£140 million boost to urgent care to ease winter pressures on NHS
£140 million will fund 14 urgent care schemes, with 25 more sites opening for winter, to boost NHS capacity and ease pressure on A&E.
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Supported Housing regulation: consultation
Proposals for implementing measures in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 and changes to Housing Benefit Regulations.
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Qualified teacher status (QTS): qualify to teach in England
Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
Supported Housing regulation: consultation
Proposals for implementing measures in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 and changes to Housing Benefit Regulations.
Statutory guidance: School teachers' pay and conditions
Statutory guidance on pay and conditions for teachers in England.
Guidance: Pathways to Work Innovation Fund: applicant bid pack
This pack explains the Pathways to Work Innovation Fund, how to apply for grant funding, and whether it is right for your organisation.
Independent report: Thirlwall Inquiry report
Report and recommendations of the public inquiry established to examine the events at the Countess of Chester Hospital from 2015 to 2018.
Policy paper: UK government response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report
The UK government response to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report on the impact of the pandemic on vaccines and therapeutics.
Guidance: Academies accounts return: guide to using the online form
Information for academy trusts and their auditors on how to complete an academies accounts return.
Guidance: Academies accounts return 2025 to 2026: guide to pensions section
Guidance to help complete the pension section within the academies accounts return.
Guidance: Academies accounts return 2025 to 2026: additional information requirements
Detailed information to help academy trusts and auditors prepare for and plan their returns.
Academies accounts return
Information for academy trusts and their auditors on how to complete an academies accounts return.
Guidance: Medicines eligible for Northern Ireland MHRA Authorised Route
Sets out medicines that can be moved to Northern Ireland to meet patient need.
Ministry of Justice: Data First
Data First is a pioneering data-linking, research and academic engagement programme led by the Ministry of Justice and funded by ADR UK.
Guidance: Special educational needs person level survey: guide
Guide for local authorities completing returns for the person level 2027 special educational needs survey, commonly known as person level SEN2.
Official Statistics: UK Clinical Research Delivery key performance indicators: data to September 2026
Report bringing together data on the delivery of globally competitive clinical research through the UK Clinical Research Delivery programme.
Transparency data: MOJ: spending over £500 on a government procurement card 2026
Reports on departmental spending over £500 with a government procurement card (GPC).
Transparency data: DWP's special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings, April to June 2026
Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.
Transparency data: DWP's special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings, July to September 2026
Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.
Research: School belonging case studies research
Research exploring how mainstream schools support school belonging while maintaining high standards of attendance and attainment.
Guidance: School-level annual school census: guide
Guidance for independent schools to help them with the 2026 school-level annual school census (SLASC).
School-level annual school census: guide to submitting data
How independent schools must collect and submit data for the school-level annual school census (SLASC).
Crime and Policing Act 2026: Offences relating to pornography
This page outlines the new criminal offences related to pornography introduced by the Crime and Policing Act 2026.
Independent report: COVID-19 vaccination in autumn 2026 and spring 2027: JCVI advice, 16 July 2025
Statement setting out advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on the COVID-19 vaccination programmes for autumn 2026 and spring 2027.
Guidance: Approved technical and higher technical qualifications
The higher technical qualifications and technical occupation qualifications that meet Department for Education (DfE) approval criteria.
Transparency data: Adult skills fund (ASF) postcode files
Data file for ASF devolution showing the funding bodies that are responsible for funding each postcode in England.
Victims of abuse to be better supported by their community
Government launches campaign to help everyone know how to Respond to disclosures of abuse with people urged to "Listen.Believe.Support."
Guidance: LA Welfare Direct bulletins: 2026
These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff.
Independent report: Slough Borough Council’s SEND service: commissioner's report
Independent report and recommendations from the SEND commissioner for Slough Borough Council.
Education Secretary speech at CST Conference 2026
In her speech, Lucy Powell set out a bold vision to reimagine childhood for a new era.
Britain's biggest hospitality brands partner with Government to deliver 100,000 jobs for NEET young people
As part of a new partnership with UKHospitality announced today (15 October 2026), major employers will provide paid employment as well as work experience and training opportunities for 18 to 24 year olds who are not in education, work or training.
