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Ministry of Justice

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ), formerly the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA), is the government department responsible for criminal law, sentencing, offenders, prisons and probation. It handles relations between the three devolved governments (the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government) and the UK government. The MoJ launched on 9 May 2023 and in addition to replacing the DCA, also takes over responsibility for the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and the Office for Criminal Justice Reform.