The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, welcomed German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to London today.
The talks covered the crisis in Ukraine, the conflict in Syria, and negotiations on Iran...
Updated: This document has been updated to reflect the new consular rates as at February 1 2014
Fees are non-refundable, subject to change and an official receipt must be given for all fees.
Updated: Updated the Table of Consular Fees
A full list of Consular fees
Delivering Differently presents suppliers with an opportunity to support a small number of pioneering local authorities, either individually or in partnership, to select and implement new models of delivery for...
Updated: Removed PDF files “Ministers hospitality received July to September 2012” and “Ministers overseas travel July to September 2012” as they are now out of date. CSV versions of these files were already ...
As the government is increasingly operating as a single customer, there is a greater need for central government departments to share procurement information. This note sets out the actions that should be taken...
This form is to be used by park home site owners when consulting home owners on the proposed rules or changes to the rules.
proposal notice form: online version - use this form if you wish to complete...
This form is to be used by park home site owners when notifying home owners of the outcome of a consultation and to set out the rules the site owner - subject to appeal rights - intends to adopts.
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This form is to be used by park (mobile) home site owners to notify home owners that an agreed deletion of, or to, the site rules have finally been deposited with the local authority.
notification...
The defence and energy declarations and the space communique from the UK-France Summit 2014.
Updated: No actual changes made - just a review of this publication to help answer a further EIRs publication on the same topic.
Documentation regarding the Western Waters (ICES Area VII) Edible & Spider...
These guides are for local authorities to help them use data from the early years census 2014 to:
calculate the full-time equivalent (FTE) places in their regions adjust FTE places for providers...
Crab management EIRs: additional documentation regarding the Western Waters (ICES Area 7) Regime edible and spider crab effort management.
This form is to be used by park (mobile) home site owners to notify home owners when the agreed rules have finally been deposited with the local authority.
notification of deposit form: online version...
Updated: updated Northern Line status to 'signed'
This table lists the status of projects that are currently prequalified for the UK Guarantees scheme and are seeking finance.
Our policy is to publish...
Updated: Replaced document with updated guidance.
Localising Council Tax support is part of a wider set of reforms to the welfare system. Councils will design local Council Tax reduction schemes for working...
A scaffolding firm has been fined for dangerous scaffold installations at sites in Wantage and Oxford.
The National Archives has released almost 500 files from 1984, including papers from the Prime Minister's Office and the Cabinet Office.
The following collections of papers have been accepted in lieu of tax by the government.
A collection of Second World War RAF casualty packs is now available to view at The National Archives.
The National Archives has received a grant of nearly half a million pounds from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to improve fundraising knowledge and skills in the archives sector.
Today The National Archives is making thousands of digitised First World War unit war diaries from France and Flanders available online.
Following a year long project, Mind the Gap: Rigour and Relevance in Heritage Science Research, a team of leading academic and cultural institutions have published their findings and recommendations.
Event date: 20-22 February 2014, London Olympia
Today The National Archives is making the digitised records of over 8,000 individuals seeking exemption from conscription into the army in Middlesex during the First World War available online.
The National Archives and the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) are pleased to announce a new partnership to accelerate progress with the revision of the Manorial Documents Register
Two 48-hour strikes have been announced on the London Underground network in the next fortnight.
Ten people have been rescued after the bus they were travelling on was hit by a large wave in Newgale.
Milford Haven Coastguard was contacted just after 7pm this evening (1 February 2014) with reports...
Six people have been rescued from their fishing boat after it was damaged in the rough sea off the north Cornwall coast.
Falmouth Coastguard was first contacted about the French fishing boat Le Sillon...
A search has been carried out tonight for a swimmer last seen in Barry Harbour just before 8.30pm (1 February 2014).
Swansea Coastguard received a call from a concerned member of the public reporting ...
A search is continuing this morning for an angler who was reported missing in south Aberdeenshire.
Aberdeen Coastguard received a call from a sea angler at around 3am today (2 February 2014) reporting...
The Foreign Secretary William Hague said:
It is a great pleasure to welcome my new colleague Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on his first visit to London as Foreign Minister of Germany.
Germany is one...
Following renegotiation of the aircraft carrier contract to deliver savings to the taxpayer, the Defence Secretary has accelerated the Crowsnest airborne surveillance and control programme to ensure it is operational...
