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Who we are

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.