The consultation, launched by the Ministry of Justice last week (24 August), sets out a series of proposals to reform remand funding arrangements based on a recommendation made in the department’s Review of Custodial Remand for Children published last year.
The MoJ states that it has also launched the consultation “given that it is 10 years since the introduction of the current arrangements” which see councils “receive an annual payment as a contribution towards cost recovery on local authorities for custodial remands, and for supporting remanded children as looked after”.
The model provides non-ringfenced funding designed to encourage investment in alternatives to custody and for local areas to reduce use of custody “however they deem best”, according to the MoJ consultation document.
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