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SDC Reports & Papers

Governing for the Future - The opportunities for mainstreaming sustainable development

Date:31/03/2011
Classification:Watchdog Governance
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Departmental Sustainability Assessment - Findings and Recommendations

Date:19/01/2011
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SDC Scotland Fourth Annual Assessment

Date:07/12/2010
Classification:Climate Change Economics Energy Governance Watchdog
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Becoming the Greenest Government Ever

Date:22/07/2010
Classification:Energy Governance Watchdog
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Department of Health SDAP Assessment 2009-2011

Date:16/04/2010
Classification:Watchdog
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Ministry of Defence SDAP Progress Report 2009

Date:16/04/2010
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HMRC SDAP Progress Report 2009

Date:16/04/2010
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GCDA SDAP Assessment

Date:14/01/2010
Classification:Watchdog Transport
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JNCC SDAP Assessment

Date:14/01/2010
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SOGE 2009 - League Table

Date:17/12/2009
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SOGE 2009 Headline Commentary

Date:17/12/2009
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SOGE 2009 Target Table

Date:17/12/2009
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SOGE 2009 - Mechanisms

Date:17/12/2009
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SOGE 2009 - SPAP Committments

Date:17/12/2009
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SOGE 2009 - Direction of Travel

Date:17/12/2009
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SDiG Wales 2009

Date:17/12/2009
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Cynaliadwyedd Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru 2009

Date:17/12/2009
Classification:Watchdog
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CLG SDAP Progress Report Summary

Date:15/12/2009
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Scottish Third Assessment Annexe Two: Scottish Government Indicator and Target Analysis

Date:02/12/2009
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Scottish Third Assessment Annexe One: Scottish Government Indicator and Target Data

Date:02/12/2009
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Scottish Third Assessment Annexe Three: Delivery on recommendations from 'Sustainable Development: A review of progress by the Scottish Government, 2008'

Date:02/12/2009
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Scottish Third Assessment Annexe Four: Summary of Stakeholder survey responses

Date:02/12/2009
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DfID Progress Report

Date:01/12/2009
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FSA Progress Report SDAP summary 2009

Date:06/10/2009
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Defra Progress Report SDAP summary 2009

Date:15/09/2009
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Network Participation Questionnaire

Date:15/09/2009
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FCO SDAP Assessment

Date:08/09/2009
Classification:Watchdog
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DSA Progress Report SDAP Summary

Date:07/09/2009
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Sector Report for Ofsted

Date:02/09/2009
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Better regulation for sustainable development - A. Coote, C. Dunlop and O. James

Date:02/09/2009
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Sector report for the Healthcare Commission and the Care Quality Commission

Date:02/09/2009
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Sector report for the Audit Commission

Date:02/09/2009
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Review of Public Service Regulators

Date:02/09/2009
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CO SDAP Assessment

Date:31/07/2009
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DCSF Progress Report SDAP summary

Date:27/07/2009
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HO Progress Report SDAP summary

Date:02/07/2009
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DVLA Progress Report SDAP Summary

Date:29/06/2009
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SDC's Commentary on JMP's 2009 report: A Review of Government Travel

Date:26/06/2009
Classification:Watchdog Transport
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HMT SDAP assessment

Date:22/06/2009
Classification:Watchdog
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Submission to TICC Committee on National Planning Framework

Date:17/06/2009
Classification:Governance Watchdog
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BERR SDAP Assessment 2008

Date:15/06/2009
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DH Progress Report SDAP Summary

Date:03/06/2009
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Ofsted SDAP assessment

Date:03/06/2009
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DWP SDAP Assessment

Date:01/06/2009
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Home Office SDAP Assessment

Date:08/05/2009
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DSA SDAP Assessment

Date:08/05/2009
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Sustainable Development in Government (SDiG) 2008: Challenges for Government

Date:01/05/2009
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DCMS SDAP Assessment

