§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what targets she has set in the last three years which have not been achieved.
§ Mr. SackvilleReports on progress against the Secretary of State's priorities and key challenges are published yearly in the Department of Health and in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys's departmental report. Reports on 1992–93 are contained in Cm 2212 published in February 1993; reports on 1993–94 are contained in Cm 2512 published in March 1994; and reports on 1994–95 will be contained in the departmental report to be published around March.
Progress against objectives made by the Department's agencies is set out in the agencies' own annual reports.
Reports on the targets in the patients charter were contained in the national health service performance tables published on 29 June 1994. There will be a new set this summer. Information on NHS performance is also contained in the NHS annual reports for 1992–93 and 1993–94.
A report on progress since the White Paper, "The Health of the Nation", Cm 1986, was published and issued in November 1993. A further report will be published in due course. The published documents are available in the Library.