To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what steps the Department has taken to publicise its Public Service Agreement targets; and at what cost to public funds. [114459]
Information on DFIDs PSA targets is published on the DFID website, on HMTs website and in the SR2002 White Paper. DFID publishes information on progress towards the targets twice a year, in the Departmental Report and in the Autumn Performance Report. In addition. the Treasury now publishes progress towards all the Governments PSA targets on its website. None of this publicity involves significant extra cost to the Department.The NAOs April 2002 report on DFIDs performance management highlighted that DFIDs performance management framework complies with good practice in many respects. However, it also noted that many staff were not aware of DFIDs Public Service Agreement targets or did not view them as an important influence on their activity. To address this, DFID instituted a wide ranging communication programme including videos, explanatory booklets, and presentations by Heads of Department. The total cost of the contract with the production company that produced the videos and other materials was approximately £72,000. This includes materials which we will use over the next three years for induction and training.