Appearing before the justice select committee today (18 October), Blunt said the key driver behind the proposed abolition of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) is the desire to make government more accountable, not saving money.
But the unrest in London and other English cities in August was one of a number of situations raising concerns with the current system, he added.
"It became apparent to me as we had the first meetings of Cobra [emergency committee meeting] to deal with this that I was thoroughly briefed on what we needed to do in the adult justice area but I found myself rather unbriefed in terms of what we were going to do with under-18s," he said.
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