Asked about the government?s policy on onshore wind, the PMS said the government wanted communities to have a greater say in the planning process. Onshore wind played a role in the wider renewable energy agenda...
Asked about the sale of Royal Mail, the PMS pointed to what the PM had said in a press conference that afternoon. The taxpayer was benefiting from the receipts of the sale and the company was now able to compete...
Asked about the government review into the Muslim Brotherhood, the PMS said the review would look across the board at the Muslim Brotherhood, its links to organisations in the region and in the UK itself.
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Asked whether the Prime Minister had confidence in Maria Miller, the PMS said that he did.
Asked for the PM?s approach to immigration levels, the PMS said the PM wanted to see net migration fall to under 100,000.
Asked where the PM did his shopping, the PMS said the PM had already discussed the various supermarkets he shopped in.
Asked about Eric Pickles? recent comments on atheism, the PMS said the Prime Minister had expressed his views on faith in the UK many times.
Asked about the recent developments in Ukraine the PMS said that the government continued to monitor the situation carefully and that all parties should show restraint.
Asked whether it was true that consideration was being given to allocating an extra week?s ?holiday? for MPs, the PMS said he was not aware of any changes to the Parliamentary timetable.
In response to questions on Maria Miller, her apology and her position as Culture Secretary, the Prime Minister?s Spokesman pointed journalists to what the Prime Minister had said on the matter.
Evaluation of a decade of DFID and World Bank supported HIV and AIDS programmes in Vietnam from 2003 to 2012, including DFID’s management response.
This is a map showing directions to the NCTL in Coventry.
External evaluation of the Southern African Regional Social and Behaviour Change Communication Programme.
Evaluation of Zambia’s child grant program: 24 month impact report
Updated: Link to Pensions Increase (Review) Order 2014 added
The multiplier tables are produced to help scheme administrators correctly apply the annual increase to public service pensions, taking into ...
Updated: Added notice Iran (Human Rights) (Reg 371/2014) and updated consolidated list
In 2011, the European Union imposed restrictive measures on persons responsible for serious human rights violations...
This FOI response explains how FCO appointments are made by merit through fair and open competition so no information is held on the split in English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish representation. Staff are...
Updated: Updated list to reflect notice Iran (Human Rights) (Reg 371/2014)
HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in effect in the UK, ...
The EXP21 is the form for claiming reimbursement for travel and other expenses incurred in the course of attending:
a disciplinary hearing an induction appeal an event at the invitation of the Department...
The ‘State of the Relationship’ report by the National Centre for Universities and Business, sets out the important and varied relationships between universities and businesses.
Updated: Updated with recent statement
This page brings together the latest statements and articles from the government on the situation in Ukraine:
Foreign Office travel advice for Ukraine <...
Following the phone calls, a Downing Street spokesperson said:
The Prime Minister spoke separately to Chancellor Merkel and President Hollande this morning to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. ...
For many, 1994 was a year of progress and inspiration.
The world saw the final end of apartheid, with the election of Nelson Mandela.
Here at home we saw the opening of the Euro-Tunnel, so it ...
The Prime Minister said:
I want to send my very best wishes to Jewish people in Britain and across the world as the festival of Passover begins.
Passover marks the Children of Israel’s release...
Passover 2014: message from Nick Clegg
The full transcript is below:
I want to wish Jewish communities, within Britain and around the world, a happy and peaceful Passover.
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We will run two, one-week vacation schemes in the summer of 2014, with a total of 10 placements available. The dates are:
7 July to 11 July 2014
14 July to 18 July 2014
The WorkWhether...
Updated: Section on eligibility conditions revised.
This guide covers the operational delivery of further education (FE) initial teacher training bursaries.
It is aimed at providers, but can be ...
Ministry of Defence response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 3 March 2014 for the number of UK armed forces men injured in Afghanistan and subsquently prescribed a male sex hormone from 2001 onwards...
MOD response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 13 February 2014 for the number of Military Provost Guard Service soldiers who failed the annual fitness test or have been medically downgraded between...
This public dialogue on Significant Water Management Issues (SWMI) was undertaken within the context of the Environment Agency’s Challenges and Choices consultation.
The Sciencewise supported dialogue...
Provides information for the Department for Business, Information and Skills on suspended and still unsuspended extant licences for export to the Russian military
This information has been released by...
CoRWM’s proposed programme of work outlines CoRWM’s remit and upcoming priorities. It also provides a breakdown of the allocation of resource that will be spent on each area of work. This has been submitted to...
Updated: Advice document updated.
This departmental advice is for:
school leaders school business managers back office staff governing bodiesIt relates to maintained schools.
This...
