[ARCHIVED CONTENT] The Government's Expenditure Plans 2001-02 to 2003-04 and Main Estimates 2001-02

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Introduction

1 Delivering Better Public Service: Progress

Objective A: To promote enterprise, innovation and increased productivity

Objective B: To make the most of the UK's science, engineering and technology

Objective C: To develop strong, competitive markets within a regulatory framework which promotes fairness and sustainability

Objective D: Enhanced competitiveness of Britain's companies through overseas sales and investments; and a continuing level of quality foreign direct investment

Section E: Managing investments, assets and liabilities

Section F: Agencies and related organisations

Annexes (Including Main Estimates)

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Departmental aim, objectives and PSA targets 2001-04

1.4. The Department’s PSA targets for 2001-04 build on the 1999-02 PSA targets described in Figure 1.1. Of the 12 targets set in the Comprehensive Spending Review for 1999-02: four (1,5,8,10) have been rolled over into the new PSA targets; seven (2,3,4,6,7,9,11) have been subsumed within the new targets and are covered in the Service Delivery Agreement; and one target (12) had a target date of the end of 2000 and is not being continued.

1.5. The ways in which the high level objectives and targets set out in the PSA for 2001-04 will be achieved and performance improved are described in the Service Delivery Agreement (see Annex D) (1). In addition, the Department’s Technical Note (Annex E) (2) provides details on the underpinning measures to assess progress against the PSA targets.

1.6. The Department will also ensure the efficient management of liabilities for which it has responsibility (See Chapter 15).

1.7. In pursuit of its objectives the Department has committed to:

Manage, train, develop and support its staff to improve their performance and increase their job satisfaction, and build on its recognition as an Investor in People;
Work in partnership across Government and with organisations and individuals outside Government, particularly in the regions, to design and deliver effective policies;
Be enterprising and innovative, learning from other countries, particularly our partners in Europe, and exploit the potential of technology;
Promote sustainable development encompassing growth and environmental and social objectives; and
Operate efficiently and effectively within available resources.

DTI Public Service Agreement 2001-04

Aim
To increase competitiveness and scientific excellence in order to generate higher levels of sustainable growth and productivity in a modern economy.

Objectives and Performance Targets
1. Improve UK competitiveness by narrowing the productivity gap with the US, France, Germany and Japan over the economic cycle. (Joint target with HM Treasury) (See Chapter 4)

Objective I: to promote enterprise, innovation and increased productivity.
2. Help build an enterprise society in which small firms of all kinds thrive and achieve their potential, with an increase in the number of people considering going into business, an improvement in the overall productivity of small firms, and more enterprise in disadvantaged communities. (See Chapter 3)

3. Make and keep the UK the best place in the world to trade electronically, as measured by the cost of Internet access and the extent of business to business and business to consumer transactions carried out over e-commerce networks. (See Chapter 2)

4. Improve the economic performance of all regions measured by the trend in growth of each region’s GDP per capita. (Joint target with DETR) (See Chapter 5)

Objective II: to make the most of the UK ’s science, engineering and technology.
5. Improve the overall international ranking of the UK ’s science and engineering base, as measured by international measures of quality, cost-effectiveness and relevance. (See Chapter 6)

6. Increase the level of exploitation of technological knowledge derived from the science and engineering base, as demonstrated by a significant rise in the proportion of innovating businesses citing such sources. (See Chapter 7)
Objective III: to develop strong, competitive markets within a regulatory framework which promotes fairness and sustainability.

7. Have the most effective competition regime in the OECD, as measured by peer review, and achieve a fairer deal for consumers, as measured by the level of consumer knowledge and understanding of rights and sources of information. (See Chapters 8 and 11)

8. Ensure competitive gas and electricity prices in the lower half of the EU/G7 basket, while achieving security of supply and social and environmental objectives. (See Chapter 9)

9. Improve the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 12.5% from 1990 levels and moving towards a 20% reduction in CO 2 emissions by 2010. (Joint target with DETR) (See Chapter 9)

Objective IV: enhanced competitiveness of Britain’s companies through overseas sales and investments; and a continuing high level of quality foreign direct investment (4).

10. Deliver a measurable improvement in the business performance of UK Trade & Investment customers. (Joint target with FCO) (See Chapter 13)

11. Maintain the UK as the prime location in the EU for foreign direct investment. (Joint target with FCO) (See Chapter 13)

Value for money.

12. Achieve value for money improvements of 2.5% a year across the Department as measured by a set of indicators (See later sections of this chapter and Chapters 14 to 16)

(4) Targets 10 and 11 cover the work of British Trade International including UK Trade & Investment.


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(1) Also available at http://www.dti.gov.uk/about/aim/index.htm.
(2) Also available at http://www.dti.gov.uk/about/spendingreview/psatechnicalnotes.htm.

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