government’s implementation of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive requirements...

Transparency data: DH workforce information: 2013
seen at 14:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: added workforce information data for December 2013

Information about the number of people employed by DH and its agencies during 2013 including:

staff headcount by grade the number of agency...
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visit Essex
seen at 14:31, 30 January in (Our copy).
TRH visit Essex
Ikon awarded six-figure funding for Black Country tour
seen at 14:31, 30 January in http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Latest entries (Our copy).
Ikon awarded six-figure funding for Black Country tour
Arts festival celebrating South African democracy awarded £290,000 for UK tour
seen at 14:31, 30 January in http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Latest entries (Our copy).
Arts festival celebrating South African democracy awarded £290,000 for UK tour
ORR occupational health programme update - January 2014
seen at 14:31, 30 January in What's new (Our copy).
ORR occupational health programme update - January 2014
Case 250 – Leisure centre bans martial arts club from laying out mats
seen at 14:31, 30 January in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A leisure centre has refused to allow a martial arts club permission to lay out judo mats for classes, on the grounds of health and safety.

Fitting firm fined over severe head injury
seen at 14:31, 30 January in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
A Bedfordshire fitting company has been fined for safety failings after a worker sustained a serious head injury in a preventable fall from a temporary scaffolding platform in Kensington.
Case 251 – Gym refuses to blend protein drinks not purchased from them
seen at 14:31, 30 January in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A sign in a gym informs customers that they do not make up protein shakes unless purchased from them, for health and safety reasons.

Finish line in sight for Audit Commission
seen at 14:30, 30 January in Audit Commission (Our copy).
The Audit Commission has issued a statement following the news that the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 received Royal Assent today. The Act makes it possible for the Audit Commission to close, in line with...
How are UK policymakers reacting to the IPCC report?
seen at 14:30, 30 January in Climate Change Committee (Our copy).

Four months after the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it seems a good time to ask: what impact has the IPCC assessment had in climate policy circles?

The IPCC...

Conflict resolution in South East Asia (WP1299)
seen at 14:30, 30 January in Wilton Park (Our copy).

Participants at this meeting were primarily from governments in South East Asia, relevant international organisations and United Kingdom officials and other experts who met to exchange thinking and experience...

Wilton Park working with IGAD in Kenya
seen at 14:30, 30 January in Wilton Park (Our copy).

In our first meeting in Kenya we continued our portfolio of work on disaster risk reduction by facilitating a regional discussion in Nairobi for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The meeting...

Thirteen to be charged over £2.5 million film tax fraud
seen at 14:30, 30 January in Crown Prosecution Service Press Releases (Our copy).
Andrew Penhale, Deputy Head of Fraud at the CPS, said: "Following an investigation by HMRC, the CPS has authorised charges against three women and ten men in connection with allegations that they conspired to cheat...
GUTERSLOH’S GOT TALENT 2014
seen at 14:30, 30 January in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

It’s that time again for ‘Gutersloh’s Got Talent 2014’, as always this is designed to be a FUN event to bring together the Gutersloh community, raise some money for charity...

Limited Service - PRB BAO
seen at 14:30, 30 January in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

Due to staff training the PRB Base Admin Office will be operating a limited service on Monday 3rd February from 0945 – 1145 hrs.

Telephone Assessment System (TAS)
seen at 14:30, 30 January in GEO - GEO (Our copy).

When you are unwell - DON'T come straight to the medical centre .... and WAIT! Stay at home, give us a call and let the Telephone Assessment System (TAS) take the strain.

Read ...

News story: PHE issues advice for travellers returning from China
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Chinese New Year takes place on Friday 31 January 2014 and marks the most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. Given the very small but increasing numbers of human cases of avian influenza A/H7N9...

Speech: Hugo Swire's speech at the British Council in Rangoon
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire said:

Saya sayama mya, aa-lon, mingalaba [Greetings, teachers, and all].

Introduction

This is my second visit to your fascinating and beautiful country as...

News story: The Fiver Challenge: pupils to start own business with a £5 loan
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Fiver Challenge will give thousands of pupils aged up to 11 the chance to set up their own business and learn about the world of enterprise.

