Annual Reports
CCC: The Committee on Climate Change has published its Annual Report & Accounts for 20011-12.
HPA: The number of confirmed cases of pertussis (Whooping cough) in England & Wales reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) continues to rise, with 1,781 cases reported to the end of May 2012, compared to a total of 1,118 cases across the whole of 2011.
Monitor: Monitor, the independent regulator of NHS foundation trusts, has recently published its review of NHS Foundation Trust (FT) performance for the fourth quarter 2011/2012.
IPCC: The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)’s annual report into deaths during or following police contact has been released.
HSE: Almost half of the refurbishment construction projects in & around Stamford Hill in North East London have failed health & safety spot checks.
DH: Retailers find the Healthy Start scheme easy to administer & beneficial to their customers, according to research published recently.
CH: In a comprehensive survey of attitudes towards the UK's role in the world, Chatham House and YouGov found that just 6% of the public think the coalition has improved UK foreign policy, with 32% thinking it has worsened since the coalition government came to power.
PC&PE: The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has published a report highlighting concerns about the Government response to its March 2012 report, First review of the National Security Strategy 2010.
WAG: Business Minister Edwina Hart has welcomed the City Regions report by a group of experts that considered the evidence for city regions as economic drivers & identified potential city regions in Wales.
It contains 22 key recommendations that include city regions are recognised in South East Wales & Swansea Bay and that the existing Mersey Dee Alliance is strengthened in North East Wales.
It contains 22 key recommendations that include city regions are recognised in South East Wales & Swansea Bay and that the existing Mersey Dee Alliance is strengthened in North East Wales.
NAO: Amyas Morse, the Comptroller & Auditor General, has qualified the accounts of the Community Legal Service Fund and the Criminal Defence Service because of errors in payments to legal aid providers.
ScotGov: The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), tasked with improving value for money from Scotland’s public-sector infrastructure, has published its annual benefits statement. Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure & Capital Investment, Alex Neil, has welcomed news that the SFT saved the Scottish public sector £131m during 2011/12.
EH: English Heritage's Annual Report and Accounts were laid before Parliament last week.
ONS: Total household wealth in Great Britain was £10.3 trillion in 2008/10, according to the latest Wealth in Great Britain chapters, released recently by the Office for National Statistics.
This is a rise of 12.9% or £1.2 trillion since 2006/08 when it was £9.1 trillion. However, the report also highlights widening disparities between the households at the top & bottom of the wealth distribution.
This is a rise of 12.9% or £1.2 trillion since 2006/08 when it was £9.1 trillion. However, the report also highlights widening disparities between the households at the top & bottom of the wealth distribution.
ONS: Visits to the UK from overseas show a trend of growth over the short-term & longer-term, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). However, visits abroad by UK residents are down 1% in 2012.
NO: In her first report as the new Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman, Dame Julie Mellor, DBE reveals that a record number of enquiries were received in the last year from people needing help with their complaint.
CQC: The Care Quality Commission published last week 249 individual inspection reports into providers offering termination of pregnancy services. As a result of these unannounced inspections, CQC identified clear evidence of pre-signing of HSA1 forms at 14 locations, all of which were NHS Trusts.
CO: The Intelligence & Security Committee (ISC)’s Annual Report for 2011-2012 was laid before Parliament recently by the Prime Minister. The Government’s formal response to the Committee’s report is expected to be published in the autumn.
