Prime Minister David Cameron said:
If verified, this is a despicable and barbaric murder. My thoughts and prayers are with Mr Sotloff’s family and friends tonight as they deal with this appalling and...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in their...
Updated: Updated 2014 version of exporting to Bosnia and Herzegovina guide.
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The guide contains information on:
challenges of ...
Updated: The Sexual and reproductive health profiles: tool updates has been updated.
The range of indicators and their presentation will extend as further data sources and software functionality become ...
Updated: New country information and guidance report on prison conditions in India.
Country information and guidance reports are used by UK Visas and Immigrations officials to make decisions in asylum and...
Decision reference: ADA2658
Type of decision: objection to admission arrangements – upheld
School type: voluntary aided
School phase: infant
Local authority: Surrey county council...
Be dazzled in Dorset with festival fever this September
Public consultation runs from 1 September to 13 October 2014 – have your say on the revised version of the ACOP relating to the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 – L122 (PSSR ACOP). The consultation...
Pinspotters or pinsetters are machinery used to automatically set and clear free-standing pins in ten pin bowling centres. Traditionally these machines have had very little guarding and both machine attendants...
A CPS spokesperson said: "In light of further evidence received by the CPS we have arranged for the discharge of the European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) in relation to Brett and Naghmeh King. The CPS has urgently...
Commenting on the latest developments, the Minister for Africa, James Duddridge MP said:
The UK is deeply concerned by the current political situation in the Kingdom of Lesotho. I welcome the Southern...
Highways Agency senior project manager Sandie Forte-Gill said:
These closures are required for safe installation of traffic management including narrow lanes, temporary safety barriers, removal of...
The Agency is attending the Emergency Services Show to encourage more emergency responders to adopt the CLEAR protocol. CLEAR was introduced in 2011 to help the Highways Agency minimise the economic impact of...
Heath Secretary Jeremy Hunt said:It’s obviously good news that the CPS said that his parents won’t now face any kind of prosecution if they come back to the UK, but right now all of our thoughts are with...
Business costs that have been incurred in pursuit of the department’s aims and objectives for 2014.
Updated: A new version of the guide has been published.
This guide provides instructions on how you should fit VUs in passenger vehicles and LGVs (vehicle categories M1 and N1).
You should install...
This tachograph special notice is about:
• updated guidance on fitting tachographs in M1/N1 vehicles
Updated: Latest Investment & Risk update for August 2014 is available.
A round-up of forecasts and data with a special focus feature in each issue.
Updated: Added responses for details on the slae of Sea Harriers and a equest for copies of documentation to the management of the catering account by Sussex Army Cadet Force.
Ministry of Defence (MOD) ...
Any person wishing to make representations in relation to the likely environmental effects of the proposed improvement works should do so, in writing, to the address specified within 28 days of the date of publication...
Information for primary care on managing patients who require assessment for Ebola virus disease.
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the pigs sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the pigs sector (NFU1).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the aerospace sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the aerospace sector (ADS).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the non-ferrous metals sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the non-ferrous metals (NFA).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the horticulture sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the horticulture sector (NFU4).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the bakers sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the bakers sector (NAMB).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the kaolin and ball clay sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the kaolin and ball clay sector (KABC).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the dairy sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the dairy sector (DIAL).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the semiconductors sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the semiconductors sector (NMI).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the cold storage sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the cold storage sector (CSDF).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the paper sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the paper sector (CPI).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the metalforming sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the metalforming sector (CBM).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the packaging and industrial films sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the packaging and industrial films sector (PIFA).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the foundries sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the foundries sector (CAST).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the printing sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreement scheme for the printing sector (BPIF).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the plastics sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the plastics sector (BPF).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the poultry meat processing sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the poultry meat processing sector.
Updated: July 2014 transactions updated
The tables give details of spending over £25,000.
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the poultry meat rearing sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the poultry meat rearing sector (BPC1).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the meat sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the meat sector (BMPA).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the lime sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the lime sector (BLA).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the glass sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the glass sector (BGMC).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the egg processing sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the egg processing sector (BEPA).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the compressed gases sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the compressed gases sector (BCGA).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the ceramics sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the ceramics sector (BCC).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the textiles energy intensive sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the textiles energy intensive sector (BATE).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the textiles sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the textiles sector (BATC).
