Crime: Local Authority Funding
Debate between Baroness Pinnock and Baroness Manzoor
Baroness Manzoor
Of course, community funding and policing are very important. However, I do not have that figure to hand; I will write to the noble Lord.
Baroness Pinnock (LD)
My Lords, I am very concerned about the answer that was given to the question about the funding of youth offending teams. Those teams have had huge success in cutting reoffending by young people and in reducing custodial sentences for young people. It is vital that their funding is restored. Can the Minister please give us an assurance that this really important work in preventing young people going to prison will get the funding it desperately needs?
Baroness Manzoor
My Lords, that is way above my pay grade. I cannot give that commitment, but it is an issue that the Government take very seriously and, as I have said, during the spending review that will happen next year, these matters will be looked at in the round.