Despite support from the Youth Justice Board (YJB) for devolved budgets in youth custody, the MoJ's view on the concept - which is being trialled through the youth justice reinvestment pathfinder scheme - was revealed in the government response to a justice select committee report on youth justice.
The response stated: “While the MoJ and the YJB are keen to learn any lessons from the recent devolution to local authorities of financial responsibility for remands, [and] ideas as to how to strengthen custody/community links in general, the government is not currently persuaded of the benefits of devolving custody budgets in full to local authorities."
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