Following the meeting, a Downing Street spokesperson said:
The Prime Minister met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen this afternoon ahead of the forthcoming biennial summit which the...
This is departmental advice for anyone who is involved in the administration and scoring of the phonics screening check including:
headteachers teachers local authoritiesIt applies to:
all...
Summary of the first meeting of the Morecambe Bay Investigation Panel from Thursday 28 November 2013.
Summary of the second meeting of the Morecambe Bay Investigation Panel from Wednesday 11 December 2013.
These case studies are a collection of personal stories by disabled people in political life, as part of the Government’s Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Strategy. They describe the experiences...
These documents contain the Department of Health’s workforce equality data in narrative form and Annex A which contains a detailed breakdown of the Department’s workforce on all equality strands, and other areas...
Updated: Added new issue of desider magazine for February 2014 issue 69.
desider is the monthly corporate magazine for Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). It is aimed at readers across the wider MOD...
Updated: Added new issue of 60 second digest for February 2014.
The ‘60 second digest’ is designed to provide a quick and comprehensive overview of recent and forthcoming changes to human resources policy...
Updated: Updated with February 2014 version.
The following is a list of the most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation showing their respective classifications...
Updated: Updated to include latest cattle compensation prices.
Prices for selected agricultural and horticultural produce are published on a weekly or monthly basis in the following spreadsheets. The data...
Updated: UK science and innovation systems map image file added
This report identifies the UK’s underlying strengths and weaknesses and indicates the priority areas that need to be addressed if we are to...
In September 2014, a new duty will come into force on governing bodies to make arrangements to support pupils at school with medical conditions.
We are seeking views on the draft statutory guidance which...
Updated: Updated with January 2014 version.
This chart shows the regulation of precursor chemicals in the UK (dated January 2014).
This data is extracted from Ofgem’s Renewables and CHP Register and includes all applications currently pending accreditation. A pending application may be a new application, an application amended to add capacity...
Updated: Added more 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 <...
Updated: Added supplementary table with 'Appenticeship programme starts by sector framework' data.
This is a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) statistical first release (SFR), published...
This table was released alongside the visa regulation written ministerial statement by Mark Harper on 3 February 2014.
Updated: Updated the consultation outcome as the changes will now come into effect by the end of March 2014, rather than original planned date of January 2014.
This consultation affects driver and rider...
Updated: The following amended transparency returns have been updated: July to September 2012 Ministers overseas travel, July to September 2012 Ministerial hospitality, October to December 2012 Ministers overseas...
Updated: Executive summary report added
Proposed scheme for improving the A14 around Cambridge and Huntingdon, together with widening works on the A1 between Alconbury and Brampton, over a total length ...
The test administrators’ guide provides advice to schools participating in the 2014 key stage 2 national curriculum assessments. It includes instructions for administering levels 3 to 5 and level 6 key stage ...
These promotional videos are part of a wider collection of New Enterprise Allowance campaign materials. The campaign has 2 main aims:
encourage more people to consider becoming self-employed as a...
Updated: Updated list of organisations, up to date as of 4 February 2014.
New Enterprise Allowance can provide money and support to help people start their own business if they get certain benefits and ...
Poor standards of welfare and unsafe work on building sites in the West Midlands will be targeted this month as part of an annual push to reduce death, injury and ill health in the industry.
This guidance provides information regarding the repair of fork arms of fork-lift trucks (FLT), and alerts all to certain bad practices which may cause FLT arms to fail.
Official statistics on employment, unemployment, inactivity, jobs and the Claimant Count for regions, local authorities and parliamentary constituencies.
The reassessment of existing claimants of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) continues as the roll out of a replacement benefit fit for the 21st Century – Personal Independence Payment (PIP) – is extended to cover...
I am disappointed that the UN Special Rapporteur has failed to correct a number of inaccuracies that have been repeatedly been made clear, meaning her recommendations are of very limited relevance.
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The minister published final allocations for this year’s New Homes Bonus payments, totalling over £900 million, which will be shared among England’s 353 councils.
Today’s announcement (3 February...
At an event hosted by the Local Government Association (LGA), Minister for Women and Equalities Helen Grant today announced the Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund will be extended to help cover...
