Archived government news
February 2025
Transparency data: Prison population: monthly prison figures 2025 Friday, 14 February 2025
Open consultation: Civil legal aid: Towards a sustainable future Friday, 14 February 2025
Guidance: Generic Parole Process Policy Framework Friday, 14 February 2025
Policy paper: HMPPS Response: Thematic inspection of the recruitment, train… Thursday, 13 February 2025
Transparency data: MOJ: spending over £500 on a GPC 2024 Thursday, 13 February 2025
Transparency data: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024: quashed … Thursday, 13 February 2025
Guidance: Ministry of Justice: Better Outcomes through Linked Data (BOLD) Thursday, 13 February 2025
Accredited official statistics: Mortgage and landlord possession statistics… Thursday, 13 February 2025
Transparency data: Accredited Programme Commencements Ad Hoc Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Policy paper: Durham Prison: Action plan Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Press release: Probation Service to cut crime by focusing on dangerous offe… Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Speech: Lord Chancellor sets out her vision for the probation service Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Press release: Probation Service to cut crime by focusing on dangerous offe… Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Open consultation: Civil legal aid: Towards a sustainable future Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Guidance: Criminal justice system: data standards forum guidance Monday, 10 February 2025
Guidance: Independent Review of the Criminal Courts Monday, 10 February 2025
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2025 Monday, 10 February 2025
Policy paper: Prison capacity review: terms of reference Friday, 07 February 2025
Policy paper: A Thematic inspection of the Delivery of Unpaid Work Action p… Thursday, 06 February 2025
Reappointments to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee Thursday, 06 February 2025
Policy paper: A thematic inspection of the Delivery of Unpaid Work Action p… Thursday, 06 February 2025
Guidance: Prison service instructions (PSIs) Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Guidance: Probation instructions (PIs) Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Guidance: Policy frameworks index Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Consultation outcome: Open Justice: the way forward Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Policy paper: Reasonable adjustments policy for judicial office holders: 20… Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Guidance: The Verne Prison Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Corporate report: MOJ Welsh Language Scheme Annual Monitoring Report 2023 t… Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Consultation outcome: Reforming the law of apologies in civil proceedings Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Consultation outcome: Limitation law in child sexual abuse cases Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Press release: New reforms to support victims of child sexual abuse Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Guidance: Prescoed Prison Tuesday, 04 February 2025
Policy paper: A Thematic Inspection of IPP Recall Decisions Tuesday, 04 February 2025
Guidance: Independent Review of the Criminal Courts Tuesday, 04 February 2025
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2025 Monday, 03 February 2025
Press release: Thousands of children to be supported thanks to multi-millio… Monday, 03 February 2025
Research: Pathfinder Pilot Ad Hoc Management Information Monday, 03 February 2025
Guidance: Generic Parole Process Policy Framework Monday, 03 February 2025
Guidance: Styal Prison and Young Offender Institution Monday, 03 February 2025
Guidance: Swinfen Hall Prison Monday, 03 February 2025
Guidance: Werrington Young Offender Institution Monday, 03 February 2025
Guidance: Wormwood Scrubs Prison Monday, 03 February 2025
Guidance: Standford Hill Prison Monday, 03 February 2025
Press release: Government?encourages?victims of sexual violence to seek sup… Monday, 03 February 2025
January 2025
Correspondence: PSPRB response to the 2025-26 England and Wales remit lette… Friday, 31 January 2025
Press release: New Honorary King's Counsel welcomed by Lord Chancellor Friday, 31 January 2025
Guidance: Bedford Prison Thursday, 30 January 2025
Guidance: Kent, Surrey & Sussex approved premises Thursday, 30 January 2025
Transparency data: MOJ Business Appointment Rules Thursday, 30 January 2025
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice data: ministers hospitality, gifts, … Thursday, 30 January 2025
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice data: special advisers' hospitality,… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice data: senior officials' hospitality,… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Guidance: Aylesbury Prison Thursday, 30 January 2025
Official Statistics: Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate:… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Accredited official statistics: Proven reoffending statistics: January to M… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Accredited official statistics: Offender management statistics quarterly: J… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Policy paper: Long Lartin Prison: Action plan Thursday, 30 January 2025
Guidance: Prisoners’ Property Policy Framework Thursday, 30 January 2025
