Youth Remand Concordat
Guidance and principles to follow a joint approach throughout the youth remand process for local and national partners.
Applies to England and Wales
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The concordat brings together learning from the MOJ Review of Custodial Remand for Children (2022) and the HMIP Joint Thematic Inspection of Work with Children Subject to Remand in Youth Detention Accommodation (2023), both of which highlighted the importance of partnership working between relevant agencies to support children in the remand process.
Through outlining a series of clear principles, providing existing guidance and sharing examples of good practice, the concordat helps frontline staff to understand where collaboration with other agencies should take place. The logistics and ways of working can only be worked out at a local level. The concordat should be a starting point for local, multi-agency discussions that complement national efforts to reduce unnecessary experiences of remand to custody and support better partnership decision-making.