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Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs

Homepage of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Information is provided on Defra, its organisation, aims and activities. The Department's remit covers the environment, agriculture, food and farming, rural communities, countryside, national parks, wildlife and pets. Each of these areas has a section of the website where information and documentation is provided including legislation. The site can be searched by keyword and a collection of links to other useful and related websites is available.

Department for Education

The main website for the UK Department of Education which was formed in May 2010. It provides free access to information on the organisation, work and recent activities of the Department. It includes online publications, statistics and reports covering all aspects of UK educational policy and the provision of children's services. Topics covered by these include pre-school education, primary education, secondary education, teaching and teachers .

Cabinet Office

The Cabinet Office supports the work of the British prime minster, cabinet and civil service. The site provides information on how government works including the structure of government departments, parliamentary business and codes of conduct and ethics. Current key topics include transparency, national security, constitutional reform, big society and government efficiency and the site provides press releases and papers and reports on these issues. The website also explains the function, structure and activities of the department.

Commissioner for Public Appointments

The Commissioner for Public Appointments monitors and regulates government departmental procedures for ministerial appointments to public bodies. It acts to ensure independent scrutiny of proposed appointments, appointment on merit and openness of appointments. Its website contains information on the function and operation of the Commissioner, summaries of its recent reports, such as codes of practice for government appointments and basic statistics on the number and political affiliation of recent appointments to public bodies.

Department of Health

The UK Department of Health website contains the latest health news, links to local National Health Service (NHS) information, online advice about health (NHS Direct Online), and links to other websites. There are sections containing publications and statistics, health policy, procurement, and consultations.

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (DBEIS) is a UK government department formed in 2016 by a merger of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with the Department for Energy and Climate Change. The DBEIS is the government department responsible for business, industry, science, innovation, energy and climate change. Its webiste provides press releases, policy papers, statements, statistics and other information on these subjects.

UK Human Rights Blog

The UK Human Rights Blog is produced by 1 Crown Office Row, a barristers' chambers specialising in civil law. It aims to provide a free legal news service covering human rights issues. There is a link to European Convention on Human Rights along with a description and analysis of each article. Posts can be searched or browsed by subject, including, immigration, children, terrorism, public order and human rights cases.

GOV.UK: Publications

Database of UK official publications provided on the government website, GOV.UK. Includes research papers, statistics, consultation documents, act papers (documents laid before Parliament under the authority of acts of Parliament), administrative decisions (e.g. Intellectual Property Office decisions), policy papers, official guidance, impact assessments, Freedom of Information releases, some treaties and various other government publications. Some types of publication are only available from around 2010 onwards, but some are available as far back as the 1980s - and earlier.

Parliamentary Research Publications

This page, on the UK Parliament website, provides free access to publications produced by the House of Commons and House of Lords libraries. There are Research Briefings providing detailed introductions to a range of topics available back to 1996. There are also Business Briefings providing impartial summaries and analyses of events and situations relevant to current parliamentary interest.

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