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Spending Review
To improve everyone's quality of life, now and for the future, through: thriving prosperous regions and communities; better transport; better housing; a better environment; safer, healthier surroundings; and prudent use of natural resources.
Objective I: protect and improve the environment and integrate the environment with other policies across Government and internationally.
1. Improve air quality by meeting our National Air Quality Strategy targets for carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, particles, sulphur dioxide, benzene and 1-3 butadiene.
2. 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 CO2 emissions by 2010. Joint target with DTI
3. Enable 17% of household waste to be recycled or composted by 2004.
4. Reduce fuel poverty among vulnerable households by improving the energy efficiency of 600,000 homes between 2001 and 2004.
Objective II: offer everyone the opportunity of a decent home and so promote social cohesion, well-being and self-dependence.
5. Ensure that all social housing meets set standards of decency by 2010, by reducing the number of households living in social housing that does not meet these standards by a third between 2001 and 2004, with most of the improvements taking place in the most deprived local authority areas as part of a comprehensive regeneration strategy.
6. Reduce by April 2002 the number of people sleeping rough by two-thirds compared to June 1998, and keep the number at or below this level thereafter.
Objective III: promote modern and integrated transport for everyone and reduce the impact of transport on the environment.
7. Reduce congestion on the inter-urban trunk road network and in large urban areas in England below current levels by 2010, by promoting integrated transport solutions and investing in public transport and the road network.
8. Increase rail use in Great Britain (measured in passenger kilometres) from levels in 2000 by 50% by 2010, with investment in infrastructure and capacity, while at the same time securing improvements in punctuality and reliability.
9. Increase bus use in England (measured by the number of passenger journeys) from levels in 2000 by 10% by 2010, while at the same time securing improvements in punctuality and reliability.
10. Double light rail use in England (measured by the number of passenger journeys) by 2010 from levels in 2000.
11. Cut journey times on London Underground services by increasing capacity and reducing delays. Specific targets will be agreed with the Mayor after the Public Private Partnership has been established.
Objective IV: provide customer-focused regulatory and other transport services and collect taxes fairly and efficiently.
Objective V: enhance opportunity in rural areas, improve enjoyment of the countryside and conserve and manage wildlife resources.
12. Open up public access to mountain, moor, heath and down and registered common land by the end of 2005.
13. Bring into favourable condition by 2010 95% of all nationally important wildlife sites, compared to 60% of sites currently estimated to be in such condition.
Objective VI: promote a sustainable pattern of physical development and land and property use in cities, towns and the countryside.
14. 60% of new housing should by 2008 be provided on previously developed land and through conversion of existing buildings. Brownfield will be reclaimed at a rate of over 1,100 hectares per annum by 2004 (reclaiming 5% of current brownfield land by 2004 and 17% by 2010). (Also contributes to Objective VIII).
Objective VII: promote a system of elected government in England which responds to the needs of local communities.
15. Ensure continuous improvement in the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of local services through:
16. Ensure that by December 2002 each council has adopted and put into operation a new constitution which is transparent, accountable and efficient.
Objective VIII: enhance sustainable economic development and social cohesion throughout England through effective regional action and integrated local regeneration programmes.
17. Improve the economic performance of all regions, measured by the trend in growth of each region's GDP per capita. Joint target with DTI.
Objective IX: secure an efficient market in the construction industry, with innovative and successful UK firms that meet the needs of clients and society and are competitive at home and abroad.
Objective X: improve health and safety by reducing accidents from work activity, travel, and the environment.
18. Reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured in Great Britain in road accidents by 40%, and the number of children killed or seriously injured by 50%, by 2010 compared with the average for 1994-98.
19. Reduce the number of working days lost from work-related injury and ill-health by 15% per 100,000 workers, the incidence rate of fatal and major injury accidents by 5% per 100,000 workers and work-related ill health by 10% per 100,000 workers by 2004, compared to the average for 1995-1998.
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions is responsible for the delivery of this PSA.
Targets 12 and 13 contribute to the Government's rural and countryside objectives. The Secretary of State shares overall responsibility for the delivery of these objectives with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Targets for service delivery by local government, for which DETR has overall responsibility, will be found in the separate Local Government PSA, Chapter 24.
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