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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/youth-crime-prevention-cuts-warning.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Cutting funding for youth crime prevention work will risk an increase in offending, MPs warned" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-youth-crime-prevention-cuts-warning.jpg" alt="Cutting funding for youth crime prevention work will risk an increase in offending, MPs warned"/></a></p>
<p>Cutting funding for youth crime prevention work will risk an increase in offending, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.</p>
<p>The cost of any reduction in funding is &#8220;likely to outweigh any short-term savings&#8221;, the Public Accounts Committee said.</p>
<p>The committee also expressed concerns about plans to axe the Youth Justice Board, warning that some of its achievements in tackling crime by young people could be jeopardised.</p>
<p>In its report on the youth justice system the cross-party committee praised the board for its &#8220;central role&#8221; in reducing offending.</p>
<p>The board is to be abolished as part of the Government&#8217;s &#8220;bonfire of the quangos&#8221; but the report warned &#8220;there is a risk that some of the factors that made the board successful will be lost in transition&#8221;.</p>
<p>The report continued: &#8220;The abolition of the board raises a question about how a national focus on reducing offending by young people and reducing the use of custody will be maintained.&#8221;</p>
<p>Around 10% of the £800 million of the central and local government funding for tackling youth crime in 2009-10 was spent on prevention.</p>
<p>The report said: &#8220;Prevention work has had an impact on reducing the number of first time entrants to the youth justice system, but funding is being reduced.</p>
<p>&#8220;Cutting prevention funding now increases the risk of the unintended consequence that more crime could occur in the medium term, with the cost likely to outweigh any short term savings.&#8221;</p>
<p>The MPs called on the board and the Ministry of Justice to encourage investment in prevention where reducing youth crime has been identified as a local priority.</p>
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