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This notice explains how Cabinet Office People Finder will use your personal data, and what your rights are.
How to trace family and people in the UK and how to access public records.
How to report a person who's gone missing or a child who's run away - including if you lose contact while they're abroad
Use the service to find the location of people in prison when you do not know which prison they are in - contact details, what you need to include
Search the Individual Insolvency Register for details about bankruptcy orders, Debt Relief Orders, Individual Voluntary Arrangements, and restrictions orders and undertakings
The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also known as Sarah’s Law, lets those who care for young people find out if a person has a record for child sexual offences.
How to find and use the statistics and analysis from the People and Nature Surveys for England.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Use Digital Marketplace (previously CloudStore) to find digital specialists, cloud-based services and technology to build digital services for the public sector, eg cloud technology, IT health checks, technical architects, web designers
Guidance to support people who find it hard to attend cervical screening due to a mental health condition, previous traumatic experience or sexual and/or domestic abuse.
Your local council may have details of organisations in your community that can give families and young people help and support
If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives
Links to websites providing help and support for young disabled people to find and stay in work.
How to identify and record the people who own or control your company.
Immigration removal centres - addresses, contact details visiting hours
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform allows people to search user generated content.
Check if someone is disqualified from being a company director, when their disqualification starts and ends, why they were disqualified
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