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Hyperlinking policy

Hyperlinks to us

The Government Office Network (GO Network) encourages users to establish hypertext links to the site. You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on our website(s). We do not object to you linking directly to our information. However, we do not permit the use of our logos as promotional or hypertext objects.

Hyperlinks from us

The GO Network is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We aim to replace broken links to other sites but cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.

We link to organisations that we have:

  • a direct working relationship with - such as partners, stakeholders, sponsors, non-departmental public bodies etc
  • other government departments

The GO Network does not link to commercial websites. If your site is non-commercial, please contact us via email at:

GONCSenquiries@goncs.gsi.gov.uk about establishing a hyperlink.

Decisions to post links on this site will be subject to the following criteria:

  • content of sites to be linked to must be relevant to the purpose and objectives of this site and not compromise our neutrality 
  • content of sites to be linked to must be current, accurate and add significant value to this site's content
  • content of sites to be linked to must be in compliant with relevant privacy, human rights and equal opportunities law
  • content of sites to be linked to must not be offensive, lewd or malicious; and
  • sites to be linked to must allow users to navigate back to the present site; they cannot block the user's return to this site by embedding code within the linked page that will prevent the use of the browser "back" button.

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