§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report. [43251]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThere have been no revisions to the Spending Review 2000 Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets published in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions' 2001 annual report. Following the machinery of government changes in June 2001 responsibility for the following six targets transferred to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
27WImprove air quality by meeting our National Air Quality Strategy targets for carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, particles, sulphur dioxide, benzene and 1–3 butadiene;Improve the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 12.5 per cent. from 1990 levels and moving towards a 20 per cent. reduction in CO2 emissions by 2010;Enable 17 per cent. of household waste to be recycled or composted by 2004;Reduce fuel poverty among vulnerable households by improving the energy efficiency of 600,000 homes between 2001 and 2004;Open up public access to mountain, moor, heath and down and registered common land by the end of 2005; andBring into favourable condition by 2010 95 per cent. of all nationally important wildlife sites, compared to 60 per cent. of sites currently estimated to be in such condition.Responsibility for the remaining DETR PSA targets remains with my Department. In addition, the following PSA target has been transferred to the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions from the Home Office:
Reduce the incidence of accidental fire-related deaths in the home by 20 per cent. averaged over the five year period to March 2004 compared with the average recorded in the five year period to March 1999.