Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Youth Justice and International

Organisations: Ministry of Justice

Responsibilities

• Sentencing Policy
• Sentencing Bill
• Youth Justice policy
• Youth Custody operations
• Human Rights and ECHR
• International Justice (including Private International Law)
• Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories
• Devolution and the Union
• Commons Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending
• Transparency
• Cross-cutting corporate portfolio
• MOJ Mission lead for Breakdown barriers to opportunity

Previous holders of this role

1. Jake Richards MP

   2025 to 2026

Announcements

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• Government action so children do not pay for a parent’s crime
  • 08 July 2026
  • Press release
• Better protections for children in custody
  • 07 July 2026
  • Press release
• Youth Justice overhaul to keep streets safer
  • 18 May 2026
  • Press release
• Victims and bereaved get more time to challenge lenient sentences
  • 09 April 2026
  • News story
• Preventing the drivers of youth custody
  • 26 March 2026
  • Speech
• Longer behind bars for espionage in national security boost
  • 26 March 2026
  • News story
• New register for people convicted of child cruelty offences
  • 02 March 2026
  • News story
• Every child caught with a knife to get tailored support
  • 11 February 2026
  • News story
• Medomsley Detention Centre
  • 05 February 2026
  • Policy paper
• Sentencing Act ensuring punishment cuts crime gets Royal Assent
  • 22 January 2026
  • News story

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