§ Viscount Goschenasked Her Majesty'sGovernment:
By what mechanism they keep track of targets and pledges made by government departments; and how they monitor progress towards the attainment of these specific goals and; [HL1711]
Whether they will list, by government department, (a) the number of targets which they have set themselves; and (b) what each department's average success rate is in achieving those targets within the allotted time. [HL1712]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe Government's targets have been set out in successive public service agreement White Papers;Comprehensive Spending Review: Public Service Agreements 1999–2002: (Cm 4181): Spending Review 2000: Public Service Agreements 2001–04 (Cm 4808); and 2002 Spending Review: Public Service Agreements 2003–04 (Cm 5571). Departments have published progress against these targets annually since their inception in departmental reports, and from last year have published progress six monthly. From April, the Government will provide regular web-based reporting of progress against all the new PSA targets.