Under measures set out in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, local authorities will have to provide extra support for children on remand from December.
Meanwhile, from next April, financial responsibility for the cost of remands will pass to councils, to provide them with an incentive to come up with alternatives for young people.
Proposals drawn up by the Ministry of Justice and Youth Justice Board, which are out for consultation until 16 November, suggest that local authorities will be given an extra £2.7m to cover the additional cost of treating young people who have been remanded as looked-after children in 2013/14, and £3.4m in 2014/15.
A further £21.9m will be distributed to local authorities to cover the direct cost of youth remands in both 2013/14 and 2014/15.
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