Justice system transparency

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Guidance and regulation

1. Multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA)
   • Statutory guidance
   • 22 July 2019
   • Ministry of Justice, Closed organisation: National Offender Management Service, and HM Prison Service
2. Get help with prison visits
   • Guidance
   • 11 July 2017
   • Ministry of Justice, HM Prison Service, and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
3. Record retention and disposition schedules
   • Guidance
   • 4 September 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
4. HMCTS reform programme projects explained
   • Detailed guide
   • 4 June 2019
   • HM Courts & Tribunals Service
5. Our Commitment to Victims of Crime
   • Detailed guide
   • 22 July 2019
   • Parole Board

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News and communications

28 August 2019 — News story

Two Law Commissioners appointed to the Law Commission

Ministry of Justice and Law Commission

1. Honorary Queen’s Counsel nominations: deadline Tuesday 27 August 2019
   • 12 August 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • News story
2. Rosina Cottage QC reappointed to the Sentencing Council
   • 4 July 2019
   • Ministry of Justice and Sentencing Council for England and Wales
   • News story
3. Appointment of 6 Commissioners of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
   • 14 June 2019
   • Ministry of Justice and Criminal Cases Review Commission
   • News story
4. New Official Solicitor and Public Trustee appointed
   • 10 June 2019
   • Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Prison population projections
   • 29 August 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • National statistics
2. Safety in custody quarterly: update to December 2018
   • 25 April 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • National statistics
3. Criminal court statistics quarterly: October to December 2018
   • 28 March 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • National statistics
4. HM Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly: December 2018
   • 21 February 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Official statistics
5. Guide to youth justice statistics
   • 31 January 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Government response to the Justice Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2017 to 2019: Transforming Rehabilitation
   • 17 June 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Policy paper
2. MOJ - GMCA Memorandum of Understanding for justice devolution
   • 31 May 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Policy paper
3. Protocol between MOJ and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
   • 12 March 2019
   • Ministry of Justice and Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
   • Policy paper
4. Supplement to the 40th annual report on Senior Salaries 2018
   • 26 October 2018
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Policy paper
5. Tackling racial disparity in the criminal justice system: 2018
   • 11 October 2018
   • Ministry of Justice and Race Disparity Unit
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Workforce management information: MOJ
   • 22 August 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Transparency
2. Cafcass Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19
   • 25 July 2019
   • Cafcass
   • Corporate report
3. The Parole Board for England & Wales Annual Report and Accounts 2018/19
   • 18 July 2019
   • Parole Board
   • Corporate report
4. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons annual report: 2018 to 2019
   • 9 July 2019
   • HM Inspectorate of Prisons
   • Corporate report
5. Ministry of Justice: spend control data for July 2018 to December 2018
   • 21 June 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Ministry of Justice
2. Home Office
3. Committee on Standards in Public Life
4. Legal Aid Agency
5. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service

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1. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
2. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
3. Prison Service Pay Review Body
4. Attorney General's Office
5. Civil Procedure Rule Committee
6. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
7. UK Visas and Immigration
8. Central Arbitration Committee
9. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
10. Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
11. Department for Education
12. Department of Health & Social Care
13. Family Procedure Rule Committee
14. Government Equalities Office
15. HM Treasury
16. Lammy Review
17. Race Disparity Unit

1. Parole Board
2. HM Prison Service
3. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
4. National Probation Service