It’s a pleasure to be here at Jodrell Bank – the iconic home of astronomy in our country and a place that stands out for its work on pulsars, quasars, gravitational lenses and many other heavenly phenomena. But...
Following the Summit, a Downing Street spokesperson said:
The Prime Minister welcomed the Taoiseach at Downing Street today for the third Anglo-Irish Summit, where both leaders agreed that bilateral...
Medical Detection Dogs
Asked whether the PM thought teachers knew about the world of work, the PMS said the UK currently had the highest calibre cadre of teachers ever seen, who worked very hard. They were very knowledgeable ? not least...
Asked about the situation in Ukraine, the PMS said the government wanted to see discussion and de-escalation. Any attempt by Russia to legitimise the result of the Crimean referendum would have further consequences...
This contains items from the EFA e-bulletin on 9 January 2014, which was published on the Department for Education website. It is here mainly for reference - please note that some links may have changed following...
Updated: Added meeting minutes for 5 March 2014.
Minutes of the DSF: Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Sub Forum, chaired by the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology (Min (DEST)) ...
This contains items from the EFA e-bulletin on 6 February 2014, which was published on the Department for Education website. It is here mainly for reference - please note that some links may have changed following...
Updated: Published four more unofficial translations of this publication
This document summarises the conclusions of the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade in London on 13 February 2014. It...
This contains items from the EFA e-bulletin on 6 February 2014, which was published on the Department for Education site. It is here mainly for reference - please note that some links may have changed following...
This contains items from the EFA e-bulletin on 19 February 2014, which was published on the Department for Education site. It is here mainly for reference - please note that some links may have changed following...
This contains items from the EFA e-bulletin on 6 March 2014.
Items for academies EFA news Information: EFA moves to GOV.UK EFA news Reminder: closure of the IM portal Assurance...
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 of the...
Transport Minister Robert Goodwill has helped the RAC unveil an animated cartoon mascot created by Aardman studios who will help teach children about staying safe on the road.
Horace the dog was created...
Updated: Added link so that applicants can register their interest for next year.
With National Apprenticeship Week well under way, the Cabinet Office has reported a 30% increase in the number of...
New analysis produced by the Treasury today shows the Scottish Government’s deficit forecast for the first year of independence is billions of pounds out of step with all other recent forecasts.
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‘Secret’ badger culling activity
Academy trusts with new academies opening between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014 should complete and submit the 2013 to 2014 budget forecast template published on this page within 6 weeks of receiving their final...
Education Funding Agency (EFA) oversees the arrangements which provide Parliament with assurance that academies operate to high standards of propriety and regularity.
EFA wants to make sure that accountability...
Education Funding Agency (EFA) oversees the arrangements which provide Parliament with assurance that academies operate to high standards of propriety and regularity.
EFA wants to make sure that accountability...
Education Funding Agency (EFA) oversees the arrangements which provide Parliament with assurance that academies operate to high standards of propriety and regularity.
EFA wants to make sure that accountability...
Letter from Peter Lauener, Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency (EFA), to academy accounting officers about the 2013 Academies Financial Handbook (June 2013).
For non-contractual payments over £50,000, academies must seek prior approval from Education Funding Agency (EFA) using the academies severance payments form.
You must submit your plans to the Environment Agency and apply for Flood Defence Consent if you want to:
do work on or near a main river, flood or sea defence make changes to any structure that helps ...
All academy trusts are required to complete an annual value for money statement to help them self-assess what they have done to maximise the impact of their money.
The statement must be signed by the...
In January 2014, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) introduced a new process for academy trusts to submit financial returns such as budget forecasts and accounts returns.
Rather than submitting by email...
Letter from Peter Lauener, Chief Executive of Education Funding Agency (EFA), to accounting officers of academy trusts about academy governance and accountability (June 2013).
This is a list of generic indicators of potential fraud. These include personal and organisational motives for fraud, possible weakness of internal controls, transactional indicators and possible methods of committing...
Complaints about academiesAcademies and free schools are required to have complaints procedures meeting certain requirements by the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2010 and to...
