Coronavirus (COVID-19): The impact on prison, probation and court systems

Inquiry by the Justice Committee, 31 March 2020 to 29 April 2021. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

3rd Report: Coronavirus (COVID-19): The impact on probation services (20 July 2020)
4th Report - Coronavirus (Covid-19): The impact on prisons (27 July 2020)
7th Report: Coronavirus (COVID-19): the impact on the legal professions in England and Wales (3 August 2020)
4th Special Report - Coronavirus (COVID-19): The impact on probation systems: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2019-21 (2 October 2020)
7th Special Report - Court and Tribunal reforms: Further Government response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2019 and Coronavirus (Covid-19): The impact on courts: Government response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2019–21 (23 November 2020)
8th Special Report - Coronavirus (Covid-19): The impact on prisons: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2019–21 (18 December 2020)

: Katie Lomas, Napo; Ian Lawrence, Napo; Justin Russell, HM Inspectorate of Probation; Mark Johnson, User Voice; Helen Berresford, NACRO; Lucy Frazer QC MP, Ministry of Justice; Amy Rees, HM Prison and Probation Service; Dr Jo Farrar, HM Prison and Probation Service
4 May 2020: John Bache JP, Magistrates Association; Ellie Cumbo, Law Society; Amanda Pinto QC, The Bar Council; Simon Davies, Law Society; Elspeth Thomson, Resolution; Bill Waddington, Criminal Law Solicitors Association; Chris Philp MP, Ministry of Justice; Susan Acland-Hood, HM Courts and Tribunals Service; Alex Chalk MP, Ministry of Justice
22 May 2020: Rt Hon The Lord Burnett of Maldon, Judiciary of England and Wales
23 June 2020: Sir Robert Buckland, Ministry of Justice; Susan Acland-Hood, HM Courts and Tribunals Service; Dr Jo Farrar, HM Prison and Probation Service
19 January 2021: Charlie Taylor, HM Inspectorate of Prisons; Justin Russell, HM Inspectorate of Probation; Kevin McGinty, HM Inspectorate of Crown Prosecution Service; Sir Thomas Winsor, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services