The Commission whose purpose is to provide advice to the Government on matters relating to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) would like to meet a number of people affected by low pay; to hear first-hand what impact...
This template should be completed together with the Conceptual model, environmental setting and installation design (ESID) report.
Updated: Application form updated.
Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have announced the next round of funding for the Release of Data Fund and the Breakthrough ...
The version of the operational programme above was used for the strategic environmental assessment. This version will not be used to send to the European Commission and is not being consulted on.
The...
Updated: Updated guidance.
UK Visas and Immigration modernised guidance for how it deals with applications from transit visitors.
Updated: Updated guidance.
Asylum support policy bulletin that provides guidance to UK Visas and Immigration caseworkers on dealing with queries about thte transportation and storage of possessions belonging...
Updated: Updated guidance.
Asylum support policy bulletin provides guidance to UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) caseworkers and external accommodation providers on preventing and responding to reports of...
Updated: Updated guidance.
UK Visas and Immigration asylum process guidance about how we make decisions.
Updated: New country guidance and information report on blood feuds in Albania.
Country information and guidance reports are used by UK Visas and Immigrations officials to make decisions in asylum and human...
Updated: Updated list for UK visa requirements, July 2014.
This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa...
Updated: Updated guidance.
UK Visas and Immigration asylum support policy bulletin about how we make decisions on asylum seekers’ support applications for accommodation in London or other areas.
This publication has practical steps for financial services companies who are thinking of locating in the UK.
It covers how you can:
apply for regulatory approval as a financial services business...
This edition of the School Direct bulletin includes a summer checklist, more on allocations 2015 to 2016 and details of the next online seminar on partnership agreements and recruiting.
Energy administrative timetable Phase 2 Action 26 June 2014 Reference made by Ofgem July–September 2014 Initial information requests; initial submissions from main and third parties...
Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman today. Commenting after the call, the Foreign Secretary said:
I spoke to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman...
The additional Reaper aircraft are flying from Kandahar Airfield to gather vital intelligence in support of Afghan, UK and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops on the ground.
The deployment...
Although best known as a tradeshow and airshow for the aerospace industry, space plays a significant role at the event. This year, 25 organisations, including the UK Space Agency and European Space Agency, will...
The patient is responding well to treatment and there is no risk to the general population.
As a precautionary measure, close contacts of the patient, including hospital staff involved in the patient...
Iconic British Fashion Designer and passionate cycling enthusiast Sir Paul Smith has designed 3 posters as part of the cultural celebrations of the Tour De France coming to the UK.
Sir Paul was asked ...
This update, on behalf of MOJ, is made in response to decisions by the:
UK Supreme Court in O’Brien v Ministry of Justice [2013] UKSC 6 Employment Tribunal on 2 January 2014 in Miller & Others v ...
Driving examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial Service union are planning to take strike action on Thursday 10 July 2014.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is doing everything...
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training (JAUPT) carry out audit visits of training centres and courses that are approved for Driver CPC periodic training.
The local government transparency code 2014 sets out the minimum data that local authorities should be publishing, the frequency it should be published and how it should be published.
The impact...
Updated: Updated indicators A2, A3, B5, B11 and C1 and the associated data sets.
These indicators monitor agricultural and environmental change in England and are updated as new information becomes available...
This publication shows spending data for DWP for quarter 4 (January to March) of 2013/2014.
Find out more about DWP quarterly data summaries.
Article 10 (1) to (3) of Protocol 36 to Treaties (the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) introduced a transitional period of 5 years following the entry into force...
Updated: Additional annex containing debt management guidance published
This document contains the 2014 to 2015 guidance for government departments on the budgeting framework that applies for expenditure...
BackgroundThe Intellectual Property Office has a routine policy in line with the Public Records Act 1958 (as amended) for the disposal of all documents in paper and electronic format where they are not retained...
The Code of Practice for Applicants and Agents aims to make the patent application process more efficient by encouraging applicants and agents to follow best practice. Although adherence to the Code of Practice...
The industry code of practice (ICOP) on perimeter soil gas provides guidance on determining appropriate action levels, compliance limits, and action protocols for managing the information gathered from perimeter...
This position supersedes all previously issued regulatory positions connected with the landfill of gypsum waste.
Updated: Updated modern accessibility standards compliant vehicles list.
A list of all the rail vehicles built or refurbished to meet modern accessibility standards, the spreadsheet is split by operator...
