Youth Justice: Ethnic Groups — Written Question

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the extent to which judicial decision-making, rather than youth justice practitioner assessments, accounts for disparities in custodial remand outcomes for children of different eth

Answer

Jake Richards

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is funding a ‘pathfinder’ pilot project in the West Midlands to better understand why interventions are achieving better outcomes for White children than for Black and Mixed heritage children. It was established in 2024 and i...

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