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This Code of Practice is written for patent applicants and agents to identify best practices in UK patent application process.
Publication date 16 September 2026.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the process to print a passport, the differences between central print and local print and how to collect printed passports
View the permit issued for Ewelme Hazardous Waste Transfer Station, Wallingford under the Industrial Emissions Directive
Details of the policy intention of the UK government's approach to ownership and control in UK sanctions regulations, in regard to public officials and control.
Information on how UK companies can control risks when doing business in Venezuela.
Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in the UAE.
Information on how UK companies can control risks when doing business in Singapore.
This guidance provides information on the main security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Poland.
Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Nepal.
Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Malaysia.
Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Iraq.
Information on how UK businesses can control risks when operating in Indonesia.
Information on how UK companies can control risks when doing business in India.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff what parental responsibility is and why we need it for passport purposes.
How the Department for Education (DfE) publishes parental responsibility measures for attendance statistics for England.
Tax treaties and related documents between the UK and Papua New Guinea.
The government has developed this checklist specifically regarding pandemic flu.
Guidance on the transport of patient specimens suspected of containing Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Codes of practice in connection with the detention, treatment and questioning of persons under the Terrorism Act 2000 and National Security Act 2023.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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