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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:

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:

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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