Communities and Local Government Committee - Third Report
Communities and Local Government's Departmental Annual Report 2009, and the performance of the Department in 2008-09

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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 22 February 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

2 CLG and its measurable results

Public Service Agreements (PSAs) and Departmental Strategic Objectives (DSOs)

Housing (PSA 20 and DSO 2)

Planning (DSO 5)

Fire and Rescue Services (DSO 6)

Performance against efficiency targets

Value for money savings—CSR07

Value for money savings—Budget 2009

Relocation of staff out of London and the South East

Efficiency targets: conclusion

Accountability and the Department's performance in the round

3 The capacity of CLG to deal with challenges of the past year

The challenges facing CLG

Stakeholder engagement

Skills in the Department

Staff movement and Ministerial changes

Departmental capacity: conclusion

4 The influence of CLG within and outside Government

Conclusions and recommendations

Appendix: Extract from the Department's memorandum explaining budget changes to fund the Housing Pledge

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence
19 October 2009
2 November 2009
Written Evidence

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Prepared 5 March 2010