Launched in November 2007, the joint unit was created with the dual purpose of developing policy and bringing together the agendas of the MoJ and Department for Children, Schools and Families to ensure that the Every Child Matters programme was adhered to in the youth secure estate.
An MoJ spokesman said the reconfigured unit will continue to sponsor the Youth Justice Board as a policy unit.
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