The National Archives covers both public records (government and the law courts) and private archives, and it was established in 2003 from the merger of the Public Record Office and the Historical Manuscripts Commission. This is the orgnization's third annual report and accounts which details its activities and performance against key targets during the year 2005-06.

The "Welfare Reform Act 2009" received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009. This Act amends the law relating to social security and reforms the welfare and benefit system to improve support and incentives for people to move from benefits into work. It includes measures to increase personal responsibility within the welfare system. The Act will also provide more employment choices for people with disabilities. It confers regulation-making powers that can be used to give adult disabled people greater choice and control over the way in which relevant services are provided by relevant authorities. The Act also provides encouragement of parental responsibility by introducing a requirement for joint birth registration and by amending the law relating to child support.

The Law Commission's main task is to review areas of the law and to make recommendations for change. The Commission seeks to ensure that the law is as simple, accessible, fair, modern and cost-effective as possible.

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The Legal Services Ombudsman is completely independent of the legal profession and oversees the handling of complaints about solicitors, barristers, legal executives, licensed conveyancers and patent agents by the five professional bodies responsible for setting and maintaining standards of conduct and service within the legal profession. The 2004/2005 report details the work of the office during 2004-05 during which time 1,743 new cases were received, and 1,453 cases were closed.