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Ministry of Justice response to the Committee鈥檚 fourth recommendation on the approach to identifying and evaluating the impact of the changes on peoples鈥� access to, and fairness of the justice system.

The response covers three broad areas:

• Has reform altered outcomes (fairness for example case/hearing outcomes, sentencing and financial awards)?
• Has reform changed the ability of users to pursue a case effectively (access to justice for example the ability and speed at which court users can access and pursue a case)?
• Has reform had an effect on costs incurred by those who use courts and tribunals (for example travel costs, costs of time wasted)?

The response describes our multi-tiered approach which sets out how the overarching evaluation fits with:

• The agile approach, incorporating review and assessment;
• Formal project level evaluations; and
• The on-going approach to cost/benefit assessment.