The YJB secured £7m in funding from the Office of Criminal Justice Reform to design and build a new case management system for youth offending teams (YOTs) between 2008 and 2011, through the Wiring Up Youth Justice programme. The software, which allows YOTs to analyse data on young offenders, replaces systems that had been developed previously by private companies.
But an NAO investigation seen by CYP Now, triggered by concerns raised by campaign group Action on Rights for Children (Arch), has found that the YJB might have achieved better value for money by tendering a contract rather than doing the work itself.
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