Register your pupils to take part in the Fiver...

Press release: £2m awarded for local authority low carbon heat networks
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

More homes and businesses could soon be heated by a range of low carbon technologies, including energy from waste or heat taken from landfill, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey announced today.

Press release: Nick Clegg’s drive to make UK world leader in electric cars
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).
Backed by major car manufacturers

Major car manufacturers BMW, Nissan, Renault, Toyota and Vauxhall are all backing the Go Ultra Low campaign in a ground breaking partnership with government to debunk...

News story: New review into how more social homes can be built
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

An independent and wide-ranging review into how more social homes can be built has been launched by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and the Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, today...

Press release: Ambitious small businesses given tailored expertise to grow
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Thousands of small businesses are set to receive expert help to grow their business as the successful providers of the £2.6 million Mentor Challenge Fund were announced today (30 January 3014).

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Statement to Parliament: Immigration fees and charging: consultation response
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).
The Minister for Immigration (Mark Harper):

People who need permission to visit the UK and those who want to live, work or study here must pay a fee. It is important that we seek input into how we ensure that...

Speech: UKTI Civil Nuclear Export Showcase
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).
Introduction

I am delighted to have the opportunity to join you today at the UKTI Civil Nuclear Export Showcase and to talk to you about the UK’s new nuclear programme.

These are exciting times for ...

Speech: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).
Journeys

So far this afternoon, we have heard about journeys punctuated with suffering,

with immeasurable loss,

and with the scars which still bear their memory.

Journeys to a new life...

News story: Investing in social enterprise: government publishes policy roadmap
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The government has today (Thursday 30 January) published its Social Investment Roadmap, setting out plans to extend support in the tax system for the ways that people can invest in social enterprise - ...

Press release: Shigella dysentery on the rise among gay and bisexual men
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

A new campaign to warn gay and bisexual men about the risk of Shigella dysentery is being launched today by Public Health England (PHE) in partnership with Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), as new figures show a ...

Press release: Young Enterprise partners with Virgin Money and Department for Business to launch new enterprise challenge for primary school children
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).
school children will be encouraged to set up a business and watch their money grow the Fiver Challenge will provide schools with &pound;5 for every pupil taking part Lord Young launches a call for...
Press release: BIS confirms ICE Academy campuses not entitled to student support designation
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed that the ICE Academy’s campuses in Manchester, Bedford and Croydon have never been designated for student support. Students at these campuses...

News story: British Ambassador to the Philippines nominated in British Muslim Awards
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The awards recognise the valuable contribution and achievement of British Muslims in various aspects of society including business, charity, sport, arts and culture, and public service. Asif’s nomination is a...

News story: The story of the UK's work in Afghanistan
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Ministry of Defence has teamed up with the Cabinet Office, the Department for International Development, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the National Security Council to put together a joint online...

Press release: Professor Philip Nelson appointed as chief executive and deputy chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Universities and Science Minister David Willetts today (30 January 2014) announced the appointment of Professor Philip Nelson as chief executive and deputy chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...

Statement to Parliament: Ukraine: Update and government response
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

David Lidington said:

I wish to update the House on the situation in Ukraine and the Government’s response.

Peaceful protests began in Kyiv on the evening of 21 November 2013, as a result of ...

Press release: £165m fund to help housing benefit claimants
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

This &pound;165 million builds on the &pound;180 million funding this year and ensures continuing financial support.

Councils also have until 3 February 2014 to bid for top-up funds if they need...

News story: International Development Minister visits Burkina Faso to see progress in ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone is visiting Burkina Faso to see the progress the country is making in eliminating Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C).

The UK is backing an ...

Statement to Parliament: Justice and Home Affairs: post-council statement
seen at 14:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May):

The informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 23 and 24 January in Athens. I attended the interior day on 24 January on behalf ...

Statistics: Safety in custody statistics quarterly update to September 2013
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

An increase in self-inflicted deaths contributed to a small increase in the overall number of deaths in prison custody in the 12 months to September 2013. Overall, the number of deaths in prison custody has remained...

