Research Briefing
Sprinkler systems in schools
This note provides statistics on the number of fires in schools, and the costs and benefits of sprinkler system installation. It also looks at current regulation governing sprinkler systems in schools.
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Research Briefing
Election timetables
This Research Paper sets out the model timetables for Parliamentary general elections and by-elections.
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Research Briefing
Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on the Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill, from 2009.
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Research Briefing
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill (Bill 15 of 2008-09)
The Bill seeks to define and promote “green energy”. It aims to facilitate the development of green energy by: requiring a review and revision of the Government’s Microgeneration Strategy including feed-in tariffs; changing permitted development rights in planning law; and ensuring that green energy installations do not result in higher council tax or rates bills.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by constituency, April 2009
This paper shows the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance recorded as resident in each constituency in the United Kingdom in April 2009, together with comparisons with the levels in April 2008 and April 1997. This paper also presents residence-based unemployment rates for all 646 constituencies in the United Kingdom.
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Research Briefing
Comptroller and Auditor General
This note traces a brief history of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General and examines current proposals to reform the corporate governance of the National Audit Office.
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Research Briefing
Taxing small businesses: Budget 2000 to Budget 2006
This historical note examines the difficulty of designing effective tax incentives for small companies, in the context of the four year history of the zero rate of corporation tax, introduced in April 2002.
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Research Briefing
Taxing small businesses: recent developments
This note discusses the reforms to taxing small businesses set out in the 2007 Budget - in particular, the phased increase in the small companies tax rate - before looking at the recent change in the Government's approach, signalled in the 2008 Pre-Budget Report.
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Research Briefing
Electoral performance of the British National Party in the UK
This note provides data on the electoral performance of the UK's British National Party (BNP) in local and parliamentary elections. This note has been updated to include results from the local elections held in England on 1 May 2008. It also comments upon results from various elections up to 2006, as well as overall results from the 2007 and 2008 local elections.
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Research Briefing
Equality Bill (Bill 85 of 2008-09)
Legislation to outlaw discrimination has existed for over 40 years. Typically, new Acts have had as their focus one area of policy, for example, pay, equal treatment of women, race discrimination etc. Almost inevitably, the body of current law, introduced piece meal over such a long period, has developed inconsistencies of both content and approach. As well as introducing new requirements one of the main aims of this Bill is to harmonise existing law into a more coherent whole.
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Research Briefing
Heroes Return 2 Scheme
The Heroes Return 2 Scheme was launched by the Big Lottery Fund on 1 April 2009. Under this scheme funding will be provided for veterans, spouses, widows and carers wishing to return to those places where they fought during the Second World War and mark any relevant anniversaries in 2009 and 2010. This note sets out the principles of the scheme, eligibility and how to apply for funding.
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Research Briefing
An overview of statistics on equality and discrimination
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on statistics on equality and discrimination from 2009.
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Research Briefing
Economic indicators, May 2009
This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries for selected indicators. [Article: The 2009 Budget - economic and public finance forecasts]
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Research Briefing
Motor vehicles: registration plates
Updated with details of the changes to permit the display of national symbols on number plates, which came into force in April 2009.
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Research Briefing
Council Tax 2009/10
This note contains key statistics on council tax levels in 2009/10 and a limited amount of analysis is provided. The main purpose of this note is to act as a reference document although more detailed analysis is available on request.
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