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23 May 2016

Open consultation: Consultation on power to disqualify from acting as a trustee
seen at 20:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 gives the commission a power to disqualify individuals from acting as trustees. While a person is disqualified under this power they are also disqualified...

Research and analysis: How Defra has estimated the potential effect of import tariffs on UK food prices
seen at 20:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This note sets out how Defra has estimated the change in food prices if tariffs applied to all UK food imports.

Form: Application to become a member of PAW
seen at 20:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the application form.

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...

Guidance: Pet travel: approved air, sea, rail and charter routes for the movement of pets
seen at 20:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the approved air routes and charter air routes documents.

Only certain transport companies and routes can be used to bring pet dogs, cats and ferrets into Great Britain under the EU pet...

FOI release: FOI Agency shifts exceeding the price caps by trust since 21 April 2016
seen at 20:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This request was for data on agency shifts exceeding price caps since 21 April 2016. The request asked for the data to be broken down by week and staff group. The request also asked for information on the cost...

Press release: Views sought on use of the commission’s trustee disqualification power
seen at 20:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

The Charity Commission (‘the commission’), the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, has today launched a 3 month public consultation on its proposed approach to exercising the new power...

Guidance: Commercial capability: contract management standards
seen at 18:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated standards document

In December 2013 the Cabinet Office published a review of contracts held by G4S and Serco across all departments.

The review highlighted areas of focus...

Transparency data: Crown Representatives and strategic suppliers
seen at 18:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated documents.

These documents provide a list of the Crown Representatives and the strategic suppliers they work with. This is current as of 9 March 2016. The risk management policy relating...

Transparency data: Land Registry workforce management information: April 2016
seen at 18:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Data covers:

payroll staff by grade non-payroll staff by type headcount staff numbers full-time equivalent staff numbers staff costs

These figures are not official statistics. They are internal...

Notice: LE17 6NJ, Welland Waste Management Limited: environmental permit draft decision advertisement
seen at 18:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. In some cases they also consult on ...

Notice: DN41 8DF, FBM Metals (UK) Limited and FBM Holdings Limited: environmental permit issued
seen at 18:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).

This decision includes the permit and decision document for:

Operator name: FBM Metals (UK...
Promotional material: Popular solutions from the Crown Commercial Service for education
seen at 18:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New guidance on the CCS temporary staff agreement for schools.

These publications provide schools, academies, universities and colleges with information about the solutions the Crown Commercial...

Research and analysis: National Careers Service satisfaction and progression surveys: 2014 to 2015 report
seen at 18:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This research looked at National Careers Service (NCS) users’ satisfaction and progression after their telephone call, meeting with an adviser or visit to the website.

The survey took place between April...

Notice: SN15 4SQ, P Greenhill, R Greenhill and B Greenhill environmental permit issued
seen at 18:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).

This decision includes the permit and decision document for:

Operator name: P Greenhill, ...
Notice: Notice 275: Customs export procedures
seen at 18:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: This notice cancels and replaces Notice 275 (July 2013). Details of any changes to the previous version can be found in paragraph 1.2 of this notice.

This notice cancels and replaces Notice 275...

Transparency data: GLD, AGO, HMCPSI: expenses and hospitality
seen at 18:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New transparency data for Q4 uploaded for AGO, GLD and HMCPSI

All government departments have to publish any expenses senior civil servants claim for and any hospitality they receive.

Guidance: Turkey - Bereavement Guide
seen at 18:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This information is provided by the British government for the convenience of enquirers. Neither the FCO nor any Consular section official at the British Embassy in Ankara is responsible for the accuracy of the...

Official Statistics: Housing Benefit caseload statistics
seen at 18:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Corrected spreadsheet title to 'Housing Benefit caseload statistics: data to February 2016'. It previously incorrectly stated data was to March 2016.

These summary tables show the number of Housing...

Guidance: Welfare Reform Act 2012 regulations
seen at 18:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added link under UC, JSA and ESA - Welfare Reform Act 2012: amendment Commencement Order.

This publication contains a list of links to regulations and statutory instruments relating to the Welfare...

Open consultation: Consultation on power to disqualify from acting as a trustee
seen at 18:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 gives the commission a power to disqualify individuals from acting as trustees. While a person is disqualified under this power they are also disqualified...

Research and analysis: How Defra has estimated the potential effect of import tariffs on UK food prices
seen at 18:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This note sets out how Defra has estimated the change in food prices if tariffs applied to all UK food imports.

Form: Application to become a member of PAW
seen at 18:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the application form.

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...

Guidance: Pet travel: approved air, sea, rail and charter routes for the movement of pets
seen at 18:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the approved air routes and charter air routes documents.

