Our policy remains to encourage, but not require, the use of adult restorative justice, particularly as a service to victims where there is consistent evidence that it delivers high levels of satisfaction. It is for local criminal justice boards and other criminal justice agencies to consider how best to use their funding to meet their targets and local needs and a number of areas have established schemes to deliver adult restorative justice.
Youth offending teams use restorative justice as part of their work to prevent offending and increase victim satisfaction. They implement this work from their own resources.