Its confirmation came after news that the scheme would be applied "as soon as possible" to 16- and 17-year-olds before it had been properly evaluated. Research findings on the pilot for over-18s will not be available until the end of February at the earliest.
A spokeswoman from the Home Office told Children Now the Government would look at the outcomes from the pilot of 16- and 17-year-olds before applying it to under-16s. "Anything we can learn from that will be taken into account," she added.
While the Home Office has said that it expects to conduct a pilot in some areas for 10- to 15-year-olds later this year, it also confirmed that a debate in both houses would be required before the pilot could be introduced.
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