Guidance and regulation

This quick start guide is intended to help public sector organisations understand the specific duties that support the public sector Equality…

• From: Government Equalities Office
• Updated: 22 June 2011

To qualify for disability protection under the Equality Act a person must meet its definition of a disabled person. Follow the link below for …

• From: Government Equalities Office
• Updated: 25 May 2012

Use our new toolkit to design apprenticeship programmes that will have a positive effect on social mobility and socio-economic diversity & inclusion.

• From: Social Mobility Commission
• Updated: 14 October 2021

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add and record titles and observations on a passport.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Updated: 26 May 2023

Tells HM Passport Office staff what to do if we issue a passport with an error.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Updated: 14 November 2022

This document contains the following information: Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

• From: Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Updated: 3 March 2011

Tells HM Passport Office staff about the process for issuing restricted validity passports.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Updated: 14 November 2022

If your child was conceived through sperm donation you'll need to provide additional evidence to support your passport application.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Updated: 28 June 2016

This document contains the following information: Equality Act 2010: draft code of practice on equal pay.

• From: Equality and Human Rights Commission
• Updated: 27 July 2010

Statutory guidance to help health professionals provide an inclusive screening programme to all eligible people.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 27 March 2017

Practical advice for customers who think they have been discriminated against on how to ask for more information about what happened; and for the service provider or retailer on how they should respond to their questions.

• From: Government Equalities Office
• Updated: 20 January 2014

Guidance on the questions you can ask job applicants about their disability and health under the Equality Act 2010. Date: Fri May 25 09:00:…

• From: Government Equalities Office
• Updated: 25 May 2012

How transgender people born between 24 Dec 1919 and 3 April 1945 may be able to get equal treatment rights for social security purposes.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 23 August 2013

A new passport design was launched on 3 November 2015.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Updated: 3 November 2015

Use this list if you are applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate in the UK but have previously had your gender recognised in another country.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Updated: 9 April 2024

This document includes guidance on first-time applicants, renewals, parental responsibility, court orders and loco parentis.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Updated: 14 February 2011

Under the disregards and pardons scheme, you can get a historic conviction for gay sex offences removed.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 6 November 2023

This page is designed to provide British Nationals with guidance on what to do if their passport is lost or stolen in China.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 16 September 2021

Information on progress delivering the Inclusive Britain action plan.

• From: Race Disparity Unit
• Updated: 4 January 2024

Guidance and practical advice for employers to attract and retain talented people from poorer backgrounds.

• From: Social Mobility Commission
• Updated: 6 February 2020