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Information on controlled drug licence requirements for forensic work.
Get free support and advice if you’ve been a victim of crime.
Step-by-step advice for retailers on fulfilling legal requirements when selling poisons and explosives precursors in a shop.
Guidance for police and practitioners about closure orders under Part 2A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Instructions for prison staff when finding or seizing unauthorised mobile phones and SIM cards.
This scheme sets out how HMPPS will ensure that anyone receiving services or communicating with HMPPS in Wales can do so in either English or Welsh.
Guides for prosecution organisations on using Common Platform to manage cases.
This is an EasyRead guidance document to explain how a mental health tribunal can help you.
This document sets out the purpose, objectives, outputs and scope of the Independent Review of Prevent.
Privacy notices regarding personal data processed by the IPO for the administration of IP rights, or data processed under a contract or consent
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Member guidance on IPP/DPP sentenced prisoners.
I've got a maintenance order but it's not being paid.
Revised Guidance on Judicial Reviews and Private Law Claims
Information for UK nationals who are victims of rape or sexual assault in Kyrgyzstan.
Explanation of the legal and prison system in Lebanon to British Nationals.
Information on Liechtenstein’s legal and prison systems for British prisoners, their family and friends.
Guidance for members on prisoners who maintain their innocence
Guidance and best practice on maintaining prison buildings to a safe and decent standard for staff and prisoners to live and work in.
The Attorney General has signed a statement with the Ukrainian Prosecutor General which reaffirms the UK’s support for cooperation in criminal investigations related to the international armed conflict in Ukraine.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
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