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Complaints leading to disciplinary action against judicial office holders
16 May 2008
Information released in response to a freedom of information request on categories of misconduct which led to disciplinary action against judicial office holders.
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Propriety, honours and peerages
16 May 2008
The government's response to Public Administration Committee recommendations following its inquiry into the system of scrutiny for propriety of honours and peerages for political services.
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Company winding up and bankruptcy petition statistics
16 May 2008
Quarterly National Statistics release on insolvency proceedings issued in the county courts and High Court for both individuals and businesses in England and Wales.
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Freedom of information guidance
14 May 2008
Updated guidance and resources to help those who work in central government, or other public authorities, to deal with freedom of information requests.
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Our strategy
09 May 2008
Details of our departmental strategic objectives and public service agreement targets.
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Mortgage and landlord possession statistics
09 May 2008
Quarterly National Statistics release presenting statistics on possession actions issued in country courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords in England and Wales.
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Average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders
09 May 2008
Monthly National Statistics release presenting figures from the Police National Computer on the time taken to bring persistent young offenders to justice.
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Statistics on deaths reported to coroners 2007
08 May 2008
National Statistics release presenting figures on deaths reported to coroners, inquests and post-mortems held, and finds reported to coroners under treasure legislation.
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Children and Adoption Act 2006 - Court Rules
07 May 2008
A consultation on draft court rules and forms to support the implementation of the remaining provisions of the Children and Adoption Act 2006.
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Asylum and immigration tribunal procedure rules - consultation response
21 April 2008
The Ministry of Justice has published a response to a consultation on Asylum and Immigration Tribunal procedure rules and fast track procedure rules.
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Quarterly freedom of information statistics
21 April 2008
Quarterly statistics on the handling of freedom of information requests by 42 central government bodies between October and December 2007.
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Average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders
18 April 2008
Monthly National Statistics release presenting figures from the Police National Computer on the time taken to bring persistent young offenders to justice.
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Public Service Agreements 2004 - technical notes update
17 April 2008
Technical notes for the department's public service agreement targets under the 2004 spending review have been amended to reflect improvements to the collection of data on care cases.
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Sentencing statistics 2006: pivot tables
10 April 2008
Details of how to order a file containing pivot tables for the annual sentencing statistics 2006.
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Sentencing Statistics Quarterly Brief (England and Wales) July to September 2007
03 April 2008
Quarterly statistical release on high level trends in court sentencing.
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Ministry of Justice equality schemes
01 April 2008
The Ministry of Justice's equality schemes set out how the department is meeting its responsibilities in relation to race, disability and gender equality.

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