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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.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
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
Statistics on children under local authority care at national and local authority level.
Resources to support blind cord safety and raise awareness.
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
How your child's living arrangements affect child maintenance payments, and when to report a change to the Child Maintenance Service.
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
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children’s social services.
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