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Find out if you've paid enough National Insurance to qualify for the full State Pension - check gaps, contributions and credits, get a National Insurance statement, call the helpline.
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
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Apply online for a PDU1 certificate for unemployment benefit if you live or will be living abroad, or for a paper statement of your National Insurance contributions.
The standards set out what it takes to be a safe and responsible driver, rider or cyclist, and to provide training to drivers, riders and cyclists.
Find data and analysis from Census 2021 and earlier censuses.
The Office for National Statistics is the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK. It is responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at national,...
The UK National Authority for Counter Eavesdropping (UK NACE) protects national security by providing Technical Security expertise to the government and the critical national infrastructure (CNI). We provide leadership for the technical security profession across government. UK NACE is part...
The National Crime Squad (NCS) was a British police organisation which dealt mainly with organised and major crimes.
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