Annex
This annex sets out the results of research undertaken
by the Committee to determine progress against each performance
target contained in the 1998 public service agreements. Detailed
results from this exercise appear in the main table below (table
1.1). It was compiled by examining each individual department's
reporting on achievement against its PSA targets, which can be
found in departmental reports and autumn performance reports each
year (and sometimes in smaller departments' annual reports). Most
departments reported the final out-turn against their 1998 targets
in their 2002 departmental or autumn performance reports. However,
the smaller departments stopped reporting on their 1998 targets
once these were superseded by their service delivery agreement
(SDA) targets formulated as part of the 2000 Spending Review.
As a consequence, some results were determined by looking at previous
years' reports. In some cases, where it was unclear whether targets
were finally reported on or not, the relevant departments were
contacted to check whether final reporting had occurred.
The figures in the table, particularly the totals
of targets met, not met and so on, should be read with a caveat.
Due to the inconsistency of performance reporting among departments,
and the absence of a mechanism for independently verifying departments'
reporting, the figures should be taken as indicative ones only.
In effect, the results in the table are a best estimate of departments'
achievement against their targets, given the sometimes limited
information provided in departments' reports and the lack of independent
external validation of performance information.
The categories used to classify achievement against
targets are as follows:
- 'Number of targets met' and 'Number of targets
not met' are self-explanatory.
- 'Number of targets partially met' refers to targets
which consisted of two or more sub-targets, where at least one,
but not all, sub-targets were met.
- 'Number of targets where there was a lack of
data on achievement' refers to situations where there was a lack
of information on whether the target had been achieved or not;
for instance, where a target had been set for achievement by 2002
but where the 2002 data were not yet available due to time lags
in data collection. This is also the category used for cases where
departments did not indicate whether a target had been fully met
or not, and no relevant supporting data had been provided to ascertain
the target's actual status.
- 'Number of targets where there was no final reporting
on achievement' refers to those instances where departments did
not publish their final assessments on achievement against their
targets. This was more common among the smaller departments than
the main ones.
Table 1.1: Reported achievement against 1998 PSA
performance targets, for all departments
| Department/
PSA
| Total number of PSA performance targets in 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review
| Number of targets met
| Number of targets not met
| Number of targets partially met
| Number of targets where there was a lack of data on achievement
| Number of targets where there was no final reporting on achievement
|
| Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
| 12 | 6 |
3 | 1
| 2 | 0
|
| Cabinet Office (1)
| 13 | 11 |
2 | 0
| 0 | 0
|
| Central Office of Information
| 3 | 3 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 0
|
| Charity Commission
| 8 | 8 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 0
|
| Culture, Media and Sport
| 21 | 20 |
0 | 1
| 0 | 0
|
| HM Customs and Excise
| 7 | 4 |
2 | 1
| 0 | 0
|
| Defence (2)
| 16 | 7 |
2 | 2
| 5 | 0
|
| Education and Employment (3)
| 11 | 4 |
4 | 1
| 1 | 1
|
| Environment, Transport and the Regions
| 41 | 35 |
2 | 1
| 3 | 0
|
| Export Credits Guarantee Department
| 3 | 0 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 3
|
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 10 | 7 |
1 | 2
| 0 | 0
|
| Forestry Commission (4)
| 7 | 2 |
2 | 0
| 3 | 0
|
| Government Actuary's Department
| 3 | 0 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 3
|
| Health
| 14 | 8 |
3 | 1
| 2 | 0
|
| Home Office (5)
| 30 | 21 |
1 | 1
| 7 | 0
|
| Inland Revenue
| 8 | 6 |
1 | 0
| 1 | 0
|
| International Development
| 4 | 2 |
0 | 1
| 1 | 0
|
| Intervention Board (MAFF)
| 4 | 1 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 3
|
| HM Land Registry (6)
| 2 | 2 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 0
|
| Law Officers' Departments
| 13 | 9 |
1 | 0
| 3 | 0
|
| Lord Chancellor's Department
| 9 | 3 |
2 | 1
| 3 | 0
|
| National Savings
| 6 | 5 |
1 | 0
| 0 | 0
|
| Northern Ireland Court Service (7)
| 5 | 3 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 2
|
| Offices of Electricity Regulation and Gas Supply (OFFER and OFGAS)
