Found: Correspondence from the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor, dated 2 December

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Found: an independent review, led by Dame Anne Owers DBE and commissioned by former Foreign Secretary David Lammy

<p>Thank you very much for that. Well, this is something, in terms of criminal justice, where we have, again, shared responsibilities with the Deputy First Minister, who, of course, is responsible for constitutional affairs in relation to criminal justice. But what we are now doing, and what we have been doing over the past year, is working together in terms of moving forward with devolving youth justice and probation. And that's where I know the Deputy First Minister, for example, is having very productive discussions with the UK Government and is, in fact, shortly meeting with David Lammy, of course, with his new responsibilities in terms of justice. We're very confident that we are moving forward in terms of the devolution of youth justice in terms of the first steps that have to be taken with youth justice in terms of strategic oversight, partnership and governance&nbsp; arrangements, and funding of youth justice as starting points. We fund through the Deputy First Minister's responsibilities, and, of course, I mentioned this in my written evidence, that we are also funding a justice research programme. We're funding a Wales Centre for Public Policy project looking at a memorandum of understanding model like they have in Greater Manchester, in terms of devolving Wales's probation services—the first step in terms of that direction. So, it is very much investing&nbsp;and into next year, through particularly the DFM's budget, ways to take this forward.</p>

<p>Well, look, thank you for that. I mean, there's obviously long overdue progress on this and the evidence has been built up over many, many years. The overlap between youth justice, and, again, in terms of the issues relating to probation and people leaving prison and so on, overlap massively with devolved functions. So, in terms of the timescale on this, though, when you say progress is being made, is that progress being made as quickly as you'd like to see? To what extent has funding been available for that progress? Should it speed up, particularly now, as it looks as though there is a much more positive response coming from David Lammy as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice?</p>