Children Now has learned that ministers are considering the indicatorfor the forthcoming green paper on looked-after children.
John Fassenfelt, chair of the Magistrates' Association's youth courtscommittee, said the move would be very welcome as the currentperformance indicator and statistics on the issue are not comprehensiveenough.
"One difficulty we have is that magistrates say there is only anecdotalevidence that young people from care are more likely to enter thejustice system. Also the current statistics only measure children whohave been in a care home for more than six weeks and offending behaviourcan be one reason why they change homes," he said.
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