Only certain transport companies and routes can be used to bring pet dogs, cats and ferrets into Great Britain under the EU pet...

Transparency data: Workforce management information, 2016
seen at 18:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published in error.

The data is broken down by headcount and number of posts (full-time equivalents). It includes the number of non-payroll staff, and the pay bill costs relating to staff, broken...

FOI release: FOI Agency shifts exceeding the price caps by trust since 21 April 2016
seen at 18:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This request was for data on agency shifts exceeding price caps since 21 April 2016. The request asked for the data to be broken down by week and staff group. The request also asked for information on the cost...

The Prince of Wales visits Queen’s University Belfast on day one of the #RoyalVisitNI
seen at 18:30, 23 May in (Our copy).
Queen’s University Belfast
Plant hire firm fined after worker tipped from lifting basket
seen at 18:30, 23 May in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).
A lifting and plant hire company in Wick has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell from a man riding basket.
Press release: Views sought on use of the commission’s trustee disqualification power
seen at 18:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

The Charity Commission (‘the commission’), the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, has today launched a 3 month public consultation on its proposed approach to exercising the new power...

Guidance: Penally Gallery Range firing notice
seen at 16:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the May edition of the firing times.

The firing notice (sometimes referred to as firing times) for the Penally Gallery Range is presented in PDF format. The PDF format is web browseable...

Guidance: MAA airshow assurance activity 2015: post display season feedback
seen at 16:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Display flying: the human factors and error management challenge (poacher turned gamekeeper) has been published.

The MAA undertakes a series of flying display assurance and oversight activities...

Research and analysis: Summary of Creative Industries statistics user event, January 28th 2016
seen at 16:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

On the 28th January 2016, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport held an event for users of the Creative Industries Economic Estimates. The event included a number of presentations and discussion groups:

Guidance: Getting Basic PAYE Tools working on Linux
seen at 16:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Revised PDF published.

If you are having problems running Basic PAYE Tools on a Linux operating system, this guide will help you to install the files.

FOI release: NDA Properties Ltd: full list of properties owned
seen at 16:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This document lists properties owned by NDA Properties Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

NDA Properties Ltd holds and manages the majority of the non-nuclear property...

Notice: Funding competition: agri-food innovation in Turkey
seen at 16:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added details of partnering webinar is on 16th June:

Innovate UK is to invest up to £1.5 million for UK participants developing innovative solutions to challenges within the agri-food...

Guidance: HS2 Phase One planning forum: Environmental Health Subgroup meeting minutes 2016
seen at 16:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The HS2 Phase One Planning Forum was established in May 2013 in advance of the submission of the HS2 Bill.

Guidance: Key stage 2 tests: 2016 English reading test materials
seen at 16:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Key stage 2 English reading test administered in schools in May 2016. Test administration instructions and mark schemes are also provided.

Please refer to the copyright ownership report for details of...

Guidance: Key stage 2 tests: 2016 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials
seen at 16:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling tests administered in schools in May 2016. Test administration instructions and mark schemes are also provided.

Please refer to the copyright ownership...

Guidance: Key stage 2 tests: 2016 mathematics test materials
seen at 16:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Key stage 2 mathematics tests administered in schools in May 2016. Test administration instructions and mark schemes are also provided.

Please refer to the copyright ownership report for details of how...

Transparency data: Dataset inventory
seen at 16:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Inventory updated, following the 2016 annual review.

The Land Registry dataset inventory contains both internal and external raw data, which has not been analysed or interpreted. It is a snapshot...

Guidance: Dartmoor firing times
seen at 16:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added firing times notice for week commencing 23 May 2016.

The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberry...

Guidance: Commercial capability: contract management standards
seen at 16:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated standards document

In December 2013 the Cabinet Office published a review of contracts held by G4S and Serco across all departments.

The review highlighted areas of focus...

Statutory guidance: Tribunal practice notice (2/2016)
seen at 16:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Tribunal Practice Notices (TPN’s) contain changes to our tribunal functions for trade marks, registered designs, patents and design right.

These normally arise from issues raised in a legal decision or...

Transparency data: Crown Representatives and strategic suppliers
seen at 16:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated documents.

These documents provide a list of the Crown Representatives and the strategic suppliers they work with. This is current as of 9 March 2016. The risk management policy relating...

Transparency data: Land Registry workforce management information: April 2016
seen at 16:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Data covers:

payroll staff by grade non-payroll staff by type headcount staff numbers full-time equivalent staff numbers staff costs

These figures are not official statistics. They are internal...

Notice: EX15 2PJ, GFLE Willand O and M Limited: environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...

Notice: LE17 6NJ, Welland Waste Management Limited: environmental permit draft decision advertisement
seen at 16:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. In some cases they also consult on ...

