he Youth Justice Board are a non-departmental public body responsible for overseeing the youth justice system in England and Wales. They are an organisation of around 100 people with their headquarters is in London.
Their primary function is to monitor the operation of the youth justice system and the provision of youth justice services.
Within England and Wales they are responsible for:
- - Using information and evidence to form an expert view of how to get the best outcomes for children who offend and for victims of crime
- - Advising the Secretary of State for Justice and those working in youth justice services about how well the system is operating, and how improvements can be made.
- - Identifying and sharing best practice
- - Promoting the voice of the child.
- - Commissioning research and publishing information in connection with good practice.
- - Monitoring the youth justice system and the provision of youth justice services.
- - Making grants, with the approval of the Secretary of State, for the purposes of the operation of the youth justice system and services.
- - Providing information technology related assistance for the operation of the youth justice system and services
