TGS


03 January 2016

Guidance: Australia - Consular Fees
seen at 23:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated fee list for consular services

A full list of Consular fees.

Press release: Foreign Office Minister Ellwood on escalated tensions in Middle East
seen at 18:30, 3 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Mr Ellwood said:

I am deeply disturbed by the escalation in tensions in the last 24 hours in the Middle East.

The UK is firmly opposed to the death penalty. We have stressed this to the Saudi...

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you hold biological samples (including blood, DNA and other tissue) from birds and wild animals taken as part of an investigation...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...
Form: Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you publicly exhibit and competitively show certain wild birds that have been lawfully bred in captivity. A bird is considered...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you sell captive bred live wild birds.

Any bird sold under this licence must have been bred in captivity...

Form: Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence is for the sale, public exhibition and competitive showing of captive-bred mealy redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea). ...

Form: Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you take mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) eggs for incubation, rearing in captivity and releasing later in the...

Form: Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
seen at 14:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you keep birds in cages that don’t meet legal minimum size requirements, as long as you’re training the birds for competitive...

Form: Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence allows authorised people to kill or take ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) for conservation purposes. It also allows ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

It’s an offence to release certain birds under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. However with this general licence you...

Form: Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

With this general licence you can sell and advertise that you are selling dead:

red squirrels pine martens

You must provide...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You can sell and advertise that you’re selling dead wild birds and their parts with this licence. This licence does not permit you to sell...

Form: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

You now need a licence to undertake ‘displacement’ of water voles

This licence allows you to destroy or obstruct water vole burrows and to disturb water voles by ‘displacement’. This includes:

...
Form: Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence if you plan to transport specimens of dead protected species (listed under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive) for...

Form: Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you sell the eggs of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) if you’re a retailer or restaurateur.

You must ensure...

Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriers
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.

Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 January 2016.

The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the ...

Guidance: Common practice on the general indications of the Nice classification headings
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

The European Trade Mark and Design Network is an initiative to reduce the differences in practices between the national offices and also the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The network provides...

Form: IVA application form: lorries or goods vehicles (over 3,500kg) (IVA 1H)
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated application form and guidance notes.

Use the IVA application service to send your completed application form.

This form is used to apply for IVA for lorries and goods ...

Form: IVA application form: buses or coaches (IVA 1P)
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated form and guidance notes.

Use the IVA application service to send your completed application form.

This form is used to apply for IVA for vehicles with more than 8 passenger...

Guidance: Right to rent immigration checks: landlords' code of practice
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated details on page to reflect roll-out of the scheme in England.

The code of practice explains:

if your property is affected if any exemptions apply how to carry out a right to...
Guidance: Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015: supported projects
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This document features a list of projects supported by the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015. It also outlines the funding provided to different regions in England.

Research and analysis: Reducing criminal opportunity: vehicle security and vehicle crime
seen at 14:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This report aimed to extract a large amount of learning from this crime prevention success, to draw out policy implications aimed at ensuring both vehicle crime and total crime continue to fall. The report agrees...

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 11:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 11:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 11:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 11:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 11:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 11:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 11:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you hold biological samples (including blood, DNA and other tissue) from birds and wild animals taken as part of an investigation...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...
Form: Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you publicly exhibit and competitively show certain wild birds that have been lawfully bred in captivity. A bird is considered...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds
seen at 11:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you sell captive bred live wild birds.

Any bird sold under this licence must have been bred in captivity...

Form: Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence is for the sale, public exhibition and competitive showing of captive-bred mealy redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea). ...

Form: Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you take mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) eggs for incubation, rearing in captivity and releasing later in the...

Form: Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you keep birds in cages that don’t meet legal minimum size requirements, as long as you’re training the birds for competitive...

Form: Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence allows authorised people to kill or take ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) for conservation purposes. It also allows ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

It’s an offence to release certain birds under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. However with this general licence you...

Form: Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

With this general licence you can sell and advertise that you are selling dead:

red squirrels pine martens

You must provide...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You can sell and advertise that you’re selling dead wild birds and their parts with this licence. This licence does not permit you to sell...

