As a result of government plans to hand local authorities greater autonomy, the list of requirements for YOT services is due to be cut back from April next year.
However, it has emerged that planned pilot projects to trial the changes have been scrapped – meaning the policy will come into force nationwide.
The Youth Justice Board (YJB) selected four pilot sites earlier this year and was preparing to launch pilots in autumn this year.
But as a result of the disturbances over the summer, the YJB paused the project to "reassess the ministerial appetite for testing and eventually approving youth justice service freedoms and flexibilities".
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