Education Funding Agency (EFA) has published our governor top tips for governors of schools on the path to becoming an academy. The top tips are the things a board of governors need to think about before becoming...
This service statement provides a summary of Education Funding Agency’s (EFA) role and service in relation to academies.
Updated: Replaced 'Free schools: how to apply'.
There are 3 application windows each year. 2014 wave application windows:
January 2014 (wave 6) May 2014 (wave 7) Autumn 2014 (wave 8)Before...
All access to HE diplomas are being redesigned and new qualifications are being validated to be available for delivery with effect from 1 August 2014.
Learners and providers will be able to apply for...
The anti-fraud checklist is intended to help academy trust governors, accounting officers and heads of finance to review their arrangements for preventing, detecting and dealing with fraud, should it occur.
Updated: Updated spreadsheet - one pipeline project has been cancelled.
This spreadsheet gives details of all schools in the free school programme or pipeline, including:
type of school age group...
This series of property information notes (PINs) are to help academy trusts that are seeking consent for property transactions.
Each PIN suggests steps to be taken, lists the information that needs...
In January 2014, Education Funding Agency (EFA) published the impact assessment for the funding reduction for EFA-funded institutions and providers educating full-time 18-year-olds.
The Fair Deal policy allows newly transferring staff continued access to a public service pension scheme. It replaces the previous policy which required employers to provide transferring staff access to...
Letter to Graham Stuart MP, chair of the Education Committee from the Secretary of State for Education about the impact assessment for the funding reduction for Education Funding Agency funded providers...
Updated: All forms updated for wave 7 application.
There are 3 application windows each year. 2014 wave application windows:
January 2014 (wave 6) May 2014 (wave 7) Autumn 2014 (wave 8)These...
Updated: Revised marine guidance note and tale of responses released.
Provides up to date guidance concerning the mandatory safety requirements that apply nationally to inland waterway non-passenger vessels...
Updated: Annex A added to funding guidance for young people: sub-contracting controls.
Third party arrangements, often referred to as either sub-contracted or franchised provision, have created substantial...
On 13 December 2013, Education Funding Agency (EFA) wrote to Weald of Kent Academy Trust and Valley Invicta Academy Trust with a decision on their proposals for grammar school provision in Sevenoaks, Kent.
Lord Nash has written to Andrew Tyrie MP to confirm the Department for Education’s support for the Durand Academy boarding project in West Sussex, subject to planning approval, and setting out the department’...
The 16 to 19 demographic growth capital fund reconciliation and progress report form and the use of funds form are available for providers with current projects.
Updated: Updated documents for wave 7 application.
There are 3 application windows each year. 2014 wave application windows:
January 2014 (wave 6) May 2014 (wave 7) Autumn 2014 (wave 8)These...
Sixth-form colleges currently receiving the building condition improvement fund (BCIF) should use this final payments form for 2013 to 2014.
Updated: Added updated application forms for wave 7.
There are 3 application windows each year. 2014 wave application windows:
January 2014 (wave 6) May 2014 (wave 7) Autumn 2014 (wave 8)These...
In the interests of transparency we regularly publish minutes of board meetings.
Updated: Welsh version of factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This fact sheet is intended for support...
Updated: Replaced 'Pre-release access to official statistics order 2008' with updated document.
The following document is being updated and will be published on this page:
Statement of administrative...
Updated: Welsh version of factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This fact sheet is aimed at support...
Updated: Welsh version of factsheet updated with new information on how long to expect claims to take and new processes for special rules for terminal illness claims.
This fact sheet is aimed at support...
The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund supports the most financially disadvantaged 16- to 19-year-olds and those young people who most need help with the costs of staying in education.
Letter from Planning Minister Nick Boles to Sir Michael Pitt, Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate about inspectors’ reports on local plans.
Sets out the principles that underpin the SFA’s funding system and describes the features of the funding system for adult skills for the 2014 to 2015 funding year.
NERC has published its 2013 Impact Report.
