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12th Report: Children and Young People in Custody (Part 1): Entry into the youth justice system

Justice Committee HC 306 Published 12 November 2020
Report Status
Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations
25 items (21 recs)
Government Response
AI assessment · 25 of 25 classified
Accepted 8
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 6
Deferred 4
Rejected 5
Government response
9th Special Report - Children and Young People in Custody (Part 1): Entry into the youth justice system: Government Response to Committee’s Twelfth Report of Session 2019–21 · published 10 Feb 2021
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Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
13 Recommendation Accepted in Part

BAME children are disproportionately remanded to custody and some of the children remanded to custody,...

Recommendation
BAME children are disproportionately remanded to custody and some of the children remanded to custody, will not then go on to receive a custodial sentence. The Youth Justice Board should update the Committee on the findings of their commissioned research. … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government accepts disproportionality is a concern and commits to sharing the YJB's commissioned research findings on ethnic disproportionality in remand and sentencing, which aims to provide the requested explanation and data, once published. It notes judicial training on unconscious bias is under review and will continue to assess effective approaches to prevent bias in decision-making.
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18 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Para 115

Delays have a fundamental impact on all those involved in proceedings.

Recommendation
Delays have a fundamental impact on all those involved in proceedings. The Ministry of Justice and HMCTS should set out what is being done to specifically address delays in the youth justice system and manage any existing backlogs. The Ministry … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government provides data on youth outstanding cases up to June 2020 and details the work of the Youth Justice Working Group, established to reduce COVID-19 delays and backlogs. It reports that recovery plans have enabled youth courts to conclude more cases than received since July 2020.
Ministry of Justice
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