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  • Government has awarded £900,000 to organisations based in some family courts to provide in-court support to victims of domestic abuse.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The Secretary of State has announced the extension and the reappointment 2 Public Appointees.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More victims of violent crime able to claim compensation, as ministers scrap ‘same roof’ rule.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • MOJ has written to the Employment Tribunal in relation to the O’Brien/Miller & Others litigation, following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 7 November 2018.

  • David Gauke sets out his vision for a "smart" justice system to reduce reoffending, protect the public and ensure serious criminals receive the punishment they deserve.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • David Gauke today (18 February 2019) set out his vision for a "smart" justice system to reduce reoffending, protect the public and ensure serious criminals receive the punishment they deserve.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • David Gauke announces national roll out of new GPS tags which will provide 24/7 location monitoring of offenders.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Minister Rory Stewart has hailed the “significant progress” made at some of the country’s toughest jails, six months on from the launch of his ‘10 prisons project’.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The Secretary of State for Justice, Rt Hon. David Gauke MP, confirmed today that his candidate to be the next Chief Inspector of Probation is Justin Russell - currently Director General responsible for No Deal EU exit planni…

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • ‘Upskirting’ perpetrators face two years in prison and being placed on the sex offenders register, as a new law making the act a specific criminal offence is expected to receive Royal Assent today (Tuesday 12 February).

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • There is a lot in the news about 'upskirting' - find out what it's all about and why the law has changed.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Ministry of Justice response to Public Accounts Committee's sixth recommendation in its report Transforming courts and tribunals, Fifty-Sixth Report of Session 2017 to 2019.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • A new strategy to help people resolve legal problems at the earliest opportunity and avoid the need for unnecessary court proceedings was unveiled today.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Dr Jo Farrar has been appointed as the next Chief Executive of HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Ministry of Justice response to Public Accounts Committee's fourth recommendation in its report Transforming courts and tribunals, Fifty-Sixth Report of Session 2017 to 2019.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Sweeping changes to the parole system to improve transparency, offer better support for victims and new powers to reconsider decisions have been announced by the Justice Secretary David Gauke today, following a review of the…

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • A new system alerting charities to when they have been left money in wills is to be established by HM Courts and Tribunals Service following a decision to end its current arrangement.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Scanners which detect drugs on clothes and mail are up and running at 10 of the most challenging jails, Prisons Minister Rory Stewart announced today (Thursday 31 January).

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • People across the country will benefit from two new Courts & Tribunals Service Centres opening today in Stoke and Birmingham.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • A special unit set up to freeze and seize the assets of criminals operating in prisons has claimed its first success, Justice Secretary David Gauke confirmed today (Monday 28, January).

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government