Ministry of Justice
Overview
Statue of Lady Justice, The Old Bailey
The Ministry of Justice was established on the 9th May 2007. It is one of the largest government departments, with around 95,000 people (including probation services) and a budget of £9.2 billion. Every year around nine million people use our services in 900 locations across the United Kingdom, including 650 courts and tribunals and 135 prisons in England and Wales.
The Ministry of Justice works to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public. We also provide fair and simple routes to civil and family justice.
The Ministry of Justice has responsibility for different parts of the justice system - the courts, prisons, probation services and attendance centres. We work in partnership with the other government departments and agencies to reform the criminal justice system, to serve the public and support the victims of crime. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, bringing together the headquarters of the Probation Service and HM Prison Service to enable more effective delivery of services.
Operational Research in the Ministry of Justice
Operational Research helps to provide the modelling and analysis required for a range of issues relevant to strategy, finance and decision making within the MoJ & NOMS. Projects include:
- Developing driver based models to forecast future demand for services;
- Publishing projections of the prison population;
- Developing simulation models of the courts for workforce planning;
- Using systems thinking to link performance to organisational strategy and outcomes;
- Developing models to quantify whole system impacts;
- Scenario modelling to support strategic and financial planning e.g spending review, sentencing bill, court & prison estate reform;
- Micro-simulation modelling of the impact of counter-terrorism cases on court workload;
- Developing workforce and paybill models to support Departmental financial savings plans;
- Modelling legal aid expenditure
What to Expect
The MoJ Operational Research community comprises 40 specialists - 30 in Analytical Services within the core MoJ and 10 in NOMS. Operational Research staff work alongside colleagues from other analytical professions - economics, statistics and social research.
The majority of staff are based in 102 Petty France, London with a smaller number across the road in Clive House, 70 Petty France.
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