Updated: Updated framework suppliers document added.
The suppliers listed within this document been approved by the department as capable of providing a set of mandatory services to educational institutions...
FOI: 1159
I require a copy of the data protection information share agreement entered into between you and your chosen partner for customer satisfaction surveys. This is requested to be in portable document...
FOI: 1158
Between the 1 December 2013 and 1 March 2014:
Please provide me with the number of complaints or comments received by DBS concerning workforce entries for Taxi or Private Hire drivers...
FOI: 1157
Please can I have the application figures for the top 50 RBs. Can this include 5 tabs for:
1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009 1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2010 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011 1 Jan 2012 - 31 ...
FOI: 1156
Please can I have 12 excel spreadsheet tabs one for each month of 2013 indicating the amount of disclosures requested by the top 10 RBs in that month.
FOI: 1155
The information that I require relates to a specific telecommunications contract.
I have sent this request previous but the contract information sent by the organisation has expired ...
Updated: Added expenses for October 2013 - December 2013.
Expenses for Bernard Herdan, non-executive director - DBS board member.
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Updated: Added expenses for October 2013 - December 2013.
Expenses for Bill Griffiths, non-executive director and DBS board chairman.
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Updated: Added expenses for October 2013 - December 2013.
Expenses for Caroline Tapster, non-executive director - DBS board member.
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Updated: Added expenses for October 2013 - December 2013.
Expenses for Donald Findlater, non-executive director - DBS board member.
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Updated: Added expenses for October 2013 - December 2013.
Expenses for Tom Davies, non-executive director (Welsh representative) DBS board member.
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Updated: Added expenses for October 2013 - December 2013.
Expenses for Richard Black, non-executive director (Northern Ireland representative) DBS board member.
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Updated: Added expenses for October 2013 - December 2013.
Expenses for Mehmuda Mian, non-executive director - DBS board member.
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Expenses for Jane Clayson, director, change directorate at the DBS.
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Updated: Added expenses for October 2013 - December 2013.
Expenses for Janet Gauld, DBS director of operations (barring).
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Updated: Added expenses for October 2013 - December 2013.
Expenses for Adriènne Kelbie, DBS chief executive - DBS board member.
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Updated: Added expenses for October 2013 - December 2013.
Expenses for Adele Downey, deputy chief executive and director, corporate services - DBS board member.
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Updated: Added expenses for October - December 2013.
Expenses for Sue Quigley, director, operations (disclosure) and DBS board member.
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This statutory guidance is for local authority monitoring visitors. It provides instructions on carrying out monitoring visits for the phonics screening check.
Schools are also advised to read this guidance...
Updated: Additional forms have been attached which manufacturers should use when notifying DVSA that they intend to issue a recall or non-coded action.
This guide provides ‘best practice’ advice on how ...
Updated: Replaced PDF with revised version with added workaround information to the compatible operating systems and web browsers sections.
Find out why you can’t save your online statement and which IT...
Headteachers and teachers should read this guidance for information on timetable variations for key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
Updated: Monthly statistics added.
About these statisticsThese statistics aren’t classed as an ‘official statistic’. This means that they are not:
subject to scrutiny and assessment by the...
Jim Skea, CCC committee member and vice-chair of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Working Group III, set out the CCC’s response to the third IPCC report in an article for the Guardian.
...
New figures released today show that free schools are proving hugely popular with parents - attracting almost 3 applications for every available place.
The department surveyed all open free schools for...
There are a range of electronic services available online, alternatively the opening times for our contact centre can be found below:
Date Opening hours Thursday 17 April 8am...
The government will consult on plans to introduce a new strict liability criminal offence for individuals who hide their money offshore.
Under the plans announced by the Chancellor, HM Revenue & ...
The ceremony is held every year in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London.
It awards the rank of Queen’s Counsel to either practising barristers or practising solicitors with Higher ...
HMS Echo is scouring the southern Indian Ocean to find the ‘black box’ flight recorder from missing flight MH370, which disappeared from radar screens on 8 March 2014 with 239 people on board.
The ship...
More than 96,000 people interested in giving a vulnerable child a stable, loving home have contacted First4Adoption in just 12 months - an average of 327 new contacts every day.
First4Adoption, the government...
Communities Minister Stephen Williams MP today (14 April 2014) announced 123 more communities will be taking control of neighbourhood schemes to boost employment, combat crime and improve the health of residents...
The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said:
I was deeply saddened to hear of the bomb explosion in the east of Abuja. I unreservedly condemn those responsible and hope they are swiftly brought to justice...
Updated: Change to consultation end date
The Falmouth Bay to St Austell Bay potential Special Protection Area (pSPA) is recommended for internationally important populations of overwintering divers and ...
