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DEF

  • Data sharing and protection

    • Guidance for professionals and practitioners on application of the Data Protection Act 1998.

  • Dealing with a request

    • This guidance gives detailed advice to public authorities on how to process requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act

  • Democracy and constitution

    • The way our country is governed reflects our society and its values. Democratic principles run through all areas of our lives, guaranteeing our rights and freedoms and giving every citizen say in decision-making and elections.

  • Devolution

    • This devolution guidance is for government officials who work with the devolved administrations.

  • Elections

    • Guidance for electoral administrators including electoral modernisation pilots and acting returning offers guidance.

  • Electoral registration data standards

    • Justice Minister Bridget Prentice issued a direction in April 2008 requiring electoral registration officers to take steps to ensure that electors' details contained within electoral registers are stored to a consistent standard.

  • End of custody licence releases and recalls statistics

    • Monthly statistical release on the numbers released from prison on end of custody licence and offenders recalled back to prison during the end of custody licence period.

  • European parliamentary elections (June 2009)

    • Guidance for regional returning officers on their roles and responsibilities in the European parliamentary elections and expenses guidance and forms.

  • Exemptions guidance

    • This guidance summarises the government's view and will be regularly reviewed and updated to reflect legal and policy developments.

  • Family procedure (adoption) rules

    • The family procedure rules will, when fully implemented, be a single set of rules for all family proceedings in the high court, county courts and magistrates courts.

  • Flu pandemic guidance

    • Guidance for coroners, planners and justice system agencies in the event of a flu pandemic in England and Wales.

  • Forms of address

    • Guidance on how to address ministers, the judiciary, peers and members of parliament verbally and in writing.

  • Freedom of information

    • Guidance and resources to help those who work in central government, or other public authorities, to deal with freedom of information requests.

  • Freedom of Information Act: statistics on implementation in central government

    • Quarterly and annual statistical releases on the handling of requests for information made under the Act by 43 central government bodies, including all departments of state.

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GHI

  • Guidance

    • Guidance for members of the judiciary, legal practitioners and other interested professionals which covers a wide range of policy areas, including procedure rules, freedom of information and human rights.

  • Guidance notes

    • The devolution guidance notes (DGNs) set out advice on working arrangements between the UK government and the devolved administrations.

  • Guide for officials

    • This leaflet provides an easy guide to what officials should and shouldn't do when dealing with the devolved administrations. This guide was updated on 17 February 2006.

  • Guide to fees

    • Detailed fees guidance is available in the procedural guidance under fees and aggregation.

  • Hearing our website

    • If you are using a screen reader, we hope you will benefit from our use of meaningful headings, link text and alternative text to navigate our websites.

  • Her Majesty's Courts Service court user survey

    • The bulletin presents the findings of the second year (2007/08) results from Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) court user survey.

  • Human rights

    • The resources shown here are published by the Department for Constitutional Affairs, our predecessor department.

  • Independent reviews

    • Independent reviews from across the Ministry of Justice

  • Information released

    • Information released under the Freedom of Information Act.

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JKL

  • Jobs

    • Any person applying for a post in the Ministry of Justice must meet the following requirements:

  • Judicial and court statistics

    • These reports relate to the criminal and civil business of the courts in England and Wales for whose administration the Ministry of Justice is responsible.

  • Keeling schedules

    • A keeling schedule is a document that shows significant amendments to previous legislation.

  • Knife crime sentencing quarterly brief

    • Quarterly statistical bulletin describing trends in cautioning and sentencing, probation supervision and prison population for possession of a knife or offensive weapon in England and Wales.

  • Legislation

    • In taking forward the reform agenda, we are responsible for the following bills in the current parliamentary session.

  • Local adult reoffending

    • The latest statistics on the reoffending of adults on the probation caseload.

  • Local and regional elections

    • We are responsible for how elections and local elections in England and Wales take place, including electoral registration and electoral modernisation.

  • Local variations in sentencing in England and Wales

    • This study describes geographic variation in custodial sentencing in England and Wales for the period 2003 to 2006, and the possible reasons for it.

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MNO

  • April News

  • May 2006 election pilots

    • Along with the Electoral Commission, the Association of Electoral Administrators and local authorities, we facilitated electoral modernisation pilot schemes in the May 2006 local elections.

  • May 2007 electoral modernisation pilots and statutory orders

    • On 29 January 2007, 13 local authorities were approved to take part in 12 electoral pilot schemes for the May 2007 local elections.

  • Memorandum of understanding

    • The memorandum of understanding sets out principles which underlie relations between the UK government and the devolved administrations.

