Consultation Hub

This site lists consultations that are run by the Ministry of Justice.

For more information on current government consultations go to GOV.UK.

Open Consultations

  • Oversight and funding of youth justice services

    This consultation sets out proposals to create a more coherent approach to overseeing youth justice services, with clearer expectations, stronger partnership accountability and a more proportionate approach to reporting. We are also consulting on reforms to the way youth justice services are...

    Closes 11 September 2026

  • Law Commission consultation on commercial leasehold: overcoming barriers to transactions

    This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We are conducting a focused review of two areas of law that are causing problems for commercial leasehold transactions. For more information about this project, click here . We recommend that consultees read...

    Closes 16 September 2026

  • Law Commission consultation on business tenancies: modernising security of tenure

    This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. Our wide-ranging review will consider in detail how the right to renew business tenancies, set out in Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, is working and will consider options for reform. This is our second...

    Closes 16 September 2026

  • Tying the knot: reforming weddings law in England and Wales

    This is a consultation on the government’s proposals to reform weddings law in England and Wales. T he proposals follow the Law Commission’s 2022 report on weddings law and the government’s announcement in October 2025 of its intention to modernise wedding law. The proposals...

    Closes 24 September 2026

  • Immigration Offences Consultation

    What is this consultation about? The consultation is about immigration offences. The consultation seeks views on a draft guideline for the offence of Endangering another during a sea crossing to the UK (Immigration Act 1971 (section 24(E1A)). This is also a...

    Closes 30 September 2026

Closed Consultations

  • Criminal legal aid: Proposals for Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme reform

    This consultation sets out proposals and their associated next steps for changes to the criminal legal aid Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS). This scheme remunerates criminal legal aid advocates for their work carried out in the Crown Court. The consultation is aimed at anyone with an interest...

    Closed 2 September 2026

  • Imposition of community and custodial guideline - Consultation

    What is the Sentencing Council? The Sentencing Council is the independent body responsible for developing sentencing guidelines which courts in England and Wales must follow when passing a sentence. The Council consults on its proposed guidelines before they come into force and on any...

    Closed 2 September 2026

  • Independent review of the prison system in England and Wales: Call for Evidence

    This call for evidence is intended to gather views from a wide range of respondents on the future of the prison system, as part of the Independent Review of the Prison System in England and Wales. The prison system faces ongoing and future challenges that are not widely understood,...

    Closed 31 August 2026

  • A fairer end to relationships consultation

    This consultation sets out the Government’s proposals to reform the law governing financial arrangements and protections when relationships end in England and Wales. It brings together three related areas: financial remedies on divorce and dissolution, financial provision for cohabitants on...

    Closed 14 August 2026

  • Using Violence to Secure Entry

    What is the Sentencing Council? The Sentencing Council is the independent body responsible for developing sentencing guidelines which courts in England and Wales must follow when passing a sentence. The Council consults on proposed guidelines before they come into force and makes...

    Closed 14 August 2026