Updated: Information on bidding for the Youth Engagement Fund added.
The Youth Engagement Fund is a £16 million payment by results fund. It aims to help disadvantaged young people aged 14 to 17...
This document outlines the responsibilities for:
departments, recruiting managers and government suppliers recruitment agencies contractorsFor more information about security see the Security...
This regulatory position does not apply to other activities such as the spreading of leachate on grassland or crops other than coppice.
This presentation was given by Tony Porter at the IFSEC international conference on 17 June 2014 setting out his thoughts on his role as Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
This guidance is designed to complement the BREF and concentrates specifically on leachate treatment.
Updated: Dates for drop-in session have been corrected.
This document explains the plans to manage flood risk within the floodplains of the River Ravensbourne and Honor Oak Stream.
This template should be completed together with the Conceptual model and environmental setting and installation design (ESID) report.
Updated: Added issue 54 of the ESF newsletter.
The fortnightly newsletter for the European Social Fund (ESF) 2007 to 2013 programme in England covers local and national ESF news. It includes:
evaluation...
Updated: A review of the midata voluntary programme (BIS/14/941) was inadvertently published on this page slightly early. That review will be published on its own page very soon.
A summary of existing regulations...
Updated: Updated the validation rules for the 2014 to 2015 school census.
List of validation rules for suppliers developing software for school census collections during the 2014 to 2015 academic year.
This letter provides information on:
payment of authorities costs associated with Autumn Statement measures
Updated: Consultation now starting September 2014, not July 2014.
This document explains how the Environment Agency is reviewing 2 applications to renew abstraction licences held by Mr Alston at Catfield...
Updated: Updated pre-release access to Households below average income statistics.
We’ve published the DWP arrangements for pre-release access to statistics in the interests of openness and transparency...
This document contains the following information:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014 (for the year ended 31 March 2014).
This paper was laid before Parliament in response...
County Hall in Wiltshire
Results from British Athletics and British Cycling and squad news from the GB Rowing Team
Updated: Added link to speech which has now been given and is live.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon George Osborne MP, will visit Liverpool today (Thursday 3 July) to announce a package of...
Tough new measures to crack down on the menace of drug driving moved a step closer today (3 July 2014) after the government issued new guidance to healthcare professionals. The new offence of driving with...
Good morning.
Welcome to the Gridiron building, designed by David Chipperfield, who is here today (3 July 2014).
Once, it was a rail yard. Today it is part of Europe’s biggest transport interchange...
The Commission whose purpose is to provide advice to the Government on matters relating to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) would like to meet a number of people affected by low pay; to hear first-hand what impact...
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) hosted its third annual supplier networking day at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford on Tuesday 1 July 2014, attended by around 400 suppliers from industry and ...
Good afternoon everyone.
I’m really pleased to be here, and to see so many of you getting together to talk about the great survivor of the media world. Year after year, decade after decade, we’re told...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon George Osborne MP, today (Thursday 3 July) announced £22.5 million funding to support business growth in the North East - with special focus on rural communities...
In May 2014, the Defence Secretary announced the launch of a review of the exclusion of women from ground close combat roles. Today, 3 July, it has been announced that the review now has its terms of reference...
Bonjour Mesdames et Messieurs,
C’est un grand plaisir pour moi d’avoir été invité à prendre la parole aujourd’hui.
Le Conseil Franco-Britannique est une organisation extrêmement importante. L’...
Energy administrative timetable Phase 2 Action 26 June 2014 Reference made by Ofcom July–September 2014 Initial information requests; initial submissions from main and third parties...
The Low Pay Commission whose purpose is to provide advice to the Government on matters relating to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) has been asked to prepare a report for Government on the National Minimum Wage...
The Environment Agency believe the request for additional time is appropriate to allow local interested groups to respond as these are the first permit applications which include activities relating to high volume...
Asked a number of questions on whether the government would support the proposed Private Members? Bill on commitment to foreign aid spend, the PMS said that he would expect the government to take the same supportive...
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Updated: Updated guidance.
Asylum support policy bulletin about how UK Visas and Immigration decides whether to or how to recover overpaid asylum support.
This report outlines HMRC’s performance in resolving disputes with taxpayers for the period from August 2013 to March 2014.
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
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HM Revenue and Customs’ yield for the tax year 2013 to 2014 is at a record £23.9 billion, up by over £9 billion on the figure 3 years earlier.
Fast facts was first published on 27 ...
