Use cases

Digital services for the work government needs to do.

From applications and renewals to casework, consultations and inspections, Govform combines reusable capabilities around the outcome your service needs to deliver.

What you can build

Start with the service outcome, then combine the capabilities you need.

Browse common interaction types used across public services. Each use case can combine questions, evidence, decisions, workflow, integrations and reporting in a single accessible journey.

Citizen services

Apply and register

Guide people through complex applications and deliver complete, structured submissions to operational teams.

Examples
Benefits, passports, licences, company registration, planning, trademarks and patents.
Govform capabilities
Drag-and-drop builder, conditional logic, file uploads, address lookup, save and return, and SharePoint.
Citizen services

Renew, update and manage records

Use known data and reminders to make renewals faster, reduce errors and prevent avoidable service lapses.

Examples
Passport and licence renewals, vehicle tax, council tax changes, address changes and annual returns.
Govform capabilities
API pre-population, version control, identity verification, SSO and renewal reminders.
Citizen services

Identity and eligibility

Help people establish access and check likely eligibility before beginning a full application.

Examples
GOV.UK One Login, NHS login, HMRC accounts, DBS, right-to-work checks and benefit calculators.
Govform capabilities
OAuth 2.0, SSO, access controls, role-based permissions and custom-domain branding.
Citizen services

Payments and financial services

Calculate fees, route payments and produce confirmations as part of one joined-up journey.

Examples
GOV.UK Pay, council tax, visa fees, claims, VAT refunds and creative reliefs.
Govform capabilities
GOV.UK Pay integration, fee calculation, conditional routing and receipt generation.
Citizen services

Booking and scheduling

Connect availability, booking and reminders so users can manage appointments without manual intervention.

Examples
Driving tests, GP appointments, visa biometrics, court hearings and vaccinations.
Govform capabilities
Date and time components, availability logic, confirmation workflows and calendar APIs.
Citizen services

Licensing and permits

Connect applications, evidence, fees, decisions and renewals in one licensing journey.

Examples
Alcohol, taxi, street-trading, HMO, waste-carrier, marine and drone licences.
Govform capabilities
Conditional flows, fee calculation, uploads, expiry tracking and renewal reminders.
Citizen services

Elections and civic services

Support accessible, time-sensitive civic processes with appropriate identity and address checks.

Examples
Voter registration, proxy and postal votes, nominations and petitions.
Govform capabilities
Identity verification, address validation, date-sensitive forms and accessible service patterns.
Regulation and assurance

Reporting and returns

Validate returns before submission and pass structured records into reporting and compliance systems.

Examples
Self Assessment, VAT, Companies House, gender pay gap, CQC and cyber-incident returns.
Govform capabilities
Repeating sections, validation rules, API submission, version control and audit trails.
Regulation and assurance

Compliance and declarations

Collect declarations consistently, maintain traceable records and identify incomplete submissions before deadlines.

Examples
Right-to-work, modern-slavery, gender-pay-gap, health and safety, and ICO declarations.
Govform capabilities
Declaration pages, signature capture, attestation, audit trails and conditional routing.
Regulation and assurance

Grants and approvals

Support grant programmes from eligibility and application through assessment, award and monitoring.

Examples
Innovate UK, Arts Council, UKSPF, agricultural subsidies and emergency grant programmes.
Govform capabilities
Multi-stage journeys, eligibility screening, uploads, scoring forms and SharePoint.
Regulation and assurance

Procurement and tendering

Structure bids, evidence and evaluation criteria to support consistent assessment and a clear audit trail.

Examples
CCS frameworks, Contracts Finder, defence, NHS tenders and G-Cloud.
Govform capabilities
Multi-section bids, weighted scoring, uploads, conditional routing and audit trails.
Regulation and assurance

Inspections and assessments

Guide consistent mobile capture, scoring and evidence collection, then prioritise follow-up work.

Examples
Ofsted, CQC, food hygiene, building control, HSE, fire safety and MOT.
Govform capabilities
Mobile forms, geotagged photos, repeating sections and severity scoring.
Operations and casework

Staff workflows and cases

Guide triage, assignment and approval while maintaining consistent decisions and a clear case history.

Examples
Benefits casework, immigration, NHS triage, inspections and public-sector procurement.
Govform capabilities
Internal libraries, role-based access, SharePoint, Dataverse, Power Automate and managed environments.
Operations and casework

Appeals and disputes

Guide people through grounds, evidence and deadlines while linking an appeal to its original decision.

Examples
Tax appeals, benefit tribunals, planning objections, parking penalties and SEND.
Govform capabilities
Multi-stage journeys, branching, evidence uploads, case linking and deadline triggers.
Operations and casework

Whistleblowing

Provide a secure route for confidential or anonymous reports and structure information for safe triage.

Examples
NHS Freedom to Speak Up, fraud reporting, Crimestoppers and safeguarding.
Govform capabilities
Anonymous submissions, incident capture, secure uploads, encryption and controlled access.
Data and automation

Find, filter and use datasets

Help users locate and act on relevant records without relying on manual searches or information requests.

Examples
Land Registry, Companies House, MOT history, planning searches and flood mapping.
Govform capabilities
Dynamic CSV and JSON feeds, API lookups, conditional display and map visualisation.
Data and automation

Monitoring and dashboards

Bring operational and service-performance data together so teams can identify issues and allocate resources.

Examples
Service dashboards, inspection trackers, air quality, flood warnings and NHS waiting times.
Govform capabilities
Real-time analytics, cookieless measurement, server-side UK data and Power BI integration.
Data and automation

Geolocated and spatial services

Capture accurate locations and connect spatial records directly to field operations and analysis.

Examples
Pothole reports, planning boundaries, flood zones, fly-tipping and catchment areas.
Govform capabilities
Map components, Ordnance Survey and OpenStreetMap, postcode lookup, coordinates and address resolution.
Data and automation

AI document and image processing

Use assisted extraction and classification to reduce manual review while keeping people in control of decisions.

Examples
Passport photos, housing disrepair, road defects and receipt processing.
Govform capabilities
File uploads, image-to-PDF conversion, compression, AI Builder and API hooks.
Data and automation

Document generation

Create consistent branded documents from service data and shorten the path from decision to notification.

Examples
Decision letters, inspection reports, planning notices and certificates.
Govform capabilities
PDF generation, SharePoint output, templates, custom branding and dynamic content.
Data and automation

Notifications and correspondence

Send clear, accessible confirmations, decisions and reminders automatically throughout a service.

Examples
Confirmations, NHS reminders, tax notices, benefit decisions and flood warnings.
Govform capabilities
Email actions, GOV.UK Notify, configurable confirmations and Power Automate triggers.
Engagement and evidence

Collect evidence

Validate and organise evidence at capture so reviewers receive more complete, decision-ready submissions.

Examples
Regulatory submissions, self-evaluations, planning documents and supporting evidence.
Govform capabilities
Secure uploads, antivirus scanning, compression, validation, repeating capture and PDF generation.
Engagement and evidence

Consultations and feedback

Make participation accessible and organise structured and free-text responses for efficient analysis.

Examples
Planning and policy consultations, petitions, surveys and service-design research.
Govform capabilities
Survey patterns, Likert scales, free text, anonymous responses, analytics and prototypes.
Engagement and evidence

Consent and permissions

Explain permissions clearly and record the wording, version and status associated with each consent.

Examples
NHS opt-out, organ donation, power of attorney, research consent and data sharing.
Govform capabilities
Consent controls, privacy links, conditional flows, version control and UK hosting.
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