Local authorities are about to take responsibility for young offenders on remand in a major way. Under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, children on remand become classified as looked-after from December. Then, in April, financial responsibility for remand passes from the government to councils. The theory is that councils will be incentivised to come up with alternatives to remand.
In order to minimise its use and raise the remand threshold, the law is changing to introduce a new “test” in the courts. To be remanded, charged or convicted, a young person must have committed a violent or sexual offence or an offence that would be punishable with a prison sentence of at least 14 years if committed by an adult.
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