6 December 2006
Regional Economic Performance: Progress to date
The Government is committed to report on progress in implementing it's target to 'make sustainable improvements in the economic performance of all English regions by 2008, and over the long term reduce the persistent gap in growth rates between the regions, demonstrating progress by 2006'.
The Government's Regional Economic Performance PSA was set out in the 2004 Spending Review.
This 2004 Technical Note for the target set particular policy measures to address regional disparities in the key drivers of growth, and committed to demonstrating progress by 2006. This report fulfils that commitment. In particular, this interim report sets out the Government's progress on:
- headline performance against the target including changes in disparities in the key drivers of growth; and
- the implementation of the measures outlined in the 2004 Spending Review Technical Note on the target.
Regional Economic Performance: Progress to date is available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer you can download the software free of Regional economic progress report: technical annexcharge from the Adobe website. For alternative ways to read PDF documents and further information on website accessibility visit the HM Treasury accessibility page.
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PDF file of Regional Economic Performance: Progress to date (372KB)
Related links
The Government reports progress on key economic indicators throughout the year.
Regional Economic Performance PSA indicators (external website)