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Product Safety Report for Baby Side Sleeper Wedge sold via Amazon presenting a serious risk of suffocation.
The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi
Children must normally use a child car seat until they’re 12 years old or…
A child aged 3 or older can travel in a back seat without a child car seat…
OPSS is leading a fresh campaign to raise awareness about potential hazards to babies associated with sleep products.
The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
Resources to support blind cord safety and raise awareness.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
Statistics on children under local authority care at national and local authority level.
You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance.
What local authorities need to do to place a child under 13 in a secure children’s home, and guidance on when it is appropriate to do so.
Product recall for Konig Kids baby crib mobile presenting a high risk of strangulation due to the presence of multiple excessively long cords, which have the possibility to tangle.
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