The way to deal with persistent young offenders is first to identify them more accurately and effectively; secondly, to ensure that police and local authorities have the powers to tackle the issues raised by persistent young offenders; thirdly, to have more secure accommodation for persistent young offenders—we have invested in that and it is now in place—and fourthly, to ensure not only that measures are taken to deal with the offending but that, at the end of the period when action has been taken against their offending behaviour, those youngsters are pushed into opportunities in education, employment and training so that they become better adults and do not spend their lives...