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• Speech: The role of AI in the future of women's health

  30-01-2025 18:06 via gov.uk
  
  Minister of State for Women's Health, Baroness Merron, spoke at the Responsible AI: Women and Healthcare Conference 2025, in London.
  
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• Transparency data: DfE: special advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings, July to September 2024

  30-01-2025 17:53 via gov.uk
  
  Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.
  
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• Impact assessment: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: impact assessments

  30-01-2025 17:30 via gov.uk
  
  Impact assessments of the measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
  
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• Research: Women’s Reproductive Health Survey 2021 national pilot: contraception and abortion results

  30-01-2025 17:21 via gov.uk
  
  Analysis of the Women’s Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) 2021 national pilot, with a report focused on contraception and abortion.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, July to September 2024

  30-01-2025 17:01 via gov.uk
  
  Data on gifts that ministers gave and received, their external meetings and any overseas travel.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings, July to September 2024

  30-01-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality and meetings, July to September 2024

  30-01-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  All data on senior officials’ business expenses, external meetings and hospitality.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2024

  30-01-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Summaries of advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.
  
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• Transparency data: DfE: senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality, July to September 2024

  30-01-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Data on senior officials’ business and hospitality expenses and meetings with external organisations.
  
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• Transparency data: DfE: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, July to September 2024

  30-01-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Data on gifts that ministers gave and received, all hospitality received, any overseas travel and meetings with external individuals and organisations.
  
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• Research: Young adult outcomes for pupils with SEN

  30-01-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Analysis of pupils who were age 16 to 17 in 2016 and their outcomes at age 19 to 20 in 2019.
  
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• Research: In-school support units

  30-01-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Exploratory research aiming to understand the models and uses of in-school support units (ISU) by mainstream secondary schools in England.
  
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• Research: 16 to 19 funding uplift: survey for education providers

  30-01-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Findings on how further education providers used 16 to 19 funding in academic years 2023 and 2024.
  
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• Consultation outcome: Transfer of funding powers for new technical qualifications

  30-01-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  We would like your views on the anticipated impact of transferring new powers from central government to local authorities.
  
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• Call for evidence outcome: Non-medical help for disabled students in higher education

  30-01-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Call for evidence to help improve non-medical help provision for disabled students in higher education.
  
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• Press release: Government aims to crack down on rogue higher education operators

  30-01-2025 12:42 via gov.uk
  
  Proposed reforms to tighten rules around franchising and crack down on fraud in the student finance system that cost taxpayers £2m in 2022/23.   
  
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• Guidance: SEN and disability duties: guidance for school governing boards

  30-01-2025 12:42 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance for school governing boards on the board’s role and responsibilities supporting pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities.
  
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• Policy paper: Government response to the House of Lords food and health report

  30-01-2025 11:16 via gov.uk
  
  The government’s response to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee's report 'Recipe for health: a plan to fix our broken food system'.
  
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• Open consultation: Franchising in higher education

  30-01-2025 11:15 via gov.uk
  
  We are seeking views on proposals to strengthen oversight of subcontracted delivery of higher education, also known as franchising.
  
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• Corporate report: 2023 Industry Training Board (ITB) review

  30-01-2025 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Review into the role and effectiveness of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB).
  
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• Call for evidence outcome: Industry training board review 2023: call for evidence

  30-01-2025 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  A call for evidence on the role and effectiveness of the construction and engineering construction industry training boards (CITB and ECITB).
  
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• Policy paper: Road to recovery: the government's 2025 mandate to NHS England

  30-01-2025 10:40 via gov.uk
  
  The government’s mandate to NHS England sets out the objectives they should seek to achieve.
  
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• Policy paper: Better Care Fund policy framework 2025 to 2026

  30-01-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  This policy framework sets out the objectives, conditions and funding arrangements for the Better Care Fund (BCF) for 2025 to 2026.
  
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• Official Statistics: School funding statistics: 2024 to 2025 financial year

  30-01-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Official statistics on school funding in England.
  
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• Official Statistics: Parental responsibility measures: 2023 to 2024 academic year

  30-01-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  National and local authority data on penalty notices, cases entering fast-track case management, parenting orders and parenting contracts.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Further education and skills: January 2025

  30-01-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Further education and skills summary data, including apprenticeships and detailed education and training, from August to October 2024.
  
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• UK Social Work partners with ‘Survivors for Change’ to enhance youth hockey safety - UKNow

  30-01-2025 10:00
  UK Social Work partners with ‘Survivors for Change’ to enhance youth hockey safety  UKNow
  
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• UK Social Work partners with ‘Survivors for Change’ to enhance youth hockey safety - UK NOW

  30-01-2025 09:00
  UK Social Work partners with ‘Survivors for Change’ to enhance youth hockey safety  UK NOW
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Apprenticeships: January 2025

  30-01-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Statistics on apprenticeships in England from August to October 2024.
  
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