Ministry of Defence Boards of Inquiry and Service Inquiries are held to investigate serious incidents or accidents involving the armed forces. This part of the MOD website provides access to the documentation of inquiries held since 2005 including a narrative of events, details of findings and recommendations.
The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) is an independent statutory body of the British government which adjudicates on decisions relating to the recognition and derecognition of trade unions in the UK for collective bargaining purposes. The CAC also provides voluntary arbitration in industrial disputes. Its website provides information on the purpose, membership and statutory duties of the Committee. It also includes access to recent decisions, press releases and annual reports. Information is provided on the process of trade union recognition in the UK.
The Military Court Service (MCS) is part of the Ministry of Defence providing a criminal court service for the Royal Navy (RN), Army and Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Court Martial, Summary Appeal Court (SAC) and Service Civilian Court (SCC). It maintains six staffed Military Court Centres. The site provides background information on the role, organisation and procedures of the MCS along with links to related resources including the Manual of Service Law and the Armed Forces Act 2006
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation is the government body which inspects the efficiency of the UK probation service in order to ensure that the operation of community sentences is effective. Its website describes the purpose of the body and provides a list of the geographical probation areas which it has inspected recently and forthcoming surveys. It is possible to access the full-text of its inspection reports of specific probation services and reports on themes such as young people and women offenders from 1996 onwards.
This site provides access to the full-text of all HMIP reports issued from 1998 onwards. They are arranged alphabetically by name of establishment and include women's prisons and detention centres for juvenile offenders. Each report provides statistics on the number of prison inmates, details on the management of the prison and assessment by the inspectors of such factors as atmosphere, staffing levels and provision for health care and education. Reports often contain criticisms of the prisons and recommendations for future action.
Website of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB). The IMB are unpaid members of the public appointed by the British Home Office to monitor conditions inside prisons, remand centres and immigration detention centres. The site provides information on the aims, role and activities of the boards one of which is attached to each prison and immigration centre There are annual reports and other reports on issues such as conditions for asylum seekers at immigration detention removal centres and slopping out.
This section of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) website explains the work of the department responsible for regulating claims management services: businesses regulated under the Compensation Act 2006, dealing with claims relating to personal injury, criminal injuries, industrial injuries, employment, financial services and housing disrepair. The site has guidance for claims management business on applying for authorisation, information for consumers, a searchable directory of authorised businesses, legislation and other documentation.
Wired-Gov is a personalised email alerting service which offers the latest information on news, press releases and publications from several hundred UK government departments, official agencies, quangos and advisory bodies covering all areas of social, economic and political policy. It is free to all public sector workers, other users must pay for a subscription, although some basic news headlines and a directory of links to key websites is offered free of charge. Alerts may be sent daily, weekly or at other intervals. There is a searchable archive dating back to 1998.
Archived website of the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry, an independent inquiry into children's heart surgery at the Infirmary. This public inquiry was chaired by Professor Ian Kennedy, Professor of Health Law, Ethics and Policy at University College London. Sections accessible from this site include the inquiry background, the hearing, events, answers, analysis, and a review of background papers, submissions, and inquiry seminars. The final report published as a Command Paper on 18 July 2001, is available from the site.
The Deepcut review, headed by Sir Nicholas Blake QC, investigated the circumstances surrounding the deaths of four soldiers at Deepcut Army barracks between 1995-2002. This site contains the full text of the final report published as HC 795. The 500 page report covers such issues as recruitment and training in the army, bullying, the law relating to inquests, the investigation of the deaths by the military and civilian police.
