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Stop and search rates for different ethnic groups in England and Wales.
How to find and use the statistics and analysis from the People and Nature Surveys for England.
Consultation launched to strengthen safeguards for child strip search including the requirement to notify parents and guardians when a child is strip searched.
How to report a person who's gone missing or a child who's run away - including if you lose contact while they're abroad
Search the Individual Insolvency Register for details about bankruptcy orders, Debt Relief Orders, Individual Voluntary Arrangements, and restrictions orders and undertakings
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform allows people to search user generated content.
Immigration staff guidance on UK Visas and Immigration's powers to search people and seize items.
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
Non-military housing options and advice available to serving personnel who are not seeking or due to leave service
Civilian housing options and general advice available to veterans
Local authorities, police and NHS staff can find out about the information we have on our registers in England and Wales and how to ask for it.
Documents, certificate, letters, and notes available from the British embassy and consulates in the USA.
The police can stop and question you at any time - they can search you depending on the situation.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
What to do if a British national goes missing abroad, reporting it to the police and how the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and others can help.
This Policy Framework provides the requirements and guidance for prisons and staff on searching of the person, cells, areas and vehicles.
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