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Services

1. Register to vote

   Get on the electoral register so you can vote in elections and referendums.

2. Call charges and phone numbers

   Call costs for 0800, 0808, 0845, 0870, 03 and other phone numbers from UK landlines and mobiles

3. The electoral register and the 'open register'

   What happens if you do not register to vote, when you can register in more than one place, how to view the electoral register, opting out of the 'open register' and when you can register anonymously

4. Contact your local Electoral Registration Office

   Contact your local council's Electoral Registration Office if you have a question about registering to vote

5. Ways of voting

   An overview of voting in the UK, including when to register to vote, voting in person, postal and proxy voting

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Guidance and regulation

1. Accessing services that used the Government Gateway website
   • Detailed guide
   • 20 August 2019
   • HM Revenue & Customs
2. When do the clocks change?
   • Calendar
   • 2 July 2019
   • Home Office
3. Success Profiles
   • Guidance
   • 4 March 2019
   • Cabinet Office
4. Equality Act 2010: guidance
   • Detailed guide
   • 16 June 2015
   • Equality and Human Rights Commission and Government Equalities Office
5. Living in the EU: prepare for Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 8 August 2019
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Department for Exiting the European Union

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News and communications

4 October 2019 — Correspondence

Open letter to Mark Zuckerberg

Home Office

1. Remarks at the German Embassy by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: 3 October 2019
   • 3 October 2019
   • Cabinet Office
   • Speech
2. How we’re MADE at BPDTS
   • 3 October 2019
   • BPDTS Ltd
   • News story
3. Essential maintenance to our online services - cancelled
   • 3 October 2019
   • Companies House
   • News story
4. eNews from GAD: issue 37, Autumn 2019
   • 3 October 2019
   • Government Actuary's Department
   • Correspondence

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Research and statistics

1. Unclaimed estates list
   • 4 October 2019
   • Bona Vacantia and Government Legal Department
   • Statistical data set
2. Civil Service statistics: 2019
   • 4 October 2019
   • Cabinet Office
   • National statistics
3. UK official holdings of international reserves: September 2019
   • 3 October 2019
   • HM Treasury
   • National statistics
4. Fire statistics incident level datasets
   • 3 October 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistical data set
5. Fire prevention and protection statistics, England, April 2018 to March 2019
   • 3 October 2019
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Report under section 2 of the Loans to Ireland Act 2010: 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019
   • 3 October 2019
   • HM Treasury
   • Policy paper
2. Treasury Minutes - October 2019
   • 1 October 2019
   • HM Treasury
   • Policy paper
3. Communiqués from the Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
   • 30 September 2019
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Welsh Government, The Scottish Government, and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
   • Policy paper
4. Review of the Aggregates Levy
   • 27 September 2019
   • HM Treasury
   • Policy paper
5. EU Cyber Security Certification (EU Exit) Call for Views
   • 26 September 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Teachers' pension scheme payments: 2019 to 2020
   • 4 October 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
2. DfE and executive agency ePCS spend over £500: 2019 to 2020
   • 4 October 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
3. DfE and executive agency spend over £25,000: 2019 to 2020
   • 4 October 2019
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
4. DIT: spending over £500, June 2019
   • 4 October 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Transparency
5. DIT: spending over £25,000, July 2019
   • 4 October 2019
   • Department for International Trade
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Ministry of Defence
2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
3. Cabinet Office
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. HM Treasury