UK scientists funded by NERC have just started a 12-month project to find out how the recent barrage of devastating winter storms affected the communities and coastlines of southwest England.
A Coventry foundry has been fined after a worker broke three ribs after falling five metres through a fragile roof sheet while clearing gutters.
A gas fitter has been given a six month suspended prison sentence for carrying out illegal work on boiler installations in the Brixham area over a two year period.
A Bedfordshire-based powder coating firm has been fined after an employee suffered serious hand injuries when lifting equipment failed at the company premises in Leighton Buzzard.
This guidance is primarily aimed at employers and managers of people exposed to ozone in the course of their work. It draws attention to the potential ill health which exposure to ozone can cause and indicates...
A builder has been fined after two labourers sustained second degree chemical burns after working knee-deep in wet concrete for more than four hours at a development in south west London.
The Belfast Telegraph was inspired to create an apprenticeships’ campaign by the need for someone to do something positive to boost the economy. Between May and September 2012, the Telegraph’s “100 Jobs in 100...
It is also intended that the single charge will increase by 20 pence to £8.25 in the following year.
However, for the next two years the cost of a prescription prepayment certificate (PPC) will...
Transport Minister Robert Goodwill has helped the RAC unveil an animated cartoon mascot created by Aardman studios who will help teach children about staying safe on the road.
Horace the dog was created...
Asked whether the PM wanted to introduce a tax on sugar to curb obesity, the PMS said the government was working with industry to reduce salt, artificial fats and calories in foods. original source.
This document gives information about devolved formula capital (DFC) for academies.
Report on the funding provided to Sustrans to deliver the Linking Communities and Cycle Safety programmes, as announced in 2012.
The linking communities programme is creating and upgrading road...
The purpose of the sixth-form college (SFC) Building Condition Improvement Fund (BCIF) 2014 to 2015 academic year is to enable sixth-form colleges to improve the learning and teaching environments of their students...
The validation tool pinpoints if any part of the file is incorrect saving you time looking for errors.
Ensure you have read the system requirements and that you have the required software on your computer...
Property data survey programmeThe property data survey programme (PDSP) was set up to provide up-to-date and accurate information on the condition of schools.
The programme:
carried out...
This advice is non-statutory and sets out the Secretary of State for Education’s policy to protect school playing fields, and their powers to protect land for academies. This advice does not influence or affect...
Updated: Fee list updated.
A full list of Consular fees 2014
In line with the changes to notarial and documentary services outlined in the Consular Strategy 2013-2016, not all services on the Consular...
This reconciliation form should be used by independent specialist providers (ISPs) for the building condition improvement fund (BCIF), for the 2013 to 2014 and 2014 to 2015 academic years.
Updated: New document uploaded. Revised apprenticeships age at registration March 2014.
This statistical data set provides information on apprenticeships through a number of reports broken down by starts...
Updated: July to September 2013 data added
The above lists DFID Secretary of States’ returns detailing gifts (both received and given), hospitality, travel and meetings with external organisations
Updated: July to September 2013 data added
The above lists the DFID Minister of State returns detailing hospitality, travel and meetings with external organisations.
Updated: July to September 2013 data added
The above lists DFID Parliamentary Under Secretary of State returns detailing gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings with external organisations.
DFID special advisers business expenses, gifts, hospitality and meetings July to September 2013
Updated: Fee list updated
A full list of Consular fees
Table of data showing sixth-form college devolved formula capital (DFC) allocations, covering the 2013 to 2014 academic year.
Updated: Expanded definition of bullying to include the 'imbalance of power'.
This departmental advice is for:
school leaders school staff governing bodiesThis applies to:
maintained...
Updated: The latest version of the Enforcement Sanctions Policy contains new offences.
All road traffic and construction & use offences are laid down in the appropriate legislation. These form the basic...
This document gives an overview about devolved formula capital (DFC) for sixth-form colleges. It explains what it is, how it is calculated and how it is awarded.
Here you can find various forms related to capital expenditure at voluntary-aided schools, including forms:
to apply for additional costs for extra capital works above the original approval amount to ...
DWP welcomes any feedback that users may have on our Housing Benefit recoveries and fraud national statistics. In particular we would be interested in learning more about:
any additional needs you may have...
A short comparative analysis by HM Treasury of forecasts for the Scottish deficit in 2016-17, the Scottish Government’s proposed year of independence, and how these forecasts vary as a result of different assumptions...
These documents contain information about conditions of funding, timetable and making an application to the Targeted Basic Need Programme.
The Targeted Basic Need Programme will deliver around 74,000 new pupil places in 45 new schools and through the expansion of 333 outstanding and good schools. This is a list of projects selected in July 2013.
Advice about changes to the requirements for disposing of school land under Schedule 1 to the Academies Act 2010 (formerly Schedule 35A disposals).
When a foundation, trust or voluntary school is closed and being discontinued, those persons holding land for the purposes of the school are required to apply to the Secretary of State to decide what should happen...
The document, ‘schools for the future: designing school grounds’, is full of information, guidance and ideas to inspire the best possible designs for school grounds.
The guide also includes examples of...
This guidance contains detailed information for dioceses about the procedures and legislation governing Section 554.
Orders under section 554 of the Education Act 1996 (Section 554 orders) are made by...
Forms SF1 and SFC2 should be completed by sixth-form colleges undertaking significant capital disposals or acquisitions. Sixth-form colleges should refer to the statutory guidance capital transactions: sixth...
The following forms are available:
Form 1 to MOD Green Book: correspondent accreditation form
Form 2 to MOD Green Book: pre-deployment health checklist certificate (to be completed...
Updated: Published bulletin 01-2014 containing information on the annual increase in tariff and ceiling on charges for the NHS Injury Cost Recovery (ICR) Scheme. This bulletin supersedes bulletin 03-2013.
In the last 15 years, over £2bn has been invested in our museums, creating world-class museums and first-rate suppliers of products and services to the heritage industry.
As a result, the UK...
Technological innovation support programmes are an important way of funding emerging technologies and supporting innovative businesses to prosper.
This report updates the evidence on the type of innovation...
Fifth annual innovation report giving the latest available evidence on the UK’s innovation performance, and the contribution of business, government, higher education and research organisations to UK innovation...
Examines the potential of shared, large-scale scientific facilities to contribute to innovation beyond their immediate scientific aims.
An analysis of the ONS UK Innovation Survey 2011. We issued a preliminary report in 2012.
The main findings, and the analytical and policy issues arising from them, are presented in 4 sections...
Report that uses Research Council performance data to identify trends and check on developments in publicly funded science and research investment.
Updated: Removed opportunities - west Yorkshire - support for ex-offenders.
Jobcentre Plus wants partnerships with local public and voluntary organisations that will help unemployed people move off benefits...
Updated: Added revised tariff and cap (effective from 1 April 2014) to the NHS treatment and ambulance journey charges table (section 10.5 of the technical guidance).
The recovery of benefits and lump sum...
Updated: Added February/March 2014 edition.
A bi-monthly newsletter produced by Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Operations Accommodation for occupants of service family accommodation. The...
The UK's share of the global water technology market could be worth £8.8bn by 2030, providing 71,000 jobs, suggests a new report published today.
£4.65 million capital funding awarded to Bristol Old Vic
Ready to retire? ABI reforms may help you to get a better deal
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is rolling out new minimum standards that may help anyone who is planning to buy a retirement...
Updated: Government announces extra money for councils to repair local roads following recent prolonged period of severe weather.
Government departments, local authorities and agencies are working together...
Earlier this evening, HRH the Duke of York met representatives of Halo, the NI business angel network. It has facilitated the investment of nearly £7m by business angels into NI companies.
Halo...
This will create £150 million for the economy every single year after Science Minister sets out ambition for British science to be best in world.
Cutting-edge science projects to drive innovation...
Good afternoon,
I am very happy to be here today to open this training workshop on international standards of freedom of religion or belief. First of all, I would like to thank Aliya Duganova of...
