BERR public service agreement targets 2005 - 2008

URN No: 05/1871Y

The Public Service Agreement (PSA) framework is central to the Government's strategy for delivering high quality public services.  BERR is responsible for the delivery of 10 PSA targets in the 2004 Spending Review.  Each target is supported by a Technical Note, which sets out in detail how the target will be measured.

BERR reports twice a year on progress towards delivery of its PSA targets, in the spring Departmental Report and the Autumn Performance Report. This will include progress against targets agreed in previous Spending Reviews where relevant. 

PSA 1: Demonstrate further progress by 2008 on the Government’s long-term objective of raising the rate of UK productivity growth over the economic cycle, improving competitiveness and narrowing the gap with our major industrial competitors.  Joint with HM Treasury

Technical note for PSA 1 PDF document (90KB)

 

PSA 2: By April 2008, ensure that departments deliver better regulation and tackle unnecessary bureaucracy in both the public and private sectors through:

  • reducing the overall administrative burden;
  • maintaining the UK’s international standing on better regulation; and
  • improving the perception of regulation.
Technical note for PSA 2 PDF document (139KB)

 

PSA 3: Promote fair competitive markets by ensuring that the UK framework for competition and for consumer empowerment and support is at the level of the best by 2008, measuring the effectiveness of the regime through international comparisons, supported by a broader evidence base.

Technical note for PSA 3 PDF document (89KB)

 

PSA 4: Lead work to deliver the goals of energy policy:

  • To reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 12.5% from 1990 levels in line with our Kyoto commitment and to move towards a 20% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions below 1990 levels by 2010, through measures including energy efficiency and renewables. Joint with the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs and Department for Transport
  • Maintain the reliability of energy supplies.
  • Eliminate fuel poverty in vulnerable households in England by 2010 in line with the Government's Fuel Poverty Strategy objective. Joint with the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs
  • Ensure the UK remains in the top three most competitive energy markets in the EU and G7.
Technical note for PSA 4 PDF document (190KB)

 

PSA 5: Ensure that the EU secures significant reductions in EU and world trade barriers by 2008 leading to improved opportunities for developing countries and a more competitive Europe. Joint with the Department for International Development

Technical note for PSA 5 PDF document (110KB)

 

PSA 6: Build an enterprise society in which small firms of all kinds thrive and achieve their potential, with (i) an increase in the number of people considering going into business, (ii) an improvement in the overall productivity of small firms, and (iii) more enterprise in disadvantaged communities.

Technical note for PSA 6 PDF document (107KB)

 

PSA 7: 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.  Joint with HM Treasury and the Department for Communities and Local Government

Technical note for PSA 7 PDF document (179KB)

 

PSA 8: By 2008 deliver a measurable improvement in the business performance of UK Trade & Investment’s international trade customers, with an emphasis on new to export firms; and maintain the UK as the prime location in the EU for foreign direct investment. Joint with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Technical note for PSA 8 PDF document (134KB)

 

PSA 9: Reduce the civil nuclear liability by 10% by 2010, and establish a safe, innovative and dynamic market for nuclear cleanup by delivering annual 2% efficiency gains from 2006/07; and ensuring successful competitions have been completed for the management of at least 50% of UK nuclear sites by end 2008.

Technical note for PSA 9 PDF document (124KB)

 

PSA 10: By 2008, promote ethnic diversity, cooperative employment relations and greater choice and commitment in the workplace, while maintaining a flexible labour market.

Technical note for PSA 10 PDF document (99KB)

 

Standard: Maintaining the UK's standing as one of the best places in the world for online business.

Technical note for the National Standard PDF document (178KB)
 

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