Decision letter and Inspector’s Report on appeals relating to applications for planning permission:
appeal A: 500 dwellings, care facility, mixed use local centre, landscaping and infrastructure appeal...
Decision letter and Inspector’s Report on an appeal against refusal of planning permission for 380 dwellings, employment uses and development.
The management of aquatic and riparian plants is essential to ensure the efficient functioning of many watercourses. Management needs to be cost-effective, take account of legal restrictions, and meet the objectives...
A review of the rainfall and river flow data for England covering the 7 day period (Wednesday to Tuesday).
Updated: Added updated chart for July.
This chart shows how the senior management of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is organised.
Updated: Updated to include cost recovery figures for June
The NHS Injury Costs Recovery (ICR) scheme aims to recover the cost of NHS treatment where personal injury compensation is paid, for example after...
Updated: New Investment and Risk update now available.
A round-up of forecasts and data with a special focus feature in each issue.
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Updated: extended consultation comments date
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater...
Updated: extended consultation date
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities...
Updated: Updates to indicators A4, A5, B12, C4 and DC1.
These indicators monitor agricultural and environmental change in England and are updated as new information becomes available. The date of the last...
Updated: FAQs updated.
broad subject: Police Service sub category: Police pay and conditions issue date: 28 March 2014 implementation date: 01 April 2014 from: Crime and Policing Group (CPG) – Policing...
This test produced a DNA profile at 6 target areas of DNA and a gender marker. SGM was superseded in 1999 by SGM PlusTM DNA profiling which produced a test result at 10 areas of DNA and a gender marker. SGM Plus...
The Davies Review in 2011 proposed that the executive search community should draw up a voluntary code of conduct to address gender diversity on corporate boards and best practice for the related search...
Updated: Underlying data from the report added.
This survey sets out the number and nature of information security breaches experienced by UK business in 2013. The report compares this data with the ...
Updated: Please note new Consular Fees for USA
A full list of Consular fees
Updated: new pdf
A full list of Consular fees
Provides a guide to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), highlighting key work carried out by the organisation and its aims and objectives for 2014/15.
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for the abstraction and impoundment of water.
These notices explain:
what the application is about which Environment Agency offices...
Items for academies Action online training for academies on financial returns and framework Action academies budget forecast return - new online form Information 16 to 19 accountability...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
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The final annual report and accounts for NHS Direct NHS Trust for 2013 to 2014, the trust was formally dissolved on 1 April 2014.
This paper was laid before Parliament in response to a legislative requirement...
The aim of the review will be to:
assess the current exclusion of women from ground close combat roles identify the benefits and risks of changing this policy make recommendationsThe review is to...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
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Updated: Updated contact details for South London ICE.
There are 19 immigration compliance and enforcement teams across the country. They work with the public and alongside police, HM Revenue & Customs...
Updated: Various links updated. 3.22 QTLS - maintained IfL registration requirement included. Page 7, 3.33, 4.14, 4.21, 4.39 Revision to the FSM uplift qualifying criteria. 4.22 Reference to the ITT Grant funding...
The guidance provides an explanation to healthcare professionals of the new drug driving offence including the statutory ‘medical defence’ available to patients who have taken their medicine in accordance...
Public Health England’s (PHE’s) weekly all-cause mortality surveillance helps to detect and report significant weekly excess mortality (deaths) above normal seasonal levels. This report doesn’t assess general...
Updated: Added updated Consular Fee Table
A full list of Consular fees
Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland produced by PCGN.
A report to Parliament on performance in complying with the timetables set for planning decisions between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014, under the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to the Planning...
Updated: Update to List of Young Persons document (01/07/14)
The guidelines are taken from the provisions in:
section 55 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels...
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has awarded £31.55 million to PCCs to provide victims’ support services from 1 October 2014 in their local areas.
MOJ has allocated the funding using a simple ...
The Ministry of Justice invited PCCs to compete for additional funding in April 2014 to help support victims in the priority categories:
victims of the most serious crimes persistently targeted victims...
Updated: Added 8 signed pledges.
More pledges About the corporate covenantThe corporate covenant is a voluntary pledge made by organisations who wish to demonstrate...
Updated: updated version of High needs: place numbers for the 2014 to 2015 academic year added
This publication sets out a list of allocated high needs place numbers for the 2012 to 2013, 2013 to 2014 ...
3 July 2014 - HRH The Princess Royal last night presented Cobalt Light Systems, a company born from technology developed by scientists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), with the prestigious...
