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How a prisoner is released - including Parole Board hearings, resettlement schemes and temporary release on licence

• When someone can leave prison

  When a prisoner is released depends on: the length of their sentence their…

• Temporary release from prison

  A prisoner may be allowed to leave prison for short periods towards the…

• Before someone leaves prison

  All prisoners get help preparing for life when they leave prison. In the…

• Support when someone leaves prison

  A person leaving prison may get the following financial support: Universal…

When an employee leaves or retires, update your payroll, give the employee a P45.

Find out what you should do if you are leaving or have recently left the armed forces.

• Updated: 12 September 2024

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

Your Neonatal Care Leave and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay: what you can get, eligibility, how to claim and how to cancel.

How to claim Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave: what you can get, check if you're eligible and how to claim it.

Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a business, investor or talent visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.

Leaving foster or local council care - support from your council, review meetings and financial help

Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay

Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle