Business Plans: track progress in implementing our policies
These are the Government’s Business Plans for each department. They set out:
- Coalition Priorities
- Key policy and implementation actions for the remainder of this Parliament
- Expenditure for each remaining year of this Spending Review period
- Other departmental data, including an organogram, input and impact indicators and a section on Open Data.
You can use this site to track the Government’s progress in implementing the actions set out in the Business Plans. The graphs provide an overview of implementation progress across the full set of actions.
Click on a department to see its Business Plan commitments in full and their current status.
- Cabinet Office
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Department for Communities and Local Government
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Department for Education
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for International Development
- Department for Transport
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department of Energy and Climate Change
- Department of Health
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
- Her Majesty's Treasury
- Home Office
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Justice
Current status of actions
Actions completed on time
Actions completed last month
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Cabinet Office 2.4.ii. Strengthen reporting lines from departmental Commercial Directors/ Heads of Procurement to the Chief Procurement Officer |
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Cabinet Office 2.6.vi. Establish a recruitment hub to assist departments to acquire high level and specialist digital skills in line with the Government Digital Strategy and the Civil Service Reform Plan |
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Cabinet Office 2.10.i. Publish the annual report of Lord Browne of Madingley, the Government lead non-executive, on progress on improving governance across Whitehall and on building leadership and management through non-executives and Departmental Boards |
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Cabinet Office 5.2.i. Support the Big Lottery Fund to complete awards from the Advice Services Transition Fund, the £65m package to help not-for-profit local advice providers across England transform and adapt |
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Cabinet Office 5.4.i. Hold a G8 event on social investment |
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 3.14.i. Receive first expressions of interest through the investment programme |
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 5.6.iv. Announce deregulatory reforms under Red Tape Challenge Insolvency theme |
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Department for Communities and Local Government 1.1.i. All 24 Enterprise Zones to have delivery plans in place setting stretching growth ambitions |
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Department for Communities and Local Government 1.1.iii. Agreement to size and content of single Local Growth Pot as part of the Spending Round |
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Department for Communities and Local Government 2.1.i. Develop and publish Government’s affordable housing rental policy to 2025 in the Spending Round 2015/16 |
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Department for Communities and Local Government 2.5.i. Publish a list of large housing sites which are successful in meeting the criteria for the Local Infrastructure Fund (subject to due diligence) |
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Department for Communities and Local Government 3.1.i. Announce new areas which will receive support from the new multi-agency Network to transform local public services |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1.5.i. Publish the Government Response to consultation and announce next steps |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1.6.i. Lay Statutory Instrument to partially deregulate plays, dance and indoor sport |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1.9.i. Carry out a Go Digital Trial to examine issues of Digital Radio conversion, particularly for older people |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2.1.i. Work with DCLG to introduce measures streamlining planning procedures for fixed broadband infrastructure and new overhead lines |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2.2.ii. Ensure that plans are in place for all Enterprise Zones to have access to superfast broadband |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2.2.iii. Complete three rounds of bids for the Rural Community Broadband Fund with DEFRA |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2.4.i. Complete feasibility assessment of cities’ revised plans, including connection vouchers, wireless and other digital connectivity projects |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 3.4.ii. Lead World Heritage policy on behalf of the UK and represent UK interests at the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting |
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Department for Education 3.2.i. With HSE and DWP, minimise legislative and insurance barriers to work experience for students and ensure changes are communicated to employers and educational institutions |
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1.5.ii. Set up a Leadership Council to support delivery of the UK Agri-Tech strategy, with BIS |
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2.12.v. Secure, with industry, new arrangements for flood insurance beyond 2013 |
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Department for Transport 5.1.i. Appraise options for significant new investment in additional capacity for crossing the Lower Thames, and set out the way forward |
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Department for Work and Pensions 1.5.i. Develop and implement post Work Programme support for Jobseeker's Allowance claimants |
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Department for Work and Pensions 3.1.i. Introduce New Claims for PIP in a small controlled area and then expand nationally |
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Department for Work and Pensions 6.2.ii. With Health and Safety Executive and Department for Education, minimise legislative and insurance barriers to work experience for students and ensure changes are communicated to employers and educational institutions |
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Department for Work and Pensions 6.2.iii. Introduce a binding code of practice for Local Authorities to ensure consistent and proportionate Health and Safety inspections and enforcement activity |
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Department of Energy and Climate Change 3.1.i. Publish final design proposals for Capacity Markets |
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Department of Energy and Climate Change 3.3.i. Publish a Government response to the call for evidence on community engagement and benefits of onshore wind |
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Department of Energy and Climate Change 3.3.iii. Publish a Government response to the call for evidence on onshore wind costs |
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Department of Health 2.9.iii. Consult on proposals to strengthen accountability and corporate responsibility for the quality of care |
