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Employer guide to Statutory Paternity Pay or Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, forms SC3 and SPP1, recover statutory pay.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services.
Information for parents whose British child has been abducted in the north of Cyprus by the other parent or a relative.
This document contains the following information: Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography.
Information on legal issues relating to parental child abduction.
Resources to help keep children healthy and well from preconception to adulthood.
Guidance and forms for claiming Child Benefit. Including how to claim, Guardians Allowance, payment dates, repaying overpayments, reporting changes, and complaints.
List and frequency of names given to newly born children for the calendar year.
The Taking Part Survey provides reliable national estimates of child engagement with the arts, heritage, museums, archives, libraries and sport.
Template letter to communicate with parents whose babies missed BCG immunisation.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Perez, John Hutchinson and Suzanna Jacoby on 18 April 2024.
Find out how to apply to become a child's special guardian.
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