Fraser has been chair of the YJB for three years following his appointment in 2020, and is now set to remain in office for a further two years from 14 April.
He has been involved in the YJB for five years, having first been appointed as a member in January 2018, and is also the chair of Local Partnerships and 999 Cenotaph.
Fraser also recently became a member of the governing committee for the Youth Endowment Fund in March 2023, and has previously been a commissioner for the UK Race and Ethnic Disparities Commission.
The YJB welcomed Fraser’s reappointment on Twitter, saying: “We look forward to another important two years working together to do the best for our children.”
Fantastic to learn of Deputy Prime Minister, @DominicRaab’s, decision to extend @KeithFraser2017’s appointment as our Chair 🙌
— Youth Justice Board (@_YJB) April 4, 2023
We look forward to another important two years working together to do our best for children 💜https://t.co/RdCwI4C2gE
The YJB is a non-departmental public body which oversees the youth justice system in England and Wales, with responsibility for monitoring performance of statutory partnerships, local authorities and youth offending teams in preventing offending.
The organisation released its youth justice statistics for 2021 to 2022 earlier this year, with Fraser writing in a YJB blog that though there were many long-term positive trends, some “acute challenges remain for children and services facing long waits for court and high use of custodial remand".