Global microprocessor giant Intel® has chosen the Hartree Centre, part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), as its newest 'Intel® Parallel Computing Center' (Intel® PCC). This new collaboration...
Arts Council England announces investment plans for 2015-18 in London
Today we are making a third batch of 724 digitised First World War unit war diaries from France and Flanders available online via our First World War 100 portal.
We are introducing a new events programme for July to December 2014. See our diverse calendar of events, including:
We have switched our new web pages for Education and Information management from 'beta' to business as usual.
Due to nationwide industrial action by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), we will be offering a reduced service to the public on Thursday 10 July.
The UK government keeps aviation security under constant review in conjunction with international partners and the aviation industry.
We have taken the decision to step up some of our aviation security...
Mary Beard will lead a team of experts in a huge Twitter event, #TalkingWW1, on Friday 4 July from 9:00 to 18:45, marking one month till the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.
The...
Successful projects put forward for funding by Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) include:
body-worn cameras to support victims of racial hate crime and capture evidence of new incidents a specially...
My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and I met yesterday with the First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland to discuss the economic pact, ‘Building a prosperous and united community
Peter served as Social Security Advisory Committee chairman between 1984 and 1993. He had also been a Trustee of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation since 1972 and was its chair between 1996 and 2001.
MAS is a body set up by government to provide consumers with financial education and advice. The government committed to review MAS before the end of this Parliament and asked Christine Farnish to lead...
New figures show that the purchase of sugary fizzy drinks fell by more than 8% following Public Health England’s (PHE’s) Change4Life January 2014 campaign when compared with January 2013. This drop has been sustained...
Office for National Statistics figures released yesterday (2 July 2014) show that fire deaths in England have continued to fall, with 5% fewer deaths than last year, continuing a trend that has seen nearly a ...
Business Secretary, Vince Cable has today (3 July 2014) appointed entrepreneur, author and influential games industry figure Ian Livingstone as the Department for Businesses’ Creative Industries Champion.
The Highways Agency is delivering the improvements at the junction roundabout where the motorway meets the M67 and the A57 local road – a key commuter route into Manchester city centre.
Highways Agency...
Monitor has decided Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is no longer in breach of its licence to provide healthcare as it has taken a number of steps to enhance its executive and clinical leadership...
New data from the Taking Part survey released today show that more than half of adults in England (53%) had visited a museum or gallery in the last year, maintaining the high reached in 2012/13 and greater than...
The £11 million scheme will involve widening the roundabout at junction 4 – Lydiate Ash – and improving both exit slip roads.
Two existing bridges across the M5 will need to be widened as part...
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has published its 2014-15 Delivery Plan. It outlines an ambitious plan for developing and nurturing the very best of British entrepreneurial talent.
...
I would like to update the House on my work championing the issue of tackling violence against women and girls internationally, building policy coherence across Whitehall and pushing for as much progress as possible...
It’s a pleasure to be here, back in Liverpool. I was born and grew up a few miles from here in Chester. My parents worked at the university when computers were kept in labs, then for a mail order firm called ...
Public Health England (PHE) is aware of the escalating Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa. EVD is a form of viral haemorrhagic fever and currently more than 750 cases have been reported ...
Foreign Secretary William Hague has today spoken to his Ukrainian counterpart, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. During the call, he restated the UK’s strong support for the Ukrainian government and people, and...
Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP said:
The Parades Commission ruling and subsequent political developments today will provoke strong feelings from many in Northern Ireland but it is essential that the rule...
Tough new measures to crack down on the menace of drug driving moved a step closer today (3 July 2014) after the government issued new guidance to healthcare professionals. The new offence of driving with...
Updated: Document has been replaced following a change to the section 'Authorisation B6- to allow all cooked shellfish shells to be applied to land, subject to conditions'
This official statistics release ‘Performance indicators in higher education in the UK 2012 to 2013: second tranche’ is published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and relates to academic...
Updated: Adoption certificates UK and Channel Islands can be accepted.
The list of documents the applicant must provide is changing from the 1 July 2014. The new list is available within the guidance. The...
Updated: Additional downloads added for annex A and annex 1.
The funding agreement provides the framework under which an academy must operate.
There are different versions of the model to reflect...
Updated: Application forms updated.
This form asks for details of your organisation, including your aims and objectives, and which PAW objectives you will contribute to.
You can read more information...
Updated: Updated Energy Technology List documents added to the page.
