Secretary of State for Justice

Secretary of State for Justice	Secretary of State for Justice 	Secretary of State for Justice	Secretary of State for Justice	Secretary of State for Justice
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
Bailey14 	Bailey14 	 	 	
since 15th November 2020 	since 15th November 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Cabinet Position 	 	 	
Style 	The Right HonourableJustice Secretary	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	NDGAARONDI 	 	 	
Number of Justice Secretaries 	28 	 	 	
The Justice Secretary, known in full as the Secretary of State for Justice, is a senior official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Ministry of Justice. The office is a cabinet-level position. The position of Justice Secretary is currently held by Bailey14, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Saracen's Fez on 15th November 2020.
== Responsibilities ==
The Justice Secretary is responsible for overseeing the following areas:
* European Union and international justice policy
* Freedom of information and data protection
* Human rights and civil liberties
* The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
* The National Archives
The majority of the Justice Secretary's work takes place in England and Wales where their main role is to ensure that all suspected offenders are appropriately dealt with. As part of this, their responsibilities extend to the commissioning of prison services, rehabilitation, victim support, the probation service, sentencing policy, and compensation.
They also oversee: the administration of all courts and tribunals, land registration, legal aid and the regulation of legal services, coroners, public law, the maintenance of the judiciary, public guardianship, supervision of restricted patients detained under the Mental Health Act, and civil law and justice.
Since 2007, the Justice Secretary has also often served as Lord Chancellor. As part of this role, they are responsible for the efficient functioning and independence of the courts.
The Justice Secretary often works closely with the Secretary of State for the Home Department due to the overlap between their respective roles.
==Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent, and Departmental Reviews==
Justice Secretaries have produced the following ministerial reports, statements of intent, and departmental reviews:
Type 	Justice Secretary	Released 	Result
Statement of Intent	CatusStarbright 	April 2018	Passed by vote
Ministerial Report 	The Champion.m4a 	June 2018 	Passed without vote
Ministerial Report 	CatusStarbright 	March 2019	Passed by vote
Ministerial Report 	CatusStarbright 	May 2020 	Passed without vote
== List of Justice Secretaries ==
NDGAARONDI was appointed as the first Justice Secretary for the Liberal Democrats following the first general election and since him, there have been 27 other Justice Secretaries.
Justice Secretary 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
NDGAARONDI 	 	Liberal 	May 2005 	November 2005
Unpossible 	 	Liberal 	December 2005	May 2006
Chrism 	 	Conservative 	June 2006 	November 2006
Juno 	 	Labour 	December 2007	May 2008
veggie4life 	 	Liberal 	June 2008 	November 2008
AnythingButChardonnay	 	Conservative 	November 2008	May 2009
thunder_chunky 	 	Liberal 	March 2010 	May 2010
Anythingbutchardonnay	 	Conservative 	May 2010 	October 2010
Jake Pearson 	 	Libertarian 	November 2010	March 2011
Life_peer 	 	UKIP 	April 2011 	October 2011
mikejggly 	 	Labour 	October 2011 	March 2012
Life_peer 	 	UKIP 	April 2012 	September 2012
Life_peer 	 	UKIP 	April 2013 	March 2014
Blue Meltwater 	 	Green 	April 2014 	October 2014
The Legal Eagle 	 	Labour 	October 2014 	July 2015
Midnightmemories 	 	UKIP 	July 2015 	August 2015
Saracen's Fez 	 	Labour 	October 2015 	November 2015
RayApparently 	 	Labour 	November 2015	December 2015
thehistorybore 	 	Liberal 	December 2015	May 2016
PetrosAC 	 	Liberal 	May 2016 	July 2016
TitanCream 	 	Liberal 	July 2016 	July 2016
thehistorybore 	 	Liberal 	July 2016 	November 2016
GaelicBolshevik 	 	Socialist 	November 2016	May 2017
TheDefiniteArticle 	 	Labour 	June 2017 	November 2017
Vitiate 	 	Conservative 	December 2017	March 2018
CatusStarbright 	 	Libertarian 	March 2018 	June 2018
The Champion.m4a 	 	Conservative 	June 2018 	December 2018
CatusStarbright 	 	Libertarian 	December 2018	July 2019
BosslyGaming 	 	Labour 	July 2019 	December 2019
TheRadishPrince 	 	Liberal Democrat	December 2019	May 2020
CatusStarbright 	 	Citizen's 	May 2020 	November 2020
Bailey14 	 	Labour 	November 2020	Incumbent
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