Consultation outcome: Open Justice: the way forward Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Statutory guidance: The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime in England an… Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Guidance: Brixton Prison Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Correspondence: Circular 2025/01: Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 – part 1 (… Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Policy paper: Manchester Prison: Action plan Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2025 Monday, 27 January 2025
Guidance: Wetherby Young Offender Institution Friday, 24 January 2025
Press release: Boost for swifter justice as legal aid consultation launches Friday, 24 January 2025
Research: Review of Civil Legal Aid: data publications deep dive report on … Friday, 24 January 2025
Research: Review of Civil Legal Aid: Social research on user experiences wi… Friday, 24 January 2025
Research: Review of Civil Legal Aid: data publications deep dive report on … Friday, 24 January 2025
Call for evidence outcome: Review of Civil Legal Aid – Call for Evidence Friday, 24 January 2025
Open consultation: Civil legal aid: Towards a sustainable future Friday, 24 January 2025
Press release: New King's Counsels welcomed by Lord Chancellor Friday, 24 January 2025
Guidance: Searching Policy Framework Thursday, 23 January 2025
Official Statistics: Justice in Numbers Summary Tables and Pocketbook Thursday, 23 January 2025
Press release: Better protection for victims thanks to new law on sexually … Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Guidance: Bribery Act 2010 guidance Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Press release: Women’s Justice Board begins plans to send fewer women to pr… Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Open call for evidence: Use of evidence generated by software in criminal p… Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Press release: Use of computer evidence in court to be interrogated Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Press release: Women’s Justice Board begins plans to send fewer women to pr… Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2025 Monday, 20 January 2025
Press release: Government push to inform victims of their rights Monday, 20 January 2025
Research: Process evaluation of intensive supervision courts pilot: interim… Monday, 20 January 2025
Press release: New sentencing approach to cut drug-fuelled crime Monday, 20 January 2025
Extension of Deborah Taylor's term as Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advis… Friday, 17 January 2025
Represent yourself in court Thursday, 16 January 2025
Guidance: Lindholme Prison Thursday, 16 January 2025
Transparency data: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024: quashed … Thursday, 16 January 2025
Transparency data: MOJ Government Major Projects Portfolio data, 2024 Thursday, 16 January 2025
Guidance: Probation Court Services Policy Framework Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2025 Monday, 13 January 2025
Guidance: Home Visits Policy Framework Monday, 13 January 2025
Report a rape or sexual assault Friday, 10 January 2025
Guidance: Hollesley Bay Prison Friday, 10 January 2025
Guidance: Independent Review of the Criminal Courts Friday, 10 January 2025
Transparency data: Prison population: monthly prison figures 2024 Friday, 10 January 2025
Press release: Top bosses join forces to get thousands of offenders into wo… Friday, 10 January 2025
Guidance: The Verne Prison Thursday, 09 January 2025
Guidance: Licence conditions policy framework Thursday, 09 January 2025
Policy paper: Kirkham prison: Action plan Thursday, 09 January 2025
Research: LDC suite: an uncontrolled before-after study of short-term clini… Thursday, 09 January 2025
Research: Kaizen: an uncontrolled before-after evaluation of short-term cli… Thursday, 09 January 2025
Guidance: Liverpool: South Liverpool Probation Centre Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Guidance: Use of Force Policy Framework Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Consultation outcome: Storage and retention of original will documents Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Correspondence: Response to the Victims’ Commissioner Annual Victims’ Surve… Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Policy paper: 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Guidance: Brinsford Prison Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Press release: Government crackdown on explicit deepfakes Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Find a soldier's will Monday, 06 January 2025
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2025 Monday, 06 January 2025
Guidance: Probation Court Services Policy Framework Monday, 06 January 2025
Guidance: Lincoln Prison Friday, 03 January 2025
Guidance: Hollesley Bay Prison Thursday, 02 January 2025
Guidance: Onley Prison Thursday, 02 January 2025
Guidance: Lewes Prison Thursday, 02 January 2025
Guidance: Hollesley Bay Prison Thursday, 02 January 2025
Guidance: Brinsford Prison Thursday, 02 January 2025
Policy paper: Kirklevington Grange Prison: Action plan Thursday, 02 January 2025
December 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 30 December 2024
Guidance: Court funds: bereavement information Monday, 23 December 2024
Guidance: Criminal justice system: data standards forum guidance Monday, 23 December 2024
Press release: Christmas booze ban for record number of offenders Monday, 23 December 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 23 December 2024
Official Statistics: Ad-Hoc Alcohol Monitoring Statistics Publication, Dec … Monday, 23 December 2024
Corporate report: Ministry of Justice evidence to the Senior Salaries Revie… Friday, 20 December 2024
Policy paper: HMP Rye Hill: Action plan Friday, 20 December 2024
