A West Yorkshire council has ordered a review after five young offenders were sent on an all-expenses paid trip to Alton Towers.
The theme park trip was organised by Wakefield Youth Offending Team as part of a supervision programme of persistent and serious young offenders.
Wakefield Council, which was involved in the trip, has started an inquiry.
Elaine McHale, the council's corporate director of family services, said the activity was "inappropriate".
Wakefield's Youth Offending Team is a multi-agency team co-ordinated by the local authority.
'Intensive supervision'
The council said the total cost of the outing to the Staffordshire attraction came to ?????????250.
Ms McHale said: "This activity was inappropriate for these young people and we have started an immediate review to identify how this decision was taken and to ensure lessons are learned.
"Although this particular activity was clearly not appropriate, the five young people on the intensive supervision and surveillance programme (ISSP) had made good progress and were assessed as not posing a risk to the public.
"The young people were under supervision of youth offending team officers at all times and the trip went without incident."
The council added that the Wakefield ISSP was one of the best nationally with 66% of young people successfully completing the programme compared with 54% nationally.
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