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Get details of your employment history from HMRC if you need to make a claim for compensation.
Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed, download MOT test certificate
The Secretary of State has today announced plans for an independent Public History project relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland
You have the right to get a copy of the information that is held about you. This is called the 'right of access'.
Science and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan set out the importance of the UK’s mission to be a science and technology superpower.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
How to provide evidence of your UK residence if we can’t confirm this through an automated check of UK tax and some benefits records.
Documents you need when you get asked for a criminal record check when applying for a role
The history of Lancaster House.
Overview of the Civil Service Jobs vX system for recruiters, including search and table layouts.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
View your Annual Tax Summary and find out how the government calculates and spends your Income Tax and National Insurance contributions.
You can ask Companies House to keep your address out of the company records people can search - who can apply, forms, when your address will be removed from the records
Information about Price Paid Data and how you can get it.
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