Updated: Added link to YouTube video.
One in 3 women diagnosed with breast cancer in England each year are aged 70 or over. This age group also accounts for more than half of all breast cancer deaths annually...
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin officially opened Wakefield Westgate’s new train station today (3 February 2104) during a tour of multi-million pound infrastructure projects being rolled out across...
Minister for Immigration (Mark Harper):I am today announcing proposals to change the fees for immigration and nationality applications made to the Home Office and for services provided by the department. The...
Read the full press release.
At the meeting the Deputy Prime Minister reinforced the increasingly strong political dialogue between the UK and Colombia and discussed the growing economic relationship; in particular, the deepening science...
Updated: Added data for senior civil servants' international travel.
The Department for Education publishes quarterly details of:
all expenses by senior civil servants all hospitality received ...
Joint Service Publication (JSP) 912 is issued for the purpose of promulgating Ministry of Defence policy regarding the process of human factors integration (HFI) in defence systems for service personnel and contractors...
Contains breakdown of staff by grade for core BIS, including UK Trade and Investment. We also include information on our approach to ensuring our staff are part of an equal and diverse organisation.
Updated: This is abuse: discussion guide updated.
This discussion guide is to help with the use of campaign materials to facilitate discussion with teenagers on the issues surrounding abuse within their...
In this meeting, CoRWM members reported back on recent meetings that they had observed or attended with DECC and Scottish Government Sponsors, and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Research Board Chair...
Treaty publication news, changes to the status of bilateral and multilateral treaties involving the UK plus depositary actions.
This is departmental advice for anyone who is involved in the administration and scoring of the phonics screening check including:
headteachers teachers local authoritiesIt applies to:
all...
Updated: The Government Response has been published.
In the November 2011 consultation on the Green Deal and Energy Companies Obligation, the government proposed the introduction of a market-based...
Updated: The government response has been published today.
This consultation seeks views on a small number of technical amendments to the Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012. The...
FOI requesting information on abnormal weather events.
Updated: Tool revised.
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 tool presents ...
Updated: Added call-out box highlighting that applications for G-Cloud 5 open in mid-February.
The next version of the G-Cloud framework is G-Cloud 5. The application process for joining it opens mid-...
Updated: Corrected title of table 4 of the 'Mandatory Programmes Official Statistics' from 'Skills Conditionality Demographic Breakdown for the period August 2011 to February 2013' to 'Skills Conditionality Demographic...
Updated: New Consular Fees
A full list of Consular fees
Summary of the third meeting of the Morecambe Bay Investigation Panel from Wednesday 15 January 2013.
After a decade of delivery across West Northamptonshire, WNDC has started its formal closure process.
At the start of February, legislation will be laid in parliament to enact the closure of the Corporation...
UKAD completes its pre-Games prevention programme for Team GB athletes competing at Sochi 2014
Speech by Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls
Live births and infant deaths by gestational age, birthweight, multiplicity, mother's age, marital status, household occupation and ethnic group
BFG COUPON SELLING PRICES 1. With effect from 0001 hrs 1 Feb 14, BFG fuel coupon selling prices for Feb 14 will be as follows:
Attractions and events to visit in the local area - February-April 2014
updated 03/02/2014
There has been an increased number of coupons being rejected by the German Customs Authority, because of the following problems:
Vehicle Registration Number incorrectly annotated or...
Updated: New information regarding the unaffiliated sites
DVLA warns that when applying online for your driving licence, you should always make sure you use the official GOV.UK site.
DVLA has been...
Over 5 days, Exercise Pashtun Tempest saw more than 100 soldiers from 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards learning to operate the new Husky and Foxhound vehicles in readiness for the tour, which will be the last Afghanistan...
Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts, announced the appointment of a new Non-Executive Chair of the Student Loans Company (SLC) today (3 February 2014), Mr Christian (Chris) Brodie...
The reassessment of existing claimants of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) continues as the roll out of a replacement benefit fit for the 21st Century – Personal Independent Payment (PIP) – is extended to cover...
Thank you very much for that kind introduction.
It’s a pleasure to be here at the London Academy of Excellence - and to be able to congratulate the students and teachers of this superb new free school...
The publication ‘UK flight information services (CAP 774)’ outlines airspace and associated procedures for civilian and military air traffic services operating in classes F and G of UK airspace. The document...