The Energy Technology List comprises the technologies that qualify for the UK government’s Energy-saving Enhanced Capital Allowance (...
Updated: Issue 14 of Communications Update has now been published.
Communications update is published in the first week of every month.
It features information and marketing materials for Skills...
This page sets out the Business Statements by the Leader of the House of Commons for July 2014.
The Business Statement takes place every Thursday morning when the House is sitting, usually at 11:30am. ...
This document describes how Public Health England (PHE) will use marketing to support the objectives of its business plan and England’s public health system.
This single page reminder based on Immunisation against infectious disease: the Green Book helps health professionals vaccinate people correctly to protect them and their families from disease.
This guidance helps immunisers decide the appropriate response to vaccine incidents.
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
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Music for Youth puts the spotlight on new music
In December 2011 the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published its response to the consultation on Plutonium Management.
The consultation response indicated that Governments preferred option...
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority can conduct a series of plutonium title transfers with legacy overseas reprocessing customers, the Government has agreed.
These transfers essentially exchange ownership...
Mary Beard will lead a team of experts in a huge Twitter event, #TalkingWW1, on Friday 4 July from 9:00 to 18:45, marking one month till the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.
The...
In January the Prime Minister joined me at Tottenham Court Road to mark 50% completion of the Crossrail project. The Crossrail project has now moved into the peak of its construction phase. There are over...
Adult Learners’ Week took place last month, bringing together a national celebration of lifelong learning. Now in its 23rd year, it included:
the hosting of the Adult Learners’ Week awards the organisation...
Successful projects put forward for funding by Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) include:
body-worn cameras to support victims of racial hate crime and capture evidence of new incidents a specially...
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.
It is an absolute pleasure to be here in Liverpool at the International Festival for Business.
This is the biggest event of its kind in the UK for ...
Updated: Added link to speech which has now been given and is live.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon George Osborne MP, will visit Liverpool today (Thursday 3 July) to announce a package of...
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May):Daniel Morgan, a private investigator, was found murdered in a pub car park in south east London on 10 March 1987. It is one of the country’s most...
Updated: Published the government's response to the consultation.
This consultation seeks views on draft regulations that:
set out the records that public service pension schemes covered by...
The report covers attitudes towards:
congestion road building sustainable travel exhaust fumes, climate change and the effect of car and air travel on the environment speed cameras the use of...
Updated: Updated to include May figures.
This publication includes monthly information on the retail production of compound animal feed in Great Britain and the quantity of raw materials used. It also ...
Updated: Updated 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 the item but...
Updated: Tables updated to the latest data for 2013.
Table ATT0301Perception of motorway congestion as a problem (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 41KB)
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Updated: Updated to include May figures.
This monthly publication covers the use of wheat, barley and oats by wheat millers, flour producers, brewers, distillers, maltsters and oatmeal millers in the UK...
Updated: Added May military search and rescue monthly release
Summary statistics on search and rescue (SAR) incidents, callouts and people assisted by military units in the UK, Falklands and Cyprus.
Updated: Updated 'Car pass rates by gender, month and test centre' and 'Car driving test cancellation reasons by test centre' with data to March 2014.
About these statisticsThese statistics aren’t classed...
Updated: Updated 'Motorcycle module 1 pass rates by gender, quarter and test centre', 'Motorcycle module 1 cancellations reasons by month and test centre', 'Motorcycle module 2 pass rates by gender, quarter and...
Updated: Updated 'Car pass rates by gender, month and test centre' with data to March 2014.
About these statisticsThese statistics aren’t classed as an ‘official statistic’. This means that they...
Details of the collection rates for Council Tax and national non-domestic rates in England in 2013 to 2014 were announced on 3 July 2014.
The latest statistics release includes data from 2004-05 to 2013...
Updated: Rural community broadband fund (RCBF) output indicator updated today.
Broadband is vital for economic and social interactions in rural communities. The Government aims to bring superfast broadband...
Updated: Added 'UK armed forces mental health: presenting complaints at MOD departments of community mental health January 2012/13 to March 2013/14' and 'Tables: UK armed forces mental health January 2012/13 ...
Updated: Updated 'Motorcycle pass rates by gender, quarter and test centre' with data to March 2014.
About these statisticsThese statistics aren’t classed as an ‘official statistic’. This means...
One of the aims of the 2012 Paralympic legacy is to help transform the attitudes and perceptions of disabled people. This is also a core strand of Fulfilling Potential, the cross-government disability ...
