The core components of the Ministry of Justice are:
- The National Offender Management Service: administration of correctional
services in England and Wales through Her Majesty's Prison Service and
the Probation Service, under the umbrella of the National Offender
Management Service - Youth Justice and sponsorship of the Youth Justice Board
- Sponsorship of the Parole Board, Her Majesty's Inspectorates of
Prison and Probation, Independent Monitoring Boards and the Prison
and Probation Ombudsmen - Criminal, civil, family and administrative law: criminal law and sentencing
policy, including sponsorship of the Sentencing Guidelines Council and the
Sentencing Advisory Panel and the Law Commission - The Office for Criminal Justice Reform: hosted by the Ministry of Justice but
working trilaterally with the three CJS departments, the Ministry of Justice,
Home Office, Attorney General's Office - Her Majesty's Courts Service: administration of the civil, family and criminal
courts in England and Wales - The Tribunals Service: administration of tribunals across the UK
- Legal Aid and the wider Community Legal Service through the Legal Services
Commission - Support for the Judiciary: judicial appointments via the newly created
Judicial Appointments Commission, the Judicial Office and Judicial
Communications Office - The Privy Council Secretariat and Office of the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council - Constitutional affairs: electoral reform and democratic engagement, civil
and human rights, freedom of information, management of the UK's
constitutional arrangements and relationships including with the devolved
administrations and the Crown Dependencies - Ministry of Justice corporate centre: focused corporate centre to shape overall strategy
and drive performance and delivery.