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The Cabinet Office's role - making government work better - is wide-ranging. The department's responsibilities include supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet, coordinating national security, tackling social exclusion and transforming the skills and capability of the UK Civil Service.

These are all central to the Government's ability to deliver its objectives and Public Service Agreements (PSAs). Announced in October 2007 in the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 (CSR 2007), the 30 PSAs set out the Government’s highest priority outcomes for the CSR 2007 period from 2008/09 to 2010/11.

Cabinet Office is leading on the delivery of one PSA:

• PSA 16: increase the proportion of socially excluded adults in settled accommodation and employment.

Cabinet Office is also a delivery partner for three further PSAs:

• PSA 21: Build more cohesive, empowered and active communities;
• PSA 26: Reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from international terrorism; and
• PSA 30: Reduce the impact of conflict through enhanced UK and international efforts.

Also agreed as part of the Government's CSR settlement were six Departmental Strategic Objectives (DSOs). All the main government departments set themselves varying numbers of DSOs which are intended to cover the wider span of their departmental activities. These objectives include business as usual; while at the same time underpin delivery of the Government's highest priorities as set out in the 30 PSAs. Our DSOs demonstrate how everyone in the Cabinet Office is contributing to our overall delivery.

For further information on PSAs and the performance against delivery of our six DSOs, please see page 56 of the PDF document.

Departmental Strategic Objectives

DSO 1
Build an effective UK intelligence community in support of UK national interests and the capabilities to deal with disruptive challenges to the UK

DSO 2
Support the Prime Minister and the Cabinet in domestic, European, overseas and defence policy making

DSO 3a
Improve outcomes for the most excluded people in society

DSO 3b
Enable a thriving third sector

DSO 4
Transform public services so that they better meet the individual needs of the citizen and business

DSO 5
Build the capacity and capability of the Civil Service to deliver the Government's objectives

DSO 6
Promote the highest standards of propriety, integrity and governance in public life