HC Deb 27 January 2004 vol 417 cc329-30W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out performance indicators and targets set by his Department in each year since May 1997 that concern public health, listing(a) when they were first set, (b) interim milestones or goals, (c) substantive revisions to the content and (d) those that were abandoned, with reasons why they were dropped. [145083]

Miss Melanie Johnson

All of the targets in the Department of Health Public Service Agreements for 1998, 2000 and 2002, including those related to public health, are listed in Chapter 5 of the 2003 Departmental Report, a copy of which is available in the Library.

The Department of Health Priorities and Planning Framework Targets (formerly called National Priorities Guidance), relating to the periods 1999–2000 to 2001–02 through to 2003–06, have all been published and are available in the Library. Many of these relate to public health.

National Health Service Performance Indicator sets have been published for each year since 1999, initially by the Department and latterly the Commission for Health Improvement. Many of these relate to public health and all are available on the Department of Health's website.

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