TRACE e-Gov Portal

Title	Description
Criminal courts	Contents - Magistrates' courts - Crown Court - Youth courts
Delete a historic conviction	Get a historical conviction for consensual gay sex deleted from the record.
Drink-drive rehabilitation courses	Contents - When you can take a course - Choose a course - How the course works - Complain about a course
Drinking Banning Order (DBO)	(DBO) You can be given a Drinking Banning Order (DBO) if you break the law or cause problems while drinking alcohol.
Drugs penalties	You can get a fine or prison sentence if you take, carry, make or sell drugs or psychoactive substances. The penalties depend on the drug and the amount you have, and whether you’re also dealing or producing the drug.
How sentences are worked out	If you are found guilty of a crime, your sentence will depend on a number of factors, including the type, seriousness and circumstances of the crime.
Make a victim personal statement to the Parole Board	Contents - Who can make a victim personal statement and when - How a victim statement personal is used - Write your victim personal statement - Choose how your victim personal statement is presented at the hearing - What happens at a parole hearing
Find a prison	Search for contact details and information about individual prisons.
Get help with the cost of prison visits	If you visit a family member, partner or someone who doesn’t get other visitors you might be able to get help paying for: - travel to the prison - somewhere to stay overnight - meals
Getting parole	Contents - Overview - Parole Board hearing - Represent yourself at the hearing - Challenge a decision
Leaving prison	Contents - When someone can leave prison - Temporary release from prison - Before someone leaves prison - Support when someone leaves prison
Prison life	Contents - Arriving at prison - Prisoner privileges and rights - Healthcare in prison - Vulnerable prisoners - Pregnancy and childcare in prison - Education and work in prison
Probation	Contents - Overview - Meetings with your offender manager - If you break the rules of your probation - Being taken back to prison - Ask to be released again on probation
Send money to someone in prison	You can use this service to make a payment by debit card. We accept Visa, Mastercard and Maestro debit cards.
Staying in touch with someone in prison	Contents - Letters and telephone calls - The internet and social media - Banned items - Sending money - Visiting someone in prison
Support for families and friends of prisoners	Get support and advice if you know someone in prison.
Types of prison sentences	Contents - Concurrent and consecutive sentences - Suspended prison sentences - Determinate prison sentences - fixed length of time - Indeterminate prison sentences - no fixed length of time - Life sentences - Sentences for young people
Visit someone in prison	Use this service to book a social visit to a prisoner in England or Wales.
After a crime: your rights	Contents Your rights - If the case goes to court - If the crime was serious or you're vulnerable - Make a complaint
Claim compensation if you were the victim of a violent crime	You might be able to claim compensation if you were the victim of a violent crime.
Criminal injuries compensation tribunal	Contents - Overview - Appeal to the tribunal - What happens next - If you lose your appeal - Legislation and previous decisions
Female genital mutilation: help and advice	Female genital mutilation (FGM), sometimes known as ‘female circumcision’ or ‘female genital cutting’, is illegal in the UK. It’s also illegal to take abroad a British national or permanent resident for FGM, or to help someone trying to do this.
Get financial support as a victim of crime	You can apply for financial help if you have to take time off low-paid work because you’ve been the victim of a violent crime.
Make a victim representation to the Mental Health Tribunal	If you’re the victim of a serious crime by a restricted patient detained because of mental illness, you can ask for certain conditions on their release (‘discharge’).
What to do if your vehicle has been stolen	Contents - Report your vehicle as stolen - Get a vehicle tax refund - If you had a personalised registration number
Young people in custody	Contents - Overview - Arriving at custody - What custody is like for young people - Visiting young people in custody - Advice and support - Advocacy services - Organisations that can help
Youth crime prevention programmes	Contents - Overview - How young people are put on a programme - What these programmes are and how they work - Mentoring - Involving parents and families
Youth offending teams	Youth offending teams work with young people that get into trouble with the law.
Being arrested: your rights	Contents - When you're arrested - How long you can be held in custody - Giving fingerprints, photographs and samples - Legal advice at the police station - Complaining about your treatment by the police
Being stopped by the police while driving: your rights	Contents - Overview - Breath tests - Minor motoring offences - Faults with your vehicle - When the police can seize your vehicle
Biometric data records	Find out whether your biometric data is likely to be on a police database.
Check if a website can legally sell medicines online	Search the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) register to check if a website is allowed to sell medicines.
Civil Legal Advice (CLA)	You might be able to get free and confidential advice from Civil Legal Advice (CLA) as part of legal aid if you’re in England or Wales.
Complain about a financial service or product	Follow the company’s complaints procedure. You can usually then take your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service if you’re unhappy with their response.
Consumer rights	The law protects your consumer rights when you buy goods or services. Find out who to contact for consumer protection advice.
Data protection	Contents - The Data Protection Act - Find out what data an organisation has about you - Make a complaint
Disability rights	Contents - Overview - Employment - Education - Police - The Equality Act 2010 and UN Convention - Further help and advice
Discrimination: your rights	Contents - Types of discrimination ('protected characteristics') - How you can be discriminated against - Discrimination at work - What you can do
Get a copy of your police records	You have the right to ask for a copy of records the police have about you. This is called a ‘subject access request’.
Help if you're arrested abroad	Find out what help you can get if you or someone you know is arrested abroad.
How to make a freedom of information (FOI) request	Contents - The Freedom of Information Act - Organisations you can ask for information - How to make an FOI request - If your request is turned down
Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and special constables	Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) work with police officers and share some, but not all of their powers. Special constables are volunteers who have the same powers as police.
Police and crime commissioners	Contact your police and crime commissioner (PCC) to make a suggestion or a complaint about how your local area is policed.
Police cautions, warnings and penalty notices	The police or Crown Prosecution Service can give you a caution (warning) or a penalty notice if you commit a minor crime.
Report a problem with a medicine or medical device	Report a suspected problem (‘adverse incident’) with a medicine or medical device using the Yellow Card Scheme as soon as possible
Selling, buying and carrying knives	/resource_feedback/11448
Stopping industrial action: citizens' rights	You have the right to stop industrial action if it’s unlawful and affects goods or services being provided to you.

United Kingdom

Government Information :: Criminal and Security

(Click on description to provide feedback)