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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is headed by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (a combined position). Its stated priorities are to reduce re-offending and protect the public, to provide access to justice, to increase confidence in the justice system, and ...
The Legal Aid Agency is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the United Kingdom. It provides both civil and criminal legal aid and advice in England and Wales. [1] The agency was formed on 1 April 2013 as a replacement for the Legal Services Commission, which unlike the Legal Aid Agency, was a non-departmental public body of ...
Royal Courts of Justice ([commonly called the Law Courts] is a court building in London which houses the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales) officers wear an "collar number" and the letters "RCJ". [13] Mitie Court Security Officers wear their company name on their epaulette as well as "COURT SECURITY OFFICER". [8]
Minister of State for Justice and Equalities Maria Eagle MP for Liverpool Garston: 2 July 2007 6 May 2010 Labour: Gordon Brown : Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice Crispin Blunt MP for Reigate, Surrey: 6 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative: David Cameron : Jeremy Wright MP for Kenilworth and Southam
The Crown Office in Chancery is a section of the Ministry of Justice (formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department).It has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process, as well as functions relating to the electoral process for House of Commons elections, to the keeping of the Roll of the Peerage, and to ...
CICA employs over 300 civil service staff from the Ministry of Justice in an office in Glasgow to process and decide on applications for compensation from victims of violent crime. Until 1996, awards were set according to what the victim would have received in a successful civil action against the offender. [ 1 ]
The current Probation Service was created on 26 June 2021 following the Ministry of Justice withdrawing the contracts of 21 privately-run Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). [1] The service is part of His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) which transferred to the Ministry of Justice from the Home Office on 9 May 2007.
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales.It was created in 2004 as the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) by combining parts of both of the headquarters of the National Probation Service and His Majesty's Prison Service with some existing Home Office functions.