On 26 January 2022, the Ministry of Justice published its Review of Custodial Remand for Children. The review's findings challenged the narrative that remand is overused and highlighted several factor

On 26 January 2022, the Ministry of Justice published its Review of Custodial Remand for Children. The review's findings challenged the narrative that remand is overused and highlighted several factors that have impacted the increase in the proportion of children on remand over the past 10 years. It noted the ongoing issue with the number of short remand episodes that do not result in custodial sentences and the 'ethnic disproportionality of remand'. The review reiterated the UK government's commitment to legislate changes, through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, to tighten the legal tests courts must satisfy to impose custodial remand on a child. It also committed to strengthen operational delivery and frontline practices, and consider greater use of bail and local authority provision as an alternative to custody. On 28 April 2022, the Bill received Royal Assent and section 157 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 reflects the above-mentioned change.