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foot and mouth disease

Lower case.

(UKHSA) Footnotes

Avoid footnotes. Wherever possible 

(UKHSA) Forward slash

Never use a forward slash.

In years replace with 'to' (and spell out the years in full) so 2020/21 becomes 2020 to 2021. 

In data replace with 'out of' so 27/360 becomes '27 out of 360'.

Freedom of Information

You can make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, but not a request under the FOI Act.

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Also ‘Welsh Government’, as it’s the full title.

GOV.UK

All upper case.

(UKHSA) Graphs

These rules apply to graphs which, where possible, should use sentence case text, replace forward slash or hyphens with 'to', and so on.

Great Britain

Refers only to England, Scotland and Wales and does not include Northern Ireland.

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Use ‘Great Britain’ in subsequent mentions on the page.

Britain

Use UK and United Kingdom in preference to Britain and British (UK business, UK foreign policy, ambassador and high commissioner). But British embassy, not UK embassy.

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  • be 160 characters or less
  • end with a full stop
  • not repeat the title or body text
  • be clear and specific

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(UKHSA) Tables

Layout

Keys, position of (important information above table)

Footnotes - symbols. Do not use superscript symbols such as asterisk, dagger and so on .Use the format note [note 1], [note 2] and put these under 'Notes' in heading 4.

team

Lower case: youth offending team, Behavioural Insights team.

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