In response to the sentencing green paper consultation, the government has announced proposals aimed at reducing reoffending and improving the justice system. These include giving all children remanded in custody looked-after status, affording them a number of additional rights.
Children will be entitled to care planning while in custody and, if they spend 13 weeks or more on remand, care leaver support encompassing entitlement to financial support and accommodation.
Under existing legislation, around 800 children a year subject to court-ordered secure remand or remanded to non-secure local authority accommodation are given the status.
But changes outlined in the government's response and set out in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, could mean an additional 3,000 children become classed as looked after.
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