The youth justice grant for 2012/13, which is being distributed to YOTs in England and Wales, comes to £107.8m, down 6.75 per cent on the 2011/12 figure of £115.6m.
The cut in funding represents a smaller decrease than the previous year when the total fell 19.73 per cent from £144m.
YJB chief executive John Drew said: “Given the current circumstances we couldn’t argue for anything different in terms of funding levels.”
Drew added that in light of concerns around restructuring of services that have seen youth offending team managers leave their positions, the YJB will be monitoring any impact on services.
“Local areas must be free to determine their own structure and that includes what they ask YOT managers to do,” he said.
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