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Stop and search rates for different ethnic groups in England and Wales.
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Overview of the Civil Service Jobs vX system for recruiters, including search and table layouts.
Search for decisions from patent hearings
Find woodland agreements, felling licences and other designations or features on any chosen area of land in England.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Form OS1: official search with priority by a purchaser against the whole of a registered title or pending first registration application.
Guidance on the validation requirements of the search and comparison algorithm and the method in which it is deployed.
Check if you need to tell DVLA about a health or medical condition, how to report medical conditions to DVLA
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