These pages provide a comprehensive archive of links to major items published on the DCA website since 12 June 2003 when the Department was created.
Items which appear on the 'What's New?' pages within the site's main categories are also featured here.
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Freedom of Information Act comes
into force
[31 December]
The Social Security
and Child Support Commissioners Regulations 2005
[23 December]
The Social Security
Commissioners Regulations 2005
[23 December 2004]
Criminal
Defence Service Bill Command Paper 
[17
December 2004]
REMO: a guide to international claims
for family maintenance
[16 December 2004]
Judicial Pensions Scheme: Resource
Accounts 2003-04
[16 December 2004]
Disclosure of information in family proceedings cases involving children [16 December 2004]
Government response to Sir
David Clementi's report
[15 December 2004]
Freedom of Information fees regulations laid before Parliament [10 December 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Human rights conference [10 December 2004]
Voting for change report - Government response [9 December 2004]
Pensions regulator tribunal draft rules 2005 [8 December 2004]
Statistics on persistent young offenders [3 September 2004]
Voting for change report - Government response [9 December 2004]
Delivering democracy report - Government response [9 December 2004]
Pensions regulator tribunal draft rules 2005 [8 December 2004]
Ethnic minority magistrates' experience
of the role and of the court environment
[8 December 2004]
Applying for authorisations for
approved bodies to provide probate services
[7 December 2004]
DCA Strategy 2004-09 [6 December 2004]
European methods of administrative law redress [3 December 2004]
Draft
Criminal Defence Service Bill report - Government response
[3 December 2004]
Autumn
Performance Report [3 December
2004]
Clerkenwell and Shoreditch county courts merger [3 December 2004]
Guidance on the drafting of
a Commonhold Community Statement
[3 December 2004]
Police and Courts work to speed up family cases [30 November 2004]
Gender recognition act - consultation on exceptions of offence of disclosure [30 November 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Law for Journalists Conference [26 November 2004]
Inquiries Bill published [26 November 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Council on Tribunals Conference [25 November 2004]
Speech by Lord Justice Brook: : Court Modernisation and the crisis facing our civil courts [24 November 2004]
Speech by David Lammy to the Standing Conference on Legal Education [23 November 2004]
Gender recognition act - consultation on approved countries [18 November 2004]
Gender recognition act - consultation on fee regime [18 November 2004]
Magistrates training, development and appraisal - new rules proposals [17 November 2004]
Gender recognition application - a guide for applicants [17 November 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: HMCS Management Team Event [16 November 2004]
Broadcasting Courts: consultation [15 November 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Compensation Culture [10 November 2004]
Department for Constitutional Affairs resource accounts [9 November 2004]
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal - Legal Aid consultation [8 November 2004]
Extensions to FOI response times limits. Order laid in Parliament [5 November 2004]
Supporting Magistrates to Provide Justice programme [3 November 2004]
Operation Payback 2 - national fines blitz [3 November 2004]
Information sharing pilot - police and family courts [2 November 2004]
Industrial action at DCA on 5 November [2 November 2004]
Involving Children and Young People, Action Plan 2004/5 [1 November 2004]
Efficiency
Review Technical Notes [29 October
2004]
Judicial Appointments Annual Report 2003-2004 [29 October 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Legal Services Complaints Commissioner office launch [28 October 2004]
Legal Services Complaints Commissioner - website launch [28 October 2004]
Remembrance Sunday 14 November 2004 - Order of Service [27 October 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Magistrates' Association annual conference [27 October 2004]
Freedom of Information - new guidance [26 October 2004]
