URL: https://committeemeetings.flintshire.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=12739&LLL=0

Decision Maker: Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose: The Youth Justice Plan is a statutory document that the Youth Justice Service is required to submit annually which reflects on the delivery of Youth Justice Services locally and future priorities for the forthcoming year.

Content: (a)       That the Committee notes the strategic and operational priorities in the Youth Justice Plan; and   (b)       That the Chair, on behalf of the Committee, write to the Wes Streeting - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Lynne Neagle MS -  Cabinet Secretary for Education and Jeremy Miles MS – Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care asking that the recommendation of the Equalities and Social Justice Committee to embed speech and language therapy (SALT) into every Youth Justice Team be supported as mandatory; and   (c)       That the Chair, on behalf of the Committee, write to Welsh Government seeking a fairer sustainable funding system for the Youth Justice Service going forward, in line with the comments made by the Committee.   

Date of Decision: October 23, 2025