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  1. Reducing the backlog in criminal courts

    Report Value for money

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    This report assesses the government’s plans for, and progress, in reducing the backlog in criminal courts.

  2. Departmental Overview 2019-20: Ministry of Justice

    Overview Departmental overview

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    A summary of the Ministry of Justice spending in 2019-20, its major areas of activity and performance, and the challenges it is likely to face in the coming year, based on the insights from our financial audit and value for money work.

  3. Departmental Overview: Ministry of Justice 2019

    Overview Departmental overview

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    The NAO is publishing a suite of Departmental Overviews, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons Select Committees and Members of Parliament.

  4. Improving the prison estate

    Press release

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    This report examines the condition and capacity of HM Prison and Probation Service’s prison estate.

  5. Improving the prison estate

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines the condition and capacity of HM Prison and Probation Service’s prison estate.

  6. Supreme Court annual report and accounts 2017-18

    Report Financial audit

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    The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his regularity opinion on the Supreme Court’s financial statements because of a £665,000 unauthorised breach of one of its Parliamentary spending limits.

  7. Investigation into government-funded inquiries

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    Given the prevalence of government-funded inquiries, the frequency with which the government uses them following high-profile failures, their importance in relation to the public’s trust of authorities, and the public funds spent on them, the NAO has conducted an investigation into the 26 inquiries that have started and concluded since 2005.

  8. Investigation into government-funded inquiries

    Press release

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    Given the prevalence of government-funded inquiries, the frequency with which the government uses them following high-profile failures, their importance in relation to the public’s trust of authorities, and the public funds spent on them, the NAO has conducted an investigation into the 26 inquiries that have started and concluded since 2005.

  9. Early progress in transforming courts and tribunals

    Report Value for money

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    In this report we outline what HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s (HMCTS) change portfolio to modernise and upgrade the justice system will deliver, consider early progress against plans and explore how HMCTS and its partners have managed the change portfolio and the risks it faces in the future.

  10. Early progress in transforming courts and tribunals

    Press release

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    In this report we outline what HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s (HMCTS) change portfolio to modernise and upgrade the justice system will deliver, consider early progress against plans and explore how HMCTS and its partners have managed the change portfolio and the risks it faces in the future.

  11. A Short Guide to the Ministry of Justice

    Overview Short guide

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    The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides for the new Parliament, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons select committees and members of Parliament.

  12. The new generation electronic monitoring programme

    Report Value for money

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    The case for a huge expansion of electronic monitoring using GPS was unproven, but the Ministry of Justice pursued an overly ambitious and high risk strategy anyway. Ultimately it has not delivered.