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Statistics on primary school children who are overweight, measured in reception and year 6 and presented for different ethnic groups.

• Updated: 17 July 2018

What to do if you’re bringing your pet or pets to Great Britain: quarantine rules, documents you need, types of animal you can bring.

• Overview

  You must follow certain rules to bring your pet to Great Britain (England,…

• If you’re travelling from an EU country

  You must write a statement (called a ‘declaration’) to say that your pet:…

• If you’re travelling from outside the EU

  You must have an import licence to bring any pet animal that is not a dog,…

• Check if you need to follow extra rules

  Depending on the type of pet you’re bringing, you may have to follow extra…

• Endangered species

  You need to apply for a permit or certificate if you’re bringing a pet…

• Help and advice

  To check the exact rules for your pet, contact the Centre for…

Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments

• Overview

  Your employer can ask you to stay at home or take unpaid leave if there’s…

• Guarantee pay

  Rate and length of statutory lay-off pay You’re entitled to guarantee pay…

• Applying for redundancy

  You could apply for redundancy and claim redundancy pay if you’ve been…

• Extra work or claiming benefits

  You can take on another job while you’re laid off or on short-time (unless…

Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services

Blind Person's Allowance is an extra amount you can earn before paying tax - what you'll get, eligibility, how to apply and how to transfer your allowance

Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.

Guidance on imports from Russia and Belarus requiring additional duties and terms of exemption.

• Updated: 27 June 2025

A disability premium is extra money if you’re under Pension Credit age and registered blind or getting certain benefits - what you get, eligibility, apply

How the death of your partner affects your benefits, tax and pension. What you can claim and who to tell about your change of circumstances.

Insights from new evidence on the relationship between excess weight and coronavirus (COVID-19).

• Updated: 24 July 2020