Emergency preparation, response and recovery

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Services

1. Find your local health protection team in England

   Get support from your local health protection team (HPT) to prevent and reduce the effect of diseases and chemical and radiation hazards

2. Report a marine accident

   Report a marine accident by calling the MAIB reporting line on +44 (0)23 8023 2527 and then completing the accident report form.

3. Report an accident or incident

   Use form RAIB N1 to report details of an accident or incident involving railway staff

4. National security vetting

   The Cerberus e-veting system will deliver a faster, more effective and efficient national security vetting system.

5. Application for a RSR environmental permit: part RSR-F

   Application form for an environmental permit for radioactive substances users.

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Guidance and regulation

1. National security vetting: advice for people who are being vetted
   • Guidance
   • 25 May 2018
   • Cabinet Office and Government Security Profession
2. Government baseline personnel security standard
   • Guidance
   • 11 June 2018
   • Cabinet Office, National security and intelligence, and Government Security Profession
3. Ban on combustible materials
   • Detailed guide
   • 17 April 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
4. Fire safety risk assessment: 5-step checklist
   • Guidance
   • 5 June 2006
   • Home Office
5. Fire safety risk assessment: offices and shops
   • Guidance
   • 5 June 2006
   • Home Office

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News and communications

21 March 2019 — Press release

UK Government to match £2m of public donations to cyclone appeal

Department for International Development

1. Update letter to residents on developments in response to the Grenfell Tower fire: 11 January 2019
   • 14 January 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence
2. Letter to the Grenfell Recovery Taskforce: 14 December 2018
   • 18 December 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence
3. Combustible building materials: letter of response to Steve Reed MP and others - 7 November 2018
   • 7 November 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence
4. Statement regarding Grenfell Tower video
   • 5 November 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Fire statistics data tables
   • 9 May 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set
2. Fire and rescue incident statistics: England, year ending December 2018
   • 9 May 2019
   • Home Office
   • National statistics
3. Fire and rescue incident statistics: England, year ending September 2018
   • 14 February 2019
   • Home Office
   • National statistics
4. Fire statistics incident level datasets
   • 31 January 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set
5. FIRE1402: previous data tables
   • 31 January 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Working with communities: implementing geological disposal
   • 19 December 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 19 April 2018
2. Enabling police and crime commissioners to sit and vote on combined fire and rescue authorities
   • 26 November 2018
   • Home Office
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 15 January 2018
3. Revised requirements for radiological protection: emergency preparedness and response
   • 22 October 2018
   • Ministry of Defence, Health and Safety Executive, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 15 November 2017
4. National flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy for England
   • 9 May 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Policy paper
5. Sector Security and Resilience Plans 2018: summary
   • 22 March 2019
   • Cabinet Office
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Regulatory Interface Management (RIM) group
   • 14 March 2019
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Corporate report
2. Radioactive Waste Management: Organisation Chart
   • 18 January 2019
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Transparency
3. Generic Disposal System Safety Case for a Geological Disposal Facility: disposal system specification
   • 18 December 2018
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Corporate report
4. UK-PHRST 4-year strategic framework: 2018 to 2021
   • 18 December 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England
   • Corporate report
5. Annual Report for 2017 on the operation of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996
   • 15 November 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
2. Home Office
3. Ministry of Defence
4. Cabinet Office
5. Public Health England

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1. Department of Health & Social Care
2. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
3. CFRA
4. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
5. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
6. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
7. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
8. National security and intelligence
9. Department for Transport
10. Marine Management Organisation
11. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
12. Government Security Profession
13. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
14. HM Treasury
15. Department for Work & Pensions
16. Certification Officer
17. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
18. Northern Ireland Office
19. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
20. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
21. Ministry of Justice
22. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
23. Defence Safety Authority
24. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
25. Department for International Development
26. Government Office for Science
27. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
28. Animal & Plant Health Agency
29. Attorney General's Office
30. Border Force
31. Department for Education
32. Government Actuary's Department
33. Government Legal Department
34. HM Revenue & Customs
35. Office for Product Safety & Standards
36. Office of Manpower Economics
37. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
38. Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
39. Review Body on Senior Salaries
40. UK Export Finance
41. Valuation Office Agency

1. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
2. Environment Agency
3. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
4. Radioactive Waste Management
5. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
6. Sellafield Ltd
7. Military Aviation Authority
8. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
9. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
10. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
11. Defence Equipment and Support
12. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
13. Ofsted
14. Innovate UK
15. Dounreay
16. Magnox Ltd
17. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
18. Single Source Regulations Office
19. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
20. Animals in Science Committee
21. Biometrics Commissioner
22. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
23. Low Pay Commission
24. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
25. Social Security Advisory Committee
26. UK Hydrographic Office

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