Narey, the commissioner for correctional services, promised to address the issue after a two-hour grilling by MPs about the National Audit Office's recent report on the Youth Justice Board, which found that 48 out of the 146 teams had an anti-custody policy.
Mark Perfect, the outgoing chief executive of the Youth Justice Board, who was also quizzed by the Public Accounts Committee, said that the office's finding was "news to us, but I'm not surprised".
The board said it was already working to address the issue, in particular through introducing new guidance and training for teams. Efforts to ensure the correct use of Asset, the system used by teams to identify a course of action with each offender, are also taking place. A new sentence management tool is also being developed, to encourage teams to make "appropriate recommendations" to courts.
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