Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle youth offending.

We are investing £55 million across the country, including £520,692 in Hertfordshire, in the new ‘Turnaround’ programme to divert 17,000 young people away from offending and crime.

We are providing £5 million to grassroots organisations to get troubled children into sports and to learn discipline and respect.

We have completely redesigned the Key Performance Indicators used to measure local Youth Offending Teams’ performance, to ensure they are as effective as possible in preventing and tackling crime.