Notice: SE28 0AN, Veolia ES Cleanaway (UK) Limited: environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...

Notice: DN41 8DF, FBM Metals (UK) Limited and FBM Holdings Limited: environmental permit issued
seen at 16:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).

This decision includes the permit and decision document for:

Operator name: FBM Metals (UK...
Promotional material: Popular solutions from the Crown Commercial Service for education
seen at 16:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New guidance on the CCS temporary staff agreement for schools.

These publications provide schools, academies, universities and colleges with information about the solutions the Crown Commercial...

Notice: DN15 9AP, Integrated Waste Management Limited: environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...

Notice: SO50 6NZ, Biffa Waste Services Limited: environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...

Promotional material: Energy for Schools
seen at 16:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated webinar dates.

We are hosting an Energy for Schools webinar on Tuesday 14 June from 12:30 to 13:00. Register reserve your place

After your request has been approved, you...

Research and analysis: National Careers Service satisfaction and progression surveys: 2014 to 2015 report
seen at 16:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This research looked at National Careers Service (NCS) users’ satisfaction and progression after their telephone call, meeting with an adviser or visit to the website.

The survey took place between April...

Notice: SN15 4SQ, P Greenhill, R Greenhill and B Greenhill environmental permit issued
seen at 16:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).

This decision includes the permit and decision document for:

Operator name: P Greenhill, ...
Consultation outcome: Public consultation on proposed topics for the 2021 Census questionnaire in England and Wales
seen at 16:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: The outcome of this consultation is available on the ONS website

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has launched a public consultation asking census users for their views on the topics that...

Notice: CB6 2AY, Mick George Limited: environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...

Notice: PE10 0AA, Mr Stephen Knipe: environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...

Notice: Notice 275: Customs export procedures
seen at 16:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: This notice cancels and replaces Notice 275 (July 2013). Details of any changes to the previous version can be found in paragraph 1.2 of this notice.

This notice cancels and replaces Notice 275...

Notice: TH29 9JW, Brett Aggregates Limited: environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...

Notice: IP17 3QP, Mr Trevor Winter: environmental permit application advertisement
seen at 16:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. The arrangements are explained in its...

Transparency data: GLD, AGO, HMCPSI: expenses and hospitality
seen at 16:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New transparency data for Q4 uploaded for AGO, GLD and HMCPSI

All government departments have to publish any expenses senior civil servants claim for and any hospitality they receive.

Guidance: Turkey - Bereavement Guide
seen at 16:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This information is provided by the British government for the convenience of enquirers. Neither the FCO nor any Consular section official at the British Embassy in Ankara is responsible for the accuracy of the...

Official Statistics: Housing Benefit caseload statistics
seen at 16:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Corrected spreadsheet title to 'Housing Benefit caseload statistics: data to February 2016'. It previously incorrectly stated data was to March 2016.

These summary tables show the number of Housing...

Transparency data: Workforce management information, 2016
seen at 16:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Data for April 2016 published.

The data is broken down by headcount and number of posts (full-time equivalents). It includes the number of non-payroll staff, and the pay bill costs relating to ...

Guidance: Accreditation of GCSEs, AS & A levels for teaching from 2016
seen at 16:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Submission dates updated for AQA AS & A level geography

This document shows which specifications from exam boards have been accredited for teaching from September 2016 or, where the specification...

Guidance: Financial sanctions, Belarus
seen at 16:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with the link: 13.04.2016 The Belarus (Asset-Freezing) (Amendment) Regulations (SI 2016/504)

In 2006, the European Union imposed restrictive measures, which included among other matters...

Press release: PM: Family shopping bill could rise by £220 a year after a vote to leave
seen at 16:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).
fall in sterling would increase the cost of everyday items average family of 4 could face extra costs of around £220 after 2 years analysis based on average of independent studies of the expected...
News story: Memorial wood takes shape at Ballykinler Training Centre
seen at 16:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

The trust’s 4 year centenary woods project will see millions of trees planted throughout the UK in memory of the millions of lives lost and affected. Four centenary woods, one each in Northern Ireland, England...

News story: PHE response to the National Obesity Forum and Public Health Collaboration opinion paper
seen at 16:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

An opinion paper published today by the National Obesity Forum and the newly-formed Public Health Collaboration is irresponsible and misleads the public.

Professor John Newton, chief knowledge officer...

Press release: Traffic advice for festival goers to Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Exeter
seen at 16:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Some 25,000 people a day are expected to attend the music festival, which features Jake Bugg, Jess Glynne and Mumford & Sons on the Saturday main stage and Coldplay, Ellie Goulding and Years & Years on...

