Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Organisations: Ministry of Justice

Responsibilities

• Sentencing
• Youth Justice
• Youth Hubs
• Commons Prisons, Probation and Parole
• Transparency
• MoJ Mission lead for Breakdown barriers to opportunity

Previous holders of this role

1. Sir Nic Dakin MP

   2024 to 2025

Announcements

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• Government outlines action plan to improve Oakhill STC
  • 28 August 2025
  • Press release
• Identified offender needs, custody and community, 31 October 2024
  • 12 June 2025
  • Official statistics
• Government action to improve safety in young offender institutions
  • 24 April 2025
  • Press release
• Government no longer places girls in Young Offender Institutions
  • 04 March 2025
  • Press release
• Delivering the best for girls in custody
  • 04 March 2025
  • Independent report
• Domestic killers face tougher sentences in latest move to halve violence against women and girls
  • 06 December 2024
  • Press release
• Susannah Hancock to review girls’ placements in youth custody
  • 07 November 2024
  • News story

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