Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Vacant
What we do
The Ministry of Justice is responsible for stewardship of the justice system.
Responsibilities
- courts and tribunals administration policy
- sentencing, sanctions, probation and parole
- youth justice
- legal aid and access to justice
- legal-services regulation and complaints
- victims and vulnerable-person access to justice
Our ministers
Agencies and public bodies
- Advisory Committees on Justices of the PeaceAdvisory non-departmental public body
- Civil Justice CouncilAdvisory non-departmental public body
- Criminal Cases Review CommissionExecutive non-departmental public body
- Judicial Appointments and Conduct OmbudsmanOmbudsman
- Judicial Appointments CommissionExecutive non-departmental public body
- Law CommissionIndependent non-departmental public body
- Legal Aid AgencyExecutive agency
- Legal Services BoardIndependent regulator
- LL Courts & Tribunals ServiceExecutive agency
- LL Sanctions and Probation ServiceExecutive agency
- Office for Legal ComplaintsExecutive non-departmental public body
- Office of the Public GuardianExecutive agency
- Official Solicitor and Public TrusteeIndependent office holder and public office
- Parole BoardExecutive non-departmental public body
- Sanctions and Probation OmbudsmanIndependent ombudsman office
- Sentencing and Sanctions CouncilIndependent non-departmental public body
- Victims’ CommissionerIndependent commissioner
- Youth Justice BoardExecutive non-departmental public body
High profile groups and services
- Academy for Social JusticeCross-justice learning network