Updated: Updated reduced rate certificate for the agricultural supply sector
List of facilities in the climate change agreements scheme for the agricultural supply sector (AIC).
Updated: Updated 16 to 19 Bursary fund audit guide and Bursary substantive testing and error schedules for 2014 to 2015 have been added
This Education Funding Agency (EFA) audit guide is for local authorities...
Updated: Updated guidance and format.
This guidance provides advice on:
preventing the spread of infections which diseases to vaccinate for how long to keep children away from school infections...
Updated: Replaced PDF with revised version that includes online error codes and advice on what related actions to take.
Find out why you can’t save your online statement and which IT systems are compatible...
Updated: DT1 has been updated.
The Driver and Vehicles Standards Agency’s DT1 document contains internal operational guidance for driving examiners in the conduct of driving tests.
Updated: Policy has been updated after a review.
DVSA has a policy generally of not allowing the recording or filming of driving tests.
Weightlifter Vasyl Kruk has been suspended from all sport for eight years following a second anti-doping rule violation
HSE has publicly made available this technical information concerning the safety of pinspotter/pinsetter machines since February 2008, publishing it as part of the Local Authority Circular LAC 47-20 on the website...
In an alert issued today, the regulator says it believes serious incidents are underreported, preventing the Commission from assessing the true scale and nature of risks facing charities and putting some...
We’ve invited all Tranche 1 legal aid providers – providers with an organisational name starting A to F – to use CCMS on a voluntary basis.
We’re now inviting all other providers to start using the system...
Over 200 premises in North Molton and surrounding area now have a mobile signal thanks to the Government’s £150 million Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP).
Coverage from the site will cover...
The government department, which during the last five years has provided over 1,500 guarantees and insurance policies with an exposure value in excess of £14 billion, is setting up a panel of suitably...
I am delighted to welcome everybody this morning to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for what I hope will be an interesting and productive day.
As we approach the NATO Summit, the scale and breadth...
The BBC2 documentary The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane will show the weird and wonderful things that can and do happen regularly on the M6 motorway. The first of four episodes airs next Tuesday at 9pm.
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Eighty personnel from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment are participating in Sabre Junction alongside the US Army and other NATO allies.
The exercise aims to build joint expeditionary capabilities...
Updated: Added recipient 99: Claudia Beard.
The following people were given a Points of Light award in September 2014 (the numbering continues from August’s winners):
98. Gaby Eirew (London) <...
The work will increase safety for road users, provide a smoother carriageway route along the A27 and reduce the need for emergency repairs.
Bob Coram, Highways Agency Route Manager said:
Safety...
Construction is now (2/9/2014) officially underway on the world's biggest microscope: the £1.4 billion European Spallation Source being built in Sweden with key British input.
Since the launch of the two parts of Help to Buy, the equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes:
82% of scheme completions have been made by first-time buyers the average house price...
PHE has moved health protection content from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) website and PHE’s health protection committees to GOV.UK. GOV.UK makes it simpler, clearer and faster to find this information.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of Parliament, I’m delighted to be here today at this interactive session on good governance and sustainable development.
I would like to extend an especially warm welcome...
When you undertake civil (non family) proceedings you can claim enhancements as part of any application for Payments on Account (POA).
Where you meet the conditions for making a POA you can include appropriate...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced that he will give his annual Autumn Statement to Parliament on 3 December 2014.
The statement provides an update on the government’s plans ...
The government is seeking your views on what you would like to see in Autumn Statement 2014, which will take place on 3 December.
In the interest of open and transparent policy-making, the government ...
Over 200 premises in North Molton and surrounding area now have a mobile signal thanks to the Government’s £150 million Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP).
Coverage from the site will cover...
The next stage of the government’s ground-breaking pension reforms will receive their Second Reading in Parliament today (Tuesday 2 September 2014), giving the House of Commons its first chance to debate the ...
Britain will provide further life-saving support for the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone announced today during...
Following the successful pilot of a new commercial framework for research contracts known as R-Cloud (Research Cloud), the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is now seeking suppliers within the ...
DVLA has been selling registrations since 1989. This year is not only our 25th anniversary but we’ll also be holding our 150th auction. To mark the occasion there will be a prize draw where we will give away ...
The case was brought by the Environment Agency after it was discovered that Thames Water had allowed untreated sewage to enter the Chase Brook.
