Will the Youth Justice Board hit its targets? Not all of them - but where it will not there is generally a complex picture that must be explained.
You mean it can find excuses?
I mean it's a complex picture. Take for example the target to cut, by March 2008, the number of first-time entrants to the youth justice system by five per cent compared to a March 2005 baseline. When the first three-quarters of 2005-06 are compared to the previous year, there appears to be an eight per cent rise. But youth offending team (YOT) returns included double counting of those who had received reprimands, warnings or court hearings in the same year. A new baseline has been created with more accurate data from April to December 2005. Even so, the target is still "at risk".
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