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Check someone's driving record - vehicles they can drive, penalty points and disqualifications
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Leading food delivery companies will introduce enhanced security checks on their apps to prevent the market being abused by illegal workers, following discussions with the government.
This article explores the experiences of adolescents in access to education, and their capacity to exercise voice and agency
Information to help bereaved families, friends or next of kin make important decisions.
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
Report someone who is pretending to be someone else to take a theory or driving test for them
Check someone's immigration status, and that they can access services like the NHS and benefits in the UK
Nominate someone for an honour or bravery award (called a gallantry award), read the New Year honours list - BEMs, MBEs, OBEs, knighthoods, outstanding achievements and contributions to public life.
Form to find out if someone has a guardian acting for them
Download and fill in this form to find out if someone has an attorney or deputy acting for them.
The Help is at Hand booklet provides information, support and guidance for those affected by suicide.
How to manage a bank or building society account for someone else.
Reporting a person who cannot work with children or vulnerable adults
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
Local authorities, police and NHS staff can find out about the information we have on our registers in England and Wales and how to ask for it.
Apply to search the Office of the Public Guardian registers to see if they have a Lasting Power of Attorney, deputy or guardian acting on their behalf
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