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It could be education and so on, but we are very good at detecting crime. If somebody gets a conviction, they might not get such a good job opportunity or get to go and see Mickey Mouse on holiday, so we target some of our resources on prevention.
Supporting 16 to 19 year olds who are not in education, employment or training to develop the skills needed to get a job is key to achieving that target and remains a priority.
We were just interested in action and how we might get more people to do more things. That was where we started, and then we looked at things that might be getting in the way of action.
We know that police officers spend a lot of time looking after people with mental health problems because they cannot get a quick response from the health service to get staff with specialist mental health skills.
There is a lot of work to do to make sure that we get in the right resources and get the right teams at the right time and we are working hard to do that.
Recently, I got a little metal turbine from one company. We get taken out for dinners, although I know that hospitality activity has to be recorded at a certain level.