Home Affairs - Third Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 February 2005.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

2 PSA targets - background

The general system of targets

Benefits and risks of targets

Recent developments

3 Changes in the approach of the Home Office towards PSA targets

The new Home Office objectives and PSA targets

Changes since the 2002 Spending Review

Fewer and simpler objectives and PSA targets

The trend towards 'directional' PSA targets

The new use of standards

Increasing the value of PSA targets further

The relationship between objectives and targets

The choice of baselines

The reporting of achievement against PSA targets

Conclusions and recommendations

APPENDIX: SR 2004 PSA TARGETS: TECHNICAL NOTES

PSA 1: Reduce crime by 15%, and further in high crime areas, by 2007/08

PSA 2: Reassure the public, reducing the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour, and building confidence in the criminal justice system without compromising fairness

PSA 3: Improve the delivery of justice by increasing the number of crimes for which an offender is brought to justice to 1.25 million by 2007/08

PSA 4: Reduce the harm caused by illegal drugs including substantially increasing the number of drug misusing offenders entering treatment through the criminal justice system

PSA 5: Reduce unfounded asylum claims as part of a wider strategy to tackle abuse of the immigration laws and promote controlled legal migration

PSA 6: Increase voluntary and community engagement, especially amongst those at risk of social exclusion

PSA 7: Reduce race inequalities and build community cohesion

Formal minutes

Witnesses

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

Tuesday 20 July 2004

List of written evidence

Reports from the Home Affairs Committee since 2001

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Prepared 23 February 2005