Speech: PM speech on the short-term economic impact of a vote to leave the EU
seen at 16:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Thank you very much, thank you. Well, thank you for that and a very good morning. Great to be back at B&Q, and thank you all for coming today.

This country has worked incredibly hard to recover ...

News story: Civil news: CCMS funding applications when unable to meet client
seen at 16:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

A new option is available to providers using CCMS for funding applications if there is good reason their client is unable to come to their office for a meeting.

Providers can now use the interim declaration...

News story: Defence secretary visits Aegean as migrant crossings reduce
seen at 16:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

The Defence Secretary has visited RFA Cardigan Bay, the current UK commitment to NATO’s activity in the Aegean, to see the ships impact on countering illegal people trafficking and migration in the Aegean Sea...

News story: Announcing the Brathay class of 2016
seen at 16:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

The finalists are apprentices from:

Apprenticeships Norfolk Network Hampshire County Council HMRC Digital Newcastle HMRC Surge and Rapid Response Team HSBC IBM QinetiQ UK Atomic Energy Authority...
News story: Science Minister signals a new era for Culham Science Centre
seen at 16:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

UK Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson MP visited Culham Science Centre on Monday 23 May to open two specialist hi-tech facilities developed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) at the site.

News story: Man found guilty of marine licensing offences relating to salvage of shipwreck
seen at 16:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

On 20 May 2016, Mr Neil Isherwood of Bury, Lancashire was sentenced to a community order with 150 hours of unpaid work after being found guilty of a marine licensing offence by a jury at Newcastle upon Tyne Crown...

Transparency data: CMA board meeting minutes: 21 April 2016
seen at 14:40, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The members of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) board are set out in the ‘Our management’ section of the CMA’s home page.

Transparency data: Foreign Office senior staff: quarterly returns - October to December 2015
seen at 14:40, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

As part of its commitment to openness, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office has published the business expenses and hospitality of its senior London-based staff.

The expenses and hospitality listed result...

Research and analysis: HM Treasury analysis: the immediate economic impact of leaving the EU
seen at 14:40, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This document assesses the immediate economic impact of a vote for the UK to leave the EU.

A vote to leave would cause a profound economic shock creating instability and uncertainty which would be compounded...

Research and analysis: Regional output and house price impacts from leaving the EU
seen at 14:40, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Analysis on the impact that a vote to leave the EU would have on regional UK output and house prices.

Correspondence: CMA response to BIS consultation on the future of the Land Registry
seen at 14:40, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has argued that public sector information, including property price data held by the Land Registry, has huge value to consumers and the economy when made widely available...

Decision: Reddaway, David - HM Ambassador to Turkey, Foreign and Commonwealth Office - ACOBA recommendation
seen at 14:40, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added appointments with GLG, RCDS and Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths

The letters to Sir David Reddaway, former Ambassador to Turkey.

The committee’s advice, that these applications be...

Research and analysis: Notifiable diseases: causative agents report
seen at 14:40, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added bulletin for week 20, 2016.

This report compares the current week’s data on statutory notifications of causative agents to that of the previous 5 weeks.

For historical data, email...

Decision: Cable, Vince - Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills - ACOBA recommendation
seen at 14:40, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The letter to Sir Vince Cable, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. The committee’s advice, that there was no reason why these appointments should not be taken up, subject to conditions...

Decision: Grant, Helen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
seen at 14:40, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added appointment with Human Trafficking Foundation

The letter to Helen Grant MP, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DCMS. The committee’s advice, that there was no reason she should...

Decision: Housden, Peter - Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
seen at 14:40, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added commission with CPI

The letter to Sir Peter Housden, former Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government. The committee’s advice, that there was no reason why these appointments should not be...

Decision: Company Names Tribunal decision: UK Danone Group Food Co., Limited
seen at 14:39, 23 May in Search (Our copy).
Application number 1089

Applicant Danone Limited and Danone Waters (UK and Ireland) Limited objected to the name used by UK Danone Group Food Co., Limited under the Companies Act 2006.

This decision ...

Research and analysis: Small and medium enterprises in the supply chains of exporters
seen at 14:39, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This paper uses available data to estimate what proportion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are involved in supply chains.

Decision: Company Names Tribunal decision: IBM Service Limited
seen at 14:39, 23 May in Search (Our copy).
Application number 1094

Applicant International Business Machines Corporation objected to the name used by IBM Service Limited under the Companies Act 2006.

This decision was undefended. ‘Undefended’ ...

Guidance: Countdown bulletin 17 - May 2016
seen at 14:39, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This countdown bulletin provides information about the ending of Contracting-out.

Guidance: Managing common infections: guidance for primary care
seen at 14:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published updated guidance and summary tables.

This guidance is to help GPs and heathcare staff treat infections, and use antibiotics responsibly.