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Department of Health 2.14.i. Increase number of centres delivering at 24% from 20 to 32 |
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Department of Health 6.4.ii. Launch Medical Research Council/NIHR Phenome Centre |
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2.6.iii. Support political transition in Somalia by August 2012; open new Embassy in Mogadishu as conditions allow; and host a follow-up conference to help the new Federal Government of Somalia improve security, justice and public financial management |
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1.3.ii. Support further enlargement of the EU, and promote stability in the Western Balkans, through introducing the EU Accession Bill (Croatia) into Parliament |
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1.4.viii. Drive G8 endorsement of the Burmese Government’s commitment to responsible investment in line with the UN Global Compact and Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights |
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Her Majesty's Treasury 2.7.ii. Provide a temporary increase in the Annual Investment Allowance, from £25,000 to £250,000, for two years |
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Her Majesty's Treasury 1.1.ii. Set out detailed plans for public spending for 2015-16 and support departments to implement spending settlements and keep total spending within published Spending Round totals |
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Ministry of Justice 2.1.i. Publish the government’s response to the ‘Transforming Rehabilitation’ consultation, including further detail on plans for changes to probation services and structures, any necessary legislation, procurement activity and making best use of local expertise |
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Ministry of Justice 2.3.i. Establish an Advisory Board on female offenders in the justice system, chaired by the Minister for women |
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Ministry of Justice 3.2.iii. Review disposals for knife offences and the simple cautions regime and make recommendations |
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Ministry of Justice 5.2.iv. Abolish committal hearings for either-way cases |
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Ministry of Justice 5.2.vii. Test and evaluate a number of different flexible criminal justice system models to establish if they are better able to respond to the needs of the public, and particularly victims and witnesses, based on the success of ‘swift justice’ after the 2011 summer riots |
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Ministry of Justice 6.1.i. Consult on proposals for legal aid transformation to include crime competition, criminal fee changes, civil fee changes, improving credibility |
Actions to be completed this month
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Cabinet Office 2.7.i. Publish an action plan to deliver the aspiration that, by the end of this Parliament, at least half of all new appointees to the boards of public bodies are women |
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Cabinet Office 2.9.ii. Publish a one-year on report on progress against the Civil Service Reform Plan, including next steps to deliver the Civil Service Reform agenda |
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Cabinet Office 2.9.iv. Review the guidance on civil servants giving evidence to Select Committees (Osmotherly rules) as part of wider work to sharpen accountability |
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Cabinet Office 2.11.i. Secure a place in the third legislative session for a Deregulation Bill and prepare the draft Bill to be published for pre-legislative scrutiny |
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Cabinet Office 3.1.i. Secure a G8 Open Data charter |
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Cabinet Office 4.4.i. Pursue detailed agreement on limiting donations and reforming party funding |
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Cabinet Office 4.4.iii. Introduce legislation that provides for a statutory register for lobbyists |
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Cabinet Office 5.3.i. Launch a new independent management body (IMB) to give the National Citizen Service independent leadership, profile and sector support |
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 2.4.i. Identify qualifications that are little-used by individuals and employers, and announce that state funding will no longer be available |
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 3.4.iv. Set out detailed policy and vision for local growth post 2015, including the size and content of single local growth fund as part of the Spending Review |
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 3.10.i. Tender and announce successful bidder for the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth |
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 5.1.v. Reducing vexatious employment litigation by introducing fairer rules for Employment Tribunals and reforming the operation of Employment Tribunals as proposed by Mr Justice Underhill |
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 5.6.v. Announce deregulatory reforms under Red Tape Challenge Business Services theme |
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Department for Communities and Local Government 1.5.iv. Publish a consultation on further flexibilities between use classes (agricultural and retail to residential) to promote high street revival and to help get empty buildings back into use |
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Department for Communities and Local Government 2.6.i. Consult on guidance to ensure local authorities adopt residency criteria for social housing with consultation closed in July |
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Department for Communities and Local Government 2.8.i. Publish consultation on the outcome of Local Housing Standards Review, so as to simplify the framework of building regulations and local housing standards, to reduce significantly red tape imposed on developers |
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Department for Communities and Local Government 2.11.i. Sign first contract with a developer under the Build to Rent fund |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1.7.i. Set out planned changes to the communications framework |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1.8.i. Take forward Leveson report proposals on plurality in media ownership |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 4.3.iii. Invest to help turn the Olympic park into the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport 5.3.ii. Complete the review of the public sector Equality Duty |
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Department for Education 3.1.ii. Publish data that shows parents how coasting schools perform compared to schools with a similar intake |
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Department for Education 4.1.iv. Provide an additional 1000 funded SEN co-ordinator training places to enable newly appointed SEN co-ordinators in mainstream schools and PRUs to access the masters-level national award |
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2.3.ii. Publish an update on progress towards delivering the Biodiversity 2020 strategy |