I am today informing the House that, following consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the Rt Hon Lady Justice Hallett DBE has been appointed to conduct an independent review of the...
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said:
I am very saddened to hear that Bob Crow has passed away, and my thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
Like many, I will remember...
The first evaluation of how new rules designed to ensure that those working as contractors or ‘off-payroll’ pay the proper tax was published today by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander. It shows...
GoodGym, a growing social business that lets people combine working for good with working out in London has been recognised by Prime Minister David Cameron with a Big Society Award. The social business, founded...
Plans to give consumers greater access to redress if something goes wrong with their purchase of goods or services were outlined by Consumer Minister Jenny Willott today (11 March 2014).
In a consultation...
It’s great to be here supporting the LSE’s Energy Society.
The LSE was founded on a belief in collective action and social change.
And that’s exactly what we need in the decades ahead if we are...
Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May):The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 3 and 4 March in Brussels. My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling...
Kainos provides digital technology solutions that allow organisations and people to work smarter, faster, better. They work in the government, finance and health sectors.
HRH heard a brief company overview...
This publication holds the template documents for privately-financed Priority School Building programme (PSBP) projects. They are based on standard forms from previous programmes and are published for information...
Updated: Latest data available
Only estimates of tax allowances and reliefs costing less than £50 million in both years are included in this publication. Reliefs with higher costs, where they ...
Updated: Updated the DVLA logo
Application form to allow non-GB licence holders to apply for a driving licence counterpart (form D9).
Updated: Added 'Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions, Savings and Amendment) Regulations 2014: government response to the consultation'.
This consultation commences a second period of...
The Myplace programme was launched in April 2008. Following 3 competitive bidding rounds, a total of 63 capital grants of between £1 million and £5 million were awarded for the development...
Updated: Latest available data
This table shows:
the estimated number of taxpayers with a tax liability arising in the year the number of traders registered at 31 March
Updated: New file uploaded: apprenticeships vacancy age at registration March 2014
This statistical data set provides information on apprenticeships through a number of reports broken down by starts, achievements...
This document outlines the latest guidance on specification requirements for acoustics, lighting and ventilation in school buildings.
Baseline design for 1850 place 11 to 18 secondary school finger blockThe design shown is a 3 storey building for 1,500 pupils aged 11 to 16 and 350 sixth-form pupils aged 16 to 18. The school is devised as ...
Baseline design for a 105-place school with a 26 place nurseryThe design shown is a compact single-storey building for 105 pupils with a 26 place nursery. Key features of the design are that:
all classrooms...
Freedom of Information request about how confidential information within the Department for Transport is disposed. The request asks for information on the:
name of the contractor cost of the service ...
Baseline design for a 180 place school with a 26 place nurseryThe design shown is a compact single-storey building for 180 infant pupils with a 26 place nursery. Key features of the design are that:
...
Updated: Latest figures added for government procurement card transactions above £500 for Department for Transport (DfT) and agencies.
Government procurement card (GPC) transactions above &...
Baseline designs for a 210 place primary school and a 26 place nurseryThe design shown is for a compact single storey building for 210 pupils and a 26 place nursery. The distinction between the hall, kitchen...
We are seeking views on the government’s preferred approach to implementing the Competition Commission’s recommendations relating to the registration of local bus services. The remedies aim to improve competition...
Baseline designs for a 240 place primary school and 26 place nurseryThe design shown is for a compact single storey building for 240 junior pupils. Key features of the design are that:
all classrooms ...
Baseline design for a 420 place schoolThe design shown is a compact two-storey building for 420 pupils, with a 26 place nursery.
Key features of the design are that:
the infant and nursery classrooms...
Evaluation documentation for the Department for Transport campaign THINK! Cycling. The evaluation was conducted by the company TNS BMRB and includes pre and post research conducted amongst drivers and cyclists...
Baseline design for a 1,200 place secondary school: finger blockThe design shown is a 2 or 3 storey building for 1,200 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school is devised as a ‘kit of parts’ based on the suites of ...
