MoJ recall
Public Accounts Committee
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Inquiry
The Committee will question senior officials from the Ministry of Justice, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service and Her Majesty’s Prison Service on a range of current issues in the Department’s remit including the impact of Covid 19 on courts and prisons; the HMCTS transformation programme and the prison estate. …
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Recommendations
13
Conclusions
1
Report
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Oral session
1
Letter
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Event
Activity timeline 4 events
2 Sep
2021
2021
24 Mar
2021
2021
Report published
8 Mar
2021
2021
11 Feb
2021
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
11 Feb 2021
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MoJ recall; NAO Estimate and Strategy
Antonia Romeo · Ministry of Justice
Daniel Lambauer · National Audit Office
Gareth Davies · Department for Transport
James McEwen · Ministry of Justice
Jo Farrar · HM Prison and Probation Service
Kevin Sadler · Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifty-Second Report - Key challenges facing the Ministry of Just… | HC 1190 | 24 Mar 2021 | 18 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
6 results
2
Recommendation
Not Addressed
Fifty-Second Report - Key challeng…
The pandemic has significantly impacted the wellbeing and life chances of prisoners, making it critical...
The pandemic has significantly impacted the wellbeing and life chances of prisoners, making it critical that the Ministry and HMPPS accelerate their work to improve the mental health of prisoners. The need for restrictive regimes to maintain social distancing in …
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Government Response
The government's response is irrelevant to the recommendation, discussing DHSC and NHS Digital's identification of vulnerable people and health data strategy, rather than progress on prisoner mental health initiatives by the Ministry of Justice and HMPPS.
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Recommendation
Not Addressed
Fifty-Second Report - Key challeng…
We have limited confidence in the Ministry’s plans for reducing the backlog in the court...
We have limited confidence in the Ministry’s plans for reducing the backlog in the court system, particularly in criminal courts. The backlog in criminal courts was growing before the pandemic, and many organisations have warned that it could take years …
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Government Response
The government's response is irrelevant to the recommendation, discussing NHS Digital and DHSC's analysis of local variation in the Shielded Patient List rather than the Ministry's plan to reduce court backlogs.
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4
Recommendation
Not Addressed
Fifty-Second Report - Key challeng…
Despite previous warnings, the Ministry and HMCTS do not yet have a firm grip on...
Despite previous warnings, the Ministry and HMCTS do not yet have a firm grip on the data they need to understand how effective the court reform programme is or its impact on users. Despite past delays, the Ministry says that …
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Government Response
The government response discusses shielding support for clinically extremely vulnerable individuals and the role of local councils, failing entirely to address the recommendation regarding the court reform programme and the Digital Justice report.
HM Treasury
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Recommendation
Not Addressed
Fifty-Second Report - Key challeng…
Despite the efforts of staff during the pandemic, there are clear signs of strain on...
Despite the efforts of staff during the pandemic, there are clear signs of strain on people working across courts and tribunals, prisons and probation services. We remain concerned about the unprecedented pressures facing frontline staff at this time. HMPPS says …
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Government Response
The government response is boilerplate text about the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and does not address the recommendation to identify and agree specific actions with professional bodies to support staff managing pandemic recovery strain.
HM Treasury
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Fifty-Second Report - Key challeng…
We took evidence from the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) and its executive agencies, HM...
We took evidence from the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) and its executive agencies, HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and HM Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) on the challenges facing the justice system, including courts, prisons and probation services.
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Government Response
The government response provides a general introduction to the committee report and its own response, reiterating the context of the committee's inquiry and the challenges faced by the justice system due to the pandemic.
HM Treasury
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Conclusion
Fifty-Second Report - Key challeng…
HMPPS assured us that as the programme to reunify probation services was on scheduled to...
HMPPS assured us that as the programme to reunify probation services was on scheduled to complete in June 2021. It told us that it was consistently monitoring the caseloads of probations officers but that these remain high. HMPPS told us …
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Correspondence 1 letter
8 Mar 2021
Correspondence from Antonia Romeo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, re follow-up letter MoJ recall, dated 3 March 2021
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