Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
License needed for work use Register
Parliament

Gordon Campbell | Parliament TV | Parliament Today | Video | Questions Of the Day | Search

 

Government responds to child offending report

Hon Chester Borrows
Associate Minister of Social Development

12 September 2012 Media Statement
Government responds to child offending report

Associate Social Development Minister Chester Borrows today tabled the Government’s response to the Social Services Select Committee inquiry into the identification, rehabilitation and protection of child offenders.

“I share the Committee’s determination to ensure today’s child offenders don’t turn into career criminals and the right steps are taken to get these young people’s lives on track.

“The Committee provided a thoughtful report and the Government has carefully considered its recommendations,” says Mr Borrows.

The Committee made 31 recommendations, covering the identification of child offenders, effectiveness of rehabilitation programmes, the care and protection referral process, and the effectiveness of the care and protection model. Of the 31 recommendations, the Government has agreed, or agreed in principle, with 26 and will give further consideration to four.

“Its report is timely given the Government’s current focus on reducing youth crime and supporting vulnerable children. Many of the committee’s recommendations are being incorporated into the action plans being developed in these two priority areas – the White Paper on Vulnerable Children and the Youth Crime Action Plan.

“Even before the Inquiry’s recommendations were released the Government had funded an increase in the numbers of social workers in schools, provided $15.3 million for health and education screening for children entering care and protection and $14.5 million Child, youth and Family for enhanced mental health services for those in care and protection.

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading

Are you getting our free newsletter?

Subscribe to Scoop’s 'The Catch Up' our free weekly newsletter sent to your inbox every Monday with stories from across our network.

“The Government will continue to liaise with the child and youth justice sector as we chart a pathway forward,” Mr Borrows said.

The Government’s full response to the report can be found at: www.beehive.govt.nz.

ENDS

Attached: Government response to the Social Services Select Committee inquiry into the identification, rehabilitation and protection of child offenders. [PDF]

© Scoop Media

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
 
 
 
Parliament Headlines | Politics Headlines | Regional Headlines

Gordon Campbell: On How Climate Change Threatens Cricket‘s Future

Well that didn’t last long, did it? Mere days after taking on what he called the “awesome responsibility” of being Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon has started blaming everyone else and complaining that he's inherited “economic vandalism on an unprecedented scale” - which is how most of us would describe his own coalition agreements, 100-Day Plan, and backdated $3 billion handout to landlords... More


 
 
Public Housing Futures: Christmas Comes Early For Landlords

New CTU analysis of the National & ACT coalition agreement has shown the cost of returning interest deductibility to landlords is an extra $900M on top of National’s original proposal. This is because it is going to be implemented earlier and faster, including retrospective rebates from April 2023. More


Green Party: Petition To Save Oil & Gas Ban

“The new Government’s plan to expand oil and gas exploration is as dangerous as it is unscientific. Whatever you think about the new government, there is simply no mandate to trash the climate. We need to come together to stop them,” says James Shaw. More

PSA: MFAT Must Reverse Decision To Remove Te Reo

MFAT's decision to remove te reo from correspondence before new Ministers are sworn in risks undermining the important progress the public sector has made in honouring te Tiriti. "We are very disappointed in what is a backward decision - it simply seems to be a Ministry bowing to the racist rhetoric we heard on the election campaign trail," says Marcia Puru. More

 
 
 
 
 
 

LATEST HEADLINES

  • PARLIAMENT
  • POLITICS
  • REGIONAL
 
 

InfoPages News Channels


 
 
 
 

Join Our Free Newsletter

Subscribe to Scoop’s 'The Catch Up' our free weekly newsletter sent to your inbox every Monday with stories from across our network.