Statistics - national statistics: Farm business income
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include 2013/14 figures.

This publication gives annual statistics about farm business income in England. This represents the financial return to all unpaid labour on their capital invested...

Statistics - national statistics: Food chain productivity
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include 2012 figures.

The total factor productivity of the United Kingdom food chain is examined within the four main food industry sectors and compared to the wider economy. Total ...

Statistics - national statistics: Learner participation, outcomes and level of highest qualification: January 2014
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published January 2014 release.

This is a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) statistical first release (SFR), published by The Data Service.

Publication data Underlying...
Statistical data set: Farm business income, net farm income and cash income time series
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include 2013/14 forecast figures.

This time series includes annual statistics for farm business income, net farm income and cash income. These are the three main measures of farm income...

Statistical data set: Children entering detention under Immigration Act powers
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added December 2013 table.

The figures maybe revised in subsequent quarterly immigration publications and should be seen as provisional.

2013

December 2013 (ODS, 20.5KB) <...

Statistical data set: Monthly asylum application tables
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added November 2013 tables.

Tables of number of applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom and tables of pending applications received for asylum since April 2006.

2013

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Statistics: Export of objects of cultural interest Statistical Release 2012-13
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Information on the operation of the export controls on objects of cultural interest, produced by Arts Council England on behalf of DCMS.

Annual statistics on the operation of the export controls on objects...

FOI release: Statistics on IB/SDA and ESA claimants with a condition of alcoholism, drug abuse, severe stress and obesity in GB, May 2010 to May 2013
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Freedom of Information query and response for statistics on Incapacity Benefit (IB)/Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants with a primary medical condition of ...

Statistics: Rural health
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest Rural Health statistics published.

This publication looks at a range of health indicators intended to give an indication of the quality of life people have and the quality of health care...

Statistics: Energy trends section 4: gas
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest tables published.

Press enquiries should be directed to the DECC press office: Tel: 0300 068 5223. Other enquiries about these statistics should be directed to Michael Williams, Michael...

Statistics: Energy trends section 6: renewables
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest table 6.4 published.

Press enquiries should be directed to the DECC press office: Tel: 0300 068 5223. Other enquiries about these statistics should be directed to James Hemingway, e-mail...

Statistical data set: Energy trends section 7: weather
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest tables published.

Average temperatures and deviations from the long term mean (ET 7.1)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 317KB

This...
Statistics: Non-domestic rates collected by local councils in England: forecast for 2013 to 2014
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Supplementary tables added.

Details of the forecasts of national non-domestic rates to be collected by local authorities in England were announced on 12 February 2013.

The main points from...

Statistics: Youth justice statistics
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New statistics for 2012-13 added

Statistical notice: additional statistics on prisoners and youth justice

The releases are produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals...

Statistics: Experimental statistics from the 2013 MoJ /DWP /HMRC data share
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

The data share updates and expands an initial data-share conducted in 2011. It forms part of a series of ongoing annual data-shares between the departments with the aim of improving understanding of the links...

Statistics - national statistics: Proven reoffending statistics - April 2011 - March 2012
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).
Proven re-offending quarterly – April 2011 to March 2012

This report provides key statistics on proven re-offending in England and Wales. It gives proven re-offending figures for adult and juvenile offenders...

Statistics: Childcare and early years survey of parents: 2012 to 2013
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

This survey aims to provide:

up-to-date and accurate information on parents’ childcare arrangements

their views of particular childcare providers

childcare provision...

Statistics: Transport and travel in rural and urban areas
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest statistics on transport and accessibility to services in rural areas are published today.

This publication identifies differences in travel behaviour, levels of mobility and access to services...

Statistics: Rural investment
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest statistics on capital investment in rural businesses published.

This publication shows the capital investment per employee in rural and urban areas. Capital investment is where companies...

Statistics: Methodological changes to First Time Entrants statistics
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

The tables in this statistical notice present the impact of the methodological change to the first time entrants statistics.

Table 1 presents updated statistics on first time entrants to the criminal ...

Statistics: Rural businesses
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest statistics on rural businesses published today.

