Guidance: National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies – 2017 Edition
The National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies 2017 edition provides an updated government assessment of the likelihood and potential impact of a range of different civil emergency risks (including...
View ArticleCollection: National Risk Register (NRR) of Civil Emergencies
Updated: Added in 2017 version. In 2008 the government published, for the first time, a National Risk Register, fulfilling a commitment made in the National Security Strategy. This was the first step...
View ArticleSpeech: Leader of the Commons addresses Institute for Government
IntroductionIt’s a great pleasure to be here this evening, to share with you my belief that this will be a cooperative and collegiate Parliament.In spite of the, at times, very heated exchanges in the...
View ArticlePress release: New National Democracy Week to focus on underrepresented groups
The inaugural National Democracy Week will be held in summer 2018, Chris Skidmore, the Minister for the Constitution, announced today.It will be themed on the Suffrage Centenary, as we celebrate two...
View ArticleSpeech: Minister for the Constitution announced National Democracy Week 2018
Thank you all for coming today.This year marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the International Day of Democracy by the United Nations General Assembly.In November 2007, the Assembly...
View ArticleCollection: Voter ID pilots
Voters in five local authorities will be required to show ID before they can vote in the local government elections in May 2018.The voter ID pilots will take place in Woking, Gosport, Bromley, Watford...
View ArticlePress release: Voter ID pilot to launch in local elections
Voters in five local authorities will need to show ID before they can vote next May in a move to tackle electoral fraud, the Minister for the Constitution Chris Skidmore will announce today (Saturday,...
View ArticleGuidance: Civil servants and party conferences: guidance
Updated: Guidance updated for 2017The general principles for civil servants, including special advisers, which apply to party conferences.
View ArticleTransparency data: Cabinet Office workforce management data 2014 to 2015
Updated: Updated Cabinet Office Non-Consolidated Performance Related Pay 2015 spreadsheet. Cabinet Office publishes details about headcount and payroll costs for permanent staff and contractors on a...
View ArticlePolicy paper: Business Statements: Office of the Leader of the House of...
Updated: Added in 14 September Business Statement The Business Statement sets out the business of the House of Commons for the following week.This takes place every Thursday morning when the House is...
View ArticlePress release: COBR meeting on Hurricanes Irma and Maria 18 September 2017:...
We remain concerned that Hurricane Maria, which is strengthening as it approaches the Leeward Islands, could hit the UK’s Overseas Territories in the Caribbean already affected as well as...
View ArticleDetailed guide: What Works Network
Updated: Updated links IntroductionThis initiative aims to improve the way government and other organisations create, share and use (or ‘generate, transmit and adopt’) high quality evidence for...
View ArticleNational Statistics: Freedom of Information statistics: April to June 2017
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI Act) and the associated Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIRs) came fully into force on 1 January 2005.This bulletin presents statistics on their...
View ArticleOfficial Statistics: Cabinet Office statistics: standards and policies
Updated: Updated pre-release access list. The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 required the UK Statistics Authority to publish a Code of Practice for statistics. Only those statistics...
View ArticleOfficial Statistics: FOI Statistics: supporting documents
Updated: Development plan for October 2017 to 18 added.The Cabinet Office has responsibility for Freedom of Information policy in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and publishes information on the...
View ArticleCollection: Freedom of Information statistics
Updated: Q2 2017 statistics added.The Cabinet Office has responsibility for Freedom of Information policy in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and publishes information on the handling of...
View ArticlePress release: Hong Kong to host technology festival for cutting-edge British...
The UK government will host a GREAT Festival of Innovation in Hong Kong to showcase the power of UK innovation and technology to the world, International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox today announced (21...
View ArticlePress release: New Government Hub in Birmingham to deliver West Midlands growth
Thousands of public servants in the West Midlands will move to a state of the art new building in central Birmingham, as the government continues its drive to modernise its office estate and deliver...
View ArticleOpen consultation: Consultation on revised Code of Data Matching Practice
The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 schedule 9, paragraph 7 requires the Minister for the Cabinet Office to continuously review the Code of Data Matching Practice (“The Code”) and consult...
View ArticleCollection: National Fraud Initiative
Updated: Added consultation The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) is an exercise that matches electronic data within and between public and private sector bodies to prevent and detect fraud.Please note:...
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