The House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee said any savings made by forthcoming cuts to prevention spending will likely be outweighed by the cost of increasing crime in the future.
During evidence sessions the committee was told by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) that prevention funding was "certain to be cut in future years", at both national and local level, due to general reductions in budgets and the non-statutory nature of prevention work.
"The board [Youth Justice Board] and the Ministry should encourage investment in prevention where reducing youth crime has been identified as a local priority," the committee’s report on the youth justice system states.
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