The Youth Crime Action Plan aims to reduce the number of 10 - 17 year olds who enter the criminal justice system for the first time by one-fifth by 2020. £100 million will be invested to try to stop young people from getting involved in crime in a: ‘'triple-track approach of intensive prevention, tough enforcement and support for parents'’.

Cross-governmental work will seek to get young people off the streets late at night; provide intensive support for troubled families; and implement more visible community payback sentences for young people convicted of crime. This last action will involve requiring young offenders to work out their community sentences on Friday and Saturday nights. Included in the action plan is:
 

1. More prevention and support for victims, particularly young victims
2. Expansion of family intervention projects
3. Increasing the number of ASBOs accompanied by parenting orders
4. Expanding the number of Safer Schools Partnerships
5. Increasing the number of youth centres and other activities at appropriate times (including Friday and Saturday nights)
6. Making permanent exclusion from school an automatic trigger to a comprehensive assessment of a young person's situation
7. Expanding family-nurse partnerships
8. Improved support for witnesses
9. The plan also calls for tougher enforcement measures, including:
10. Removing at-risk children from the streets late at night
11. Tackling anti-social behaviour and underage drinking
12. Visible police patrols during after-school hours
13. Basing teams of youth workers and ex-gang members on the streets in troubled areas to deal directly with gangs
     

In addition, the plan calls for more targeted policing and more involvement from local authorities to help reduce rates of reoffending. Local authorities are asked to fund education for young offenders in custody and to provide more comprehensive support for young people leaving custody (including access to suitable accommodation and health services). The Plan also seeks to encourage better cooperation between government departments in identifying and targeting prolific offenders and to give ‘'communities the chance to decide'’ what type of reparation work they want young people serving community sentences to do.

The Youth Crime Action Plan is available here.