Department of Constitutional Affairs in United Kingdom

Department of Constitutional Affairs (England & Wales) in North Ireland

The Department was formerly responsible for running the courts and improving the justice system, human rights and information rights law, and law and policy on running elections and modernising the constitution.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) was established in 2007 and is now responsible for policy on the overall criminal, civil, family and administrative justice system, including sentencing policy, as well as the courts, tribunals, legal aid and constitutional reform in England and Wales.