Date:09/04/2009
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DCMS Progress Report SDAP Summary

Date:03/04/2009
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Defra Progress Report SDAP summary 2008

Date:03/04/2009
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FSA Progress Report SDAP summary 2008

Date:03/04/2009
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HMRC Progress Report SDAP summary

Date:03/04/2009
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HMT Progress Report SDAP summary

Date:03/04/2009
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DIUS SDAP Assessment 2008

Date:01/04/2009
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MOJ SDAP Assessment

Date:01/04/2009
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DfT SDAP Assessment

Date:01/04/2009
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VCA SDAP Assessment

Date:01/04/2009
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CLG SDAP Assessment

Date:20/03/2009
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FSA SDAP Assessment 2009

Date:20/03/2009
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HA SDAP Assessment

Date:20/03/2009
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DVLA SDAP Assessment

Date:20/03/2009
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MCA SDAP Assessment

Date:20/03/2009
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SDAP Assessment - Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Date:17/02/2009
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SDAP Assessment - Central Science Laboratory

Date:17/02/2009
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SDAP Assessment - Cefas

Date:17/02/2009
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Executive Agencies and NDPBs Acronyms

Date:17/02/2009
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Defra SDAP Assessment

Date:15/12/2008
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HMRC SDAP Assessment 2007-2012

Date:15/12/2008
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DCSF SDAP Assessment

Date:15/12/2008
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Ministry of Defence SDAP Assessment 2007-2012

Date:15/12/2008
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List of department acronyms

Date:15/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Carbon Emissions from Offices Table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Energy Efficiency Table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Renewables Table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Combined Heat and Power Table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Carbon emissions from road vehicles table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Waste table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Recycling table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Biodiversity Table

Date:12/12/2008
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SdiG 2008 - Water consumption table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Water in new builds and major refurbishments table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Application of BREEAM to new builds and major refurbishments table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Implementation of Environmental Management Systems table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Sustainability appraisals of office relocations table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Carbon Trust commitments table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Sustainable Development Action Plans - Operations table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Permanent Secretaries/staff objectives table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Quick wins table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Flexible Framework table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Headline commentary

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - League Table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - SOGE Target Table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Mechanisms

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 08 - SPAP commitments

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Sustainable Development Action Plans - Procument table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 08 - Abbreviations

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Engaging with Suppliers table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDiG 2008 - Direction of Travel analysis table

Date:12/12/2008
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SDAP Assessment Process and Scoring Methodology

Date:13/11/2008
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Preparing your SDAP progress report

Date:27/10/2008
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The Department for Work and Pensions' Progress Report

Date:07/07/2008
Classification:Watchdog Governance
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The Office for National Statistics - Progress Report

Date:02/07/2008
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Sustainable Development Action Plan (SDAP) - Progress Report Guidance Tool

Date:13/05/2008
Classification:Watchdog Governance
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The SDC's role in SDAP support and scrutiny

Date:13/05/2008
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SDAP Progress Report Summary template

Date:13/05/2008
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Sustainable Development in Government 2007

Date:17/03/2008
Classification:Watchdog Governance
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Sustainable Development in Government 2007 - Executive Summary

Date:17/03/2008
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Department for Transport - Progress Report

Date:31/01/2008
Classification:Governance Watchdog
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Department of Trade and Industry (BERR) - Progress Report

Date:31/01/2008
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SDAP Progress Reports – The SDC’s key findings

Date:30/01/2008
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Department for Communities and Local Government - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Cabinet Office - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Defra - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Pesticides Safety Directorate - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Veterinary Laboratories Agency - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Department for Education & Skills - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Department for International Deveopment - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Export Credits Guarantee Department - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
Classification:Governance Watchdog
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Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Food Standards Agency - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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HM Revenue and Customs - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Her Majesty's Treasury - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Home Office - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Law Officers’ Department - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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Department of Health - Progress Report

