Public service agreements (PSAs) detailed the aims and objectives of
UK government
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departments for a three-year period. PSAs were abolished in June 2010 by the
Coalition Government.
Such agreements also "describe
how targets will be achieved and how performances against these targets will be measured
The agreements consisted of a departmental aim, a set of objectives and targets, and details of who is responsible for delivery.
Previous PSA's
The 30 previous PSAs are:
# Raise the productivity of the
UK economy
The economy of the United Kingdom is a highly developed social market and market-orientated economy. It is the sixth-largest national economy in the world measured by nominal gross domestic product (GDP), ninth-largest by purchasing power pa ...
# Improve the skills of the population, on the way to ensuring a better skills base by 2020
# Ensure controlled, fair migration that protects the public and contributes to
economic growth
# Promote science and innovation in the UK
# Deliver reliable and efficient
transport network
A transport network, or transportation network, is a network or graph in geographic space, describing an infrastructure that permits and constrains movement or flow.
Examples include but are not limited to road networks, railways, air routes ...
s that support economic growth
# Deliver the conditions for business success in the UK
# Improve the economic performance of all English regions and reduce the gap in economic growth rates between regions
# Maximise employment opportunity for all
# Halve the number of children in poverty by 2010–11, on the way to eradicating
child poverty
Child poverty refers to the state of children living in poverty and applies to children from poor families and orphans being raised with limited or no state resources. UNICEF estimates that 356 million children live in extreme poverty. It's est ...
by 2020
# Raise the educational achievement of all children and young people
# Narrow the gap in educational achievement between children from low income and disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers
# Improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people
# Improve children and young people's safety
# Increase the number of children and young people on the path to success
# Address the disadvantage that individuals experience because of their gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief
# Increase the proportion of socially excluded adults in settled accommodation and employment, education or training
# Tackle poverty and promote greater independence and wellbeing in later life
# Promote better health and wellbeing for all
# Ensure better care for all
# Increase long term housing supply and affordability
# Build more cohesive, empowered and active communities
# Deliver a successful
Olympic Games
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and Paralympic Games with a sustainable legacy and get more children and young people taking part in high quality PE and sport
# Make communities safer
# Deliver a more effective, transparent and responsive Criminal Justice System for victims and the public
# Reduce the harm caused by
alcohol and drugs
# Reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from
international terrorism
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# Lead the global effort to
avoid dangerous climate change
# Secure a healthy natural environment for today and the future
# Reduce poverty in poorer countries through quicker progress towards the
Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millenn ...
# Reduce the impact of conflict through enhanced UK and international efforts
References
Public service agreements- Cabinet Office
Government of the United Kingdom
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