Archived government news
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
Call for evidence outcome: Statutory review of the whiplash tariff Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: Whiplash Reform Programme: Information and FAQ 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
Litigation friends: manage a Court Funds Office account Friday, 13 December 2024
Pay money into the Court Funds Office 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
Policy paper: 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Appointment of two members to the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in C… 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 orders (PSOs) Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Prison service instructions (PSIs) Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Probation instructions (PIs) Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Guidance: Policy frameworks index 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 Thursday, 05 December 2024
Accredited official statistics: Prison Population Projections: 2024 to 2029 Thursday, 05 December 2024
Guidance: Ranby Prison Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Guidance: Norwich Prison Wednesday, 04 December 2024
New Chair of the Lay Observers' National Council appointed Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Transparency data: Prison Estate Conditions Survey Programme Summary Inform… 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: Blended Supervision Model Evaluation 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: 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
Consultation outcome: Crime Lower Consultation Friday, 15 November 2024
Apply for parole if you're a young offender Friday, 15 November 2024
Policy paper: Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Poland on coop… Friday, 15 November 2024
Transparency data: Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) Thursday, 14 November 2024
Transparency data: Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) Thursday, 14 November 2024
Guidance: The care and management of individuals who are transgender Thursday, 14 November 2024
Corporate report: Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 Thursday, 14 November 2024
Consultation outcome: Crime Lower Consultation Thursday, 14 November 2024
Corporate report: Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board (CLAAB) annual report 2… Thursday, 14 November 2024
Guidance: Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 Thursday, 14 November 2024
Open call for evidence: Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 Thursday, 14 November 2024
Corporate report: Office of the Public Guardian: review 2023 to 2024 Thursday, 14 November 2024
Official Statistics: Justice in Numbers Summary Tables and Pocketbook Thursday, 14 November 2024
Transparency data: London Knife Crime Ad Hoc Thursday, 14 November 2024
Policy paper: Feltham YOI: Action plan Thursday, 14 November 2024
Guidance: Nottingham Prison Thursday, 14 November 2024
Press release: Innovation and international comparisons front and centre of… Thursday, 14 November 2024
Press release: £24 million boost for criminal legal aid to support most vul… Thursday, 14 November 2024
FOI release: FOI releases for September 2024 Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Guidance: Low Newton Prison and Young Offender Institution Wednesday, 13 November 2024
FOI release: FOI releases for September 2024 Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Official Statistics: Diversity of the judiciary: 2024 statistics Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Interim Chair appointed to the Judicial Pension Board Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Reappointment of His Honour Peter Rook KC as vice chair and member of the P… Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Guidance: Probation instructions (PIs) Monday, 11 November 2024
Guidance: Prison service orders (PSOs) Monday, 11 November 2024
Guidance: Prison service instructions (PSIs) Monday, 11 November 2024
Guidance: Policy frameworks index Monday, 11 November 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 11 November 2024
Legally qualified member appointed to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee Monday, 11 November 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: monthly prison figures 2024 Friday, 08 November 2024
Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record Friday, 08 November 2024
Susannah Hancock to review girls’ placements in youth custody Thursday, 07 November 2024
Guidance: Guys Marsh Prison Thursday, 07 November 2024
Press release: Government deploys extra support to Manchester prison Thursday, 07 November 2024
Transparency data: Standard Determinate Sentences (SDS40) Tranche release d… Thursday, 07 November 2024
Guidance: Urgent notification for HMP Manchester Thursday, 07 November 2024
Guidance: Licence conditions policy framework Thursday, 07 November 2024
Guidance: Supervision of indeterminate sentences policy framework Thursday, 07 November 2024
Guidance: Authorised communications controls and interception policy framew… Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Policy paper: Property (Digital Assets Etc.) Bill Wednesday, 06 November 2024
View a lasting power of attorney Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Official Statistics: HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2023 to March 2024 Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Reappointments and extension of members of the Children and Family Court Ad… Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Correspondence: Victims and Prisoners Act 2024: Implementation of the duty … Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Register for the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS) Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Transparency data: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024: quashed … Monday, 04 November 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 04 November 2024
