Annual Reports
DCSF: Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has written to the Chief School Adjudicator, Ian Craig, responding to his 2008-09 Annual Report published last week. The letter also gives specific responses to his recommendations.
He has also laid the Annual Report in Parliament and 3 individual reports by the Chief School Adjudicator commissioned by Mr Balls on:
* fraudulent & misleading applications for admission to schools
* random allocation in admission arrangements for schools
* procedures used for the admission of twins & other children from multiple births to the same school
Press release ~ OSA Annual Report 2008/2009 ~ Fraudulent Applications 2008/2009 ~ Random Allocation 2008/2009 ~ Twins and Multiple Births 2008/2009
DH: The Seventeenth Annual Report of the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit (NCJDSU) has been published. Between 1995 and 31 December 2008, a total of 167 cases of definite or probable vCJD had been identified in the UK; only one new probable or definite case of vCJD was reported in 2008; there was one death from vCJD in 2008.
Press release ~ National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit (NCJDSU) ~ Seventeenth Annual Report of the NCJDSU
DH: The NHS has been ranked as having one of the best primary health care systems in the world in an annual survey by the leading US think tank the Commonwealth Fund. In a survey of more than 10,000 primary care physicians in 11 countries (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States), the NHS was rated top in a number of key areas.
QCDA: The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) has published the provisional report on 2009 national curriculum tests review outcomes. The report contains figures for the number of reviews requested by subject and the number of changes to levels.
ScotGov: The first annual report on support for Scotland's armed forces & veterans has been published and it shows that progress has been made on a number of Scottish Government commitments.
Press release ~ Annual Report on Scottish Government Support for our Armed Forces and Veterans Community ~ Scotland's Veterans and Armed Forces Communities: meeting our commitment ~ ScotGov – Veterans Issues ~ 'Scotland's Veterans and Forces' Communities: meeting their well-being and welfare needs' ~ Poppy Scotland
DCMS: Paintings by Titian, Van Dyck and David Hockney as well as many other cultural works - with a combined value of £19.8m - were saved for the nation last year thanks to the Government’s Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) scheme. This latest announcement means that works valued at nearly £100m have passed into public collections over the last 5 years under the AIL scheme.
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