| 10 | 4 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 6
|
| Office of Fair Trading
| 11 | 0 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 11
|
| Office for National Statistics
| 3 | 2 |
0 | 0
| 1 | 0
|
| Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) (8)
| 6 | 5 |
1 | 0
| 0 | 0
|
| Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL)
| 9 | 3 |
2 | 0
| 1 | 3
|
| Office of Water Services (OFWAT)
| 8 | 5 |
0 | 0
| 2 | 1
|
| Public Record Office (9)
| 2 | 1 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 1
|
| Social Security
| 17 | 10 |
0 | 2
| 5 | 0
|
| Trade and Industry
| 12 | 4 |
2 | 4
| 2 | 0
|
| HM Treasury
| 33 | 24 |
1 | 1
| 7 | 0
|
| Action against Illegal Drugs (10)
| 4 | 0 |
0 | 0
| 0 | 4
|
| Criminal Justice System (11)
| 9 | 3 |
1 | 0
| 5 | 0
|
| Sure Start (12)
| 12 | 4 |
5 | 0
| 3 | 0
|
| Interim totals
| 386 | 232
| 39 | 20
| 57 | 38
|
| Less instances of shared PSA targets
| 20 | 11 |
3 | 1
| 5 | 0
|
| Final totals
| 366 | 221
| 36 | 19
| 52 | 38
|
| Percentages
| 100% | 60.4%
| 9.8% |
5.2% | 14.2%
| 10.4% |
Source: Compiled from 2000, 2001 and 2002 departmental and annual
reports, and 2002 autumn performance reports
Notes:
(1) Responsibility for one target (on Government Estate surplus
buildings) was transferred from the Cabinet Office to the Treasury
during the reporting period.
(2) Achievement against Ministry of Defence targets is reported
in its annual performance report.
(3) Responsibility for three targets (on employment) was transferred
to the Department of Work and Pensions following the reorganisation
of government Departments after the June 2001 general election.
(4) Responsibility for one target (on Welsh forests) was transferred
from the Forestry Commission to the Welsh Assembly during the
reporting period.
(5) Responsibility for three targets (on fire safety) was transferred
from the Home Office to the Department for Transport, Local Government
and the Regions during the reporting period.
(6) HM Land Registry has three targets listed in its 1998 PSA,
but only two are reported here as these were the performance targets
(the other was an efficiency target).
(7) Reported achievement against the Northern Ireland Court
Service's targets is recorded as at the end of September 2002.
(8) Reported achievement against OFSTED's targets relates to
its revised PSA targets, as OFSTED updated its targets a year
after they appeared in the 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review.
(9) The Public Record Office has four targets listed in its
1998 PSA, but only two are reported here as these were the performance
targets (the other two were efficiency targets).
(10) Reporting on this area appeared in the Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator's
annual reports. The targets in the 1998 Action Against Illegal
Drugs PSA were not finally reported on as they were superseded
the following year by targets contained in the government's anti-drugs
strategy (and which were replicated in the 2000 Action Against
Illegal Drugs PSA).
(11) Achievement against these targets (which were replicated
in the Criminal Justice System strategic plan 1999-2002) is reported
in the Criminal Justice System annual report.
(12) Achievement against Sure Start targets is reported in
the Department for Education and Skills' departmental report.
Table 1.2: Summary of main Departments' reported achievement
against 1998 PSA performance targets
| Department
| Total number of PSA performance targets in 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review
| Number of targets met
| Number of targets not met
| Number of targets partially met
| Number of targets where there was a lack of data on achievement
| Number of targets where there was no final reporting on achievement
|
| Interim totals of main Departments' reported achievement against PSA targets
| 264 | 176
| 27 | 20
| 40 | 1
|
| Less instances of shared PSA targets
| 15 | 9
| 2 | 1
| 3 | 0
|
| Final totals of main Departments' reported achievement against PSA targets
| 249 | 167
| 25 | 19
| 37 | 1
|
| Percentages
| 100% | 67.1%
| 10.0% | 7.6%
| 14.9% | 0.4%
|
Source: Derived from Table 2.1 above
Table 1.3: Summary of main Departments' reported achievement against
1998 PSA performance targets, where final performance information
was available
| Department
| Total number of PSA performance targets in 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review
| Number of targets met
| Number of targets not met
| Number of targets partially met
|
| Totals of main Departments' reported achievement against PSA targets, where final performance information was available
| 211 | 167
| 25 | 19
|
| Percentages
| 100% | 79.1%
| 11.8% | 9.0%
|
Source: Derived from Table 2.2 above
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