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Table 2: Number of notifiable offences brought to justice, and percentage that were attributable to persistent young offenders, by police force area, 2007
Police force area	Number of notifiable offences brought to justice ( T housand)	Percentage of notifiable offences brought to justice attributable to persistent young offenders
Avon and Somerset	40.7	1.70
Bedfordshire	12.8	1.66
Cambridgeshire	18.9	1.99
Cheshire	23.8	2.04
Cleveland	21.5	2.49
Cumbria	14.2	2.87
Derbyshire	23.6	2.02
Devon and Cornwall	34.0	1.87
Dorset	15.8	1.72
Durham	16.5	3.24
Dyfed Powys	12.5	1.91
Essex	41.0	2.08
Gloucestershire	14.0	2.24
Greater Manchester	82.0	2.85
Gwent	18.0	2.32
Hampshire	43.8	3.02
Hertfordshire	25.7	1.51
Humberside	31.5	2.25
Kent	39.3	1.74
Lancashire	48.4	2.64
Leicestershire	27.0	2.02
Lincolnshire	14.8	1.55
Merseyside	45.2	2.11
Metropolitan	224.3	1.39
Norfolk	18.5	1.59
North Wales	17.7	1.95
North Yorkshire	17.7	2.61
Northamptonshire	14.6	2.32
Northumbria	49.0	3.79
Nottinghamshire	28.9	2.35
South Wales	33.1	1.94
South Yorkshire	43.5	1.49
Staffordshire	28.4	1.83
Suffolk	17.7	2.46
Surrey	19.9	1.27
Sussex	38.4	2.23
Thames Valley	51.7	1.50
Warwickshire	11.7	2.09
West Mercia	27.0	2.17
West Midlands	74.1	1.86
West Yorkshire	62.8	2.70
Wiltshire	12.1	1.92
England and Wales	1,455.9	2.11

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Table 3: Number of prolific and other priority offenders by police force area, 2007-08
Police force area	1 April 2007-31 March 2008
Avon and Somerset	303
Bedfordshire	168
Cambridgeshire	209
Cheshire	248
City of London	20
Cleveland	204
Cumbria	102
Derbyshire	447
Devon and Cornwall	474
Dorset	107
Durham	116
Dyfed Powys	100
Essex	292
Gloucestershire	137
Greater Manchester	1,491
Gwent	110
Hampshire	425
Hertfordshire	239
Humberside	295
Kent	561
Lancashire	498
Leicestershire	562
Lincolnshire	175
Merseyside	583
Metropolitan Police	1,525
Norfolk	157
North Wales	148
North Yorkshire	143
Northamptonshire	337
Northumbria	342
Nottinghamshire	874
South Wales	298
South Yorkshire	335
Staffordshire	364
Suffolk	190
Surrey	247
Sussex	528
Thames Valley	467
Warwickshire	132
West Mercia	159
West Midlands	1,043
West Yorkshire	652
Wiltshire	97

International Development

Afghanistan: Overseas Aid

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much and what percentage of the money provided by his Department for the reconstruction of Afghanistan in 2008-09 was given to (a) non-Afghan organisations and (b) non-Afghan companies. [255332]

Mr. Michael Foster: By the end of 2008-09, the Department for International Development (DFID) expects to contribute £143 million of programme support to the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan. DFID has a commitment to spending at least 50 per cent. of its aid through Afghan government systems, for example using the World Bank-managed Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. This helps build the Afghan government's capacity to provide services for its citizens. 10 per cent. of our assistance (£14.7 million) is provided to non-Afghan organisations and companies to provide technical assistance and capacity building to the Afghan government.

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the adequacy of aid to Afghanistan for (a) refugees returning to the country, (b) schoolchildren and (c) antenatal care. [255334]

Mr. Douglas Alexander: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) monitors the refugee situation regularly and publishes information about its operations on its website:

http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/country?iso=afg

The Center for Policy and Human Development's 2007 ‘Afghanistan Human Development Report’ assesses Afghanistan's progress towards the health and education millennium development goals. The report can be found at:

http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/asiathepacific/afghanistan/name.3408.en.html

Steady progress is being made in health and education; however, agriculture, private sector development, infrastructure and governance have made slower progress and are also critical to the development, stabilisation and strengthening of Afghanistan, to improve life for all Afghans.

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