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The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old. Children are treated differently from adults, are dealt with by youth courts and sent to special secure centres for young people.
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
Detention services order 02/2019 about managing age dispute cases in immigration detention.
Why children are sent to custody, what it's like, visiting, advice and support
International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a residential family centre.
Contact the Pension Service about State Pension eligibility, claims, payments and complaints, and to update your details (such as your address or bank details)
A competition to support expansion and replication of promising models on non-state education provision for the poorest
The ECCE provides an in-depth understanding of children's centre services in deprived areas.
Check if you need a tuberculosis (TB) test to support your visa application and find an approved clinic in your country
Statistics from Ofsted on children's centres.
Financial help with sending your child to a specialist school for young musicians and dancers
These guidelines apply to bilateral funding to NGOs for humanitarian emergency responses and to new grants and modifications of existing grants.
Contact details for your pension centre to make an enquiry about State Pension claims and Pension Credit claims
Immigration removal centres - addresses, contact details visiting hours
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Contact details for youth justice services in the South East and South Central England.
The What Works Network uses evidence to improve the design and delivery of public services.
How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre
Statistics about car driving tests, showing pass rates for each driving test centre by gender and ethnicity, and first-time passes.
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