Annual Reports

SESport England has published a quarterly update on sports participation in England.  Its Active People survey of 190,000 people is the biggest of its kind, and is used to measure progress against our targets to get people playing & enjoying more sport. The results show sport participation levels in the 12-month rolling period from April 2008 – April 2009.  Headline Active People updates will now be published on a quarterly basis.
Press release ~ Active People survey ~ Interim results for NI8
 
ScotGov: The latest Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) report is ‘further evidence of the clear benefits of full fiscal autonomy' - according to Finance Secretary John Swinney. Including a geographical share of North Sea revenues, the GERS figures show Scotland with a current budget surplus in each of the last three years from 2005-06.
 
GERS also estimates Scotland's net fiscal balance - which factors in capital and infrastructure investment for the nation's long term benefit. The Scottish figure of a deficit of 2.7% of GDP reflects a relatively high level of net capital investment in Scotland in 2007-08.
Press release ~ Government Expenditure and Revenues Scotland 2007-08 ~ Fiscal Autonomy in Scotland: The case for change and options for reform ~ Choosing Scotland’s Future ~ Secret plan to deprive independent Scotland of North Sea oil fields
 
Defra: The Agricultural Wages Board met on 15-17 June 2009 for the 2009 annual pay negotiations. The Board has put forward proposals for the new annual Agricultural Wages Order which will come into force on Thursday 1 October 2009.
 
Full details of the Board’s proposals can be obtained from the AWB Secretariat, Tel 020 7238 6523. Representations or other comments on the proposals must be lodged with the Secretary to the Board by Monday 20 July.
Press release ~ Agricultural Wages Board
 
HEFCEThe Higher Education Funding Council for England has published its updated Strategic Plan for 2006-11, which sets out their strategy for the development of higher education in England to 2011.
Press release ~ Strategic Plan for 2006 – 2011 (updated June 2009) ~ Foreword and introduction
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