Official Statistics: Justice in Numbers Summary Tables and Pocketbook Friday, 20 December 2024
Form: Litigation friend for civil litigation proceedings: referral form Friday, 20 December 2024
Chair of the Independent Monitoring Authority appointed Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: Hewell Prison Friday, 20 December 2024
Press release: Millions invested in legal aid to boost access to justice an… Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: Women’s Policy Framework Thursday, 19 December 2024
Policy paper: Swinfen Hall Prison: Action plan Thursday, 19 December 2024
Correspondence: Ministry of Justice documents Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: Whiplash Reform Programme: Information and FAQ Thursday, 19 December 2024
Call for evidence outcome: Statutory review of the whiplash tariff Thursday, 19 December 2024
Research: Legal Problem and Resolution Survey 2023 Thursday, 19 December 2024
Accredited official statistics: Legal aid statistics: July to September 202… Thursday, 19 December 2024
Press release: 2,000 extra sitting days to help address courts crisis Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice spend control data: July 2024 to Sep… Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice gender pay gap report: 2024 Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Guidance: Wakefield Prison Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Guidance: Lewes Prison Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Official Statistics: Diversity of the judiciary: 2024 statistics Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Policy paper: Five Wells Prison: Action Plan Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Policy paper: Rochester Prison: Action plan Monday, 16 December 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 16 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Revisions to the Medical Reporting Process for Road T… Monday, 16 December 2024
Appointments and reappointment of Parole Board members Monday, 16 December 2024
Pay money into the Court Funds Office Friday, 13 December 2024
Litigation friends: manage a Court Funds Office account Friday, 13 December 2024
Deputies: manage a Court Funds Office account Friday, 13 December 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: monthly prison figures 2024 Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Interest rate changes on the Court Funds Office special and basic… Friday, 13 December 2024
Official Statistics: Justice in Numbers Summary Tables and Pocketbook Friday, 13 December 2024
Become a magistrate Thursday, 12 December 2024
Research: Electronic monitoring of domestic abuse perpetrators on licence: … Thursday, 12 December 2024
Research: Unpaid work process evaluation Thursday, 12 December 2024
Guidance: Victim services commissioning guidance Thursday, 12 December 2024
Guidance: Independent Review of the Criminal Courts Thursday, 12 December 2024
Official Statistics: Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 Thursday, 12 December 2024
Research: Electronic monitoring of domestic abuse perpetrators on licence: … Thursday, 12 December 2024
Guidance: Lincoln Prison Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Appointment of two members to the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in C… Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Press release: Thousands of new prison places to be built to keep streets s… Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Policy paper: Annual Statement on Prison Capacity: 2024 Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Appointment of two members to the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in C… Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Policy paper: 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Corporate report: HMPPS evidence to Prison Service Pay Review Body: 2025 Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Key performance indicators for youth justice services Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Official Statistics: HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2023 to March 2024 Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Correspondence: Lord Chancellor letter to the Chair of the SSRB: December 2… Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: East Midlands approved premises Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Foreign national offenders on licence, PSS and IS91 policy framew… Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Prison service instructions (PSIs) Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Prison service orders (PSOs) Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Policy frameworks index Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Probation instructions (PIs) Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Criminal justice system: data standards forum guidance Monday, 09 December 2024
Guidance: Gartree Prison Monday, 09 December 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 09 December 2024
Consultation outcome: Including claimant data on the Register of Judgments,… Monday, 09 December 2024
Press release: Appointment and reappointment of members to the Prison Servi… Monday, 09 December 2024
Official Statistics: Justice in Numbers Summary Tables and Pocketbook Friday, 06 December 2024
Press release: Domestic killers face tougher sentences in latest move to ha… Friday, 06 December 2024
Transparency data: Workforce management information: MOJ Thursday, 05 December 2024
Transparency data: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024: quashed … Thursday, 05 December 2024
