Policy papers and consultations

Factsheets giving details of the different measures contained in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 20 August 2022

• Overarching Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet

  What are we going to do? Back our police by equipping officers with the…

• Audio and video live links: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet

  What are we going to do? Video remand hearings in police stations We will…

• Community sentences: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet

  In the recent White Paper ‘A Smarter Approach to Sentencing’, the…

• Criminal damage to memorials: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet

  Increasing the maximum penalty for criminal damage of less than £5,000 to…

• Extraction of information: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet

  1. What has the Government done to improve practice around the extraction…

• Homicide reviews: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet

  1. What has been introduced? The Act allows for a requirement to be placed…

• Imprisonment for Public Protection: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet

  It is clear that there is huge support for [the IPP] amendment … around…

• Making misogyny a hate crime: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021 factsheet

  The Law Commission concluded in its ‘Hate Crime Laws: Final Report (PDF,…

• Management of terrorist offenders: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet

  1. What are we going to do? We will give the police three new powers to…

• Noise-related provisions: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet

  1. What are we going to do? The Act widens the range of situations in…

HM Prison and Probation Service action plan for Styal Young Offender Institute in response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 28 January 2022

HM Prison and Probation Service action plan for Downview Young Offender Institute in response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 25 November 2021

HM Prison and Probation Service action plan for Werrington Young Offender Institute in response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 2 June 2020

HM Prison and Probation Service action plan for Feltham Young Offender Institute in response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 3 March 2020

HM Prison and Probation Service action plan for Cookham Wood Young Offender Institute in response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 3 March 2020

Update on government’s progress tackling disparities, including progress in response to the Lammy Review.

• From: Ministry of Justice and 1 others
• Updated: 11 February 2020

A review of safeguarding practices from the youth secure estate in England and Wales.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service
• Updated: 4 October 2019

HM Prison and Probation Service action plan for Eastwood Park Young Offender Institute in response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 22 August 2019

HM Prison and Probation Service action plan for Foston Hall Young Offender Institute in response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 15 August 2019

Government response to the Justice Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2016-17: The treatment of young adults in the Criminal Justice System.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 20 January 2017

Young offenders need education and training to enable them to return to school or college or find employment, but too many lack basic skills.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 8 May 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Government response to the 13th report from the public administration select committee.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 11 July 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Call for evidence to make recommendations to reduce the risk of future self-inflicted deaths of 18 to 24-year-olds in custody.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 1 May 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

We are seeking a wide range of views on the government’s plans for placing high quality education at the centre of youth custody.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 17 January 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Young adults (18–20 year olds) who are held in custody are usually accommodated in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) rather than adult prisons. We feel the context in which this was an effective means of managing this gr…

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 17 January 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Government response to the Justice Committee’s report on Youth Justice.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 14 May 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government