Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Youth Justice and International
Organisations:
Ministry of Justice
Current role holder:
Jake Richards MP
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
Current role holder
Jake Richards MP
Jake Richards was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and as Assistant Whip, House of Commons on 7 September 2025. He was elected as the MP for Rother Valley in July 2024.