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The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions

• Hours and limits

  Staff who regularly work at least 3 hours during the ‘night period’ are…

• Exceptions to night work limits

  The limits on night working hours do not usually apply: in the armed…

• Health assessments

  Employers must offer workers a free health assessment before they become a…

Operating principles for commissioners and providers of night shelters for people experiencing rough sleeping.

• Updated: 3 January 2025

Thousands more children in the social care system in England will grow up in loving homes, under plans to create up to 10,000 new foster care places.

• Updated: 4 February 2026

Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents

FCDO travel advice for Honduras. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 10 December 2025

Find out information about employee incidentals overnight expenses for business travel.

• Updated: 30 December 2019

This series brings together all documents relating to Entertainment Licensing statistics

• Updated: 14 November 2013

This paper uses night time lights data to help describe economic activity in 5 South Asian cities

• Updated: 15 October 2017

Guidelines about avoiding the use of photochromic lenses and allowing time for dark adaptation when undertaking lookouts at night.

• Updated: 30 December 2007

Includes statistics on premises licences, club premises certificates, personal licences, late night refreshment and 24-hour alcohol licences.

• Updated: 24 October 2024