Guidance: Tier 5 government authorised exchange schemes
seen at 14:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated list, May 2016.

This document names the schemes, gives their details and contact information where possible.

Decision: Swinson, Jo - Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, BIS - ACOBA recommendation
seen at 14:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added CMI, DBA and CIPD commissions

The letter to Jo Swinson, former Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, BIS. The committee’s advice, that these applications be approved subject...

Notice: Tariff Stop Press Notice 14 (2016): amendments to commodity codes in chapter 73
seen at 14:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This document is classified by HM Revenue and Customs as a Tariff Stop Press Notice and includes the latest amendments to volume 2 of the printed version of the UK Trade Tariff and CHIEF from 9 May 2016.

Guidance: Cross-Government Prosperity Fund Programme
seen at 14:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Bidding round dates updated.

The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review announced a £1.3billion Prosperity Fund over the next 5 years to promote the economic reform and development...

Notice: Excise Notice 2002: Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme
seen at 14:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Sections 7.1 and 14.6 have been updated.

The AWRS requires businesses who wholesale alcohol at or after the point at which excise duty is payable (the ‘duty point’) to be approved by HM Revenue...

Official Statistics: Medicines: licensing time-based performance measures
seen at 14:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: updated metrics

For national applications (UK marketing authorisations only) we show the time taken for:

the first assessor to start the assessment all allocated assessors to complete...
Guidance: Penally Gallery Range firing notice
seen at 14:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated the May edition of the firing times.

The firing notice (sometimes referred to as firing times) for the Penally Gallery Range is presented in PDF format. The PDF format is web browseable...

Guidance: MAA airshow assurance activity 2015: post display season feedback
seen at 14:36, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Display flying: the human factors and error management challenge (poacher turned gamekeeper) has been published.

The MAA undertakes a series of flying display assurance and oversight activities...

Research and analysis: Summary of Creative Industries statistics user event, January 28th 2016
seen at 14:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

On the 28th January 2016, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport held an event for users of the Creative Industries Economic Estimates. The event included a number of presentations and discussion groups:

Notice: VAT Notice 998: VAT refund scheme for national museums and galleries
seen at 14:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: This notice cancels and replaces Notice 998 (January 2016). Details of any changes to the previous version can be found in paragraph 1.2 of this notice.

This notice cancels and replaces Notice ...

Guidance: Getting Basic PAYE Tools working on Linux
seen at 14:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Revised PDF published.

If you are having problems running Basic PAYE Tools on a Linux operating system, this guide will help you to install the files.

FOI release: NDA Properties Ltd: full list of properties owned
seen at 14:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This document lists properties owned by NDA Properties Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

NDA Properties Ltd holds and manages the majority of the non-nuclear property...

Notice: Excise Notice 202: registered mobile operators
seen at 14:35, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Section 7.2 updated with quantity of Hand-rolling tobacco to not exceed 30 grams from 20 may 2016.

This notice cancels and replaces Notice 202 (December 2002) and Update 1 (December 2002) and Update...

Notice: Funding competition: agri-food innovation in Turkey
seen at 14:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added details of partnering webinar is on 16th June:

Innovate UK is to invest up to £1.5 million for UK participants developing innovative solutions to challenges within the agri-food...

Guidance: HS2 Phase One planning forum: Environmental Health Subgroup meeting minutes 2016
seen at 14:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The HS2 Phase One Planning Forum was established in May 2013 in advance of the submission of the HS2 Bill.

Guidance: Key stage 2 tests: 2016 English reading test materials
seen at 14:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Key stage 2 English reading test administered in schools in May 2016. Test administration instructions and mark schemes are also provided.

Please refer to the copyright ownership report for details of...

Guidance: Key stage 2 tests: 2016 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test materials
seen at 14:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling tests administered in schools in May 2016. Test administration instructions and mark schemes are also provided.

Please refer to the copyright ownership...

Guidance: Key stage 2 tests: 2016 mathematics test materials
seen at 14:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Key stage 2 mathematics tests administered in schools in May 2016. Test administration instructions and mark schemes are also provided.

Please refer to the copyright ownership report for details of how...

Transparency data: Dataset inventory
seen at 14:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Inventory updated, following the 2016 annual review.

The Land Registry dataset inventory contains both internal and external raw data, which has not been analysed or interpreted. It is a snapshot...

Guidance: Dartmoor firing times
seen at 14:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added firing times notice for week commencing 23 May 2016.

The firing times are presented in 2 file formats. The PDF format is web browseable and accessible on mobile devices such as Blackberry...

The Final Countdown to Rio Begins as Athletes Start Clean Games Education
seen at 14:31, 23 May in News (Our copy).
Athletes start Clean Games education in the countdown to Rio
National Study of Health and Wellbeing in England – Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey
seen at 14:30, 23 May in UK Statistics Authority (Our copy).