Official Statistics: Justice in Numbers Summary Tables and Pocketbook Monday, 04 November 2024
Guidance: Prison Public Protection Policy Framework Monday, 04 November 2024
Transparency data: Use of closed material procedure report: 25 June 2022 to… Friday, 01 November 2024
Press release: End of lifetime licences for rehabilitated IPP offenders Friday, 01 November 2024
Guidance: Critical Public Protection Cases: MP Notification Scheme Friday, 01 November 2024
Guidance: Prison Safety Policy Framework Friday, 01 November 2024
Guidance: Follow up to Deaths in Custody Policy Framework Friday, 01 November 2024
October 2024
Corporate report: Ministry of Justice Task Force for Climate-related Financ… Thursday, 31 October 2024
Official Statistics: Justice data lab statistics: October 2024 Thursday, 31 October 2024
Transparency data: Unpaid Work Management Information, update to June 2024 Thursday, 31 October 2024
Accredited official statistics: Safety in custody: quarterly update to June… Thursday, 31 October 2024
Guidance: Rochester Prison Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Guidance: Wormwood Scrubs Prison Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Guidance: Procedure rules and forms for civil proceedings in magistrates’ c… Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Guidance: High Down Prison Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Extension to Baroness Newlove’s appointment as Victims’ Commissioner Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Transparency data: Ministry of Justice Commercial Pipeline Monday, 28 October 2024
Open call for evidence: Judicial Review and Nationally Significant Infrastr… Monday, 28 October 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 28 October 2024
Official Statistics: Number of working-age individuals with a record on the… Monday, 28 October 2024
Transparency data: The number of prison places built and closed (2010-2024) Friday, 25 October 2024
Transparency data: Estimate of the proportion of offenders on licence recal… Friday, 25 October 2024
Guidance: Ministry of Justice Witness Intermediary Scheme Friday, 25 October 2024
Official Statistics: Justice in Numbers Summary Tables and Pocketbook Friday, 25 October 2024
Guidance: Urgent Notification for HMP Winchester Thursday, 24 October 2024
Three independent members reappointed to the Judicial Pension Board Thursday, 24 October 2024
FOI release: MOJ: freedom of information releases for June 2024 Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Speech: Lord Mayor of London’s Dinner for HM Judges 2024: Lord Chancellor’s… Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Press release: Justice served for West Yorkshire as new courts and tribunal… Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Monday, 21 October 2024
Guidance: Chelmsford Prison Monday, 21 October 2024
Independent Assessor of Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice reappointe… Monday, 21 October 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Friday, 18 October 2024
Guidance: Chelmsford Prison Thursday, 17 October 2024
Press release: Increased sentencing powers for magistrates to address priso… Thursday, 17 October 2024
Guidance: Preston Prison Thursday, 17 October 2024
Guidance: Haverigg Prison Thursday, 17 October 2024
Transparency data: Statistics on Welsh Speaking Offenders Thursday, 17 October 2024
Guidance: Advancing Equality for Offenders and Children in Custody Policy F… Thursday, 17 October 2024
Guidance: Norwich Prison Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Guidance: Probation instructions (PIs) Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Guidance: Prison service instructions (PSIs) Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Guidance: Policy frameworks index Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Guidance: Littlehey Prison Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Members appointed and reappointed to the Parole Board Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Guidance: Exclusion from working for HMPPS Policy Framework Monday, 14 October 2024
Consultation outcome: Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2024: Consu… Monday, 14 October 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: monthly prison figures 2024 Friday, 11 October 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Friday, 11 October 2024
Guidance: Winchester Prison Thursday, 10 October 2024
Guidance: Urgent Notification for HMP Manchester Thursday, 10 October 2024
Transparency data: MOJ major projects: appointment letters and addendums fo… Thursday, 10 October 2024
Research: Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service: Review 20… Thursday, 10 October 2024
Press release: Nearly 400 people already jailed following summer’s violent … Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Speech: Prison Governors Association Speech Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Policy paper: East of England Probation Service Action Plan Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Transparency data: Prison population: weekly estate figures 2024 Friday, 04 October 2024
Transparency data: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024: Quashed … Thursday, 03 October 2024
Official Statistics: Tribunals statistics quarterly: April to June 2024 Thursday, 03 October 2024