Following months of debate, the first attempt to create a framework for devolving the cost of youth custody has been produced.
Almost certain to prove controversial, it suggests that the most suitable holders of custody budgets are children's trusts.
Among other findings it recommends that levels of funding for individual areas should be based on welfare need rather than data on custody levels.
Produced by the Standing Committee For Youth Justice (SCYJ), it has the backing of some heavyweight organisations in the sector.
But what do the workers on the frontline make of it?
Not sophisticated enough
Simon Page, head of York youth offending services, queries whether children's trusts are sophisticated enough in terms of commissioning to take on the responsibility.
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