The Ministry of Justice will now have sole responsibility for youth justice and the Youth Justice Board. Previously, the policy was split between the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Children, Schools and Families
Blunt, a parliamentary under secretary, takes over responsibility from Labour MP Maria Eagle, and is responsible for prisons and probation, youth justice, criminal law and sentencing policy and criminal justice.
Fellow Conservative MP Jonathan Djanogly will be responsible for, among other things, family justice.
Ken Clarke, Justice Secretary, said: "We face a set of formidable challenges. We must ensure fairness and efficiency in our justice system, whilst reinforcing an independent judiciary. We must provide protection for the public from dangerous individuals and find ways to improve rehabilitation so to cut the worryingly high rates of recidivism.
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