17 May 2007
Following the creation of the Ministry of Justice on May 9, 2007, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer today gave details of ministers' responsibilities.
Lord Falconer
Overall strategy
The resourcing of his departments
Major constitutional issues
Appointments, including all judicial appointments
Royal, church and hereditary issues and lord lieutenants
Privy counsellors
Correspondence with cabinet ministers and the higher judiciary
Rt Hon David Hanson MP, Minister of State
Penal and sentencing policy
Oversight of prisons, probation, prisoner conditions and criminal law
Northern Ireland Court Service
Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP, Minister of State
Criminal justice
Her Majesty's Courts Service
Implementation of the Constitutional Reform Act, the concordat and the Supreme Court Judicial Appointments Commission
Judicial diversity
Family justice
Coroner reform
Crown dependencies
Rt Hon Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Human rights, including the Commission for Equality and Human Rights
European Union and international policy
International legal trade
Freedom of Information Act
The National Archives
Data sharing and data protection
Associated offices: the Statutory Publications Office, the Public Guardianship Office, including the mental capacity implementation programme, and the Official Solicitor's Office
Vera Baird, QC MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Civil law policy
Civil and family legal aid
Criminal legal aid
Women's penal policy
Law Commission
Legal Services Commission
Social exclusion
Land Registry
Equalities
Better regulation
Bridget Prentice MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Youth justice
Reform of electoral administration
Legal services
Legal Services Complaints Commissioner/Legal Services Ombudsman
Asylum and immigration
Compensation culture
Devolution and regional policy
Gerry Sutcliffe MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Prisons
Probation
Industrial relations
Criminal law, including the Corporate Manslaughter Bill
Administrative justice, including the creation of the Tribunals Service
ENDS.
Media enquiries on this news release should be directed to Peter O'Connor, Ministry of Justice press office.