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal - Procedure Rules and Judicial Titles Order [25 October 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust centenary speech [21 October 2004]
Forum on Human Rights - Meetings Notes Sep 2004 [21 October 2004]
Costs in Ancillary Relief Proceedings and Appeals in Family Proceedings [20 October 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Freedom of Information - Fees [18 October 2004]
Civil Procedure Rules - Amendments to 36th Update [15 October 2004]
Speech by Lord Woolf - Shaping The Future [14 October 2004]
Increasing Diversity in the Judiciary [Responses sought by 21 January 2005] [13 October 2004]
Average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders July 2004 [08 October 2004]
Senior Salaries Review Body - DCA Annual Written Evidence 2004 [7 October 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Opening of the Legal Year [07 October 2004]
Directory of High Court Enforcement Officers for England and Wales [1 October 2004]
Guidance on DCA Procurement [30 September 2004]
Effective Inquiries Consultation Paper - Summary of Responses [28 September 2004]
Commonhold Law comes into force [27 September 2004]
New Draft Sentencing Guidelines [20 September 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Penal Policy, Howard League for Penal Reform [15 September 2004]
Consultation Paper - Civil warrant performance indicators - information for customers [10 September 2004]
Appointment of New Parliamentary Under Secretary of State [9 September 2004]
Draft Code of Practice for Mental Capacity Bill [9 September 2004]
Recruitment of Judges' Clerks - Royal Courts of Justice. [8 September 2004]
Protocol for National Minimum Standard of Offender Information to be Provided by Prosecutors [8 September 2004]
Press Notice announcing the appointment of Chief Executive designate for the Tribunals Service [3 September 2004]
Statistics on persistent young offenders [3 September 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Television and the Courts - Edinburgh Television Festival [31 August 2004]
Civil Procedure Rules update [27 August 2004]
Response to Electoral Commission report on All-Postal Voting in June 2004 [27 August 2004]
Time
Intervals for Criminal Proceedings in Magistrates' Courts - June 2004 bulletin [27
August 2004]
Legal Services Commission Framework [20 August 2004]
Official
Solicitor and Public Trustee Office annual report [19
August 2004]
Response to the Consultation Paper - Promoting inter-agency Working in the Family Justice System [6 August 2004]
Statistics on persistent young offenders [6 August 2004]
Recruitment of Member of Civil Procedure Rule Committee [5 August 2004]
Information on the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee [4 August 2004]
New Permanent Secretary for the Department for Constitutional Affairs [3 August 2004]
Recruitment of District Probate Registrars [2 August 2004]
Lord Chief Justice speech at Lord Mayor's dinner for HM Judges [29 July 2004]
Spending Review 2004: Public Service Agreement and Technical
Notes [29 July 2004]
Sustainable Development in the DCA and its executive agencies [28 July 2004]
National
mortgage possession statistics - Second Quarter 2004 [28
July 2004]
Judicial appointments - work shadowing scheme [26 July 2004]
Applications invited for the post of Law Commissioner [23 July 2004]
Interdepartmental Review of International Human Rights Instruments [22 July 2004]
Criminal Case Management Framework [22 July 2004]
Guidance: Living together but not married? Do you know the legal implications of cohabitation? [22 July 2004]
Taming the Prerogative: Strengthening Ministerial Accountability to Parliament - Government Response [22 July 2004]
Partial
RIA on Proposals for Changes to Civil Legal Aid Funding Code and
accompanying Legal
Services Commission Consultation Paper [22 July 2004]
Government Response: Commission for Equality and Human Rights - Structure, Functions and Powers [21 July 2004]
Green Paper - Parental Separation: Children's Needs and Parents' Responsibilities [21 July 2004]
Lord Falconer speech - Annual Judges Dinner, Mansion House, London [21 July 2004]
Consultation Paper - A Choice of Paths: better options to manage over-indebtedness and multiple debt [20 July 2004]