The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old.
Updated: Publication of museums and galleries monthly visits for May 2014
Museums and galleries monthly visitsMS Excel Spreadsheet, 88.9KB
Last...
This monthly release shows details of movements in the UK’s official holdings of international reserves, or assets. These consist of gold, foreign currency assets and International Monetary Fund assets.
A new voluntary code of conduct created by executive search firms themselves, intended to raise the standards of professionalism and conduct in the recruitment of women to the boards of FTSE 350 companies.
Updated: Update attachment
A full list of Consular fees
Updated: Added updated DCLG organisation chart (July 2014).
The organisation chart provides an overview of the top-level structure of the department.
An interactive chart is also available...
A decision letter to the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company (FDRC), about an order. The order gives them powers to acquire the land and rights over land required to construct a railway line adjacent to the existing...
This annual report for 2013 to 2014 provides information on major aspects of the Traffic Commissioners’ judicial, regulatory and administrative roles.
Updated: Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust's governance rating changed from 'Green' to 'Under Review'. South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's governance rating changed from 'Under review' to 'Red'.
Updated: July 2014 update
You need to apply to the advisory committee for your local magistrates’ court.
Check the list of advisory committees to find out if there are any vacancies in your area...
Updated: Revised Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) rates from April 2014.
The government announced in the 2010 spending review that the rate at which Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) is paid would be...
On 28 May 2014 the CMA received a freedom of information (FOI) request for the attached expenses claims document.
Updated: Government response published.
Consultation description
The Gas and Electricity Regulated Providers (Redress Scheme) Order 2008 requires energy providers who provide a supply to domestic...
UK Sport has launched a recruitment drive to select the next cohort for its prestigious International Leadership Programme
Around 5,000 people are expected to gather at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on the evening of 10 September for the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games, the international sports event for ‘wounded warriors...
The UK government keeps aviation security under constant review in conjunction with international partners and the aviation industry.
We have taken the decision to step up some of our aviation security...
Updated: Added translation
A new portrait of the Duke of Cambridge by Welsh artist Dan Llywelyn Hall has been officially unveiled by the Secretary of State for Wales today (2 July 2014).
The picture...
As overall Council Tax collection rates remain high, new official figures also reveal that town halls failed to collect £2.5 billion of Council Tax last year.
Welcoming the overall results...
Updated: Added recipient number 56 - Mel Woodards.
The following people were given a Points of Light award in July 2014 (the numbering continues from June’s winners):
54. Christine Howard (Surrey...
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mrs Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle CBE DL as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for the County Borough of Belfast to succeed Dame Mary Peters DBE when she retires on 6 July 2014.
...
Today the UK has welcomed the Commission’s ReFit Communication:
Business Minister Michael Fallon said:
The Commission is beginning to make some progress in reducing the burden of EU regulation...
This Report looks at changes in earnings in the UK over the past forty years. It makes use of distributional and cohort analysis to assess the impact of the recession on earnings as well as looking at the impact...
A combined analysis of income and wealth based upon results from the third wave of the Wealth and Assets Survey and covering the period 2010-12.
Characteristics of inter-ethnic relationships in Enlgand and Wales in England and Wales based on 2011 Census data. Includes information on sex, age. married (Civil Partnerships) and cohabiting and dependent children...
Statistics on the use of pesticides on grassland and fodder crops in the United Kingdom
This statistical release is an amalgamation of the statistical releases: Brewers, Distillers and Maltsters Usage and Stocks, Cereals Usage by Oatmeal Millers in the UK and Wheat Milled and Flour Production.
Statistics on Animal Feed in Great Britain.
Search and rescue statistics
Survey on the extent and nature of engagement and non-engagement in culture, leisure and sport among adults aged 16 years and above.
I am today setting out the Government’s plans for strengthening English and maths in post-16 education, increasing uptake of reformed GCSEs in these subjects.
A total of 40% of pupils do not get GCSE...
A double taxation agreement and protocol with Tajikistan was signed on 1 July 2014. The text of the agreement and protocol has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made available on
HM Revenue...
The UK regularly reviews export policy to embargoed destinations in the light of our international obligations and the situation on the ground, to ensure that implementation continues to be legally robust, diligent...
Tameside metropolitan borough council, the operator of the Greater Manchester pension fund, has asked that we provide a guarantee that the Department will meet employer or employee pension contributions for employees...