Baseline design for a 1,200 place secondary school: superblockThe design shown is a 2 or 3 storey building for 1,200 pupils aged 11 to 16. This is a compact and efficient building form, with all but the sports...
In this section you will find information on baseline designs for schools. These demonstrate good practice that can be achieved within the set cost and area allowances. The details of the baseline designs are...
Baseline design for 1200 place 11 to 16 secondary school finger-block with an academic specialismThe design shown is a 3 storey building for 1,200 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school is assumed to be following...
Baseline design for 1,200 place 11 to 16 secondary school finger-block with a practical subject specialismThe design shown is a 3 storey building for 1,200 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school is assumed to be ...
Baseline design for a 1,120 place 11 to 18 finger-block secondary schoolThe design shown is a 3 storey building for 900 pupils aged 11 to 16 and 220 sixth-form pupils aged 16 to 18. The school is devised as...
The design shown is a 3 storey building for 1,200 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school is assumed to be following a curriculum which concentrates on music and sport. The school is devised as a ‘kit of parts’ based...
Baseline design for a 600 place secondary schoolThe design shown is a 3 storey building for 600 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school is devised as a ‘kit of parts’ based on the suites of spaces in the Schedule ...
Baseline design for a 630 place primary schoolThe design shown is a 2 storey building for 630 pupils, with a 26 place nursery.
Key features of the design are that:
the building wraps around a...
Building Bulletin 100 is a design guide for fire safety in schools.
Building Bulletin issue 101 is intended to give information about ventilation for school buildings.
Building Bulletin issue 102 is intended to give information about designing schools for disabled children and children with special educational needs.
Building Bulletin issue 90 is intended to give information about lighting design for schools.
Building Bulletin issues 98 and 99 are intended to give information about briefing frameworks for secondary and primary school building projects. You can find further information about both of these bulletins...
Updated: Added the DIN Digest for February 2014.
A DIN is an official document that tells people in the services or the Ministry of Defence about important instructions, guidance or other information that...
Updated: Added meeting minutes for November 2013.
The minutes of the Ministry of Defence Police Committee provide summaries of the meetings and the main issues discussed.
Related information MOD...
Updated: Published summary of responses and government response
This consultation is to seek views on the government’s proposals for the abolition of Food from Britain. This Defra sponsored Non-Departmental...
ClassVent and ClassCool tools can be used at the early stages of design to help to select a ventilation strategy.
ClassVent produces preliminary sizes for ventilation openings for a variety of ventilation...
This document provides information and advice about fire safety in new and existing school buildings.
This guidance is aimed at school providers, local authorities, dioceses and building professionals. It will also assist school staff and governors involved in school building projects.
Reducing the regulation and bureaucracy around school premises was recommended in the independent Review of Education Capital carried out by Sebastian James. The Secretary of State indicated his intention to ...
This document gives information about primary and secondary school design. It includes information about space standards and links to useful publications.
Thank you Roger - and to everyone for coming. I know that many of you have travelled far - so thank you.
I’m delighted we are all here to recognise the role you all play as college governors.
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Hundreds of new UK jobs have been announced as the UK takes centre stage as official partner country at CeBIT 2014, the world’s largest technology trade fair.
Opening CeBIT 2014 alongside the German Chancellor...
The government has laid before Parliament the Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions, Savings and Amendment) Regulations 2014 which makes the transitional provision between the existing local...
The Greater Brighton City Deal, to be signed today by the government, leaders of local authorities and the Local Enterprise Partnership, will expand the technological base at New England House to make it a major...
Foreign Secretary William Hague and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will meet Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister David Johnston to discuss foreign, defence and security policy challenges...
The latest statistics on the quarterly revenue expenditure outturn data for all local authorities in England, for quarter 3 of the financial year 2013 to 2014 (October to December 2013) was released on 11 March...
Updated: Latest weekly data published.
Table last updated on 11 March 2014.
Weekly fuel pricesMS Excel Spreadsheet, 248KB
This...
