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Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
The Criminal Records Bureau is now part of the Disclosure and Barring Service
Declare imported goods to customs, by entering them in your own records.
Information and forms for requesting Home Guard Service records.
Find out what records you must keep and how to keep them if you're registered for VAT.
Find out what records you need to keep as an excise warehousekeeper.
Get military records of service for the Royal Navy (including Royal Marines), British Army and Royal Air Force - who can apply, how long it takes, cost, how to apply.
The MOD and DGC The National Archives (TNA) Records Appraisal report details the records selected for permanent preservation.
Find out how to use your Aggregates Levy account, what records you must keep and how long to keep them.
Reports and explanations regarding the transfer of records from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to The National Archives from 2012 onwards.
Carry out checks on your overseas customers and find out what records you’ll need to keep if you’re approved for the Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme.
Find out whether your biometric data is likely to be on a police database - fingerprints, DNA sample, kept after arrest, crime, conviction
Information on requesting records of deceased service personnel.
The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport makes this instrument under the power conferred on her by Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958, to authorise the retention beyond 20 years of public records where this...
From 2013 government papers will be progressively released to the public after 20 years. Previously, papers were released after 30 years.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office's file review and release process.
Records you must keep if you’re liable for Cider Duty.
How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.
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