Updated: Added Sennybridge firing times for May 2014.
The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberry’s, smart phones...
The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
This notice includes the permit and decision document for:
Operator name: Aggregate Industries...
The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
This notice includes the permit and decision document for:
Operator name: M J Girking Limited...
Updated: Updated Fair Chance Fund: questions and answers.
The Fair Chance Fund is a payment by results programme of up to £15 million that aims to improve outcomes for a group of young, homeless...
The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
This notice includes the permit and decision document for:
Operator name: Augean Treatment...
The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
This notice includes the permit and decision document for:
Operator name: Navitas Environmental...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
...
This brochure covers:
improving the business environment for Life Sciences supporting the UK’s vibrant research base improving the quality and efficiency of clinical translation providing access to...
Locally-led large scale housing schemes are an important vehicle for meeting the country’s housing needs. By definition they are complex, needing to resolve multiple issues, but they also provide an excellent...
Updated: Document added: ILR specification 2014 to 2015 XML schema definitions: version 1 (14 April 2014)
These documents set out the details of the data about further education (FE) learners and their ...
Updated: Timeline document updated.
This document explains the steps we are taking, throughout 2014, to implement the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) schemes which will start in 2015.
It summarises...
This leaflet provides an introduction to the new 2015 CAP schemes, and an overview of what they will mean for you. The leaflet includes:
some details of the Basic Payment Scheme, the greening rules and ...
HMRC is an effective, efficient and impartial tax and payments authority. We collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support. We help...
Updated: Updated for factual accuracy from discussions with a stakeholder.
In this meeting, CoRWM members reported back on recent meetings that they had observed or attended with DECC and Scottish Government...
At this meeting, members reported on meetings they have attended both as observers and participants since the last plenary. This includes meetings with the Welsh Government, the Nuclear Innovation and Research...
DFID government e-payments framework transactions March 2014.
At this meeting, attendees reflected on a meeting that took place earlier that morning with the Welsh Government Minister. The Welsh Government talked about DECC’s Siting Consultation that was issued in Wales...
Updated: Updated data collection tool pack and counter-party identifier list published
This page contains detailed guidance for English local authorities, central government bodies and public corporations...
BGS receives award recognising excellence in women's employment in STEMM.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) and the University of Nottingham have announced a new research facility, the Centre for Environmental Geochemistry.
Follow the Herring project travels down the East Coast
The One Stop in Barker Barracks will be CLOSED on Tuesday 22nd April due to a change in location.
From Wednesday 23rd April the One Stop will be located in ...
Please find a link to the Primary Care Patient Survey. http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/primarycaresurvey Please spend just a couple of minutes of your time to complete this survey in...
The governments of the UK, Saudi Arabia and Yemen will co-chair the next Friends of Yemen meeting in London on 29 April 2014. The Friends of Yemen was established in 2010 to co-ordinate international support ...
Communities with ideas for a new generation of garden cities will receive support from the government to turn their ambitions into reality, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Communities Secretary Eric Pickles...
This represents a third of all UK Apache flying, a huge proportion of the total. Apache helicopters have been conducting operations in Afghanistan since 2006, deploying initially with 16 Air Assault Brigade...
The Highways Agency will be clearing 7 out of 10 sets of road works to help minimise congestion and smooth journeys over the bank holiday weekend.
Updated: Updated with recent statement
This page brings together the latest statements and articles from the government on the situation in Ukraine:
Foreign Office travel advice for Ukraine <...
The London event, organised with the support of the European Commission, will also cover the VAT Mini One-Stop-Shop (MOSS) business simplification system.
From 1 January 2015, businesses will have to...
This consultation seeks comments and views on the contents of the draft European Social Fund (ESF) Operational Programme for England 2014 to 2020 (part of the 2014 to 2020 European Structural and Investment Funds...
We want to know what you think about the intended abolition of the Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee (HGTAC).
The Environment Agency routinely measure, monitor and report on a range of hydrological parameters to assess the water situation across England. They do this using their own hydrometric data, together with data...
Updated: Consultation response published
As announced at Budget 2013, the government has published a consultation paper on how to increase the level of Gift Aid take up on digital donations, such as those...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Hong Kong. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Hong Kong growth potential trade between the UK and Hong Kong opportunities...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Ukraine. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Ukraine growth potential trade between the UK and Ukraine opportunities ...
Updated: Updates
For more information on any of the events, contact the UKTI team in Egypt.
Details of cumulative operating hours since 1 January 2008, where limited by the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD) are also shown.
The remaining stations that chose the National Emissions Reduction...
