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The Month of the Military Child each April celebrates Service children.
Guidance and forms for claiming Child Benefit. Including how to claim, Guardians Allowance, payment dates, repaying overpayments, reporting changes, and complaints.
Proof of Child Benefit - what you can use.
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
Information for existing and new Universal Credit claimants with more than 2 children.
Find activities and support from your local authority to help your child with communication, language and literacy skills.
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
What to do if you are concerned for your guests or their children's safety. Includes what to do if you think they are being exploited.
This guidance outlines options to consider and who to contact if your child has been taken or kept abroad by their other parent or a relative without your permission.
Legal rights, birth certificates, parental rights and child maintenance
Find out when your Child Benefit payments are due, and payment dates for bank holidays.
Explore the impact of parental conflict on children and young people.
The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi
DCSF is now the Department for Education
Tell the local authority if you're worried that a child is being neglected or abused - call 999 if they’re in immediate danger
Information about Universal Credit for families with more than 2 children.
Documents relating to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.
This guide is to help you and your business understand issues around data protection and privacy. It is intended for organisations that provide online services likely to be accessed by children.
Children under 10 who break the law can be given a Local Child Curfew, a Child Safety Order or can be taken into care
Your rights and the support you can get if you have a disabled child, including childcare, car costs, house adaptations and education
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