New courts in the north to help women break the cycle of reoffending
Hundreds of vulnerable women will be better supported to break the cycle of reoffending for good through the expansion of crime-cutting Intensive Supervision Courts (ISCs).
Guidance: Special educational needs person level survey: technical specification
Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities completing returns for the 2027 special educational needs person level surveys (SEN2).
Official Statistics: Adult social care finance report, England: 2025 to 2026
Official statistics on adult social care finance in councils with adult social services responsibilities, including information on expenditure and income sources across both long and short term care.
Official Statistics: Pupil attendance in schools
Data on the levels of attendance and overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.
Accredited official statistics: Secondary school performance data in England: 2025 to 2026 (provisional)
The achievements of pupils at key stage 4 in England at school level and local authority area.
Accredited official statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2025 and spring 2026
Absence statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools.
Accredited official statistics: Key stage 4 performance 2026 (provisional)
Statistics on the achievements of young people at the end of key stage 4 in England, in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Guidance: Independent Disability Advisory Panel: terms of reference
This document sets out the terms of reference for the Independent Disability Advisory Panel.
Official Statistics: Destinations of key stage 4 and 5 students: 2025
Data on students going into apprenticeship, education and employment destinations, and on 16 to 19 students progressing to higher education or training.
Guidance: Prison education and library services for adult prisons in England
This Policy Framework details the minimum mandatory requirements which are needed to deliver education and library services in adult prisons in England.
Guidance: Distance learning for adult prisons policy framework
This policy framework details guidance and requirements for prison staff to support prisoners to access distance learning opportunities.
Guidance: Transfer of supervision within the UK and Crown Dependency Jurisdiction policy framework
This policy framework sets out the arrangements for transferring the supervision of offenders on licence between England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Guidance: Overseas travel on licence policy framework
This policy sets out how people on licence may request permission to travel temporarily or permanently outside of the United Kingdom and the Islands.
Guidance: Consultants in public health: appointments guidance
Sets out arrangements of public health consultant and consultant academic appointments by local authorities and higher education institutions.
Great British Railways takes shape as HQ and apprenticeship scheme confirmed
New headquarters in Derby will employ up to 450 staff and open up apprenticeships for up to 600 young people.
Guidance: Reciprocal healthcare privacy notice
Sets out how DHSC and NHSBSA collect and use personal information as part of the process of providing reciprocal healthcare.
Check your benefits and State Pension payments
Check upcoming and recent payments for your State Pension and benefits, including Attendance Allowance, DLA, ESA, JSA, Pension Credit and PIP.
Official Statistics: Deferred payment agreements, England: 2025 to 2026 report
Official statistics on the deferred payment agreements (DPAs) that local authorities have arranged with clients to help with the payment of the costs of their care.
Research: Sayce review into Carer’s Allowance earnings-related overpayments: reassessment exercise management information to September 2026
Management information on Carer's Allowance cases reviewed from 13 April 2026 to 13 September 2026 following the review into overpayments linked to earnings.
Ranby Prison
Ranby is a men’s prison in Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Styal Prison and Young Offender Institution
Styal is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Wilmslow, Cheshire, for women aged 18 and over.
North Sea Camp Prison
North Sea Camp is an open prison for men aged 18 and over in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Morton Hall Prison
Morton Hall is a prison in Swinderby, near Lincoln, for men aged 18 and over.
High Down Prison
High Down is a men’s prison and young offender institution (YOI) near Sutton in Surrey.
Downview Prison and Young Offender Institution
Downview is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Sutton, Surrey, for women aged 18 and over.
Send Prison
Send is a women’s prison in Woking, Surrey.
Stocken Prison
Stocken Prison is a men’s prison near Oakham in Rutland, East Midlands.
Askham Grange Prison and Young Offender Institution
Askham Grange is an open prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Askham Richard, near York, for women aged 18 and over.
New Style Jobseeker's Allowance
You may be able to claim New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) with, or instead of, Universal Credit, depending on your National Insurance record.
Universal Credit: Welsh language detailed information for claimants
Welsh language detailed information for claimants can be found using the Cymraeg link.