Crime, justice and law

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Services

• Search for a trade mark

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• Send money to someone in prison

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• Visit someone in prison

  Make a request for a social visit to someone in a prison in England and Wales

• Terrorism and national emergencies

  Find out about terrorist threat levels, national measures against terrorism and how to report suspect activity

• Pay a court fine

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Guidance and regulation

• Track or view your DBS certificate
  • Detailed guide
  • 15 February 2018
  • Disclosure and Barring Service
• Submit or respond to an application with MyHMCTS
  • Detailed guide
  • 7 March 2025
  • HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Update Service and other DBS online services
  • Detailed guide
  • 3 April 2025
  • Disclosure and Barring Service
• Borders, immigration and citizenship: privacy information notice
  • Guidance
  • 16 October 2023
  • Home Office, UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement, and Border Force
• Criminal records checks for overseas applicants
  • Guidance
  • 31 January 2025
  • Home Office

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News and communications

• Mr M Younes v Nahgas Ltd (in compulsory liquidation): 6009126/2024
  • 24 June 2025
  • HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Employment Tribunal
  • Employment tribunal decision
• Mrs S Metcalfe and Mrs P Oakley v Ashes Care Group Ltd T/a Teasdale Lodge Nursing Home and Secretary of State for Business and Trade: 2502162/2024 and Others
  • 24 June 2025
  • HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Employment Tribunal
  • Employment tribunal decision
• Miss S Bennington v K Winterburn: 6007485/2025
  • 24 June 2025
  • HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Employment Tribunal
  • Employment tribunal decision
• Mr D M S Bakht v Barts Health NHS Trust: 3201401/2022 and 3203247/2022
  • 24 June 2025
  • HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Employment Tribunal
  • Employment tribunal decision
• Mr P Wilson v Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs: 3205406/2022
  • 24 June 2025
  • HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Employment Tribunal
  • Employment tribunal decision

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Research and statistics

• NI Policing Plan Survey 2025
  • 24 June 2025
  • Northern Ireland Policing Board, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, and Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)
  • Official statistics
• National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
  • 20 June 2025
  • Home Office
  • Independent report
• Police recorded injury Road Traffic collisions and casualties Northern Ireland Detailed Trends report 2024
  • 20 June 2025
  • Police Service of Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • National statistics
• Northern Ireland Road Safety Partnership Public Attitude Survey Results 2023
  • 19 June 2025
  • Police Service of Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • Official statistics
• Involvement in Cases
  • 19 June 2025
  • Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Changes to the codes of practice for schedule 7 and schedule 3
  • 23 June 2025
  • Home Office
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 27 April 2025
• Crime and Policing Bill 2025: impact assessments
  • 24 June 2025
  • Home Office and Ministry of Justice
  • Impact assessment
• Crime and Policing Bill 2025: factsheets
  • 23 June 2025
  • Home Office and Ministry of Justice
  • Policy paper
• Crime and Policing Bill 2025: delegated powers memorandum
  • 23 June 2025
  • Home Office and Ministry of Justice
  • Policy paper
• HMPPS response: Thematic report on building trust in young offender institutions
  • 23 June 2025
  • HM Prison and Probation Service
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• FOI responses published by the Youth Justice Board: May 2025
  • 24 June 2025
  • Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
  • Foi release
• FOI responses published by the Youth Justice Board: April 2025
  • 24 June 2025
  • Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
  • Foi release
• FOI responses published by the Youth Justice Board: March 2025
  • 24 June 2025
  • Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
  • Foi release
• FOI responses published by the Youth Justice Board: February 2025
  • 24 June 2025
  • Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
  • Foi release
• FOI responses published by the Youth Justice Board: January 2025
  • 24 June 2025
  • Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
  • Foi release

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Organisations

• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Ministry of Justice
• Home Office
• HM Prison & Probation Service
• Legal Aid Agency

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• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Attorney General's Office
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Disclosure & Barring Service
• Certification Officer
• Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
• Ministry of Defence
• HM Treasury
• Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
• Cabinet Office
• Civil Procedure Rule Committee
• Government Legal Department
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Intellectual Property Office
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
• Department for Education
• Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
• Office of the Public Guardian
• Department for Business & Trade
• Border Force
• Family Procedure Rule Committee
• Prison Service Pay Review Body
• Tribunal Procedure Committee
• Gov Facility Services Limited
• Government Legal Profession
• Department for Transport
• Police Remuneration Review Body
• Immigration Enforcement
• Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
• Defence and Security Accelerator
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Northern Ireland Office
• Review Body on Senior Salaries
• UK Visas and Immigration
• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
• Committee on Standards in Public Life
• Office for the Pay Review Bodies
• Government Actuary's Department
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Lammy Review
• National Security and Intelligence
• Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Companies House
• The Insolvency Service
• Bona Vacantia
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Office for Health Improvement & Disparities
• Department for Culture, Media & Sport
• Rural Payments Agency
• UK Health Security Agency
• Government Digital Service
• Marine Management Organisation
• Crown Commercial Service
• HM Passport Office
• Office for Equality and Opportunity
• Online Procedure Rule Committee
• Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
• Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
• UK Atomic Energy Authority
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Central Arbitration Committee
• Civil Service
• Copyright Tribunal
• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Government Internal Audit Agency
• Homes England
• Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
• Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation
• Race Equality Unit
• UK Defence & Security Exports
• UK Export Finance
• United Kingdom Security Vetting
• Valuation Office Agency
• Wales Office
• Women and Equalities Unit

• Employment Tribunal
• First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)
• Employment Appeal Tribunal
• Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
• Probation Service
• Parole Board
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Forensic Science Regulator
• HM Prison Service
• Serious Fraud Office
• Environment Agency
• Commission for Countering Extremism
• Security Industry Authority
• Youth Custody Service
• Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
• Defence Infrastructure Organisation
• Accelerated Capability Environment
• Ofsted
• Police Advisory Board for England and Wales
• Insolvency Rules Committee
• Competition and Markets Authority
• Government Chemist
• HM Land Registry
• National Data Guardian
• Public Sector Fraud Authority
• The Charity Commission
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Export Control Joint Unit
• Natural England
• Administrative Court
• Admiralty Court
• Chancery Division of the High Court
• Circuit Commercial Court
• Commercial Court
• Companies List
• Court of Appeal Civil Division
• Court of Appeal Criminal Division
• Court of Protection
• Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
• Family Division of the High Court
• First-tier Tribunal (Asylum Support)
• First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards)
• First-tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation)
• First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)
• First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum)
• First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health)
• First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support)
• First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability)
• First-tier Tribunal (Tax)
• First-tier Tribunal (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation)
• Forestry Commission
• Gangmasters Licensing Appeals
• Immigration Advice Authority
• Insolvency List
• Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
• King's Bench Division of the High Court
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Ofqual
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• Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunal
• Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Senior Courts Costs Office
• Technical Advisory Board
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• The Business and Property Courts
• The Business List
• The Competition List
• The Financial List
• The Intellectual Property List
• The Property, Trusts and Probate List
• The Revenue List
• Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
• Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)

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