Research: Tackling drug misuse in prisons: A qualitative study Thursday, 05 December 2024
Research: Integrated Offender Management: Process Evaluation Report Thursday, 05 December 2024
Accredited official statistics: Prison Population Projections: 2024 to 2029 Thursday, 05 December 2024
Accredited official statistics: Prison population projections Thursday, 05 December 2024
Guidance: Ranby Prison Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Guidance: Norwich Prison Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Transparency data: Prison Estate Conditions Survey Programme Summary Inform… Wednesday, 04 December 2024
New Chair of the Lay Observers' National Council appointed Wednesday, 04 December 2024
What to do after someone dies Monday, 02 December 2024
Call for evidence outcome: Setting the Personal Injury Discount Rate Monday, 02 December 2024
Guidance: Personal Injury Discount Rate Monday, 02 December 2024
Guidance: Updates on procedure rules and forms for civil proceedings in mag… Monday, 02 December 2024
Guidance: Procedure rules and forms for civil proceedings in magistrates’ c… Monday, 02 December 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 02 December 2024
November 2024
Guidance: Gartree Prison Friday, 29 November 2024
Guidance: Review of Civil Legal Aid Friday, 29 November 2024
Research: Review of Civil Legal Aid: Social research on user experiences wi… Friday, 29 November 2024
Research: Review of Civil Legal Aid: Market Research Report Friday, 29 November 2024
Research: Review of Civil Legal Aid: Market Research Report Friday, 29 November 2024
Transparency data: MOJ Business Appointment Rules Thursday, 28 November 2024
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice data: special advisers' hospitality,… Thursday, 28 November 2024
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice data: senior officials' hospitality,… Thursday, 28 November 2024
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice data: ministers hospitality, gifts, … Thursday, 28 November 2024
Policy paper: Responding to human rights judgments: 2023 to 2024 Thursday, 28 November 2024
Research: Five Wells one year on: What have we learned Thursday, 28 November 2024
Research: Sound environment at HMP Five Wells: Staff and prisoner views Thursday, 28 November 2024
Research: Blended Supervision Model Evaluation Thursday, 28 November 2024
Research: Characteristics of intimate partner and stranger rapists Thursday, 28 November 2024
Guidance: Wandsworth Prison Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Transparency data: MOJ major projects: appointment letters and addendums fo… Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Get a legal separation Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Guidance: Preston: Preston Probation Office - Diadem House Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Open call for evidence: Costs protection for discrimination claims Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Preferred candidate for Chair of the Independent Monitoring Authority (IMA) Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Making child arrangements if you divorce or separate Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Guidance: Southend-on-Sea: Tylers House Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Guidance: Standford Hill Prison Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Guidance: Procedure rules and forms for civil proceedings in magistrates’ c… Monday, 25 November 2024
Transparency data: MOJ major projects: appointment letters and addendums fo… Monday, 25 November 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 25 November 2024
Policy paper: Garth Prison: Action plan Friday, 22 November 2024
Policy paper: Hatfield Prison: Action plan Friday, 22 November 2024
Policy paper: Hull Prison: Action plan Friday, 22 November 2024
Corporate report: Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 Friday, 22 November 2024
Notice: Train company prosecutions Thursday, 21 November 2024
Press release: Urgent works and additional staff to rapidly improve conditi… Thursday, 21 November 2024
Call for evidence outcome: Statutory review of the whiplash tariff Thursday, 21 November 2024
Guidance: Whiplash Reform Programme: Information and FAQ Thursday, 21 November 2024
Guidance: Urgent Notification for HMP Winchester Thursday, 21 November 2024
Research: Education, skills and work peer mentoring in men's prisons Thursday, 21 November 2024
Accredited official statistics: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterl… Thursday, 21 November 2024
Guidance: Managing conveyance of unauthorised and illicit items policy fram… Thursday, 21 November 2024
Official Statistics: Prison Education and Accredited Programme Statistics 2… Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Transparency data: MOJ major projects: appointment letters and addendums fo… Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Corporate report: Ministry of Justice accounting officer system statement 2… Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Transparency data: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024: quashed … Monday, 18 November 2024
Guidance: Personal Injury Discount Rate Monday, 18 November 2024
Transparency data: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024: quashed … Monday, 18 November 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 18 November 2024
Legally qualified member appointed to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee Monday, 18 November 2024
Policy paper: Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Poland on coop… Friday, 15 November 2024
Open call for evidence: Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 Friday, 15 November 2024