Supporting vulnerable adolescents

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 12 Oct 2022 Closed: 1 Jun 2023 Parliament page
Adolescents exposed to dangers such as substance abuse, criminality, and exploitation, both inside and outside the family, are at greater risk of adverse outcomes including severe mental health difficulties, homelessness, physical or mental harm, periods of not being in education, employment or training, and contact with the criminal justice system. … Read more
14 Recommendations
12 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 7 events
30 May
2023
Report published
22 Feb
2023
Report published
16 Jan
2023
Correspondence
12 Dec
2022
Correspondence
12 Dec
2022
Correspondence
21 Nov
2022
Oral evidence
21 Nov
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
21 Nov 2022
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Supporting vulnerable adolescents
Ed Cornmell · Ministry of Justice Rebecca Wyse · Home Office Siobhan Jones · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirty-Seventh Report - Support for vulnerable adolescents HC 730 22 Feb 2023 26 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
5 results
Clear
8 Recommendation Rejected
Thirty-Seventh Report - Support fo…
The NAO report collates for the first time a wide range of information from across...
The NAO report collates for the first time a wide range of information from across government about the adverse outcomes facing the most vulnerable adolescents. The Department for Education told us it would be challenging to report across government on … Read more
Government Response
The government disagrees with the recommendation. It says it does not maintain a single definition of vulnerability because different agencies need flexibility. The Vulnerable Children and Families Strategy Board will monitor data sharing progress.
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23 Recommendation Rejected
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The poor outcomes experienced by vulnerable adolescents are often overlapping.
The poor outcomes experienced by vulnerable adolescents are often overlapping. For example, we received written evidence highlighting research which shows people who have been in care are more likely to experience homelessness, long-term physical and 53 Q 39 54 C&AG’s … Read more
Government Response
The government disagrees with the recommendation, stating they are committed to data sharing and that a single definition of vulnerability is not appropriate. The Vulnerable Children and Families Strategy Board will monitor data sharing to safeguard vulnerable children.
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24 Conclusion Rejected
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The NAO found that Government data sets are not consistently joined-up, which makes it difficult...
The NAO found that Government data sets are not consistently joined-up, which makes it difficult to understand the nature and scale of the adverse impacts faced by adolescents, particularly where these are overlapping adverse outcomes. This makes it harder to … Read more
Government Response
The government disagrees with the recommendation, stating they are committed to data sharing and that a single definition of vulnerability is not appropriate. The Vulnerable Children and Families Strategy Board will monitor data sharing to safeguard vulnerable children.
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25 Conclusion Rejected
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The Department for Education and Ministry of Justice referred to a joint data sharing exercise...
The Department for Education and Ministry of Justice referred to a joint data sharing exercise they carried out in 2020 to understand the educational and children’s social care background of children who have been cautioned or sentenced for an offence. … Read more
Government Response
The government disagrees with the recommendation, stating they are committed to data sharing and that a single definition of vulnerability is not appropriate. The Vulnerable Children and Families Strategy Board will monitor data sharing to safeguard vulnerable children.
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26 Recommendation Rejected
Thirty-Seventh Report - Support fo…
The government have plans to join up more data sets.
The government have plans to join up more data sets. For example, the Department for Education told us about work it has planned to link anonymised data on education, hospital admissions, mental health services, community services and maternity services. In … Read more
Government Response
The government disagrees with the recommendation, stating that different agencies define vulnerability differently and need flexibility, therefore it's not appropriate for one department to set a common approach for collecting and using data to assess outcomes for all vulnerable adolescents; instead, data sharing will be monitored through the Vulnerable Children and Families Strategy Board.
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Government Response AI assessment · 25 of 14 classified
Accepted 13
Acknowledged 4
Not Addressed 3
Rejected 5
Total 14 recs + 12 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
16 Jan 2023 Correspondence from Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education, re Correction to Q62, HC730 on supporting vulnerable adolescents, 21 November 2022, dated 22 December 2022
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12 Dec 2022 Correspondence from Siobhan Jones, Director, Local Government Policy Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, re Supporting Vulnerable Adolescents update, dated 6 December 2022
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12 Dec 2022 Correspondence from Ed Cornmell, Youth Custody Service Executive Director, HM Prison & Probation Services, re Addressing Regional Variation in First Time Entrants to the Youth Justice System, dated 7 December 2022
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