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You may use and re-use the information featured on this website (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence with only a few conditions.

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Exemptions

This licence does not cover the use of:

  • personal data in the Information
  • information that has neither been published nor disclosed under information access legislation (including the Freedom of Information Acts for the UK and Scotland) by or with the consent of the Information Provider
  • departmental or public sector organisation logos, crests and the Royal Arms except where they form an integral part of a document or dataset
  • military insignia
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