Passenger journey figures are based on data collected from a panel survey of the largest bus operators and are seasonally adjusted. The bus fares index is compiled from data provided by a representative sample...
The Education Funding Agency (EFA) business cycle 2014 sets out important, useful information for the next 12 months to help institutions plan ahead.
The cycle is available as a wall planner, both for...
The aim of the event was to bring together UK stakeholders in future cities research and innovation, to create a network with the Indian side. The workshop took place on 24-25 February 2014 at Taj Palace Hotel...
These property information notes (PINs) and forms are for academies to use when conducting property transactions.
The template access agreement should be completed by a contracting authority that wishes to use the EFA contractors framework.
A confidentiality agreement must be signed in order for EFA contractors framework pricing information relating to be released.
This template should be used for the development of feasibility studies (FS) for schemes being procured through the EFA contractors framework.
Standard EFA contractors framework invitation to tender (ITT) preparation and procurement documents and templates are available for download on this page.
This advice has been developed for users and panel members of the EFA contractors framework, to give guidance, direction and instruction about the framework and local competition process in 2013.
The preliminary invitation to tender (PITT) template is for users of the EFA contractors framework, and includes information about the initial engagement and short-listing processes under the framework procurement...
Updated: New guidebook added.
This document provides secretaries (for marriages) of synagogues with advice on their role at marriage ceremonies and how to keep accurate records. Use the new document from...
Updated: Edition 5 added.
The clergy newsletter from the General Register Office contains news, guidance and handy tips for registering marriages.
These documents set out the baseline designs and strategies for schools in the Priority School Building Programme, including:
acoustic strategy daylight strategy access and inclusion environmental...
These tables contain information about Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP) funding batches, including those funded by capital and private finance.
Updated: Added: 'Taxpayer-funded pensions for councillors and other elected local office holders: government response to the consultation'.
This consultation seeks views on access by councillors and other...
Generic design briefs which, together with the school-specific briefs, forms the facilities output specification and services output specification for the Priority School Building Programme.
There were 261 successful applications for PSBP, out of 580 eligible applications. The successful applicants are listed in this document.
Updated: Added closing date for receipt of comments.
We want to know your views on draft legislation aiming to make the new system of shared parental leave and pay meet the needs of parents and employers...
The HRA's National Research Ethics Service has a long-standing agreement with the HTA to provide improved processes for the establishment of Research Tissue Banks (RTBs). Professor Nalin Thakkar talks to the...
The Pensions Regulator is urging small and medium employers to find out when their new workplace pensions duties begin after research published today showed many have yet to check when automatic enrolment will affect...
I am writing to report discussions at the Energy Council in Brussels on 4 March, where I represented the UK. The Council discussed the Commission’s communication on energy prices and costs in Europe. Ministers...
Statistics presenting the latest quarterly data on passenger satisfaction, bus reliability and bus patronage in Great Britain.
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Measures the volume of production at base year prices for the manufacturing, mining and quarrying and energy supply industries. These are seasonally adjusted figures on the index of output of the production industries...
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
Following the successful completion of the first wave of City Deals in July 2012 with the ‘Core Cities’, the Government committed to work with a further 20 Cities and their wider areas to negotiate...
The EU Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) took place in Athens on 27 and 28 February 2014. I represented the UK on all the issues discussed at the meetings. A summary of those discussions follows.
I have made a statement under Section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 that, in my view, the provisions of the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill are compatible with the convention...
Following the successful completion of the first wave of city deals in July 2012 with the “core cities”, the Government committed to work with a further 20 cities and their wider areas to negotiate...
On 24 May 2012, I informed the House that the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) would commence a procurement process to assess whether the involvement of a strategic business partner offered the best ...
The Ministry of Justice requires an advance to discharge its commitments which are set out in its supplementary estimate 2013-14, published on 12 February 2014 as HC 1006 (CG supply estimates, supplementary estimates...
Carefully managing prisoners into the community on temporary licence toward the end of their sentence is a key part of efforts to rehabilitate them back into society. But this should never be at the expense of...