Ever since their inception in 2000, youth offending teams (YOTs) have grown accustomed to seeing their funds rise every year. Their collective contributions from the Youth Justice Board (YJB) have soared from £39m in 2000/01 to £117m in 2007/08.
But as the recession bites, the first signs of belt tightening have started to appear. The most recent allocation of money from the YJB to YOTs dropped by £2m to £115m, while central government funding to the YJB for prevention programmes dropped by £2m last year to £36m.
At the same time, YJB chiefs have announced they need to slash overhead costs by 10 per cent and are introducing a new portfolio management system, which will assess whether programmes and projects meet YJB priorities and aims and could result in some being dropped.
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