The brook which flows through ‘The Chase’ - a 143 acre ...
Are you looking to take your business overseas but not sure how to protect your intellectual property (IP) rights? Or do you represent businesses and want to hear about the latest developments in global IP systems...
The new initiative aims to inform and educate both schoolchildren and teachers about the work of the British armed forces.
The resource, hosted from its own website, covers students from the ages...
We’ve published further information on delivery partnerships and financial assessment to help applicant organisations in understanding these areas of the tender process.
This is available on GOV.UK by...
Updated: Added partnership opportunities with Jobcentre Plus in Durham and Tees Valley to improve job prospects for Romania speaking Polish and Czech Nationals.
Jobcentre Plus wants partnerships with local...
The Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme will offer long term financial and other support to privately led vaccination campaigns.
This document sets out:
the purpose of the scheme where the scheme applies...
Updated: Updated 'Preserved pension claim form (Form 8)'.
These forms should be used when claiming pensions under Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) 75 and AFPS 05.
Please visit Pensions for...
Alan will be chair of the agency’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.
Insolvency Service chair David Ereira said:
Alan and Tracey bring valuable experience and fresh insights that will help...
The Royal Air Force’s No 135 Expeditionary Air Wing has formally handed over the role of supporting nation in the Baltic air policing (BAP) mission to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The handover ceremony...
Since the launch of the two parts of Help to Buy, the equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes:
82% of scheme completions have been made by first-time buyers the average house price...
The Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme (BEVS) will support badger vaccination projects in areas outside the bovine TB high risk area. The edge area covers counties in the middle of the country such as Cheshire, Oxfordshire...
PHE has moved health protection content from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) website and PHE’s health protection committees to GOV.UK. GOV.UK makes it simpler, clearer and faster to find this information.
This document outlines the Department for Transport’s decisions on HS1 station access charges for the period 2015 to 2020. These charges are paid by train operating companies for using the 4 HS1 stations.
Updated: Added link to decision document.
Consultation seeking views on the Department for Transport’s proposed conclusions on the long term amounts of the station access charge which operators will pay...
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Updated: Latest data published.
Table last updated on 01 September 2014.
Weekly road fuel pricesMS Excel Spreadsheet, 253KB
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Updated: Updated with figures to July 2014.
Latest tableThe eighth monthly release of breakdowns of cumulative sales under the Help to Buy (equity loan) scheme is available from Open Data Communities...
This statistical release presents Official Statistics on the government’s Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme. It presents statistics on the number of mortgage completions, types and values of properties, ...
Updated: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust put into 'specials measures'.
View the attachments for the NHS FT directory and licence register.
Updated: September 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...
This memorandum of understanding (MoU) sets out the working arrangements between the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (Ofgem) in relation to their concurrent...
In July 2014 Peter Mucklow, National Director for Young People at the Education Funding Agency (EFA), wrote to directors of children’s services to set out information on funding and commissioning arrangements...
Decision ref: ADA2733
Type of decision: referral of admission arrangements - upheld
School type: voluntary aided
School phase: primary
Local authority: Surrey
Admissions...
Ministry of Defence (MOD) Freedom of Information (FOI) responses released during the week commencing 1 September 2014.
A further £100 million is being allocated across the UK to develop research facilities to encourage collaboration and support excellent research.
An outbreak of KHV disease has been confirmed at Hurston Lane Fishery, Hurston Lane, Storrington, Pulborough, West Sussex.
The site is now subject to statutory controls to prevent or limit the ...
Alan will be chair of the agency’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.
Insolvency Service chair David Ereira said:
Alan and Tracey bring valuable experience and fresh insights that will help...
Since the launch of the two parts of Help to Buy, the equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes:
82% of scheme completions have been made by first-time buyers the average house price...
The work will take place overnight between 8pm and 6am from Monday evening until Saturday morning and will be carried out in two phases. No works will be undertaken on Saturday or Sunday evenings. Daytime lane...
The Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme (BEVS) will support badger vaccination projects in areas outside the bovine TB high risk area. The edge area covers counties in the middle of the country such as Cheshire, Oxfordshire...
PHE has moved health protection content from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) website and PHE’s health protection committees to GOV.UK. GOV.UK makes it simpler, clearer and faster to find this information.
This report brings together under one cover a wide range of statistics that are currently available on the construction industry. It gives a broad perspective of statistical trends in the construction industry in...
