Issue - meetings

The Local Authority has a statutory duty, in consultation with key partner agencies Health, Police and Probation, to produce an annual Youth Justice Plan. The Plan sets out how youth justice services are to be composed and funded, how they will operate and what functions they will carry out to prevent youth offending and re-offending across Bath and North East Somerset.

The Council considered this annual plan which sets out how youth services are to composed and funded, how they operate and what functions will be carried out to prevent youth offending and re-offending.

On a motion from Councillor Michael Evans, seconded to Councillor Alison Millar, it was

RESOLVED unanimously to agree

1.  That the Youth Justice Plan fulfils the requirements of the Crime and  Disorder Act 1998 and can be submitted to the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales;

2.  That the Youth Justice Plan is adopted as part of the Council’s Policy and Budget framework and can be accommodated within the Council’s budget; and

3.  That the relevant Policy Development & Scrutiny Panel oversees progress and performance.