Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025

Public Accounts Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 10 Jul 2025 Parliament page
The Public Accounts Committee will be following up recent scrutiny with the Ministry of Justice in autumn 2025, on various topics. The PAC’s 2024 report into legal aid expressed deep concerns about MoJ’s and the Legal Aid Agency’s lack of curiosity on the impact of decreasing numbers of providers on … Read more
16 Recommendations
11 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
6 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 10 events
1 Apr
2026
Report published
12 Mar
2026
Correspondence
8 Jan
2026
Correspondence
7 Jan
2026
Report published
17 Nov
2025
Correspondence
17 Nov
2025
Correspondence
28 Oct
2025
Correspondence
23 Oct
2025
Oral evidence
23 Oct
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
17 Jul
2025
Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
23 Oct 2025
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Adrian Hannell · Ministry of Justice Dr Jo Farrar CB OBE · Ministry of Justice Gemma Hewison · Ministry of Justice Jane Harbottle · Legal Aid Agency Jim Barton · HM Prisons and Probation Service
Title HC No. Published Items Response
59th Report - Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025 HC 1240 7 Jan 2026 27 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
15 Conclusion Accepted in Part
59th Report - Ministry of Justice …
LAA acknowledges persistent legal aid gaps in housing and debt, with flawed capacity assessments.
LAA did, however, acknowledge that there are still gaps in securing sufficient provision of legal aid across the country, particularly for housing and debt advice.30 MoJ explained that LAA is currently meeting its standard of ensuring there is at least … Read more
Government Response
The Government is taking steps to support these sectors with uplifts for controlled immigration & asylum and housing and debt legal aid work and secured outreach provision in eight of the 21 areas with a further six outreach offers currently being assessed and will report back to the Committee in Autumn 2026 on insight-led action to take forward.
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Government Response AI assessment · 27 of 16 classified
Accepted 12
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 10
Deferred 4
Total 16 recs + 11 conclusions
Correspondence 6 letters
12 Mar 2026 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice relating to recommendation 4 of the Committee’s Report on Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025, 27 February 2026
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8 Jan 2026 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice relating to Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025, 11 December 2025
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17 Nov 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice relating to the transcript of the Committee’s evidence session on 23 October 2025 (Follow-Up: Autumn 2025), 06 November 2025
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17 Nov 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice relating to the transcript of the Committee’s evidence session on 23 October 2025 (Follow-Up: Autumn 2025), 06 November 2025
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28 Oct 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and associated papers relating to HMP Dartmoor, 21 October 2025
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17 Jul 2025 From committee Letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice relating to the follow up on PAC reports and implementation actions, 15 July 2025
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