§ Jim DobbinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Youth Justice Board will publish its annual review for 2001–02. [68764]
§ Hilary BennThe Youth Justice Board annual review for 2001–02 has today been laid before Parliament. Copies have been placed in the Library. The Youth Justice Board was established in 1998 by the Crime and Disorder
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Schemes which are operational NHS Trust Value (£ million) Financial close date Operational date Carlisle Hospitals 65.00 3 November 1997 29 May 2000 Dartford and Gravesham 94.00 30 July 1997 11 September 2000 Queens Medical Centre—Nottingham University Hospital 16.60 24 May 1999 1 October 2000 South Buckinghamshire 45.10 14 December 1997 17 October 2000 Sussex Weald and Downs 22.00 24 June 1999 31 January 2001 Oxleas—Queen Mary's Sidcup 20.30 1 December 1998 19 February 2001 Greenwich Healthcare 93.00 1 July 1998 1 March 2001 North East London Mental Health 10.80 4 July 2000 4 March 2001 North Durham Health Care 61.00 31 March 1998 2 April 2001 Calderdale Healthcare 64.60 31 July 1998 8 April 2001 South Manchester University 65.60 8 June 1998 25 July 2001 North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare 28.07 1 December 1999 1 September 2001 Norfolk and Norwich Health 158.00 9 January 1998 21 September 2001 Hereford Hospitals 64.10 31 March 1999 1 March 2002 Barnet and Chase Farm 54.00 1 February 1999 2 March 2002 Worcestershire Acute 86.60 18 March 1999 18 March 2002 Northern Birmingham Mental Health 18.00 15 August 2000 18 March 2002 Cornwall Healthcare 10.20 31 October 2000 1 June 2002 South Durham Health Care 48.00 28 May 1999 8 June 2002 East London and The City Mental Health—Newham 14.50 5 September 2000 9 July 2002 Act to reform the youth justice system. The annual review provides evidence of success in meeting the principal aim of the reformed youth justice system to prevent offending.
The Government's pledge to halve the time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders has been achieved. It has been reduced from an average time of 142 days in 1997 to 67 days in the first quarter of 2002.
The review shows that effective use has been made of police Final Warnings, bail supervision and support programmes, robust new sentences and the new Intensive Surveillance and Supervision Programme to reduce re-offending.
The review also presents evidence that targeted prevention work with young people at risk, use of parenting programmes and education, employment and training initiatives are effective to prevent and reduce offending rates.