Businesses, and the employment opportunities they provide, are a very important aspect of the rural and urban economy. Changes in the numbers...

FOI release: Non-UK nationals NINo registrations: Feb 03 to Feb 13
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Freedom of Information query and response on non-UK nationals NINo registrations: working age benefit claimants by client group and nationality, February 2003 to February 2013.

Statistical data set: Monthly and annual prices of road fuels and petroleum products
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest table published.

Table last updated 30 January 2014.

Monthly: Typical/average annual retail prices of petroleum products and a crude oil price index (QEP...
Statistical data set: Domestic energy price indices
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest tables published.

Tables last updated 30 January 2014.

Retail prices index UK: fuel components in the UK/relative to GDP deflator (QEP 2.1.1 and 2.1.2)
Statistical data set: International road fuel prices
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest table published.

Table last updated 30 January 2014.

Monthly: Premium unleaded petrol/diesel prices in the EU (QEP 5.1.1 and 5.2.1)

MS...

Statistics: Energy trends section 3: oil and oil products
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest tables published.

Press enquiries should be directed to the DECC press office: Tel: 0300 068 5223. Other enquiries about these statistics should be directed to:

All tables, except...

Statistical data set: Annual January prices of road fuels and petroleum products
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest table publish.

Table last updated 30 January 2014.

Annual prices: Typical retail prices of petroleum products 1970 to 2010 (QEP 4.1.3)

...

Statistics - national statistics: UK milk prices and composition of milk
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with prices to December 2013.

Most milk produced in the UK is bought by dairies (registered ‘milk purchasers’) for processing. Defra runs a monthly survey in England and Wales to collect...

Statistics: Statistical Digest of Rural England 2014
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: January 2014 Statistical Digest of Rural England published.

This edition of the Digest includes updates on:

Businesses Capital investment Transport Health

The Poverty section will...

Transparency data: HMT workforce management information: October 2013
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).
Notes These figures are not official statistics. They are internal workforce management information published in the interests of transparency. These figures have not been reconciled centrally with National ...
Transparency data: HMT workforce management information: November 2013
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).
Notes These figures are not official statistics. They are internal workforce management information published in the interests of transparency. These figures have not been reconciled centrally with National ...
Corporate report: Cabinet Office food sustainability
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

The information shown in the spreadsheet relates to food purchased under the Cabinet Office’s total facilities management contract for the department’s central London estate. This data was collated using both...

Transparency data: New school proposals
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New spreadsheet added showing the agreed sponsor for the new academies in Camden and Barnet.

‘Local authorities currently seeking proposers’ contains details of all local authorities seeking proposers...

Policy paper: Water Bill: retail exits
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

This briefing note explains the government’s position on allowing incumbent water and sewerage companies to ‘exit’ from the retail market.

Statistical data set: Commodity prices
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with new 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 ...

Consultation outcome: Fees and charging: immigration and visas consultation
seen at 10:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Consultation responses added.

This document does not contain proposed fee levels. These will be determined as part of our annual review of immigration and nationality fees.

We are keen ...

News story: PHE issues advice for travellers returning from China
seen at 10:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Chinese New Year takes place on Friday 31 January 2014 and marks the most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. Given the very small but increasing numbers of human cases of avian influenza A/H7N9...

Press release: £2m awarded for local authority low carbon heat networks
seen at 10:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

More homes and businesses could soon be heated by a range of low carbon technologies, including energy from waste or heat taken from landfill, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey announced today.

News story: Energy trends and prices statistical release: 30 January 2014
seen at 10:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Highlights for the 3 month period September to November 2013, compared to the same period a year earlier include:

Primary energy consumption in the UK fell by 3.0%, but was up 1.4% on a temperature adjusted...
Press release: £5 million government cash injection to transform community buildings
seen at 10:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Seventeen community buildings including a football stadium, cinema and pubs as well as open spaces such as a park and nature reserve are today (30 January 2014) benefitting from a &pound;5.5 million government...

Press release: City Deal signed to create thouands of jobs in Oxford and surrounding area
seen at 10:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Oxford and the surrounding area will be given a cash injection to create thousands of new jobs, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will announce today as he signs the landmark Oxford City Deal handing power over...

