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Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2019 to 2020 Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2019‑20 Protecting and advancing the principles of justice HC 711 Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2019‑20 (For the year ended 31 March 2020) Accounts presented to the House of Commons pursuant to Section 6(4) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 Annual Report presented to the House of Commons by Command of Her Majesty Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 19 November 2020 HC 711 © Crown copyright 2020 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ version/3 Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. This publication is available at www.gov.uk/official-documents Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at [email protected] ISBN 978-1-5286-2112-0 CCS0520588632 11/20 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum Printed in the UK by the APS Group on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Contents Performance 1 Overview 2 Who we are and what we do 4 Our year in numbers 7 Forewords 9 By the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice 9 By the Permanent Secretary 11 By the Lead Non-Executive Board Member 12 Chief Financial Officer’s review of the year 14 Our performance analysis 20 Performance against our strategic objectives 21 Strategic objective 1: Ensure access to justice in a way that best meets people’s needs 26 Strategic objective 2: Support a flourishing legal services sector 29 Strategic objective 3: Provide a transparent and efficient court system 30 Strategic objective 4: Ensure that prisons are decent, safe and productive places to live and work 32 Strategic objective 5: Protect the public from harm caused by offenders 34 Strategic objective 6: Reduce rates of reoffending and improve life chances for offenders 38 Strategic objective 7: Provide excellent functional services 41 Strategic objective 8: Support delivery of EU Exit 47 Sustainability 49 Accountability 61 Corporate Governance Report 62 Directors’ Report 62 Statement of Accounting Officer’s Responsibilities 70 Governance Statement 71 Remuneration and Staff Report 96 Parliamentary accountability 122 The Certificate and Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General to the House of Commons 136 Financial statements 141 Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure 142 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 143 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 144 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Taxpayers’ Equity 145 Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2020 147 Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 i Annexes 219 Annex A: Other notes to the Statement of Parliamentary Supply 220 Annex B: Public expenditure core financial tables 222 Annex C: Off-payroll engagements 227 Annex D: Trade Union Facility Time 229 ii Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 Performance Performance Overview Performance This section sets out the Department’s objectives as laid out in our Single Departmental Plan published in June 2019, the key challenges to the delivery of our objectives and how we have performed during the year. The Single Departmental Plan 2019-2022 can be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-single-departmental-plan/ministry- of-justice-single-departmental-plan--3 Who we are and The Ministry of Justice is a major government department, at the what we do heart of the justice system. We are responsible for these parts of the justice system: Read more on key services § courts and tribunals which we administer in partnership with the delivered on pages 4 to 6 independent judiciary § prisons § probation § a range of services to help victims of crime, children, vulnerable people, and those seeking access to justice How we operate The Ministry of Justice is a ministerial department, supported by 39 agencies and public bodies. In 2019-20 we had five executive agencies responsible for the delivery of the majority of our services to the public: § HM Courts & Tribunals Service § HM Prison and Probation Service § Legal Aid Agency § Office of the Public Guardian § Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority We provide services across England and Wales, and certain non-devolved tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland. 2 Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 Performance Our vision and The Ministry of Justice exists to create, maintain and protect a justice system that builds a better society, supports a growing objectives economy and protects the public. An effective justice system is one of the cornerstones of a democratic society, enabling individuals Read more about to live and businesses to operate in the security that they are our objectives and protected by the rule of law. It ensures that legal disputes can be performance on resolved fairly and that the criminal law can be enforced in a way pages 20 to 48 (Our which guarantees the right to a fair trial and respects the experience performance analysis) of victims of crime. Our Single Departmental Plan published in June 2019 sets out our objectives and how we will achieve them. These are to: § ensure access to justice in a way that best meets people’s needs § support a flourishing legal services sector § provide a transparent and efficient court system § ensure that prisons are decent, safe and productive places to live and work § protect the public from harm caused by offenders § reduce rates of reoffending and improve life chances for offenders § provide excellent functional services § support delivery of EU Exit Our objectives are ambitious, and reflect our commitment to work to create a justice system that is open to all, and one that everyone in the country can have confidence in. Our financial We have a responsibility to maintain a tight grip of Departmental finances, and recognise our role in the stewardship of public resources performance to deliver public services. We are accountable to HM Treasury, Parliament and the public for Read more about our how we have used public funds during the year. Within our Annual financial activity on Report and Accounts we have set out how resources have been used pages 14 to 19 (Chief to deliver services across the Department. Financial Officer’s Review of the Year) Our financial stewardship has ensured that we have remained within the spending limits set by Parliament. Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 3 Who we are and what we do The Ministry of Justice and its agencies deliver prison, probation and youth custody services; administer criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals; and support victims, children, families and vulnerable adults. Working in partnership with our independent judiciary and arm’s length bodies, and supported by our excellent corporate functions, we deliver these services, protect the justice system and uphold the rule of law. HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) protects administers the criminal, civil and family courts people who may not have the mental capacity to and tribunals in England and Wales, and non- make certain decisions for themselves. It offers devolved tribunals in Scotland and Northern services including: registering lasting and enduring Ireland. HMCTS operates more than 300 courts powers of attorney; supervising court-appointed and hearing centres. Courts and tribunals deputies; and investigating complaints made maintain the rule of law, provide access to justice, against deputies and attorneys. stability, security and safety for citizens and businesses and the cohesion necessary for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority functioning of our national economy and the (CICA) administers the Criminal Injuries protection of society. We operate on the basis Compensation Scheme and Victims of Overseas of a partnership between the Lord Chancellor, Terrorism Compensation Scheme. the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals, each of whom has specific leadership HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) responsibilities enshrined in statute. manages over 82,000 prisoners across over 100 prisons and supervises over 250,000 offenders Legal Aid Agency (LAA) works with solicitors, in the community. The prison service runs public barristers and others to provide simple, timely sector prisons and immigration removal centres, and reliable access to legal aid for those whose and contract manages prisons run by private life and liberty is at stake, where they face the providers. The Youth Custody Service delivers loss of their home, in domestic violence cases, public sector secure provision and oversees or where their children may be taken into secure provision run by the private sector and care. LAA also provides a high quality Public local authorities for 10 to 17 year olds. The Defender Service. National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies supervise offenders in the community to protect the public and help offenders rehabilitate. Arm’s length bodies Cafcass safeguards and promotes the welfare of Civil and family justice councils improve children, representing them in family court cases, the justice system and the public’s making sure that children’s voices are heard and understanding of it. decisions are taken in their best interest. Law Commission undertakes projects at the Assessor of Compensation for Miscarriages of request of the government to ensure that the law Justice gauges the amount of compensation to in England and Wales is fair, modern, simple and be paid to applicants under the miscarriages of cost-effective. justice compensation scheme. 4 Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 Civil, family, tribunal and criminal procedure Office of the Prisons and Probation rule committees make necessary procedure Ombudsman for England and Wales rules to improve and simplify court procedures investigates complaints from, and deaths in for the public.
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