Consultations

Consultation Deadline Key issues
Guidance for local authorities on services and activities to improve young people's wellbeing Fri, 25/05/2012
  • Last year, the Government confirmed that local authorities will continue to have a duty to provide sufficient educational and recreational leisure-time facilities to improve the wellbeing of 13 to 19 year olds.
  • This duty includes a requirement to take into account the views of young people and publicise information about what facilities are available.
  • This Department for Education's consultation is designed to gather views on what statutory guidance should be provided to authorities in order for them to fulfil their obligations in this area.
Gift Aid small donations scheme Fri, 25/05/2012
  • HMRC are consulting on plans for a small donations scheme which is due to be introduced in April 2013.The idea is to reduce administrative burdens on charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) who wish to raise Gift Aid from small donations, for example bucket collections.
  • Under the proposals charities and CASCs will no longer be required to submit Gift Aid declarations for donations under £20 (up to a value of £5,000 in total) provided the qualifying conditions are met.
  • These include a requirement to have successfully been claiming Gift Aid for at least three years and having a good tax compliance record, as well as the the ability to 'match' any claims under the scheme with an equivalent claim under Gift Aid, in respect of other donation income received in the year.
Walking and cycling draft guidance Tue, 19/06/2012
  • The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced draft guidance on local measures to promote walking and cycling as forms of travel or recreation.
  • NICE is inviting stakeholders to comment on the provisional recommendations. Stakeholders are required to register with NICE prior to completing the consultation.
  • Relevant considerations include the interpretation of evidence for various interventions, issues around presentation and style and the extent to which the guidance promotes equality of opportunity.
Taxing remote gambling on a point of consumption basis Thu, 28/06/2012
  • The Treasury is currently consulting on proposals to amend the taxation regime for remote gambling in the UK. As announced by the Chancellor in Budget 2012, the government would like to move towards a taxation system based upon the point of consumption, rather than the point of supply.
  • This would result in gambling operators based overseas in places like Gibraltar and Malta being required to pay tax on their gross gambling profits generated from customers in the UK.
Public Health Workforce strategy Fri, 29/06/2012
  • The Government believes that many people and organisations have a role in improving health but may not recognise this.
  • The Department of Health is therefore seeking to coordinate the wide range of skills that exist throughout the public, voluntary and private sectors to make a sizeable difference to health and wellbeing in society.
  • The consultation aims to identify and unlock the potential of this 'public health workforce', and is intended as the first step towards developing a clear strategy for the future.
A family of unique trails: National Trails consultation Thu, 05/07/2012

This discussion paper proposes a new mechanism for the management and funding of National Trails:

  • a new framework for setting and measuring quality standards
  • overhauling the grant system to one grant per trail
  • greater autonomy for Trail Partnerships
  • more involvement for trail users in trail management.

 
Improvements to the policy and legal framework for public rights of way Mon, 06/08/2012

This consultation builds on the recommendations of 'Stepping Forward' to reform the system of recording public rights of way (PROW), including:

  • confirming the intention to keep the 2026 cut-off date for recording pre-1949 PROW
  • recommedning the extension of reforms to all public path orders
  • suggesting changes to the the process of altering PROW affected by the proposed developments.
Active Travel (Wales) Bill Tue, 14/08/2012


Proposals

  • Introduce a requirement to indentify and map the network walking and cycling routes
  • Introduce a requirement to indentify enhancements to create a fully integrated network for walking and cycling
  • Introduce a requirement to deliver an enhanced network
  • Introduce a requirement to consider the potential for walking and cycling provision when developing new road schemes