Latest data on domestic and overseas acquisitions, disposals and mergers.
The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Contains detailed information on people registered with Councils that have Social Services Responsibilities (CSSRs) in England as being severely visually impaired (blind) or visually impaired (partially sighted). ...
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
I would like to update hon. Members on the main items of business undertaken by my Department since the House rose for the summer recess.
Helping people move up and up the housing ladder
As part of...
I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Professor Kenneth Mayhew and Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Jonathan Westbrook as members of the armed forces pay review body. The appointments will last until 28 February...
Today I am publishing the 2013 recruit trainee survey annual report. All recruits and trainees passing through phase 1 and 2 training are offered the opportunity to participate in the survey which is anonymous...
I wish to inform the House that the Government have opted in to the following measures:
(i) Proposal for a Council decision on the signing and provisional application, on behalf of the Union, of a protocol...
Today we have completed work to connect Northern Ireland criminal records to those of the rest of the UK. For the first time, this will provide interoperability through an automated link between the Police Service...
On 8 April 2014, I made a written ministerial statement reporting the statement of the same date made by my noble Friend, the Minister for civil justice and legal policy, Lord Faulks QC, announcing that the Ministry...
I regret to inform the House that there was an inaccuracy in the answer given by the then Under-Secretary of State for Transport, my hon. Friend the Member for Wimbledon (Stephen Hammond) to parliamentary question...
In December 2013, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced that, due to a change in European reporting rules, Network Rail Ltd with all of its subsidiaries would be reclassified as a central Government...
Updated: Link to outcome added.
The Airports Commission is seeking views on a number of inner Thames estuary study reports. Specifically, we are inviting responses in relation to 2 questions:
is there...
This publication sets out the Airports Commission’s decision on whether to add an inner Thames estuary proposal to its shortlist of options for further, detailed appraisal. It also outlines the reasons for the...
Updated: Link to outcome added
This publication sets out the Airports Commission’s current position on taking forward additional feasibility and impacts work for an inner Thames Estuary airport proposal...
This document contains the following information: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014.
This paper was laid before Parliament in response to...
Updated: An updated guide to the UK’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory.
An introduction to the UK’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory provides a simple guide to the origins and use of data in the compilation of the UK GHG...
Updated: Added new quarterly report for April to June 2014.
These publications explain what activities the Fish Health Inspectorate have undertaken each quarter and its performance against standards set...
Updated: Updated including date confirmed for Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee – Quarter 3 2014
The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 required the UK Statistics Authority to publish a Code ...
Updated: Updated UTCs and studio schools: open and pre-opening stage spreadsheet
The list of all open and pre-opening UTCs and studio schools gives the following details of all UTCs and studio schools that...
Health and safety given as reason why free weights are not available in some gyms.
Estimates of the value and numbers of mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving UK companies with values of £1.0 million or more. The information provided reflects solely the change in majority ownership...
Please follow the link below for the Sep/Oct edition of Punchlines, which includes : Relaxation of the Postal Rules for tax free items posted to BFG for entitled personnel.
Also 1 PWRR step back...
the first ever UK-Turkey Health Week will see the UK Business Ambassador for Healthcare and Life Sciences, Lord Kakkar, host a delegation from the 1 to 3 September 2014 potential opportunities in the Turkish ...
The Airports Commission has today (2 September 2014) announced its decision not to add the inner Thames estuary airport proposal to its shortlist of options for providing new airport capacity by 2030.
Updated: Webinar recording added. You'll need to log in with your name and organisation details. The link is available until 12 September 2014.
You can now listen to the recording. You’ll need ...
The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards of The Queen’s Gallantry Medal and for the publication in The London Gazette of the names of those shown below as having received an expression...
This report brings together under one cover a wide range of statistics that are currently available on the construction industry. It gives a broad perspective of statistical trends in the construction industry in...
Latest data on domestic and overseas acquisitions, disposals and mergers.
The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Contains detailed information on people registered with Councils that have Social Services Responsibilities (CSSRs) in England as being severely visually impaired (blind) or visually impaired (partially sighted). ...
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
A recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found a number of problems at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust including in A&E, surgery, and services for young people. Patient...
This follows an announcement made by the Deputy Prime Minister last year to help every child from every background get the best possible start in life.
The move means that 1.89 million children...