This is one of a series of reports prepared under the provisions of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The Act requires all statistics designated as National Statistics at its enactment to be assessed...

News story: Defence Secretary attends 75th Anniversary commemorations for the Battle of Crete
seen at 14:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon is visiting Greece to attend the 75th Anniversary commemorations for the Battle of Crete and hold talks with the Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos.

As part of the ...

Press release: Planned roadworks in the East of England: weekly summary for Monday 23 to Sunday 29 May 2016
seen at 14:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

The following information summarises the work being carried out this coming week. It is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All our...

Press release: Government ministers visit Oxfordshire to open research centre and highlight risks to UK science and innovation from Brexit
seen at 14:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).
Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson MP opened 2 new specialist materials and high-tech robotics centres in Oxford, backed by £17 million government and sector investment; and a‎nnounced new...
News story: Foreign Secretary at EU Foreign Ministers' meeting on counter-Daesh
seen at 14:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Speaking to media ahead of the meeting in Brussels, the Foreign Secretary gave the following remarks:

Do you think the Iraqi army has the capability of leading the war against Isis?

Yes, we...

Press release: Babies for badgers as A556 environmental measures bloom
seen at 14:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Remarkable video footage released by Highways England and taken on Valentine’s Day shows how badgers, displaced by the Knutsford to Bowdon project, started to make a brand new, man made sett their new home.

News story: £12 million contracts support nuclear decommissioning research
seen at 14:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Inaccuracies related to companies listed in lots corrected.

Among the organisations involved are UK universities, global corporations and around 20 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The...

Guidance: Brighton and Sussex Hospitals NHS trust collaborating centre: user handbook
seen at 11:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published edition 2 of microbiology services user handbook.

This document details services provided by the collaborating centre at Brighton and Sussex Hospitals NHS trust.

Transparency data: BIS: senior officials' business expenses and meetings, July to September 2015
seen at 11:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes details of permanent secretaries’ external meetings and senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality on a quarterly basis.

Corporate report: Memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and the Department of Health
seen at 11:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Department of Health (DoH) reimburses eligible childcare providers for money spent on nursery milk.

Ofsted will tell the DoH if the childcare provider is registered with Ofsted and therefore eligible.

National Statistics: Trade union statistics 2015
seen at 11:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The trade union membership 2015 report uses the labour force survey to provide an estimate of the levels and density of trade union membership for all UK employees and all UK workers.

Transparency data: BIS: senior officials' business expenses and meetings, April to June 2015
seen at 11:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes details of permanent secretaries’ external meetings and senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality on a quarterly basis.

Decision: Designs hearing decision O/252/16
seen at 11:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).
Litigants Stuart Maguire v H Stebbings Hearing officer Mr Morris Note

Every effort is made to ensure design hearing decisions have been accurately recorded...

Guidance: Changes to the tourism landscape
seen at 11:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Government has made the following changes:

Establishing an Inter-Ministerial Group on Tourism to co-ordinate and oversee action across Government, in addition to holding regular meetings with...

Transparency data: CMA board meeting minutes: 21 April 2016
seen at 11:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The members of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) board are set out in the ‘Our management’ section of the CMA’s home page.

Transparency data: Foreign Office senior staff: quarterly returns - October to December 2015
seen at 11:34, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

As part of its commitment to openness, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office has published the business expenses and hospitality of its senior London-based staff.

The expenses and hospitality listed result...

Research and analysis: HM Treasury analysis: the immediate economic impact of leaving the EU
seen at 11:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This document assesses the immediate economic impact of a vote for the UK to leave the EU.

A vote to leave would cause a profound economic shock creating instability and uncertainty which would be compounded...

Research and analysis: Regional output and house price impacts from leaving the EU
seen at 11:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Analysis on the impact that a vote to leave the EU would have on regional UK output and house prices.

Correspondence: CMA response to BIS consultation on the future of the Land Registry
seen at 11:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has argued that public sector information, including property price data held by the Land Registry, has huge value to consumers and the economy when made widely available...

Decision: Reddaway, David - HM Ambassador to Turkey, Foreign and Commonwealth Office - ACOBA recommendation
seen at 11:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added appointments with GLG, RCDS and Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths

The letters to Sir David Reddaway, former Ambassador to Turkey.

The committee’s advice, that these applications be...

Research and analysis: Notifiable diseases: causative agents report
seen at 11:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added bulletin for week 20, 2016.

This report compares the current week’s data on statutory notifications of causative agents to that of the previous 5 weeks.

For historical data, email...

