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Guidance and regulation

• United Kingdom Security Vetting

  Detailed guide

  3 July 2018

  Ministry of Defence

• Medals: campaigns, descriptions and eligibility

  Detailed guide

  20 August 2018

  Ministry of Defence

• Military low flying: RAF operational low flying training timetable

  Guidance

  19 September 2018

  Ministry of Defence

• Prevent duty guidance
  • Statutory guidance
  • 23 March 2016
  • Home Office
• Armed forces pensions
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 August 2018
  • Ministry of Defence, Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees, and Veterans UK

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News and communications

A visual guide to Exercise Saif Sareea logistics

25 September 2018

Ministry of Defence and Joint Forces Command

News story

1. International efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolutions on North Korea: FCO statement
   • 24 September 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Press release
2. Streets ahead: British AI eyes scan future frontline in multinational urban experiment
   • 24 September 2018
   • Ministry of Defence and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
   • News story
3. UK takes part in Bright Star Military training exercise
   • 23 September 2018
   • World news story
4. Commendations awarded to outstanding JFC staff
   • 21 September 2018
   • Ministry of Defence and Joint Forces Command
   • News story

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Research and statistics

• Defence personnel health and safety statistics: financial year 2017/18
  • 20 September 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Official statistics
• MOD statistics pre-release access list
  • 19 September 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Official statistics
• MOD trade, industry and contracts: 2018
  • 6 September 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • National statistics
• Army sexual harassment report and action plan 2018
  • 5 September 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Research
• Quarterly service personnel statistics: 2018
  • 23 August 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • National statistics

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Policy and engagement

• Modernising Defence Programme public consultation 4 September 2018

  Ministry of Defence

  Closed consultation

  Date closed 30 April 2018

• Better combat compensation 3 August 2018

  Ministry of Defence

  Closed consultation

  Date closed 23 February 2017

• Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Indefinite Section 28 Direction 5 year review (2017) 3 August 2018

  Ministry of Defence

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 15 December 2017

• PACE Code H 2017
  • 31 July 2018
  • Home Office
  • Policy paper
• The UK and Australia: a dynamic partnership for the 21st century
  • 20 July 2018
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence
  • Policy paper

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Transparency

• Military court centres court listings
  • 21 September 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Transparency
• The Non-Statutory Inquiry (NSI) report into a RAF BLSA Luge accident at Igls Austria on 29 January 2018
  • 13 September 2018
  • Ministry of Defence and Defence Safety Authority
  • Corporate report
• Project Shepherd: update
  • 11 September 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Corporate report
• MOD: spending over £500 on a GPC for January to December 2018
  • 7 September 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Transparency
• MOD: spending over £25,000, January to December 2018
  • 7 September 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Ministry of Defence
2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
3. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
4. Home Office
5. Department for International Trade

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1. Department for International Development
2. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
3. Cabinet Office
4. Defence and Security Accelerator
5. Defence Safety Authority
6. HM Treasury
7. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
8. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
9. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
10. Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
11. Stabilisation Unit
12. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
13. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
14. Defence Electronics & Components Agency
15. Department of Health & Social Care
16. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
17. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
18. Department for Exiting the European Union
19. National security and intelligence
20. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
21. Department for Work & Pensions
22. Independent Medical Expert Group
23. Ministry of Justice
24. Office of Manpower Economics
25. Department for Education
26. Department for Transport
27. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
28. HM Revenue & Customs
29. Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors
30. Attorney General's Office
31. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
32. Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons
33. Crown Commercial Service
34. Defence Nuclear Organisation
35. Northern Ireland Office
36. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
37. Advisory Group on Military Medicine
38. Border Force
39. Defence Nuclear Safety Committee
40. Disclosure & Barring Service
41. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
42. Government Actuary's Department
43. Government Equalities Office
44. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
45. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
46. Nuclear Research Advisory Council
47. Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
48. Rural Payments Agency
49. Tribunal Procedure Committee

1. Military Aviation Authority
2. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
3. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
4. Defence Equipment and Support
5. Veterans UK
6. Export Control Joint Unit
7. Single Source Regulations Office
8. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
9. Joint Forces Command
10. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
11. UK Hydrographic Office
12. Environment Agency
13. Department for International Trade Defence & Security Organisation
14. Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations
15. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
16. Ofsted
17. Innovate UK
18. jHub Defence Innovation
19. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
20. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
21. UK Space Agency