Select Committee on Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Minutes of Evidence


Annex A


Strategic Priority
2005-06 ODPM DEL Resources Allocated (£k)
PSA Target

1.  Tackling disadvantage by reviving the most deprived neighbourhoods, reducing social exclusion and supporting society's most vulnerable groups.
2,297
PSA 1—Neighbourhood renewal
Tackle social exclusion and deliver neighbourhood renewal, working with departments to help them meet their PSA floor targets, in particular narrowing the gap in health, education, crime, worklessness, housing and liveability outcomes between the most deprived areas and the rest of England, with measurable improvement by 2010.

(also contributes to Priorities 3 and 5).
2  .Promoting the development of the English regions by improving their economic performance so that all are able to reach their full potential, and developing an effective framework for regional governance, taking account of the public's view of what is best for their area.
1,683
PSA 2—Regional Economic Performance

Make sustainable improvements in the economic performance of all the English regions by 2008 and over the long term reduce the persistent gap in growth rates between the regions, demonstrating progress by 2006 (shared with the Department of Trade and Industry and HM Treasury).
3.  Delivering better services, by devolving decision-making to the most effective level—regional, local or neighbourhood:

Promoting high-quality, customer-focused local services and ensuring the availability to local government of adequate, stable resources. Clarifying the roles and functions of local government, its relationship with central and regional government and the arrangements for neighbourhood engagement, in the context of a shared strategy for local government.
249
PSA 3—Fire
By 2010, reduce the number of accidental fire-related deaths in the home by 20% and the number of deliberate fires by 10%.
(also contributes to Priorities 1 and 5)
PSA 4—Local government performance

By 2008, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Local government in leading and delivering services to all communities.

(also contributes to Priorities 4 and 5)
4.  Delivering a better balance between housing supply and demand by supporting sustainable growth, reviving markets and tackling abandonment
3,095
PSA 5—Housing Markets
Achieve a better balance between housing availability and the demand for housing, including improving affordability, in all English regions whilst protecting valuable countryside around our towns, cities and in the green belt and the sustainability of towns and cities.

(also contributes to Priorities 2 and 5)
PSA 6—Planning

The planning system to deliver sustainable Development outcomes at national, regional and local Levels through efficient and high-quality planning and development management processes, including through achievement of best value standards for planning by 2008.

(also contributes to Priorities 2 and 3)
5.  Ensuring people have decent places to live by improving the Quality and sustainability of local environments and neighbourhoods, reviving brownfield land, and improving the quality of housing.
1,540
PSA 7—Decent homes

By 2010, bring all social housing into decent condition, with most of this improvement taking place in deprived areas and, for vulnerable households in the private sector, including families with children, increase the proportion who live in homes that are in decent condition.
(also contributes to Priority 1)
PSA 8—Liveability

Lead the delivery of cleaner, safer, greener public spaces, and improvement of the quality of the built environment in deprived areas and across the country, with measurable improvement by 2008.

(also contributes to Priority 1)





 
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