Press release: Nick Clegg’s drive to make UK world leader in electric cars
seen at 10:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will make the announcement today (30 January) as he launches a joint campaign with car manufacturers to promote the benefits of ultra low emission vehicles.

Backed by major...
News story: New review into how more social homes can be built
seen at 10:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

An independent and wide-ranging review into how more social homes can be built has been launched by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and the Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, today (Thursday...

Press release: The Foreign Secretary's Chinese New Year message
seen at 10:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Foreign Secretary William Hague said:

I would like to wish a very happy New Year to Chinese communities around the globe, from Hong Kong and Shanghai to San Francisco and Sydney, and of course ...

Statement to Parliament: Project management
seen at 10:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

I have today (30 January 2014) given the Information Commissioner a certificate under section 53 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) both as it applies for the purposes of the Act itself, and as...

Speech: The importance of open societies and economies in Asia Pacific
seen at 10:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Speaking in Manila, the Philippines, at an event hosted by the Asian Institute of Management on Thursday 30th January 2014, the Foreign Secretary set out the importance of countries across the Asia Pacific region...

Housing Demolitions and Hazards in Wales - 2012-13
seen at 09:34, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Presents data on dwellings demolished and hazards found.
Northern Ireland Road and Rail Quarterly Bulletin - July - September 2013
seen at 09:34, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
The publication contains data relating to public transport and petrol and diesel deliveries to Northern Ireland.
International Trade in Services - 2012
seen at 09:34, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Detailed product, industry and geographic breakdowns of imports and exports of services, mainly based on data from the International Trade in Services (ITIS) Survey.
Child mortality statistics: Childhood, infant and perinatal - 2012
seen at 09:32, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Annual statistics on stillbirths, infant deaths and childhood deaths occurring annually in England and Wales.
Birth Cohort Tables for Infant Deaths - 2011
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Annual infant deaths that have been linked to their corresponding birth record. Ages for infants born in a given calendar year.
Marriages, Divorces and Civil Partnerships in Northern Ireland - Statistics for New 11 Districts, 2008-2012
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Number of marriages, divorces and civil partnerships registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Deaths in Northern Ireland - Statistics for New 11 Districts, 2008-2012
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Deaths registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Births in Northern Ireland - Statistics for New 11 Districts, 2008-2012
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Births registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Census 2011 - Key Statistics for New 11 Districts in Northern Ireland
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This release comprises Key Statistics from the 2011 Census for the new 11 districts in Northern Ireland, a Quick Statistics table on Population Density will also be published.
Forecasts of Farm Business Income by farm type - 2013/14: Farm Business Survey, England
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Presents forecast income figures based on results from the Farm Business Survey.
Milk Prices And Composition Of Milk - December 2013
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides statistics on the average farm gate milk prices and the average butterfat and protein content of milk produced in the UK.
Monthly Energy Statistics - January 2014 - November 2013 data
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provides statistics on energy prices and monthly production and consumption of coal, electricity, gas, oil and total energy for the UK.
Defence Inflation Estimates - 2012/2013
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
The statistical notice will present a chain-linked Laspeyres price index and corresponding year-on-year price growths for personnel expenditure, contract expenditure and overall defence inflation
National Non-Domestics Rates to be collected by Local Authorities - 2013-14 Supplementary Tables
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Details of national non-domestic rates to be collect by local authorities
Provisional Agricultural Income News Release (Northern Ireland) - 2013
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Provisional agricultural incomes figures.
Northern Ireland: Security (Baroness Randerson)
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Theresa Villiers) has made the following Ministerial Statement:

This is the fifth bi-annual update to the House on the security situation in...

Northern Ireland Security Situation (Theresa Villiers)
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

This is the fifth bi-annual update to the House on the security situation in Northern Ireland and my third such statement as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Overall situation

The latter half...

DSA Procurement (Stephen Hammond)
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

I am pleased to announce that, in accordance with the commitment previously given to reduce the costs of learning to drive, new contract arrangements will see a reduction in the cost of the driving theory test...

