Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending
The Minister of State for Prisons, Probation 'and Reducing Reoffending' is a mid-level ministerial office in the Ministry of Justice.
On 5 July 2024 James Timpson was appointed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Responsibilities
The minister currently has responsibility of the following policy areas:- Prison operations, policy, reform and industrial relations
- Probation policy and operations
- Youth justice
- Parole
- Offender health
- Offender Cohorts
- Extremism
- Home Detention Curfew
- Release on Temporary Licence schemes
- Drugs
- Reducing reoffending
- Female offenders
- Foreign National Offenders