Oversight and funding of youth justice services

Closes 11 Sep 2026

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Part A: Youth justice service performance and oversight

1. Which of the following options best describes the structure for National Standards?

You may wish to give reasons in the text box.

2. If National Standards remain as phases of youth justice (Option 1), do you agree with our proposals to develop new standards on Victims, Early Intervention and Prevention, and to update OOCRs to reflect contemporary good practice?

New standard for Victims 

New standard for Early intervention and Prevention 

Update OOCR to reflect contemporary good practice

What other changes or additions would you expect to see to National Standard phases to ensure they reflect the realities of current practice?

3. If National Standards are restructured around thematic areas (Option 2), to what extent do you agree with the proposed example thematic areas and cross-cutting principles?

What additions or changes would you suggest to reflect the realities of current practice?

4. Should disproportionality be included as an individual standard/thematic area or integrated throughout the National Standards?

You may wish to give reasons in the text box.

5. To what extent do you agree with the introduction of a Quality Performance Framework to define high-quality practice and support continuous improvement?

Please explain your answer, including if there are any key risks or challenges you foresee and how these could be mitigated.

6. What areas or aspects of youth justice practice should the framework cover to be most useful to your local area?
7. To what extent do you agree that performance information should be organised and used across three tiers?

Three tiers:

•    Youth justice service 
•    Management boards and partners 
•    System health

Please explain your answer, including any risks, benefits or implementation challenges.

8. We currently collect 14 national KPIs and a range of other performance information. As we develop future oversight arrangements:
  • Which measures are most useful for understanding the performance of an individual youth justice service?
  • Which measures are most useful for understanding the effectiveness of local partnership arrangements?
  • Which measures are most useful for understanding the health of the youth justice system overall?
  • Are there any measures that should be moved, removed or added?

Please provide reasons for your answer.

9. To what extent do you agree that the voices of children, victims and families should form part of local and national performance oversight arrangements?

Please explain your answer, including how these perspectives could be captured in a meaningful and proportionate way.

10. To what extent do you agree the proposed arrangements reflect the oversight and accountability requirements of youth justice in Wales?

Are any additional considerations are needed? Please explain your answer.

11. What factors should be considered when designing local self-assessment arrangements to ensure they are meaningful, proportionate and support improvement in practice?

Please include any risks, challenges or unintended consequences that should be avoided.

12. To what extent do you agree with the proposed approach to youth justice plans and annual updates?

Please explain if there are any risks or unintended consequences you foresee with this approach.

13. The proposed annual update would cover a number of areas. Are there any areas that should be added, removed or amended?

The proposed annual update would cover:

  • confirmation of a locally approved youth justice plan
  • strategic priorities
  • a performance summary
  • key risks
  • staffing and resources

Please explain your answer.

14. To what extent do you agree with the proposal to remove the requirement for youth justice services to submit Serious Incident Notifications within 24 hours and instead report learning from serious incidents at regular intervals?

Please explain your answer, including any benefits, risks or unintended consequences you foresee.

15. As we develop a more proportionate approach to reporting and compliance, are there any other requirements that you think could be streamlined, simplified or removed? Please provide details.