  • Mentally disordered offenders - policy and contact information

    • Our aim is to protect the public from the reoffending by mentally disordered offenders. We do this by carefully monitoring restricted patients detained in hospital or discharged into the community.

  • Mentally disordered offenders - guidance and forms

    • Guidance and forms for those working with mentally disordered offenders (restricted patients).

  • Mortgage and landlord possession statistics (NS)

    • Quarterly National Statistics on possession actions issued in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords in England and Wales.

  • Motoring offences and breath test statistics (NS)

    • The latest National Statistics on motoring offences and breath tests, released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

  • National Offender Management Service

    • Providing administration of correctional services in England and Wales through Her Majesty's Prison Service and the Probation Service.

  • NOMS performance ratings

    • We are responsible for agreeing and publishing performance ratings of prisons and probation areas and trusts as part of the regulatory framework for the National Offender Management Service.

  • Offender management caseload statistics (annual) (NS)

    • The latest National Statistics on the offender management caseload, released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

  • Our agencies and organisations

    • Key organisations include:

  • Our management board

    • The corporate management board is chaired by the Permanent Secretary. It provides direction to the management of all Ministry of Justice operations and acts to protect and enhance the reputation of the department.

  • Our ministers

    • Biographical details and responsibilities of the ministerial team

  • Our responsibilities

    • Our broad areas of responsibility in alphabetical order. Each area includes contact details, links to related sites, services, publications, reports and speeches.

  • Our strategy

    • We have four Departmental Strategic Objectives. These are the main outcomes we will deliver for the public and, by doing so, we will accomplish our purpose - to create a safe, just and democratic society.

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PQR

  • Parliamentary Standards Bill

    • A Bill to create a new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to regulate the system of allowances, set rules on financial interests and put the requirement for a code of conduct on a statutory footing.

  • Pathways to justice

    • The justice system is an important public service. We are all likely to come into contact with it at some point in our lives, because we have been a witness or victim of crime, to protect and enforce our rights or to settle disputes.

  • Personal information about you

    • If you want to ask whether we hold any personal details on you, please note the following:

  • Policy reports

    • Major reports and reviews on a wide range of policy issues. It also contains green papers, white papers and government responses to parliamentary committee reports on major policy reviews.

  • Population in custody (monthly)

    • Monthly statistical release presenting tables on the population in custody with summary figures on the population in prison establishments, police cells, secure children's homes and secure training centres.

  • Press office

    • Press Office opening hours and contact details

  • Prison population projections (NS)

    • The latest National Statistics on prison population projections, released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

  • Probation statistics brief (quarterly)

    • Quarterly statistical release on the use of community sentences, including monitoring the impact of the new community sentences introduced under the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

  • Procedural guidance

    • This guidance provides detailed advice to officials on how to process requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

  • Procedure rules

    • Civil, Criminal and Family (adoption) procedure rules and their related practice directions.

  • Protecting the public

    • The Ministry of Justice manages offenders from the point at which they are charged to the end of their sentence, providing supervision and support as they are reintegrated into society.

  • Publications

    • Latest publications from across the organisation

  • Race and the criminal justice system

    • The publication reports statistical information on the representation of black and minority ethnic groups as suspects, offenders and victims within the criminal justice system and on employees within criminal justice agencies.

  • Referral orders

    • Guidance for youth offending teams, community panel members and the courts on referral orders for young offenders.

  • Regulatory offences

    • Guidance for government departments and agencies on creating new regulatory penalties and offences.

  • Reoffending of adults (NS)

    • The latest National Statistics on the reoffending of adults released from custody or starting a community sentence in England and Wales in the first quarter of a particular year.

  • Reoffending of juveniles (NS)

    • The latest National Statistics on the reoffending of juveniles released from custody or commencing out-of-court or non-custodial court disposals in England and Wales in the first quarter of a particular year.

  • Request information

    • This section covers how you can request further information and how to find out if we keep any personal details about you

  • Research

    • Publications and follow-up reports on our regular research programme, as well as any special projects that we initiate.

  • RSS Feeds

    • News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content.

  • Rules for mandatory polygraph tests for sex offenders

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STU

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VWX

  • What we do

    • The role of the Ministry of Justice

  • When we receive your request

    • We aim to reply to you promptly and are obliged under the law to provide a response within 20 working days.

  • Where to send your request

    • For information on courts, justice system, human rights, information rights, law and policy on running elections, modernising the constitution and prison:

  • Women and the criminal justice system

    • This publication is a summary report that brings together statistics produced by a range of agencies relating to the experience of women within the criminal justice system.

  • Working assumptions

    • The following 'working assumptions' are intended to assist central government officials in considering how to handle requests for certain types of information.

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YZ

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