Thirty-Seventh Report - Support for vulnerable adolescents

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 730 22 February 2023
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 26 items (14 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 25 of 26 classified)
Accepted 13
Acknowledged 4
Not Addressed 3
Rejected 5
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Thirty seventh report from Session 2022-23 · published 30 May 2023
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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6 Recommendation Not Addressed
The Ministry of Justice and Home Office seem to lack curiosity about the increase in...
Recommendation
The Ministry of Justice and Home Office seem to lack curiosity about the increase in the proportion of children from ethnic minority background in youth custody and appear to have no current plan to address the situation. While the number … Read more
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The response discusses driving license backlogs, which is not relevant to the recommendation about ethnic minority children in youth custody.
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7 Recommendation Not Addressed
Data sharing exercises need to be better used to understand the support vulnerable adolescents need.
Recommendation
Data sharing exercises need to be better used to understand the support vulnerable adolescents need. The poor outcomes experienced by vulnerable adolescents are often overlapping. For example, 72% of children sentenced in 2019–20 were assessed as having mental health concerns. … Read more
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The response discusses cancer waiting times and NHS funding, which is not relevant to the recommendation about data sharing to support vulnerable adolescents.
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1 Conclusion Not Addressed
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, in November 2022...
Conclusion
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, in November 2022 we took evidence from the Department for Education, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice about … Read more
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The government restates when the committee took evidence and published its report.
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14 Conclusion
At 31 March 2021, there were 53,790 adolescents in care between the ages of 9...
Conclusion
At 31 March 2021, there were 53,790 adolescents in care between the ages of 9 and 17, making up 67% of the total care population. Between 31 March 2014 and 31 March 2021 the number of 9- to 17-year-olds in … Read more
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