Annual Reports

ScotGov: Published figures for greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland indicate that total emissions, which include international aviation & shipping, were 56.9m tonnes CO2 equivalent (Mt CO2e), compared with 61.0 Mt CO2e in 2006 - a 6.8% reduction on 2006 figures. This means that compared to the 1990 baseline of 70.0 Mt CO2e, greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland have fallen by 18.7%.
 
The greenhouse gas emissions data for all four countries of the UK will be published through the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) website on 24 September 2009.
Press release ~ Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2007 ~ Scotland’s actions on climate change ~ Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI)
 
DCSF: Ministers have responded to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Education at a Glance report, which provides a rich, comparable & up-to-date array of indicators on the performance of education systems.  The indicators look at who participates in education, what is spent on it, how education systems operate and what results are achieved.
Press release ~  OECD: Education at a Glance press release ~ UK Summary of Key Findings
 
TCs: Britain’s bus & haulage regulators – the 7 Traffic Commissioners based in Scotland, Leeds, Manchester, Cambridge, Birmingham and Wales, Eastbourne, and Bristol – have published their Annual Report for 2008-2009.

The Traffic Commissioners are statutorily independent Licensing Authorities responsible for bus, coach & goods vehicle operators and for local bus service registrations.  They can also take disciplinary action against the licence of bus, coach and lorry drivers who commit road and certain other offences.
Press release ~ Traffic Commissioners' Annual Report 2008-09 ~ VOSA (Vehicle & Operator Services Agency)
 
BIS: More than three quarters of people claim they feel well informed about their employment rights – a rise of 13% - according to figures published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The 2008 Fair Treatment at Work Survey (FTWS) also shows that problems with specific employment rights have fallen with more people prepared to seek information & advice on problems that do arise. In particular, problems with pay & working time (including annual leave) have more than halved since 2005.
Press release ~ Fair treatment at work report: findings from the 2008 survey
 
CEOP: Publishing its 2008/09 Strategic Overview, designed to inform the wider policing & child protection communities of the emerging trends & patterns of offender behaviour, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre urged parents to take note and have also published a public version via podcasts & downloads so that they too can understand how the threat manifests itself – See ‘In the News’ section for more information.
 
SESport England has published a quarterly update on regular sports participation in England. The Active People Survey of 190,000 people each year is the biggest of its kind and is used to measure progress against SE’s targets to get more people playing & enjoying regular sport. The latest update shows sport participation levels in the 12-month period from July 2008 – July 2009.
Press release ~ Research results
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