Collection: Honours: lists, reform and operation
Updated: 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours list and press notice added.This series brings together recent honours lists, reports on the reform and operation of the honours system, case study leaflets of...
View ArticleTransparency data: Birthday Honours lists 2015
In total, 1,163 people have received an award:1,013 candidates have been selected at BEM, MBE and OBE level (295 at BEM, 481 at MBE and 237 at OBE)70% of the recipients are people who have undertaken...
View ArticlePress release: The Queen’s Birthday Honours 2015
Recipients stretch from Helston in Cornwall, where Verna Tripconey receives a BEM for services to the community and to the East Lizard Helpline; up to the Orkney Islands, where John Muir receives a BEM...
View ArticleSpeech: Future of public services reform: Matthew Hancock speech
If there were such a thing as a patron saint of reform in government, perhaps it would be Samuel Pepys. As an MP and Secretary to the Admiralty in the 1670s, Pepys had the job of turning round the...
View ArticleClosed consultation: Public service ombudsman
Updated: Consultation extended until midnight on 16th June.The government aims to ensure that it is simple and straightforward for citizens to complain about public services, and that public sector...
View ArticlePress release: DfE appoints contractor ahead of move to Old Admiralty Building
The Department for Education has announced the appointment of BAM Construct UK (BAM), as the main contractor to refurbish its new headquarters in Whitehall.The department is due to move into the Grade...
View ArticleGuidance: Introducing GOV.UK Verify
What GOV.UK Verify is, how it works and how it allows you to access government services online.
View ArticleCorporate report: Civil Service Appeal Board annual report 2014 to 2015
The Civil Service Appeal Board (CSAB) report includes details of:number of appealsappeal outcomesboard membersRead the guidance on How to appeal to the Civil Service Appeal Board
View ArticlePolicy paper: Business Statements: Office of the Leader of the House of...
Updated: Added 18 June business statement.This page sets out the Business Statements by the Leader of the House of Commons for June 2015.The Business Statement takes place every Thursday morning when...
View ArticleNews story: Government completes historic Admiralty Arch deal
The government has completed a deal to lease the historic Admiralty Arch building to Prime Investors Capital (PIC).PIC is renovating the former office space into a 5 star hotel and residences. The...
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Detailed guide: Transposing EU procurement directives
Updated: Added 'Guidance on changes to procedures'The 2014 EU Procurement Directives came into force at EU level on 17 April 2014. EU member states now have 2 years to implement them in national...
View ArticleGuidance: Procurement policy note 10/15: annual statistical returns on public...
This procurement policy note requests annual statistical returns on public procurement contracts awarded above threshold in calendar year 2013 and in 2014. Returns are requested from:all central...
View ArticleCollection: Procurement policy notes
Updated: Added PPN 10/15: annual statistical returns on public procurement contracts awarded in 2013 and 2014.Guidance on best practice for procurement for public sector organisations, together with...
View ArticleSpeech: Public Fundraising Regulatory Authority annual general meeting 2015:...
Good afternoon. I speak to you today at what is, in my view, a critical time for charity fundraising. Charities’ hard won reputation is at serious risk and it is essential for the sector to rise to...
View ArticleTransparency data: Cabinet Office staff and salary data as at 31 March 2015
Staff numbers are expressed as full-time equivalents (ie 0.5FTE = 2.5 days per week)The following groups of staff are included:all staff loaned or seconded in to the Cabinet Office (regardless of...
View ArticleCollection: Cabinet Office staff and salary data
Updated: Added data as at 31 March 2015.Information on staff numbers and salaries in the Cabinet Office. The data includes staff in the Prime Minister’s Office (Number 10) and the Deputy Prime...
View ArticleNews story: 24th British-Irish Council concludes in Dublin
The Irish government hosted the 24th British-Irish Council summit at Dublin Castle today (19 June), led by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD. The Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, led the UK...
View ArticleNews story: Cabinet Office fly iconic rainbow flag to celebrate Pride
The rainbow flag, symbolising LGBT pride, will fly at the Cabinet Office this week to mark the annual Pride event in London. Oliver Letwin, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, said: We are delighted...
View ArticleGuidance: Parliament Act 1911 section 2: guidance
This page contains guidance, produced by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) for members of that office, about section 2 of the Parliament Act 1911.
View ArticleCollection: The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: guidance
This collection contains guidance about the drafting of legislation, produced by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel for members of that office.
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