Form: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

You now need a licence to undertake ‘displacement’ of water voles

This licence allows you to destroy or obstruct water vole burrows and to disturb water voles by ‘displacement’. This includes:

...
Form: Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence if you plan to transport specimens of dead protected species (listed under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive) for...

Form: Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you sell the eggs of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) if you’re a retailer or restaurateur.

You must ensure...

Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriers
seen at 11:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.

Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
seen at 11:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 January 2016.

The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the ...

Guidance: Common practice on the general indications of the Nice classification headings
seen at 11:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

The European Trade Mark and Design Network is an initiative to reduce the differences in practices between the national offices and also the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The network provides...

Form: IVA application form: lorries or goods vehicles (over 3,500kg) (IVA 1H)
seen at 11:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated application form and guidance notes.

Use the IVA application service to send your completed application form.

This form is used to apply for IVA for lorries and goods ...

Form: IVA application form: buses or coaches (IVA 1P)
seen at 11:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated form and guidance notes.

Use the IVA application service to send your completed application form.

This form is used to apply for IVA for vehicles with more than 8 passenger...

Guidance: Right to rent immigration checks: landlords' code of practice
seen at 11:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated details on page to reflect roll-out of the scheme in England.

The code of practice explains:

if your property is affected if any exemptions apply how to carry out a right to...
Guidance: Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015: supported projects
seen at 11:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This document features a list of projects supported by the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015. It also outlines the funding provided to different regions in England.

Research and analysis: Reducing criminal opportunity: vehicle security and vehicle crime
seen at 11:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This report aimed to extract a large amount of learning from this crime prevention success, to draw out policy implications aimed at ensuring both vehicle crime and total crime continue to fall. The report agrees...

News story: Winter 2015 floods: government response
seen at 11:30, 3 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with the Prime Minister's announcement of more than £40 million for flood defences.

Government departments, councils and the Environment Agency are working together to do everything...

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 10:42, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 10:41, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 10:41, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 10:41, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 10:40, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 10:40, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 10:40, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 10:40, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 10:40, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 10:39, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 10:39, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 10:39, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 10:39, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 10:39, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
seen at 10:39, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you hold biological samples (including blood, DNA and other tissue) from birds and wild animals taken as part of an investigation...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 10:39, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...
Form: Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
seen at 10:39, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you publicly exhibit and competitively show certain wild birds that have been lawfully bred in captivity. A bird is considered...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds
seen at 10:38, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you sell captive bred live wild birds.

Any bird sold under this licence must have been bred in captivity...

Form: Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
seen at 10:38, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence is for the sale, public exhibition and competitive showing of captive-bred mealy redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea). ...

Form: Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
seen at 10:38, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you take mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) eggs for incubation, rearing in captivity and releasing later in the...

Form: Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
seen at 10:38, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you keep birds in cages that don’t meet legal minimum size requirements, as long as you’re training the birds for competitive...

Form: Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
seen at 10:38, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence allows authorised people to kill or take ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) for conservation purposes. It also allows ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
seen at 10:38, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

It’s an offence to release certain birds under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. However with this general licence you...

Form: Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
seen at 10:38, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

With this general licence you can sell and advertise that you are selling dead:

red squirrels pine martens

You must provide...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
seen at 10:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You can sell and advertise that you’re selling dead wild birds and their parts with this licence. This licence does not permit you to sell...

Form: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects
seen at 10:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

You now need a licence to undertake ‘displacement’ of water voles

This licence allows you to destroy or obstruct water vole burrows and to disturb water voles by ‘displacement’. This includes:

...
Form: Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals
seen at 10:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence if you plan to transport specimens of dead protected species (listed under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive) for...

Form: Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
seen at 10:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you sell the eggs of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) if you’re a retailer or restaurateur.

You must ensure...

Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriers
seen at 10:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.

Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
seen at 10:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 January 2016.

The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the ...

Guidance: Common practice on the general indications of the Nice classification headings
seen at 10:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

The European Trade Mark and Design Network is an initiative to reduce the differences in practices between the national offices and also the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The network provides...

