News

News releases prior to 2019 can be accessed via the National Archive.

15 news articles

Lay Observers 2023-24 national annual report – ministerial response

Annual reports

Published:

17 March 2025

Lay Observers 2023-24 annual report published

Annual reports

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6 March 2025

The 2023-24 national annual report for Lay Observers is now published.

New Chair of the Lay Observers’ National Council appointed

Corporate

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6 December 2024

Staffing issues across the court system affecting the care of children

Annual reports

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10 April 2024

Serious concerns about the treatment of detainees

Annual reports

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1 February 2023

National Chair’s tenure extended

Corporate

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24 February 2022

Monitoring Places of Detention During COVID-19: NPM Report

Reports

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22 February 2022

Lack of services in court on certain days could risk people being remanded unnecessarily

Annual reports

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9 December 2021

Extension to Chair of the Lay Observers’ National Council term

Corporate

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14 May 2021

UK National Preventive Mechanism’s response to the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture’s report on its visit to the UK

Reports

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10 December 2020