Research and analysis: Understanding localised policy interventions: start-up loans in England’s south-west
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Start-up loans is a government-backed scheme to fund and mentor young entrepreneurs.

This research aims to:

understand the rationale for the localised approach assess the effectiveness ...
Consultation outcome: Ensuring doctors have sufficient English language capability
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Final consultation outcome published.

This consultation seeks views on proposals to change the Medical Act 1983 to give the General Medical Council (GMC) more power to take action where concerns...

Corporate report: DVLA's environmental policy
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Update to DVLA’s environmental policy.

This policy tells staff, contractors, suppliers and the public that DVLA is committed to reducing any negative effect it has on the environment.

...

Transparency data: Local authority interactive tool (LAIT)
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Tool updated with new data.

This tool compares data related to children and young people across all local authorities in England. It can also be used to make comparisons over time.

The ...

Research and analysis: School performance and parental choice of school
seen at 09:31, 30 January in Search (Our copy).

This report looks at the school choice system in England, which is an important component of the market-based accountability that is central to raising standards.

The report questions whether parental...

International Trade in Services, 2012
seen at 09:30, 30 January in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
This 2012 International Trade in Services statistical bulletin provides a detailed breakdown of UK annual trade in services, by product, industry and country. These estimates are derived from the Office for National...
Childhood, Infant and Perinatal Mortality in England and Wales, 2012
seen at 09:30, 30 January in Media Centre RSS (Our copy).
Annual statistics on stillbirths, infant deaths and childhood deaths occurring annually in England and Wales.
Administration of Benefits, including overpayments, cost councils £829m
seen at 09:30, 30 January in Audit Commission (Our copy).
Councils administer housing benefit on behalf of central government. They also administered council tax benefit until it was replaced in April 2013 by local council tax support schemes. Councils’ local arrangements...
Speech: World Economic Forum (Davos) 2014: speech by David Cameron
seen at 09:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The key challenge for politicians and business leaders in Europe is how we make a success of globalisation.

For years the West has been written off.

People say that we are facing some sort of ...

Speech: Hugo Swire's speech at the British Council in Rangoon
seen at 09:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).
Introduction

This is my second visit to your country as a Foreign Office Minister. I first visited just over one year ago, shortly after I took up my ministerial post. I am delighted to be back, and grateful...

News story: The Fiver Challenge: pupils to start own business with a £5 loan
seen at 09:30, 30 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The Fiver Challenge will see thousands of pupils aged up to 11 have the chance to set up their own business and learn about the world of enterprise.

Register your pupils to take part in the...

Housing Demolitions and Hazards in Wales - 2012-13
seen at 02:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Presents data on dwellings demolished and hazards found.
Northern Ireland Road and Rail Quarterly Bulletin - July - September 2013
seen at 02:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
The publication contains data relating to public transport and petrol and diesel deliveries to Northern Ireland.
International Trade in Services - 2012
seen at 02:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Detailed product, industry and geographic breakdowns of imports and exports of services, mainly based on data from the International Trade in Services (ITIS) Survey.
Child mortality statistics: Childhood, infant and perinatal - 2012
seen at 02:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Annual statistics on stillbirths, infant deaths and childhood deaths occurring annually in England and Wales.
Birth Cohort Tables for Infant Deaths - 2011
seen at 02:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Annual infant deaths that have been linked to their corresponding birth record. Ages for infants born in a given calendar year.
Marriages, Divorces and Civil Partnerships in Northern Ireland - Statistics for New 11 Districts, 2008-2012
seen at 02:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Number of marriages, divorces and civil partnerships registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Deaths in Northern Ireland - Statistics for New 11 Districts, 2008-2012
seen at 02:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Deaths registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Births in Northern Ireland - Statistics for New 11 Districts, 2008-2012
seen at 02:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Births registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
Census 2011 - Key Statistics for New 11 Districts in Northern Ireland
seen at 02:31, 30 January in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This release comprises Key Statistics from the 2011 Census for the new 11 districts in Northern Ireland, a Quick Statistics table on Population Density will also be published.