Decision details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities seeking approval of the Southampton Youth Offending Service (YOS) Annual Youth Justice Plan 2012/13. 

To endorse the Southampton Youth Offending Service Annual Youth Justice Plan 2012/13 and to recommend its approval to Council on 14^th November, 2012, as set out in Appendix 1. 

This is a statutory plan which each local authority is required to have and to approve.  Cabinet is required to adopt the 20012/13 plan, receive an update on progress since last year and recommend for approval the Southampton Youth Justice Plan to Council as part of the policy framework.

The Youth Offending Service was formed in response to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 with the aim of preventing offending behaviour by children and young people aged 10 to 17 years.  It is a multi-disciplinary organisation that works both within Children’s Services and the Criminal Justice System.  The Youth Justice Plan is the first plan Southampton has brought forward since the disaggregation of the Wessex Youth Offending Team.

None.