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This page provides background information on public bodies and gives guidance to departments.
This collection brings together all documents relating to public bodies.
This guidance provides an overview of how to set up a new arm’s length body, through to the first review period.
This policy applies to all staff and members of the 5 arms length bodies, as well as Home Office officials supporting the bodies.
Find out which admission charges to cultural exhibitions and events are exempt from VAT.
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
This guidance sets out the standards for those that serve on the boards of public bodies, and how they can best support effective working relationships with departments.
Guidance for sponsor departments, arm's length bodies, review teams and lead reviewers about the Public Bodies Review Programme.
The collection for the Committee on Standards in Public Life's review into accountability within public bodies.
Form for medical referees to authorise the cremation of a dead person's body parts.
This guide provides information on how insolvency practitioners are authorised and regulated in Great Britain
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The government’s formal response to the recommendations made by the Health and Social Care Committee in its report on the impact of body image on mental and physical health.
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
Decide which activities are business or non-business for VAT purposes if you're a local authority or other public body.
We’re working to help people securely prove who they are without having to rely on physical documents.
Form for registered medical practitioners to certify that a dead person's body parts can be released for cremation.
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