Ms Molly Joyce:

As we do not work in direct services, we would not have a view on the details of exactly how that is going to be rolled out. One point I would make though is that the youth justice strategy talks about a pilot approach. It would be really important to try to progress this as soon as possible and not let it sit for too long. The reason the youth JARC pilot is so important is that it is about addressing those young people who are engaged in the most serious type of offending. Feedback we received previously from those working the GYDP is that there is a sense that the most difficult to reach young people are not being picked up by the GYDP in all cases. Obviously, many people on this call would be able to speak to that in more detail but that is something we have heard. It is important that the pilot is actioned so that we can target our interventions at those who really need help the most and who are potentially going to cause the most harm if they are not engaged with.