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Services

• Firearms application forms

  Firearms application form, the form to vary a firearm certificate and guidance notes.

• Modern slavery victims: referral and assessment forms

  Refer potential victims of modern slavery/human trafficking to the national referral mechanism.

• Surveillance camera code of practice: self assessment tools

  Find out how well your organisation complies with the principles of the surveillance camera code of practice.

• Duty to notify the Home Office of potential victims of modern slavery

  Guidance on the duty to notify the Home Office of potential victims of modern slavery, and form MS1: notification of a potential victim of modern slavery.

• Record deletion guidance and application form

  Guidance for chief police officers when considering applications for the early deletion of DNA profiles, fingerprint records and Police National Computer records.

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Guidance and regulation

• Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) codes of practice

  Detailed guide

  21 August 2018

  Home Office

• Counting rules for recorded crime

  Guidance

  2 July 2018

  Home Office

• Firearms licensing

  Detailed guide

  28 June 2018

  Home Office

• Surveillance camera code of practice
  • Guidance
  • 28 October 2014
  • Surveillance Camera Commissioner
• Slavery and human trafficking in supply chains: guidance for businesses
  • Statutory guidance
  • 14 March 2018
  • Home Office

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News and communications

Jail time to double for assaulting an emergency worker

13 September 2018

Ministry of Justice

Press release

1. Evidence of Russia's Involvement in Salisbury Attack
   • 7 September 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Speech
2. New UK aid package will “stop dirty money in its tracks” and recover millions of pounds for developing countries
   • 30 August 2018
   • Department for International Development and Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
   • Press release
3. New cyber unit to tackle child sex abuse in Kenya
   • 30 August 2018
   • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
   • Press release
4. Football fans urged to ‘Know The Game Plan’ for new season
   • 10 August 2018
   • National Counter Terrorism Security Office
   • News story

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Research and statistics

• Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables
  • 13 September 2018
  • Home Office
  • Official statistics
• The scale and nature of fraud: a review of the evidence
  • 16 July 2018
  • Home Office
  • Research
• Review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
  • 11 December 2017
  • Home Office
  • Research
• Football-related arrests and banning order statistics, England and Wales, 2000 to 2001 season
  • 23 November 2017
  • Home Office
  • Official statistics
• Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales: season 2016 to 2017
  • 23 November 2017
  • Home Office
  • Official statistics

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Policy and engagement

• Police 'stop and search' powers 9 September 2018

  Home Office

  Open consultation

  Closing date 22 October 2018

• Revising PACE codes C, H, E and F 18 June 2018

  Home Office

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 06 December 2017

• Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill: overarching documents
  • 5 September 2018
  • Home Office
  • Policy paper
• Biological security strategy
  • 30 July 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department of Health and Social Care, and Home Office
  • Policy paper
• Investigatory Powers Act 2016 – codes of practice
  • 12 June 2018
  • Home Office
  • Policy paper

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Transparency

• HMRC report of non-qualifying regulatory provisions 2017 to 2018
  • 4 July 2018
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Corporate report
• Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit: staff list
  • 22 June 2018
  • Home Office
  • Transparency
• 2017 UK annual report on modern slavery
  • 16 October 2017
  • Home Office
  • Corporate report
• Independent anti-slavery commissioner’s annual report 2016 to 2017
  • 16 October 2017
  • Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
  • Corporate report
• Nil response to an FOI about the Proceeds of Crime Act
  • 31 July 2017
  • Civil Nuclear Police Authority and Civil Nuclear Constabulary
  • Foi release

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Organisations

1. Home Office
2. Ministry of Justice
3. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
4. Attorney General's Office
5. Border Force

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1. Department for Transport
2. Immigration Enforcement
3. Cabinet Office
4. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
5. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
6. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
7. Department for Education
8. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
9. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
10. HM Treasury
11. Northern Ireland Office
12. UK Visas and Immigration
13. Defence and Security Accelerator
14. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
15. HM Revenue & Customs
16. National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
17. Police Remuneration Review Body
18. Department for International Development
19. Department for Work & Pensions
20. Department of Health & Social Care
21. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
22. Intellectual Property Office
23. Ministry of Defence
24. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
25. Review Body on Senior Salaries

1. Surveillance Camera Commissioner
2. Biometrics Commissioner
3. The Charity Commission
4. Forensic Science Regulator
5. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
6. HM Prison Service
7. Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
8. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
9. Police Advisory Board for England and Wales
10. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales