Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 6
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The Ministry and HMPPS do not know what works in terms of early intervention and...
Conclusion
The Ministry and HMPPS do not know what works in terms of early intervention and custodial provision for children. The Ministry wants to focus on intervening earlier to deliver better outcomes for children. But it does not yet understand the most effective ways to divert children away from entering the youth justice system, such as through community resolutions. Meanwhile, it plans to conduct an evaluation of the first secure school as a ‘pathfinder’, to feed into scoping a second secure school in
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 14 October 2022. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