Updated: Added data for October 2013.
Spend via government procurement cards (GPCs) over £500 for the Department for Education and its executive agencies (EAs) has been made available in line ...
Updated: Added data for October 2013.
The government set out the need for greater transparency across its operations to enable the public to hold public bodies and politicians to account. This includes ...
A letter from Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools Lord Nash to the St Neots Learning Partnership regarding the unacceptably low standards of performance of pupils at Ernulf Academy.
Updated: Added pre-warning notice to Ernulf Academy information.
A list showing all academy trusts that have received pre-warning notice or warning notice letters from the Department for Education...
Updated: Latest Plug-in Car Grant scheme claims until 31 December 2013 released.
Latest update figuresAs of 31 December 2013, 6709 claims have been made through the Plug-in Car Grant scheme.
Overview...
Updated: Latest Plug-in Car Grant scheme claims until 31 December 2013 released.
Latest uptake figuresAs of 31 December 2013, 404 claims have been made through the plug-in van grant scheme.
Overview...
The declaration, which comes ahead of national leaders’ discussions over the EU’s 2030 energy and climate policy framework, reiterates the two Governments’ shared view that nuclear power has a critical role to...
Today (3 February 2014), ICE Benchmark Administration Ltd took responsibility for administrating the London Inter Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
This is a key milestone in the process to restore the reputation...
The record for the number of online returns, set last year when 7.93 million people filed over the internet, was also broken, as 8.48 million were sent online to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). This represents...
John Manzoni is to join the civil service as Chief Executive of the Major Projects Authority (MPA), Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude announced today.
Most recently President and ...
This document contains a ministerial response to the interim report on the regulation of the general aviation (GA) sector, which has been produced by the independent General Aviation Challenge Panel. The...
The document below sets out details of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) expenditure with suppliers via Government Procurement Card covering transactions that exceed £500 during November 2013.
Updated: Updated to include latest weekly prices.
This weekly publication includes averages of the most usual prices charged at the English wholesale markets in Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool and New Spitalfields...
Updated: Updated response and full agreement with no clauses redacted.
South West Water - FOI information about the funding agreement between South West Water and Defra.
Updated: Minor change to expand on title description.
Flags FOI: amount of money, if any, that has been spent by Defra on flags in each of the last 5 years.
Minister for Education and Childcare Elizabeth Truss writes to all childminders in England informing them about government reforms designed to make it easier to work as a childminder and to attract new people...
The agenda and papers available for the PHE Board meeting for 3 February 2014.
Updated: Added data for July to September 2013.
Facility time is paid time off during working hours for trade union representatives to carry out trade union duties.
Following a consultation in...
UK Visas and Immigration asylum process guidance about how we make decisions.
Updated: Added new ad hoc pre-announcement for 7 Feb 14 - Long term sickness absence in GB / the UK: Analysis of the Labour Force Survey, October 2010 - September 2013.
This document provides details of...
TPAS is to appear on the One Show on Wednesday 5th February 2014. The program will highlight our work, and the service which we provide to the public. Also, TPAS's Chief Executive, Michelle Cracknell...
Media reports today have highlighted levels of bacteria present in sampled floodwater.
In response, Debbie Stark, Consultant with Public Health England’s Devon, Cornwall and Somerset Centre, said:
Tom Kelly starts today as a non-executive director to the department. He is currently the corporate communications director at Network Rail.
Tom previously spent sixteen years with the BBC working in...
Do you have experience of seeking help from a British Embassy, Consulate or High Commission when travelling or living overseas? Did you get the support you were looking for? The House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs...
Updated: Updated with new advice on sanctions for poor behaviour.
This departmental advice is for school leaders and school staff.
It applies to all schools in England.
It explains the powers...
HSE has again teamed up with the Forestry Commission to host the events, which are dedicated to raising awareness of important health and safety issues specific to the forestry industry.
Nick Clegg will be the most senior British government minister to visit Colombia since 1992.
Leading a high-level delegation, the Deputy Prime Minister will be accompanied by Trade and Investment Minister...
One in 3 women diagnosed with breast cancer in England each year are aged 70 or over. This age group also accounts for more than half of all breast cancer deaths annually, latest figures show. This age group ...