§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library the Cabinet Office Efficiency Unit Comprehensive Spending Review report submitted to the Home Office in 1998. [120275]
§ Mr. StrawThe Comprehensive Spending Review, which set out the Government's new public spending plans 1999–2000, was published in the White Paper 'Modern Public Services for Britain: Investing in Reform', in July 1998. This document is available in the Library.
Challenging targets were set by this document for a number of key services including the Police and the Fire Service. These included efficiency targets and annual efficiency plans. The Home Office is also committed to meeting a number of efficiency targets as set out in the Public Service Agreements, 'Public Services for the Future: Modernisation, Reform, Accountability—Comprehensive Spending Review: Public Service Agreements 1999–2002'. This document is currently available in the Library.
The Public Service Agreements and the Output and Performance Analysis for the Home Office are published in the annual Business Plan. The most recent Home Office Business Plan is also available in the Library.