The UK Government published its response to the Home Affairs Select Committee report on Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System, on 18 October 2007. In their press release about the report, Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw and Home Secretary, Jacqui Simith, outlined some of the initiatives through which UK Government is trying to tackle some of the issues identified in the report.

The response to the report and press release can be downloaded from the Ministry of Justice website.