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The Online Safety Bill is a new set of laws to protect children and adults online. It will make social media companies more responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms.
What happens if your child cannot go to school for health reasons - responsibilities of the local council and school and how medical needs are handled at school
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.
Use this form to apply for administrative or minor changes to a water abstraction licence.
Guide for parents and legal guardians about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Guidance for sponsors about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Apply for a Child Student visa to study in the UK if you're under 18 - eligibility, documents, how to apply, extend or switch, how long it takes and how much it costs
What happens when a child is taken into care - who is responsible for what, care proceedings, care orders, going to court and the role of Cafcass
Children under 10 who break the law can be given a Local Child Curfew, a Child Safety Order or can be taken into care
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Guidance for councils about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Parent of a Child Student visa - prepare supporting documents, apply, book and attend an appointment, what happens at the UK border
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old. Children are treated differently from adults, are dealt with by youth courts and sent to special secure centres for young people.
You can apply for a Parent of a Child Student visa if your child attends an independent school in the UK.
Child Student visa - check which courses you can study, prepare supporting documents, apply, what happens at the UK border
Apply for the return of a child taken abroad against your wishes, to make contact with them or to enforce a court order overseas.
Child Benefit if your child lives with someone else - when you can claim, multiple claims, change who gets the benefit
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