A Vision for Justice - New CJS Strategic Plan launched [19 July 2004]
Commencement of Part 1 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act [16 July 2004]
FOI logo - download packs [16 July 2004]
Advisory Committee on Private International Law [16 July 2004]
Judicial Statistics Annual Report 2003 [15 July 2004]
Speech by Mr Justice Beatson:
Should Judges conduct public inquiries? [July
2004]
DCA White Paper - Transforming Public Services: Complaints, Redress and Tribunals [15 July 2004]
Launch of Community Legal Service Direct [14 July 2004]
Persistent Young Offenders bulletin - April 2004 [9 July 2004]
Revocation Of Practice Direction In Relation To Injunctions Under The Housing Act 1996, Sections 152-156 [July 2004]
DCA Research Programme for 2004 [6 July 2004]
Information about the Special Immigration Appeals Commission [5 July 2004]
Applications
invited for the appointment of members to the Family Procedure Rule Committee [5
July 2004]
Report by the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee on the Constitutional Reform Bill [2 July 2004]
International legal relations - projects database [1 July 2004]
Countdown to Freedom of Information - website launched [1 July 2004]
Lord Filkin opens new Tribunal Centre [June 2004]
Consultation Paper: Making Simple Conditional Fee Agreements a Reality [June 2004]
Consultation Paper - Findings and recommendations of the Independent Review of the Community Legal Service [25 June 2004]
Speech by Lord Falconer: Restorative Justice and Sentencing - facing the issues [24 June 2004]
Draft Representation
of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004 and Explanatory
Memorandum [24
June 2004]
Elections and All-postal Ballots - Written Ministerial Statement [21 June 2004]
Speech by David Lammy to the Black Solicitors' Network [21 June 2004]
All-Postal Pilot Regions - Local Returning Officers' Expenses Forms [18 June 2004]
Mental Capacity Bill [18 June 2004]
Letter from the Lord Chief Justice: Observations for Judges on being Called for Jury Service [15 June 2004]
Results of the European Parliamentary Election 2004 [14 June 2004]
Vacancies for Administrative Officers and Support Staff [14 June 2004]
Persistent Young Offenders bulletin - January to March 2004 [11 June 2004]
The European Parliamentary Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 2004 [9 June 2004]
The
European Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2004 [9
June 2004]
Summary of responses to Consultation Paper: Jury Summoning Guidance [9 June 2004]
Government Response to Select Committee Report on Asylum and Immigration Appeals [9 June 2004]
Frequently
asked questions on the European Parliamentary Elections 2004 [8
June 2004]
Consultation Paper - Referrals to the children and family court advisory and support service by independent reviewing officers [June 2004]
Consultation Paper - Draft Court Rules on domestic adoption and placement for adoption [June 2004]
Consultation Paper: Appointment of Law Commissioners [2 June 2004]
Time Intervals for Criminal Proceedings in Magistrates' Courts - March 2004 bulletin [28 May 2004]
Consultation Paper on the Council of Europe Convention on Contact Concerning Children [May 2004]
Consultation Paper: Co-ordinated On-line Register of Electors [joint paper with ODPM - May 2004]
Could
you be a Judge or a Tribunal Chair? - Information evening on 8 June 2004 [May
2004]
European Parliamentary and Local Elections - Ministerial Statement [27 May 2004]
Minority Report - a Review of DCA's diversity strategy [26 May 2004]
Statement on the future of the rank of Queen's Counsel [26 May 2004]
European Parliamentary Elections 2004 - updated Information and Contact details [21 May 2004]
European
Parliamentary Elections: Local Returning Officers' Election Expenses - Guidance [20
May 2004]
Legal and Advice Services: A Pathway to regeneration [20 May 2004]
The
Directory of High Court Enforcement Officers for England and Wales [April
2004]
New Elections Newsletter for Electoral Administrators [May 2004]
Family
Justice System Statistical Bulletin - 2002 data [19 May 2004]
New Permanent Secretary for the Department for Constitutional Affairs [17 May 2004]
Criminal Defence Service Bill - Consultation Paper and Explanatory Notes [17 May 2004]
Press Notice: Fundamental Review of Legal Aid [17 May 2004]