Decision: Cable, Vince - Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills - ACOBA recommendation
seen at 11:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The letter to Sir Vince Cable, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. The committee’s advice, that there was no reason why these appointments should not be taken up, subject to conditions...

Decision: Grant, Helen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
seen at 11:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added appointment with Human Trafficking Foundation

The letter to Helen Grant MP, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DCMS. The committee’s advice, that there was no reason she should...

Decision: Housden, Peter - Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government - ACOBA recommendation
seen at 11:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added commission with CPI

The letter to Sir Peter Housden, former Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government. The committee’s advice, that there was no reason why these appointments should not be...

Decision: Company Names Tribunal decision: UK Danone Group Food Co., Limited
seen at 11:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).
Application number 1089

Applicant Danone Limited and Danone Waters (UK and Ireland) Limited objected to the name used by UK Danone Group Food Co., Limited under the Companies Act 2006.

This decision ...

Research and analysis: Small and medium enterprises in the supply chains of exporters
seen at 11:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

This paper uses available data to estimate what proportion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are involved in supply chains. It then looks at how this relates specifically to exports to the EU.

Decision: Company Names Tribunal decision: IBM Service Limited
seen at 11:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).
Application number 1094

Applicant International Business Machines Corporation objected to the name used by IBM Service Limited under the Companies Act 2006.

This decision was undefended. ‘Undefended’ ...

Guidance: Company Names Tribunal undefended decisions and orders
seen at 11:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Decisions O/246/16 and O/248/16 added.

Use this guide to find details of all our undefended decisions and orders

Pre 2014 undefended decisions can be found via National Archives...

The Digital Powerhouse
seen at 11:31, 23 May in Tech City UK – Programmes, Research, Events – Homepage (Our copy).

Today marks the launch of ‘The Digital Powerhouse’ report from Tech North, showcasing how collaboration can turbo-charge the Northern tech economy and grow it to the tune of £5.7bn by better...

Tackling global health challenges – Wilton Park’s continuing contribution
seen at 11:30, 23 May in Wilton Park (Our copy).
For effective healthcare and prevention of disease collaboration between health experts, policymakers and practitioners is crucial globally.
Speech: HM Treasury analysis on the immediate economic impact of leaving the EU: George Osborne's speech
seen at 11:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Prime Minister, thank you very much.

The Treasury has already published detailed analysis of what a vote to leave would do to Britain’s economy over the long term.

And the results showed...

News story: Britain to enter recession with 500,000 UK jobs lost if it left EU, new Treasury analysis shows
seen at 11:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Britain’s economy would be tipped into a year-long recession, with at least 500,000 jobs lost and GDP around 3.6% lower, following a vote to leave the EU, new Treasury analysis launched today by the Prime...

Press release: Highways England investigates A303 flooding issue in Wiltshire
seen at 11:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Surface water is gathering on this short section of the A303 and creating a real risk of aquaplaning for motorists. For the safety of all road users, single lane closures are in place eastbound and westbound, ...

Press release: April 2016 Transaction Data
seen at 11:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

In April:

Land Registry completed 1,567,627 applications the South East topped the table of regional applications with 360,066 Birmingham topped the table of local authority applications by area with...
Open consultation: Review of the single source regulatory framework: call for input
seen at 10:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Secretary of State for Defence is required to conduct periodic reviews of the framework, with the SSRO providing its recommendations for the first of these by June 2017.

The regulatory framework was...

Transparency data: Crown Nominee Account 2015 to 2016
seen at 10:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Treasury Solicitor has been appointed to be the Crown’s Nominee for the purpose of collecting and disposing of bona vacantia.

Bona Vacantia is a division of the Government Legal Department and collects...

Official Statistics: National Accounts: development of core historic dataset
seen at 10:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.

Official Statistics: Research indices using web scraped price data: May 2016 update
seen at 10:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Official statistics are produced impartially and free from any political influence.

National Statistics: The UK's trade and investment relationship with Africa
seen at 10:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.

Official Statistics: Coverage differences between the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices and national Consumer Prices Indices
seen at 10:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.

Official Statistics: Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey, 2015
seen at 10:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Production and employment figures for shellfish aquaculture in 2015

Guidance: Brighton and Sussex Hospitals NHS trust collaborating centre: user handbook
seen at 10:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published edition 2 of microbiology services user handbook.

This document details services provided by the collaborating centre at Brighton and Sussex Hospitals NHS trust.

Transparency data: BIS: senior officials' business expenses and meetings, July to September 2015
seen at 10:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes details of permanent secretaries’ external meetings and senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality on a quarterly basis.

Corporate report: Memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and the Department of Health
seen at 10:33, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Department of Health (DoH) reimburses eligible childcare providers for money spent on nursery milk.

