Tuesday, 21 November 2006
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Cabinet Office DEL will be increased by £171,376,000 from £208,004,000 to £379,380,000. The resource...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (John Hutton) has made the following Statement. Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate,...
At the forthcoming Energy Council in Brussels during the morning of 23 November, Lord Truscott will represent the UK. Informal discussions at the pre-council dinner on 22 November will address...
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ed Balls) has made the following Written Statement. Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate,...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the National School of Government will be a separate non-ministerial department from January 2007. The national school's...
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Peter Hain) has made the following Ministerial Statement. Subject to parliamentary approval, the Northern Ireland Office (NSO) will be taking a...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the new estimate, the Deputy Prime Minister's Office departmental expenditure limits for 2006-07 will be £1,960,000 as set out in the table below. ...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Actuary's Departmental Expenditure Limit will be reduced by £71,000 from £917,000 to...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the H M Revenue and Customs departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £56,085,000 from...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office for National Statistics' departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £2,205,000 from...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, National Savings and Investments DEL will be increased by £9,000,000 from £170,294,000 to £179,294,000...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Communities and Local Government's Departmental expenditure limits for 2006-07 will change as...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Culture Media and Sport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £93,217,000 from...
In May 2006, the then Veterans Minister announced that the Ministry of Defence would later this year be introducing an enhanced post-operational mental healthcare programme for recently...
The Ministry of Defence Supplementary Estimate Votes A 2006-07 will be laid before the House on 21 November as HC18. This outlines an amendment to the maximum numbers of personnel to be...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Defence Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) will be increased by £1,592,272,000 from...
I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Mr Keith Murray McNeish for a three year term of office as a member of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body commencing March 2007. This appointment has...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the new Estimate, the Deputy Prime Minister's Office Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2006-07 will be £1,960,000 as set out in the table below: ...
The Government Actuary has reported on the results of his valuation of the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) as at 31 March 2004. His report, which takes account of the reforms to the TPS that will...
Anne Lambert, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, attended the Youth Council on behalf on the UK, I represented the Government at the Education Council. Ministers discussed the...
The UK has a continuing obligation under the United Nations Charter to promote the well-being of the inhabitants of its Overseas Territories, and we are committed under the White Paper...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Education and Skills Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL), (including the Office for Her Majesty's...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Forestry Commission's DEL will be increased by £2,541,000 from £82,288,000 to £84,829,000. Within the...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs DEL will be increased by £12,368,000 from £3,484,561,000...
Last week I attended the 12th meeting of the Parties (COP12) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Nairobi. It was clear from the discussions that the science of climate...
I have set the Rural Payments Agency the following performance targets for 2006-2007. Customers Provide decisions by 15 January 2007 on at least 95 per cent. of representations relating to the...
Today the UK ratified the Council of Europe's European Landscape Convention which aims to promote landscape protection, management and planning, and to organise European co-operation on landscape...
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Grant (UK Permanent Representative to the EU) and I represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in...
Subject to the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department of Health's element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £5,418,000 from £87,170,719,000 to...
Plans of changes to the Departmental Expenditure Limit and Administrative Budget for 2006-07. Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Home Office's...
My hon. Friend the then Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality announced on 21 July 2005 Official Report, column 155WS, that we would begin last summer the initial phase of our...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Cabinet Office DEL will be increased by £171,376,000 from £208,004,000 to 379,380,000. The Resource DEL...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the National School of Government will be a separate non-ministerial department from January 2007. The National School's...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Privy Council Office total DEL will be increased by £200,000 from £6,656,000 to £6,856,000 and the...
Subject to Parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2006-07 Winter Supplementary Estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Scotland Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £147,768,000 from £24,805,766,000 to...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department of Trade and Industry's DEL will be increased by £276,102,000 from £6,600,353,000 to...
I have decided to reappoint the Chairs of EEDA, ONE and Yorkshire Forward, as listed at annexe A. The reappointments will all be for a period of three years from 14 December 2006 until 13...
The Government have submitted their economic evidence on the National Minimum Wage to the Low Pay Commission. The Commission will take this and all the other evidence received into account when...
The Department for Transport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for 2006-07 will be decreased by £13,206,000 from £13,060,028,000 to £13,046,822,000 and the administration...
The National Assembly for Wales' Departmental Expenditure Limit will be increased by £188,419,000 from £ 12,832,297,000 to £13,020,716,000. The increase is a result of: A take up...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions DEL will decrease by £5,668,000 from £7,785,869,000 to...
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