Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments

(asked on 8th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in his Department.


Answered by
Jake Richards Portrait
Jake Richards
Assistant Whip
This question was answered on 16th December 2025

The Ministry of Justice makes information on its direct ministerial appointments available in line with Cabinet Office guidance on transparency. This information is available on GOV.UK and kept under review to ensure it is up to date.

Name(s)

Job Title

Press Release

Kate Green; Dr Tom McNeil; Katy Swaine Williams; Dr Shona Minson; Bernie Bowen-Thomson; Michaela Booth; Anne Fox; Lady Edwina Grosvenor; Dame Vera Baird DBE KC; Pia Sinha

Members of Women’s Justice Board

Women’s Justice Board - GOV.UK

Dame Carol Black; Ed Bathgate; Andi Brierley; Vicki Markiewicz; Dr Sunil Lad; Ranjan Bhattacharyya; Dr Ed Day.

Members of Drug and Alcohol Recovery Expert Panel

Drug and Alcohol Recovery Expert Panel: Terms of Reference - GOV.UK

Dame Lynne Owens

Lead Independent Reviewer into Releases in Error

Appointment of Dame Lynne Owens as independent reviewer - GOV.UK

Her Honour Deborah Taylor

Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board

New Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board appointed - GOV.UK Extension of Deborah Taylor's term as Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board - GOV.UK

Chair of the Nottingham Inquiry

Chair appointed for public inquiry into Nottingham attack - GOV.UK

The Rt Hon Sir Brian Leveson

Chair of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

Independent Review of the Criminal Courts - GOV.UK

Shaun McNally, Chris Mayer, Jay Bangle, Katie Atkinson, David Ormerod

Expert Advisers to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

Independent Review of the Criminal Courts - GOV.UK

HHJ Sarah Munro KC

Chair of the Andrew Malkinson Inquiry

Judge appointed to chair independent Malkinson Inquiry - GOV.UK

Lord Philip Sales, The Right Hon. Sir Colin Birss, The Honourable Justice Joanna Smith, Mark Evans, Kirsty Brimelow KC, Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE, Richard Bamforth, Jonathan Wood, Kevin Nash, Lucy Greenwood, Clare Ambrose, Christina Blacklaws, Charles Clark, Professor Richard Susskind CBE KC (Hon), Dr Linda Yueh, James Palmer CBE, John Foster, Marcus Peffers, Dame Linda Dobbs DBE, Farzana Baduel

Members of English Law Promotion Panel

Deputy Prime Minister convenes legal and business leaders to spearhead plan to future-proof UK legal sector - GOV.UK

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