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Lists of standards that businesses can use to show their products, services or processes comply with essential requirements of legislation.
Proposed updates to the lists of standards for businesses.
Standardisation explained.
All essential shared data assets (ESDA) must be assessed for data quality issues, made findable and be available through APIs.
Sets out the role and approach of the DSA to improve the adoption of common data standards across government over the next 3 years.
An overview of the work the IPO is undertaking in relation to Standard Essential Patents.
Explains the standard and practices you should use when publishing your data.
Guidance on how planning authorities can gather evidence to set optional requirements and the nationally described space standard.
The Regulator of Social Housing published the annual review of its consumer regulation work for the past year
Find out how the government chooses open standards, and how you can suggest open standards, to improve services for users.
How to use the common data standards for the criminal justice system (CJS) in England and Wales.
This guidance specifies the standards for the continuous monitoring and sampling of stack emissions.
Guides councils in how to assess their housing needs.
The government has a programme of reform to improve the quality of social housing. Every month, progress on our commitments will be shared on these pages, as part of our commitment to respond to the tragic death of 2 year...
Overview of how a home's energy performance is calculated using the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP).
The government is committed to improving the quality of social housing in England. In response to the tragic death of 2-year-old Awaab Ishak, we are reforming the sector so that every tenant has a decent, safe and secure home. We...
Information for schools about the standard setting process for key stage 2 national curriculum tests.
GBS product specifications: mandatory for central government departments and related organisations; encouraged for wider public sector.
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