Useful Information for Businesses – Updates 5th to 9th September
Daily update from GOV.UK.
Covid19 Related Updates
Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Find out how to make your workplace COVID-secure.
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Restaurants, pubs, bars and takeaway services – Updated guidance on the operation of soft play and indoor play areas (section 2.1) and taking payment in licensed venues (section 2.2).
Time updated
2:33pm, 6 October 2020
Safeguarding and remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Understand how to follow safeguarding procedures when planning remote education strategies and teaching remotely during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
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Page updated with reference to local restrictions and links to new resources.
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Statutory guidance on the exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.
Change made
Updated the guidance on changes to the school exclusion process during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to highlight changes to the exclusions process from 25 September 2020.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): travel advice for educational settings
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Advice for educational settings, and their students and staff, who are travelling or planning to travel during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Change made
Added links to the latest advice on travel for children under 18 organised by educational settings.
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
New plans to make UK world-leader in green energy
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The announcement is part of the government’s commitment towards net zero emissions by 2050 and will support 60,000 jobs
First published.
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BEIS publishes road fuel price statistics providing average UK retail ‘pump’ prices on a weekly basis.
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Road fuel prices for week commencing Monday 5 October 2020 published.
Road fuel prices: 5 October 2020
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Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel.
First published.
Offshore wind manufacturing investment support scheme
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This is a request for information from coastal landowners or developers with an interest in supporting UK offshore wind manufacturing, which will create employment and investment in coastal communities and the wider supply chain.
First published.
Green distilleries competition
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The green distilleries competition will provide funding for developing technologies that enable the use of low carbon fuel in a distillery.
Change made
Questions and answers document published.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Renewable CHP
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A guide for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) developers.
First published.
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How the UK supports the use of combined heat and power (CHP) or ‘cogeneration’, which avoids network losses and reduces emissions.
Change made
Added description and link to new guidance on Renewable CHP.
Oil and gas: offshore environmental legislation
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Environmental regulations and guidance on offshore oil and gas exploration and production, offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities
Change made
Update to HRA spreadsheet under ‘Applications and Determinations’ within the ‘Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001 (as amended)’
Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES): petroleum
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DUKES chapter 3: statistics on supply and demand for petroleum.
Change made
2019 data for downstream oil amended in tables 3.2, 3.5, 3.1.1, 3.1.2 and 3.9 consistent with data published in the September 2020 edition of Energy Trends.
Oil and gas: environmental submissions and determinations
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Interested parties can review records of applications and statements submitted to OPRED as required by environmental regulations.
Change made
September updated Marine Licence Spreadsheet
Proposals for a green gas levy
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We’re seeking views on policy options for a new levy on gas suppliers to fund support for green gas injection into the gas grid.
Change made
Consultation stage impact assessment published.
Post Office Horizon IT inquiry 2020
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A non-statutory inquiry into the Post Office’s Horizon IT dispute.
Change made
Letter from Sir Wyn Williams, Chair of the Inquiry, added.
Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator
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Local authorities (LAs) and LA-led consortia can bid for funding under this scheme to use innovative approaches to retrofitting social housing at scale.
Change made
Added memorandum of understanding, milestone schedule template and PowerPoint slides from a supplier event webinar held on 28 September 2020.
Department for Education
Children looked after return 2021 to 2022: guide
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Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2021 to 2022.
Change made
First published.
Time updated
10:40am, 6 October 2020
Children looked after return 2021 to 2022: technical specifications
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Data submission specifications for the children looked after (CLA) return for 2021 to 2022.
First published.
Children looked after return: guide to submitting data
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How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual children looked after return (also known as SSDA903).
Change made
Added links to the 2021 to 2022 return guide and technical specification and updated important dates for the 2020 to 2021 return.
Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
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Attendance in education settings since Monday 23 March and early years settings since Thursday 16 April.
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Added ‘Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March to 1 October 2020’.
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A summary of attendance in education settings since Monday 23 March and early years settings since Thursday 16 April 2020.
First published.
Children in need census 2020 to 2021: specification
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Specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the 2020 to 2021 children in need census.
Change made
Updated ‘Children in need census 2020 to 2021: business and technical specification’ and ‘Children in need census 2020 to 2021: validation rules’ documents.
School preference data collections 2021: guide
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Guide for local authorities completing the school preference data collections 2021.
First published.
School preference data collections: guide to submitting data
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How local authorities should submit data for the annual school preference collections.
Change made
Added the guide for local authorities to the collection documents.
Recruit trainee teachers from overseas: accredited ITT providers
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How accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers can recruit trainees who are not UK or Irish nationals.
Change made
Updated to reflect the new Student visa route which has now opened for applications.
School census 2020 to 2021: technical information
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Technical specification and validation rules for submitting 2020 to 2021 school census data.
Change made
Updated validation rules. Changes are listed in the document.
Package of support for students who have to defer their studies
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Details on a range of opportunities to gain new skills, undertake work placements, additional learning and career development support.
Change made
Added links to resources for Ministry of Defence, University Officer Cadets, Network Rail/TfL, Volunteering Matters, coronavirus testing centre jobs opportunities and contact details for Bombardier.
Department for Education commercial pipeline data: 2020 to 2021
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Commercial pipelines providing a forward look of potential commercial activity within the Department for Education for the 2020 to 2021 financial year.
Change made
Added latest version of document ‘DfE commercial pipeline: April 2020 to September 2020’.
Department for International Trade
UK defence and security export figures
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Statistics for UK defence and security exports published by the Department for International Trade Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO).
Change made
UK defence and security export statistics for 2019 added to the collection.
UK defence and security export statistics for 2019
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Estimates of global defence and security exports covering the period 2010 to 2019.
First published.
Tech Rocketship Awards search for entries from across Europe
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The UK’s Tech Rocketship Awards offer European technology scale-ups a launch-pad for global expansion.
First published.
Call for expressions of interest in membership of the Strategic Trade Advisory Group
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The Strategic Trade Advisory Group (STAG) advises the government on trade policy and negotiations.
Change made
Updated because applications for the ‘Environment and Climate’ and ‘Non-Government Organisation Representative’ seats have been re-opened until Monday 12 October 2020.
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