Since 2010 the government has committed to increase the transparency and sophistication of its modelling of the effects of policies. As part of this, HMRC has been developing a Computable General Equilibrium...
This guide covers:
Regeneration and Investment Organisation (RIO) opportunities to invest in UK projects online access to RIO projects help from UK government investment successes enterprise zones...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Russia. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Russia benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and ...
Updated: S106 forecast underlying data added.
The annual school capacity survey 2013 provides information for:
May 2013 on the numbers of: primary school places secondary school places...
These scorecards show the progress each local authority in England has made in providing new primary school places between the academic year 2009 to 2010 and the academic year 2012 to 2013.
They also...
A proposal to make an exemption from the requirement for a licence to generate electricity in respect of the Avonmnouth Biomass facility. Responses by 12 May 2014.
Updated: Updated to include the following appointments: Non-Executive Director of Monitor and Members of the Commission on Human Medicines.
Details about appointments made to the Department’s public bodies...
This UKTI publication has information on:
introduction to the UK rail sector current and future infrastructure projects (High Speed 2) opportunities for investment
This guidance should be read before submitting an avoidance request for low flying military aircraft. If once you have read the policy you still wish to apply for a Request low flying to be temporarily stopped...
Updated: No deadline - text removed to reflect final amendments to prospectus
Increasing the supply of new homes is a key priority for the coalition government. We have already done a great deal - mortgage...
Updated: Replaced 'Defence financial management policy manual' with the latest version.
Joint Service Publication (JSP) 462: financial management policy manual provides policy, rules and guidance on the...
This Year's SERVICE COMMUNITY OFFICIAL GUIDE is now out! It contains Local Information, Important Numbers + Service, Schools, Leisure Facilities and Your Accomodation.
&...
The Minister of State for Disabled People has called on Britain’s football leagues to take urgent action to redress the ‘woeful’ lack of appropriate support and space for disabled spectators at many stadiums ...
An 8 mile section of the motorway in Hertfordshire is the first in the country of a new style of ‘smart motorway’ schemes where pioneering technology and use of the hard shoulder as a permanent running lane combine...
The governments of the UK, Saudi Arabia and Yemen will co-chair the next Friends of Yemen meeting in London on 29 April 2014. The Friends of Yemen was established in 2010 to co-ordinate international support ...
Updated: Adding Welsh and English language expnatory notes
Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, have today (20 March 2014) introduced the Wales...
Communities with ideas for a new generation of garden cities will receive support from the government to turn their ambitions into reality, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Communities Secretary Eric Pickles...
Later life newsletter 54 (March 2014) has the latest news on policy changes, good practice and initiatives and their impact on older people.
To subscribe to the later life newsletter, email: simon....
These videos are part of a wider collection of spare room subsidy communications materials. They may be used by local authorities, housing providers and support organisations to explain the changes in ...
Following the Easter Holidays Year 6 pupils at John Buchan School will be given an awe inspiring experience. Over the last several weeks the caretaker has been busy digging down into the courtyard area...
Please find details of the increase in contribution for those who pay towards the XY scheme, wef 01 Apr 14. These increase will show up in the April pay packet and will range between £4.34...
Today we are launching a Digital Inclusion Strategy that aims to reduce the number of people who are offline by 25% by 2016.
As part of this, we have also launched a new Digital Inclusion Charter...
Updated: The version is updated on 14 April 2014 according to the requirement from Consular Section.
Adoption in Vietnam for British nationals
Updated: The version is updated on 14 April 2014 according to the requirement from Consular Section.
Credit/Debit Card Payment Authorisation Slip – Vietnam
Updated: The version is updated on 14 April 2014 according to the requirement from Consular Section.
UK emergency travel document
Updated: The version is updated on 14 April 2014 according to the requirement from Consular Section.
Service Request Form for legalisation and notarial services
Updated: Updated 14 April 2014
A full list of Consular fees
Please find the attached application form
The Department for Education invites views on proposed detailed technical guidance for core maths qualifications to be introduced in September 2015. Early teaching trials of newly accredited qualifications will...
‘Transforming Primary Care’ sets out plans for more proactive, personalised and joined up care, including the Proactive Care Programme, providing the 800,000 patients with the most complex health and care needs...
Baroness Kramer has visited Worcestershire to see how the county is recovering from the recent floods.
As the county’s Ministerial Representative for Flood Recovery, she met with representatives from ...
Thank you Madam President,
The United Kingdom is gravely concerned by events in Eastern Ukraine, which have escalated over the last 48 hours with armed men seizing control of government buildings and ...
Launching four new Squeaky ducks, designed for athletes from the four home nation teams competing at Glasgow 2014