Issue - meetings

The Local Authority (with responsibilities for Social Care and Education) 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 Local Authority has a statutory duty, in consultation with key partner agencies Health, Police and Probation, to produce an annual Youth Justice Plan.

On a motion from Councillor Paul May, seconded by Councillor Michael Evans, it was unanimously

RESOLVED

1.  To agree 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 budget; and

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