The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:

Business Minister Ian Lucas donned his hard hat today (11 March) as he led the ground breaking ceremony for the expansion of the Industrial Biotechnology demonstrator facilities in Wilton, Teesside.

Nearly two-thirds of the public (63%) think there are too few women in Parliament, Minister for Women and Equality Harriet Harman will say in a debate in the House of Commons today to mark International Women's Day.

Royal Diary of Engagements, 10th March 2010

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The app is another tool for people looking for work, making it easier to search by location, save preferences and get information about vacancies, said Employment Minister Jim Knight.

Today (Wednesday 10 March), the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) is publishing the results of a comprehensive survey, which took place during late 2009, on the perceptions and priorities of rural people. The survey provides detailed information on the views of residents across rural England, and comparisons with the views of people who live in urban areas.

The MoD today welcomed the second annual report examining the fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the Service Complaints System.

The Government has accepted the recommendations of the independent Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body and will implement them in full. This will mean a 2% rise in Armed Forces pay from 1 April 2010.

Cocaine worth £160,000 was found by officers from the UK Border Agency in the false bottom of a suitcase at Gatwick Airport.

The danger and cost of climate change to the health of Europeans is at the forefront of the debate as the fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health begins today in Parma, Italy.

All road works will need to be clearly signed and meet strict rules on safety under plans published today by Transport Minister Sadiq Khan.

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:

It’s that  time of year, with quarterly or half-yearly service charge demands falling due at flats across the country.  With bills often  adding up to four figures, it always makes sense for leaseholders to check their service charge demands and to make sure they know what to do if there is something awry. However, for a challenge to be successful, they will need to make sure you have some understanding of what the law says. That's where the government's FREE Leasehold Advisory service can help.

A new web based one-stop-shop for Military families looking for employment and training, and a network of Jobcentre Plus Armed Forces Champions are amongst a package of initiatives to support Service families announced today by Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, and Bob Ainsworth, Secretary of State for Defence.

HM The Queen has appointed Rhys Price Rowlands to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP.  The Right Honourable The Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has assigned him to the Wales Circuit, based at Cardiff Crown Court with effect from Tuesday 30 March 2010.

A new iPhone app that helps people to stop smoking was launched today by Public Health Minister Gillian Merron.

Smokers are today (10 March) being urged to quit their habit or realise its danger, as statistics reveal that a third of those who die in accidental house fires, die in fires started by cigarettes.1

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has today laid directions to Ofcom before Parliament to implement the Digital Britain spectrum modernisation programme, based on the Independent Spectrum Broker proposals.

Communities Minister Shahid Malik today met with Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.

From 1 April, the cost of a colour television licence will be £145.50 and a black and white licence will be £49.00.

Military communications on operations are to further enhanced, thanks to a new £400 million contract to use a new satellite, the Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Quentin Davies, announced today.

British International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander today (Tues March 9^th) launched a new growth programme for Helmand to provide jobs and help for farmers and local businesses.

Bus travel in England will be safer, more efficient and easier to use under new Government proposals.

Expert job advice will be available in community centres and GP surgeries in some of the most deprived housing estates across Britain to help thousands more people into jobs, Work and Pensions Minister Helen Goodman announced today.

New health inequalities tool allows local NHS to focus their resources