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2.9.ix. Launch a further two Red Tape Challenge themes and then implement reforms to scrap or improve regulations during this Parliament where possible |
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Department for International Development 6.1.v. Implement projects and programmes in six countries to help at least one million people cope with the effects of climate change |
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Department for Transport 2.1.ii. Consult on draft Environmental Statement |
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Department for Transport 2.2.i. Develop, and undertake informal consultation on, route and stations options for Leeds and Manchester |
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Department for Transport 3.1.i. Review rail fares and ticketing to explore options for: introducing new ticket types; rolling out smart ticketing; spreading demand more evenly and efficiently; and addressing passengers’ concerns about complexity; and report on progress |
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Department for Transport 3.2.i. Develop and publish the Government’s response to the Brown Review and the Transport Select Committee’s “Rail 2020” recommendations on rail franchising |
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Department for Transport 5.4.i. Introduce a fixed penalty offence for careless driving |
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Department for Transport 5.5.i. Publish a government strategy on ultra low emission vehicles, updating the current approach to infrastructure, including a set of actions for overcoming barriers to using plug-in vehicles within the electricity network |
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Department for Transport 6.2.i. Introduce a new economic regulatory regime for airports, putting promotion of better outcomes for passengers at the heart of the system |
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Department for Transport 8.5.i. Divest DfT Shared Services to new provider, upon completion become first Independent Shared Service Centre (ISSC1) |
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Department of Energy and Climate Change 3.1.ii. Publish draft Electricity Market Delivery Plan, including draft renewable Contracts for Difference strike prices for consultation |
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Department of Energy and Climate Change 3.1.iv. Publish Contracts for Difference contract terms |
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Department of Energy and Climate Change 3.1.v. Publish profile for the Levy Control Framework |
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Department of Energy and Climate Change 3.2.i. Bring forward proposals on community benefits for shale gas projects |
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Department of Energy and Climate Change 3.3.iv. Publish an offshore wind sector strategy to support supply chain development and work with UKTI and BIS to monitor delivery |
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Department of Health 1.2.ii. Introduce rotavirus immunisation into children’s immunisation programme |
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Department of Health 2.3.ii. Update and extend nationally the powers to make direct payments in healthcare |
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Department of Health 2.15.i. Outline business cases submitted by Trusts |
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Department of Health 5.1.iv. Undertake a scoping and feasibility study to help inform the evaluation planning process for drug recovery prison wings, working with the Ministry of Justice and NHS England |
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Department of Health 6.4.iv. Publish clinical trial information against 70 Day Benchmark for trial initiation |
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Her Majesty's Treasury 2.9.iv. Further increase investment in the regions through the Regional Growth Fund |
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Her Majesty's Treasury 2.11.ii. Undertake an assessment of Whitehall’s ability to deliver major infrastructure projects and develop Individual Capacity Plans with other departments |
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Home Office 2.3.vii. Evaluate the Domestic Violence Protection Orders and Domestic Violence Protection Notices pilots |
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Home Office 3.3.v. Implement transitional controls on Croatian nationals seeking work in the UK, following Croatia’s accession to the EU |
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Home Office 4.3.ii. Develop capability to undertake semi-automated pre-departure (no fly) checks, as an enhancement of e-Borders |
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Ministry of Defence 1.2.i. Deliver A400M Steering Committee annual review |
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Ministry of Defence 1.5.i. Deliver Tranche 2 of the plan to reduce the number of Royal Navy personnel by around 5,000 |
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Ministry of Defence 1.6.i. Deliver Tranche 2 of the plan to reduce the number of Regular Army personnel by around 20,000 |
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Ministry of Defence 1.7.i. Deliver Tranche 2 of the plan to reduce the number of RAF personnel by around 5,000 |
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Ministry of Defence 2.7.i. Publish AFCAS13 |
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Ministry of Defence 3.1.ii. Under the Materiel Strategy, issue an Invitation to Negotiate to identify and implement proposed future Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Organisation Design |
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Ministry of Defence 3.2.i. Implement Holding to Account regime in order to enable delegation under the new Defence operating model |
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Ministry of Defence 4.3.x. Include a report on progress in mainstreaming sustainable development throughout the Department’s operations, procurement and policy in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts |
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Ministry of Justice 2.2.i. Undertake a feasibility study inform the evaluation planning process for drug recovery wings, working with the Department of Health |
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Ministry of Justice 3.1.v. Review the feasibility of building a major new prison capable of holding around 2,000 prisoners, to be located in London, the North West or North Wales |
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Ministry of Justice 4.1.i. Publish the Government response to the Transforming Youth Custody consultation |
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Ministry of Justice 5.1.iii. Evaluate the effectiveness of a range of alternative models for the future collection of criminal fines, compliance and enforcement services |
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Ministry of Justice 5.2.i. Publish strategy and action plan on criminal justice reform |
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Ministry of Justice 7.1.iv. Consult on the proposals in Lord Justice Leveson’s report relating to data protection and the role of the Information Commissioner’s office |