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Crime, justice and law

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Sub-topics: Courts, sentencing and tribunals, Policing, Prisons and probation

Latest work

Improving efficiency of the courts through workforce planning 

Autumn 2027

Work in progress

Courts, sentencing and tribunals

Home Office 2025-26

Published on: 22 Sep 2026

Overview Departmental overview

Crime, justice and law

Reforms to Companies House

Spring 2027

Work in progress

Business and industry

Electronic monitoring: improving resilience to meet increasing demand

Published on: 10 Jul 2026

Report Value for money

Prisons and probation

Someone with a lanyard fills in a form

Recovery of the proceeds of crime

Winter 2026/27

Work in progress

Crime, justice and law

The costs of tackling drug harms in prisons

Published on: 4 Feb 2026

Report Value for money

Crime, justice and law

MoD’s management of losses from fraud and other economic crime

Published on: 30 Jan 2026

Report Value for money

Crime, justice and law

Ministry of Justice 2024-25

Published on: 2 Dec 2025

Overview Departmental overview

Crime, justice and law

Police productivity

Published on: 3 Nov 2025

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Policing

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