Ofsted will tell the DoH if the childcare provider is registered with Ofsted and therefore eligible.

National Statistics: Trade union statistics 2015
seen at 10:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The trade union membership 2015 report uses the labour force survey to provide an estimate of the levels and density of trade union membership for all UK employees and all UK workers.

Transparency data: BIS: senior officials' business expenses and meetings, April to June 2015
seen at 10:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes details of permanent secretaries’ external meetings and senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality on a quarterly basis.

Decision: Designs hearing decision O/252/16
seen at 10:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).
Litigants Stuart Maguire v H Stebbings Hearing officer Mr Morris Note

Every effort is made to ensure design hearing decisions have been accurately recorded...

Form: Import and export: give a Customs Comprehensive Guarantee from an approved guarantor (CCG2)
seen at 10:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Use the CCG2 to give a new Customs Comprehensive Guarantee (CCG) from an approved bank or financial institution, or to amend an existing guarantee.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will only accept...

Form: Import and export: give a Joint Contractual Liability for Customs Comprehensive Guarantee potential debts (JCL)
seen at 10:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Complete form JCL to use a Joint Contractual Liability (JCL) as security for your potential debts. You must have your authorisation for a Customs Comprehensive Guarantee (CCG) in place before you arrange...

Guidance: Changes to the tourism landscape
seen at 10:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Government has made the following changes:

Establishing an Inter-Ministerial Group on Tourism to co-ordinate and oversee action across Government, in addition to holding regular meetings with...

Guidance: Accreditation of GCSEs, AS & A levels for teaching from 2017
seen at 10:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added accreditation table for September 2017.

The timetable shows the dates by which exam boards have to send their specifications to Ofqual for consideration. As we receive and accredit specifications...

The Digital Powerhouse
seen at 10:31, 23 May in Tech City UK – Programmes, Research, Events – Homepage (Our copy).

Today marks the launch of ‘The Digital Powerhouse’ report from Tech North, showcasing how collaboration can turbo-charge the Northern tech economy and grow it to the tune of £5.7bn by betting...

News story: New powers coming to the Scottish Parliament on Monday 23 May
seen at 10:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

From the morning of Monday 23 May, politicians at Holyrood will be able to legislate on new areas, including speed limits, road signs and gaming machines.

Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell...

News story: Dundee-Amsterdam route starts today: UK Government funding boosts city economy
seen at 10:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

The first Flybe flight from Schiphol will touch down in Dundee at 11.55am today [Monday 23 May], and marks the start of Dundee’s first ever international air route.

Flybe will run the service six times...

News story: Bus Services Bill to help deliver more regular services for passengers
seen at 10:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).
new apps for passengers telling them when the next service will arrive councils will get new powers to work with operators to introduce smart tickets that work on trains and other forms of public transport...
Guidance: Overseas Business Risk - Hong Kong
seen at 09:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with latest figures and situation.

This report looks at the intellectual property, organised crime, human rights, bribery and corruption and terrorism risks that UK businesses may face ...

Guidance: Rectification and indemnity (PG39)
seen at 09:32, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Section 11 has been amended as a result of changes to the Chief Land Registrar’s delegated authority to make maladministration payments.

Aimed at conveyancers, this guide includes information on...

Open consultation: Review of the single source regulatory framework: call for input
seen at 09:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Secretary of State for Defence is required to conduct periodic reviews of the framework, with the SSRO providing its recommendations for the first of these by June 2017.

The regulatory framework was...

Transparency data: Crown Nominee Account 2015 to 2016
seen at 09:31, 23 May in Search (Our copy).

The Treasury Solicitor has been appointed to be the Crown’s Nominee for the purpose of collecting and disposing of bona vacantia.

Bona Vacantia is a division of the Government Legal Department and collects...

Protracted forced displacement – the humanitarian and development challenge of our age (WP1461)
seen at 09:30, 23 May in Wilton Park (Our copy).
As the international humanitarian community meet in Istanbul for the first World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), Wilton Park reflects on the preparations for the summit particularly the role it has played in these preparations...
Press release: Review of the single source regulatory framework: call for input
seen at 09:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

The Secretary of State for Defence is required to conduct periodic reviews of the framework, with the SSRO required to provide its recommendations for the first of these by June 2017.

The regulatory framework...

Press release: Foreign Secretary statement on Somali elections
seen at 09:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said;

The British Government welcomes the decision of the President of the Federal Government of Somalia, with support of Somalia’s National Leadership Forum, to issue...

Press release: £90 million boost for the Great British Coast
seen at 02:30, 23 May in News and communications (Our copy).

Businesses and communities across the Great British Coast could be sailing towards a cash windfall, ministers announced today (23 May 2016).

Creative coastal entrepreneurs can from today bid for a share...