Consultation by the Small Business Service: Feasibility
of introducing common commencement dates to UK law [14
May 2004]
White
Paper - Fairness for All: A new Commission for Equality and Human Rights [14
May 2004]
DCA Volunteering Strategy [11 May 2004]
Company Winding Up and Bankruptcy Petition Statistics - First Quarter 2004 [7 May 2004]
Persistent Young Offenders bulletin for February 2004 - Statistics [7 May 2004]
Consultation Paper: Effective Inquiries [6 May 2004]
Scottish Legislative Proposals Giving Devolved Powers and Functions to UK Bodies - Devolution Guidance Note [30 April 2004]
House of Lords Committee on the Constitutional Reform Bill: Written Evidence from the Secretary of State [30 April 2004]
Departmental Report 2003/04 [30 April 2004]
Freedom of Information: generic user specification for IT system [29 April 2004]
Mortgage Possession Statistics - First Quarter 2004 [29 April 2004]
Independent
Review of the Community Legal Service - Final Report [28
April 2004]
European
Parliamentary and Local Elections (All Postal) Pilot Order 2004 [27
April 2004]
Analysis of legal aided services provided by solicitors and barristers [27
April 2004]
New Corporate identity for the Department for Constitutional Affairs [26 April 2004]
Speech by Lord Woolf - Do we need a new approach to penal policy? [23 April 2004]
Mental Incapacity Bill: Factsheet [22 April 2004]
Next Steps for the House of Lords: Analysis of Responses to the Consultation Paper [22 April 2004]
Latest news on the Unified Administration [20
April 2004]
Review of Probate Business - Final Report [20 April 2004]
Response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee Report [19 April 2004]
Persistent Young Offenders bulletin for January 2004 - Statistics [16 April 2004]
Partial RIA for Variation of Periodical Payment Orders and Settlements in Personal Injury Cases [8 April 2004]
New Guidance for Summoning Officers - Jury Service
Picking up the Pieces: Marriage and Divorce two years after Information Provision
Office of National Statistics Child Contact Survey
Consultation Response: Proposed changes to publicly funded Immigration and Asylum work
Project Plan for Implementation of Freedom of Information Act 2000 (including Project Initiation Document)
Revised Publication Scheme for the Department for Constitutional Affairs
Speech by Lord Falconer on Domestic Violence: new initiatives in the Criminal Justice System
Government's Final Response to the Children's Act Sub-Committee Report "Making Contact Work"
Persistent Young Offenders bulletin for January to December 2003 - Statistics
Judicial Work Shadowing Scheme
Review of the Regulatory Framework for Legal Services in England and Wales - A Consultation Paper
Speech by Lord Woolf - The Rule of Law and a Change in the Constitution
Speech by Lord Falconer on Freedom of Information
Statistics - Time Intervals Survey
Consultation response: Third parties - rights against insurers
Courts Boards: constitution and procedures - consultation response
Response to The Scrutiny Committee's Report on the draft Mental Incapacity Bill
Human Rights and Constitutional Reform
Speech by Lord Justice Brook: : Courtroom technology - legal and policy implications
Information on the Unified Courts Administration
Persistent Young Offenders bulletin for November 2003 - Statistics
Statutory Appeals and Statutory Review - Consultation Paper
Stamp Duty Land Tax (Appeals) Regulations 2004 - Consultation Letter
Trustee Act 2000 - King's College London - Consultation Paper
Magistrates Courts waiting times on the day and user reaction surveys - Statistics
Company Winding Up and Bankruptcy Petition Statistics - Fourth Quarter 2003 - Statistics
Date for European Parliamentary Elections 2004
Civil Proceedings by or against the Crown - Consultation Paper
Constitutional Reform: Statement by Lord Falconer
Mortgage Possession Statistics - Fourth Quarter 2003 - Statistics
Industrial action in DCA on 29 and 30 January
Response to House of Lords' decision: Mirza and Connor and Ashley
Constitutional Reform: Response Papers
The Hutton Report - DCA News Release
Persistent Young Offenders bulletin for October 2003 - Statistics
The Execution of Deeds and Documents - Response to consultation paper
Freedom of Information: Model Action Plan
