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This article examines biofortification, a method for increasing micronutrient content of staple crops
Services and care available through the NHS for children.
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
This guidance outlines options to consider and who to contact if your child has been taken or kept abroad by their other parent or a relative without your permission.
This page provides country-specific guidance for British people if their child or children have been abducted abroad by a parent.
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
You may need a child performance licence for any child taking part in a public performance, sporting event or modelling assignment
Statistics about separated families and the child maintenance system.
Information for parents whose British child has been abducted in Russia by the other parent or a relative.
Form to claim extra benefit or tax credits for a third or subsequent child who would otherwise likely be looked after by a local authority.
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
Asylum policy guidance for asylum applications involving children.
How to set up or manage a child maintenance arrangement, including what to do if a parent does not pay, how to contact the Child Maintenance Service, and signing in to your account.
This page provides country-specific information for British nationals on what to do if they are planning to adopt a child overseas.
Use this form if your child is terminally ill and you want to take money out of their Child Trust Fund or Junior Individual Savings Account (ISA).
Get a passport for your child or baby - renewals and first child passports, application form, supporting paperwork, eligibility, costs
Child Benefit if your child lives with someone else - when you can claim, multiple claims, change who gets the benefit
Permission from parents and courts to take a child on holiday abroad and avoid abduction
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