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Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
All mothers and most fathers have legal rights and responsibilities as a…
A mother automatically has parental responsibility for her child from…
If you’re not the mother, you can apply to court to get parental…
The national infant feeding survey aims to understand more about how mothers in England feed their babies in the first year after birth.
Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations
What to expect if you're sent to prison - prison rules and regulations, healthcare and education, prisoner rights
Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like
Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates
Your employee can take Shared Parental Leave (SPL) if they're eligible and they or their partner ends their maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL, splitting blocks of leave and record keeping
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
Thousands of mothers and babies will benefit from extended support to breastfeeding services this year.
Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
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