Councillor Lucy Smith, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, presented the report which provided a summary of the Bury and Rochdale Youth Justice Service (YJS) Annual Plan 2023-2024 which will be presented to Council for approval in November. In future years this would be considered by Scrutiny before being commended directly to Council.
Decision:
Cabinet commended the adoption of the Youth Justice Plan to Council.
Reasons for the decision:
The YJS annual plan is a statutory requirement to set out the priorities for the year ahead to support young people both to avoid entry into the criminal justice system as well as to work to support young people within the system to achieve improved outcomes and avoid repeat offending.
Other options considered and rejected:
Not applicable.