The mayor’s Police and Crime Plan for 2013 to 2016 states that the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (Mopac), which is headed by Johnson, will push the government for “greater responsibility for London’s youth justice budget and more formal oversight of youth justice in the capital”.
At the moment, youth justice is a local matter, with the capital's 32 boroughs deciding how to spend their youth justice grant from central government and how to tackle crime in their area.
Johnson's latest call for more influence over youth justice follows similar comments made by Stephen Greenhalgh, the deputy mayor for policing and crime, last November.
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