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Youth offending teams face budget cuts

1 min read Youth Justice
Youth offending teams (YOTs) in England and Wales are facing budget cuts after the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) revealed it will not be able to guarantee current levels of funding.

Funding from NOMS, part of the Ministry of Justice, is one of a number of funding streams for YOTs.

The proportion it makes up of total YOT budgets varies from area to area but is set to fall from April due to a reduction of 2.7 per cent in NOMS funding for probation areas for 2010/11.

Michael Spurr, chief operating officer of NOMS, said as a result, current levels of ring-fenced funding to YOTs cannot be guaranteed.

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