Date:09/01/2008
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SDAP - Progress Reports – Methodology for SDC Commentary

Date:31/12/2007
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport - Progress Report

Date:31/12/2007
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Central Science Laboratory - Progress Report

Date:31/12/2007
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Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science - Progress Report

Date:31/12/2007
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Department for Constitutional Affairs - Progress Report

Date:31/12/2007
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Rural Payments Agency - Progress Report

Date:31/12/2007
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Veterinary Medicines Directorate - Progress Report

Date:31/12/2007
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Ministry of Defence - Progress Report

Date:31/12/2007
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Natural England - Progress Report

Date:31/12/2007
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Lost in Transmission? - The role of Ofgem in a changing climate

Date:18/09/2007
Classification:Energy Climate Change Watchdog
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Ofgem: Consumers and Efficiency

Date:04/07/2007
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Heat and cooling

Date:07/06/2007
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Ofgem response to opinion piece three

Date:07/06/2007
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A Sustainable Energy System and Barriers to Achieving it

Date:31/05/2007
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Ofgem response to opinion piece two

Date:31/05/2007
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BHCC - Paper 1 - In-depth review of sustainable communities policy

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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BHCC - Paper 2 - Bridging Newcastle Gateshead

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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BHCC - Paper 3 - Elevate East Lancashire

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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BHCC - Paper 4 - Cambridgeshire

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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BHCC - Paper 5 - Barking & Dagenham

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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BHCC - Paper 8 - Milton Keynes

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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BHCC - Paper 6 - Stoke

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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BHCC - Paper 7 - Manchester/ Salford

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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BHCC - Paper 9 - Blackburn

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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BHCC - Paper 10 - Qualitative Householder Research - South Cambridgeshire, Barking and Dagenham

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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Building Houses or Creating Communities?

Date:19/05/2007
Classification:Watchdog Sustainable Communities Housing and Regeneration Governance
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Ofgem - Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Date:16/05/2007
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Sustainable Development in Government 2006

Date:06/03/2007
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Sustainable Development in Government 2006 - Executive Summary

Date:06/03/2007
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Strategic Assessment

Date:11/12/2006
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Strategic Assessment: Summary

Date:11/12/2006
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Off the Starting Block: Sustainable Development Action Plan Assessment

Date:10/12/2006
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Department Constitutional Affairs (DCA) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Department Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Department for Education and Skills (DfES) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Department for International Development (DfID) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Department for Transport (DfT) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Department of Health (DH) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Export, Credit and Guarantee Department (ECGD) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Food Standards Agency (FSA) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Home Office (HO) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Law Officer's Department (LOD) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Ministry of Defence (MoD) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Office for National Statistics (ONS) SDAP Critique

Date:10/12/2006
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Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: SDAP Critique

Date:09/12/2006
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Veterinary Laboratories Agency: SDAP Critique

Date:09/12/2006
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Central Science Laboratory: SDAP Critique

Date:09/12/2006
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Veterinary Medicines Directorate: SDAP Critique

Date:09/12/2006
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Rural Payments Agency: SDAP Critique

Date:09/12/2006
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Pesticides Safety Directorate: SDAP Critique

Date:09/12/2006
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SDAP Progress - Executive Agencies

Date:20/01/2006
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Driving Change: Sustainable Development Action Plan Guidance

Date:05/08/2005
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Securing the Future - UK Government sustainable development strategy

Date:07/03/2005
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Consultant Reports

JMP Executive summary: A Review of Government Travel

Date:26/06/2009
Classification:Watchdog Transport
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JPM Main Report: A Review of Government Travel

Date:26/06/2009
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JMP Appendices: A Review of Government Travel

Date:26/06/2009
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Other Commission

FCO SDAP Progress Report January 2010

Date:13/04/2010
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Highways Agency SDAP Progress Report 2008-2009

Date:24/03/2010
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Other Internal Documents

The SDC's Watchdog Role - Remit

Date:10/01/2006
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