The YJB, which has a £504.2m budget and 318 staff, could certainly be more efficient. But no evidence has been provided of how the transfer of its functions to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) - to oversee youth offending teams, spread good practice and commission custody places - will actually save any money.
Details of the transfer will have to be worked out in the weeks and months to come. But the YJB's abolition will over time mean that management of the youth justice system in England and Wales switches from experts with frontline practical experience of working with young offenders to civil servants, many of whom will move posts every two or so years.
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