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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Flight: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the performance targets that (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non- departmental public bodies are required to meet; and if he will specify for each target (i) who sets it and (ii) who monitors achievement against it. [137971] Fiona Mactaggart: Key performance targets for the Home Office were agreed as part of the Spending Review 2002 and the latest set were published in Spending Review 2002: Public Service Agreements 2003-2006 (CM 5571). They have also been published in various Home Office publications, including "Targets Delivery Report" (CM5754), and on the Department's website. The Department monitors progress towards the targets along with Her Majesty's Treasury and the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit and progress is reported regularly. Targets relating specifically to Home Office agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) are set by the Secretary of State for the Home Office and are monitored by the Department, including through meetings between each organisation and Ministers or officials. A list of Home Office-sponsored agencies and executive NDPBs is as follows: Home Office agencies Criminal Records Bureau Forensic Science Service Prison Service Agency UK Passport Agency Home Office executive NDPBs Central Police Training & Development Authority (Centrex) Community Development Foundation Commission for Racial Equality Criminal Cases Review Commission Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Independent Police Complaints Commission National Crime Squad National Criminal Intelligence Service Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner Parole Board Police Complaints Authority Police Information Technology Organisation Security Industry Authority Youth Justice Board Information on targets, and performance against them, is set out in each organisation's Annual Reports and Accounts, which are laid before Parliament. Information on each organisation, along with links to their individual websites, is also available in the main Home Office website at www.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

137971; 413 c836-7W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Executive agencies Government departments Home Office Monitoring Non-departmental public bodies Standards

Link

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