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1. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
2. Home Office
3. Department for Work & Pensions
4. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
5. Rural Payments Agency
6. Department for Transport
7. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
8. HM Revenue & Customs
9. Ministry of Justice
10. Government Digital Service
11. Crown Commercial Service
12. Department of Health & Social Care
13. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
14. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
15. Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
16. Northern Ireland Office
17. Department for Exiting the European Union
18. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
19. Committee on Standards in Public Life
20. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
21. Intellectual Property Office
22. Digital, Data and Technology Profession
23. Department for International Development
24. Department for Education
25. Attorney General's Office
26. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
27. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
28. Public Health England
29. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
30. Certification Officer
31. Department for International Trade
32. Civil Service
33. Government Actuary's Department
34. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
35. Valuation Office Agency
36. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
37. Bona Vacantia
38. UK Export Finance
39. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
40. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
41. National security and intelligence
42. Government Legal Department
43. Office of Manpower Economics
44. UK Visas and Immigration
45. UK Atomic Energy Authority
46. Coal Authority
47. CFRA
48. Immigration Enforcement
49. Border Force
50. Defence and Security Accelerator
51. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
52. Review Body on Senior Salaries
53. Companies House
54. Government Office for Science
55. Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
56. Government Equalities Office
57. Disclosure & Barring Service
58. The Insolvency Service
59. Marine Management Organisation
60. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
61. Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
62. HM Passport Office
63. Prison Service Pay Review Body
64. Office of the Public Guardian
65. Veterinary Medicines Directorate
66. Government Economic Service
67. Stabilisation Unit
68. Defence Electronics & Components Agency
69. Government social research profession
70. NHS Pay Review Body
71. Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
72. BPDTS Ltd
73. Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
74. Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
75. Civil Service reform
76. Independent Commission on Freedom of Information
77. Civil Service Resourcing
78. Geospatial Commission
79. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
80. Government Security Profession
81. Office for Artificial Intelligence
82. Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
83. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
84. Open Public Services
85. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
86. Animal & Plant Health Agency
87. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
88. Civil Procedure Rule Committee
89. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
90. Legal Aid Agency
91. School Teachers' Review Body
92. Police Remuneration Review Body
93. Science Advisory Council
94. Civil Service Fast Stream
95. Education & Skills Funding Agency
96. Government Commercial Function
97. Government Property Agency
98. Office for Civil Society
99. Academy for Social Justice
100. Independent Case Examiner
101. National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
102. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
103. Defence Safety Authority
104. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
105. Government Property Profession
106. Homes England
107. Planning Inspectorate
108. Security Vetting Appeals Panel
109. Internal Audit Profession
110. Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
111. Pubs Code Adjudicator
112. Race Disparity Unit
113. Government Finance Profession
114. District Valuer Services (DVS)
115. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
116. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
117. Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
118. HR Profession
119. Committee on Fuel Poverty
120. National Information Board
121. Office for Product Safety & Standards
122. Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
123. Social Mobility Commission
124. Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors
125. Central Arbitration Committee
126. Civil Service Board
127. Government Statistical Service
128. Government Veterinary Services
129. Policy Profession
130. Export Guarantees Advisory Council
131. Groceries Code Adjudicator
132. Industrial Development Advisory Board
133. National Data Guardian
134. Office of the Schools Adjudicator
135. Standards & Testing Agency

1. Environment Agency
2. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
3. Regulatory Policy Committee
4. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
5. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
6. Defence Equipment and Support
7. Innovate UK
8. Military Aviation Authority
9. Highways England
10. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
11. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
12. Competition and Markets Authority
13. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
14. Radioactive Waste Management
15. Ofsted
16. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
17. Veterans UK
18. Single Source Regulations Office
19. Natural England
20. The Charity Commission
21. Ofqual
22. Sellafield Ltd
23. UK Hydrographic Office
24. Social Security Advisory Committee
25. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
26. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
27. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
28. Joint Forces Command
29. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
30. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
31. British Hallmarking Council
32. Forestry Commission
33. HM Prison Service
34. Low Pay Commission
35. The Adjudicator’s Office
36. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
37. Department for International Trade Defence & Security Organisation
38. Government Internal Audit Agency
39. Migration Advisory Committee
40. Export Control Joint Unit
41. Forensic Science Regulator
42. National Probation Service
43. UK Co-ordinating Body
44. Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
45. Biometrics Commissioner
46. HM Land Registry
47. Office of Tax Simplification
48. Animals in Science Committee
49. Council for Science and Technology
50. Parole Board
51. Technical Advisory Board
52. Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
53. Dounreay
54. Magnox Ltd
55. Surveillance Camera Commissioner
56. UK Space Agency
57. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
58. Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
59. Office for Life Sciences
60. Student Loans Company
61. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
62. Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
63. Police Advisory Board for England and Wales
64. Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations
65. Senior Courts Costs Office

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