Form: IVA application form: lorries or goods vehicles (over 3,500kg) (IVA 1H)
seen at 10:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated application form and guidance notes.

Use the IVA application service to send your completed application form.

This form is used to apply for IVA for lorries and goods ...

Form: IVA application form: buses or coaches (IVA 1P)
seen at 10:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated form and guidance notes.

Use the IVA application service to send your completed application form.

This form is used to apply for IVA for vehicles with more than 8 passenger...

Guidance: Right to rent immigration checks: landlords' code of practice
seen at 10:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated details on page to reflect roll-out of the scheme in England.

The code of practice explains:

if your property is affected if any exemptions apply how to carry out a right to...
Guidance: Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015: supported projects
seen at 10:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This document features a list of projects supported by the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015. It also outlines the funding provided to different regions in England.

Research and analysis: Reducing criminal opportunity: vehicle security and vehicle crime
seen at 10:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This report aimed to extract a large amount of learning from this crime prevention success, to draw out policy implications aimed at ensuring both vehicle crime and total crime continue to fall. The report agrees...

Press release: Prime Minister announces more than £40m for flood defences
seen at 10:30, 3 January in News and communications (Our copy).
More than £40m to repair and improve flood defences following Storm Eva Money donated to charities to be matched by government Robert Goodwill appointed as flooding envoy for Yorkshire

Prime...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 3)
seen at 09:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets mist nets ...
Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 09:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 09:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 09:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 09:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 09:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 09:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 09:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 09:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 09:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 09:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 09:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 09:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 09:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 09:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
seen at 09:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you hold biological samples (including blood, DNA and other tissue) from birds and wild animals taken as part of an investigation...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 09:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...
Form: Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
seen at 09:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you take mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) eggs for incubation, rearing in captivity and releasing later in the...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds
seen at 09:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you sell captive bred live wild birds.

Any bird sold under this licence must have been bred in captivity...

Form: Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
seen at 09:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence is for the sale, public exhibition and competitive showing of captive-bred mealy redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea). ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
seen at 09:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you publicly exhibit and competitively show certain wild birds that have been lawfully bred in captivity. A bird is considered...

Form: Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
seen at 09:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you keep birds in cages that don’t meet legal minimum size requirements, as long as you’re training the birds for competitive...

Form: Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
seen at 09:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence allows authorised people to kill or take ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) for conservation purposes. It also allows ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
seen at 09:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

It’s an offence to release certain birds under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. However with this general licence you...

Form: Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
seen at 09:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

With this general licence you can sell and advertise that you are selling dead:

red squirrels pine martens

You must provide...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
seen at 09:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You can sell and advertise that you’re selling dead wild birds and their parts with this licence. This licence does not permit you to sell...

Form: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects
seen at 09:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

You now need a licence to undertake ‘displacement’ of water voles

This licence allows you to destroy or obstruct water vole burrows and to disturb water voles by ‘displacement’. This includes:

...
Form: Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals
seen at 09:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence if you plan to transport specimens of dead protected species (listed under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive) for...

Form: Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
seen at 09:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you sell the eggs of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) if you’re a retailer or restaurateur.

You must ensure...

Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriers
seen at 09:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.

Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
seen at 09:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 January 2016.

The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the ...

Guidance: Common practice on the general indications of the Nice classification headings
seen at 09:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

The European Trade Mark and Design Network is an initiative to reduce the differences in practices between the national offices and also the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The network provides...

Form: IVA application form: buses or coaches (IVA 1P)
seen at 09:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated form and guidance notes.

Use the IVA application service to send your completed application form.

This form is used to apply for IVA for vehicles with more than 8 passenger...

Form: IVA application form: lorries or goods vehicles (over 3,500kg) (IVA 1H)
seen at 09:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated application form and guidance notes.

Use the IVA application service to send your completed application form.

This form is used to apply for IVA for lorries and goods ...

Guidance: Right to rent immigration checks: landlords' code of practice
seen at 09:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated details on page to reflect roll-out of the scheme in England.

The code of practice explains:

if your property is affected if any exemptions apply how to carry out a right to...
Guidance: Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015: supported projects
seen at 09:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This document features a list of projects supported by the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015. It also outlines the funding provided to different regions in England.

News story: 10 ways to save money in 2016
seen at 09:30, 3 January in News and communications (Our copy).
1. If you’re saving for a deposit for your first home, you can earn a bonus with the Help to Buy: ISA

If you’re saving to buy your first home, you can put away up to £200 a month in the Help to Buy...

News story: Britain marks 50 years of seatbelt safety
seen at 09:30, 3 January in News and communications (Our copy).

The 1966 legislation made it compulsory for all new cars to have seatbelt fittings. This simple change has revolutionised the way that drivers and passengers look after their own safety when driving.

...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 3)
seen at 02:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets mist nets ...
Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 02:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 02:37, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 02:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 02:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 02:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 02:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 02:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 02:36, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 02:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 02:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 02:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 02:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 02:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 02:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
seen at 02:35, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you hold biological samples (including blood, DNA and other tissue) from birds and wild animals taken as part of an investigation...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 02:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...
Form: Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
seen at 02:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you take mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) eggs for incubation, rearing in captivity and releasing later in the...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds
seen at 02:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you sell captive bred live wild birds.

Any bird sold under this licence must have been bred in captivity...

Form: Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
seen at 02:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence is for the sale, public exhibition and competitive showing of captive-bred mealy redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea). ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
seen at 02:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you publicly exhibit and competitively show certain wild birds that have been lawfully bred in captivity. A bird is considered...

Form: Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
seen at 02:34, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you keep birds in cages that don’t meet legal minimum size requirements, as long as you’re training the birds for competitive...

Form: Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
seen at 02:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence allows authorised people to kill or take ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) for conservation purposes. It also allows ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
seen at 02:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

It’s an offence to release certain birds under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. However with this general licence you...

Form: Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
seen at 02:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

With this general licence you can sell and advertise that you are selling dead:

red squirrels pine martens

You must provide...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
seen at 02:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You can sell and advertise that you’re selling dead wild birds and their parts with this licence. This licence does not permit you to sell...

Form: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects
seen at 02:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

You now need a licence to undertake ‘displacement’ of water voles

This licence allows you to destroy or obstruct water vole burrows and to disturb water voles by ‘displacement’. This includes:

...
Form: Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals
seen at 02:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence if you plan to transport specimens of dead protected species (listed under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive) for...

Form: Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
seen at 02:33, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you sell the eggs of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) if you’re a retailer or restaurateur.

You must ensure...

Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriers
seen at 02:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.

Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
seen at 02:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 January 2016.

The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the ...

Guidance: Common practice on the general indications of the Nice classification headings
seen at 02:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

The European Trade Mark and Design Network is an initiative to reduce the differences in practices between the national offices and also the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The network provides...

Form: IVA application form: buses or coaches (IVA 1P)
seen at 02:32, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated form and guidance notes.

Use the IVA application service to send your completed application form.

This form is used to apply for IVA for vehicles with more than 8 passenger...

Form: IVA application form: lorries or goods vehicles (over 3,500kg) (IVA 1H)
seen at 02:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated application form and guidance notes.

Use the IVA application service to send your completed application form.

This form is used to apply for IVA for lorries and goods ...

Guidance: Right to rent immigration checks: landlords' code of practice
seen at 02:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated details on page to reflect roll-out of the scheme in England.

The code of practice explains:

if your property is affected if any exemptions apply how to carry out a right to...
Guidance: Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015: supported projects
seen at 02:31, 3 January in Search (Our copy).

This document features a list of projects supported by the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2015. It also outlines the funding provided to different regions in England.

News story: NHS clampdown on staffing agencies saves millions of pounds
seen at 02:30, 3 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Figures released by the health regulator, NHS Improvement, show the amount hospitals spend on management consultants has fallen sharply over the last few months by £42 million. Spend has fallen from...

News story: Hundreds of cleaner buses for England’s towns and city centres
seen at 02:30, 3 January in News and communications (Our copy).

Nearly 450 buses in England will be fitted with green technology to cut harmful emissions by up to 90%, after the successful bids for around £7 million of Department for Transport funding were announced...