Policy paper

Requesting information about a guardianship order

How you can ask to search the Public Guardian register of guardianship orders and request additional information.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian
• Published: 8 October 2019
• Last updated: 14 June 2022
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  1. 14 June 2022

     Amending topic to 'Missing persons'

  2. 8 October 2019

     First published.

Applies to England and Wales

• Publication for Northern Ireland
• Publication for Scotland

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Requesting information about a guardianship order

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It’s the legal duty of the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) to keep a register of guardianship orders.

This practice note explains the Public Guardian’s policy on:

• what information is on the register
• how we handle requests for information held on the register
• how we handle requests for information not held on the register