Criminal Justice Board
The Criminal Justice Board brings together criminal justice leaders to maintain oversight of the system and promote a collaborative approach to addressing its challenges.
Membership
The Criminal Justice Board is attended by senior leaders from across the Criminal Justice System responsible for representing their own agencies.
- Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice and Deputy Prime Minister
- Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Attorney General
- Minister of State for the Home Department and Minster of Justice
- President of the King’s Bench Division
- Senior Presiding Judge
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
- Chair, National Police Chief’s Council
- CEO, HM Courts and Tribunals Service
- CEO, HM Prisons and Probation Service
- Victims’ Commissioner
- Chair, Youth Justice Board
- Police and Crime Commissioner Representative
- Director General of the National Crime Agency
Invitees
- Chair of the Bar Council
- Law Society Justice lead
- Chair of the Criminal Justice in Wales Board
Local Criminal Justice Boards
The Criminal Justice Board model is replicated across England and Wales. Local Criminal Justice Boards are organised around police force areas and are mostly chaired by the Police and Crime Commissioner. Wales also has the Criminal Justice Board for Wales which brings together the local boards from across Wales.
In Part Two of the PCC Review, published in March 2022, the government agreed to refresh the national guidance for Local Criminal Justice Boards. This guidance can be found below:
Guidance on data sharing for the Criminal Justice System and Memorandum of Understanding Template
In Part Two of the PCC Review, published in March 2022, the government agreed to develop Guidance on data sharing for partners working in and with the Criminal Justice System, alongside a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) template for local level data sharing across local partners, predominantly for the purposes of performance improvement and strategic monitoring.
The guidance and template MoU have been endorsed by stakeholders across the Criminal Justice System and aim to encourage data sharing, whilst ensuring that this is lawful, safe, proportionate and appropriate. These products can be used by any government department or agency working in or with the Criminal Justice System, including through the forum of Local Criminal Justice Boards. This guidance can be found below:
Contact
To contact the Criminal Justice Board please email the CJB Secretariat at criminaljusticeboard@justice.gov.uk .
Please note, we are only able to respond to queries related to Criminal Justice Board governance. We are unable to process emails which report a crime or contain complaints regarding any aspect of the Criminal Justice System.