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. Form C18: Supplement for an application for a Recovery Order

   Form C18: Supplement for an application for a Recovery Order.

4. Report an accident or incident

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

5. National security vetting

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

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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. Personal flood plan
   • Guidance
   • 20 October 2017
   • Environment Agency
4. Fire safety risk assessment: 5-step checklist
   • Guidance
   • 5 June 2006
   • Home Office
5. Building Safety Programme
   • Detailed guide
   • 11 January 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

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News and communications

8 October 2019 — Press release

Brexit readiness report published

Cabinet Office and Department for Exiting the European Union

1. Sprinkler review for high-rise homes
   • 5 September 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • News story
2. Letter to the Grenfell Recovery Taskforce: 17 July 2019
   • 17 July 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence
3. Government Minister praises Inverness Coastguard during visit
   • 12 July 2019
   • Cabinet Office
   • Press release
4. Update letter to residents on developments in response to the Grenfell Tower fire: 10 June 2019
   • 11 June 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence

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Research and statistics

1. Fire statistics data tables
   • 14 November 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set
2. Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics: England April 2018 to March 2019 second edition
   • 14 November 2019
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics
3. Fire statistics incident level datasets
   • 14 November 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set
4. Fire and rescue incident statistics: England, year ending June 2019
   • 14 November 2019
   • Home Office
   • National statistics
5. Fire statistics guidance
   • 31 October 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2020/21
   • 22 October 2019
   • HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 29 November 2019
2. Sprinklers and other fire safety measures in new high-rise blocks of flats
   • 5 September 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 28 November 2019
3. Building regulations and fire safety: government response to the Select Committee report
   • 21 October 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Policy paper
4. No-Deal Readiness Report
   • 14 October 2019
   • Cabinet Office and Department for Exiting the European Union
   • Policy paper
5. National flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy for England
   • 6 August 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Annual Report for 2018 on the operation of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996
   • 7 November 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Corporate report
2. Regulatory Interface Management (RIM) group
   • 8 October 2019
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Corporate report
3. Radioactive Waste Management: Organisation Chart
   • 29 July 2019
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Transparency
4. Generic Disposal System Safety Case for a Geological Disposal Facility: disposal system specification
   • 18 December 2018
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Corporate report
5. UK-PHRST 4-year strategic framework: 2018 to 2021
   • 18 December 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England
   • 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 Exiting the European Union
26. Department for International Development
27. Government Office for Science
28. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
29. Animal & Plant Health Agency
30. Attorney General's Office
31. Border Force
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. Defence Equipment and Support
11. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
12. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
13. Ofsted
14. Innovate UK
15. Dounreay
16. Magnox Ltd
17. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
18. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
19. Single Source Regulations Office
20. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
21. Animals in Science Committee
22. Biometrics Commissioner
23. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
24. Low Pay Commission
25. Social Security Advisory Committee
26. UK Hydrographic Office

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