Government response to Committee's Report on Serious youth violence

This is the government's response, published 5 November 2019.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government says it has "carefully considered" the Committee's report and sets out existing and new action on serious violence, while declining some specific recommendations.

• It is introducing a Serious Violence Bill to create a legal duty on specified agencies to plan and collaborate to prevent and reduce serious violence, with guidance "in due course".
• On police funding, it commits to recruiting 20,000 additional officers over three years, with up to 6,000 by March 2021.
• On a statutory Youth Service Guarantee, it says local authorities are "best placed to know what is required" locally, and points to £500 million for a Youth Investment Fund over five years.
• It has "no plans for a further independent inquiry" into school exclusions, citing the Timpson Review, and on the Information Commissioner says there are "no current plans" for a new role.

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