Young Offenders: Crime Prevention
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what metrics will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of early intervention programmes in preventing youth offending.
Answered by Jake Richards
Individual early intervention programmes are evaluated using metrics most relevant to delivery and intended outcomes. The Ministry of Justice’s Turnaround programme, which was rolled out in 2022, closely monitors data including on numbers of children progressing through the programme, rates of withdrawal, and offending outcomes within one year of children completing interventions. In October 2024, we published statistics to December 2023 as Turnaround Programme Management Information. We will continue to monitor these metrics over the next three years of the programme.
Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →