Policy Statements and Initiatives

WAG: Elderly & disabled passengers will still travel free on Welsh local bus services, Deputy First Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones, has stressed, when  responding to the Department of Transport’s decision to raise the age of entitlement in England in line with State Pension rules from 1 April 2010

He also reiterated his commitment to extend the scheme to include seriously injured veterans and service personnel from April 2011.
Press release ~ WAG: Concessionary Bus Travel ~ DfT - Concessionary Travel: PBR Announcement Q&A (scroll down to: Change in Age of Eligibility)
 
DECCIndustrial growth, energy security & action on climate change are the 3 prizes to be had in backing Carbon Capture and Storage technology, Ed Miliband has claimed. The CCS Industrial Strategy sets out how the UK can make the most from its knowledge & skills in engineering, geology & the subsea sector and become a centre for CCS innovation & business.
 
As part of the strategy, Yorkshire & Humber has been named as the first low carbon economic area for Carbon Capture and Storage.  The region's Ferrybridge power station, owned by SSE, has been awarded £6.3m towards its £21m 5MW carbon capture trial by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
 
A new Office of CCS started work last week inside DECC with the intention of facilitating the delivery of CCS in the UK and helping promote its rapid take up globally.
Press release ~ Office of CCS (scroll down for: An Industrial Strategy for the development of CCS across the UK) ~ UK Government's 'Framework for clean coal’
 
DCMS: An Olympic & Paralympic legacy plan to ‘bring about lasting changes to the life experiences of disabled people’ has been published by the Government. 

Endorsed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), London 2012:  A Legacy for Disabled People, aims to improve the lives of 10m disabled people in the UK by increasing participation in sport & physical activity; improving business, transport & employment opportunities; and changing attitudes &perceptions of disabled people in society.
 
Sport England has given sport for disabled people a further boost by announcing that it is investing £1.5m of Exchequer funding in the English Federation of Disability Sport to help them deliver a new strategy to increase participation & opportunities for disabled people.
Press release ~ London 2012: A Legacy for Disabled People ~ International Paralympic Committee (IPC) ~ English Federation of Disability Sport ~ British Blind Sport ~ Mencap Sport ~ Wheelpower ~ The Special Olympics ~ Unlimited commissions
 
BIS: The Government has published a cross-departmental strategy to ensure the UK has a safe, sustainable and dynamic nanotechnologies industry.
Press release ~ UK Nanotechnologies Strategy ~ London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) ~ STFC’s ISIS Neutron and Muon Source ~ European Nanotechnology Gateway ~ Micro and Nano Technology Introduction and Overview
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