To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made towards the 2004 Spending Review Public Service Agreement target to reduce the gap in productivity between the least well-performing quartile of rural areas and the English median by 2008. (99438)

The progress which has been made towards the Public Service Agreement target to reduce the gap in productivity between the least well-performing quartile of rural areas and the English median is detailed in chapter 3 of the Departmental Report 2006. A copy is available in the House Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made towards the 2004 Spending Review Public Service Agreement target to improve the accessibility of services for people in rural areas. (99439)

The progress which has been made towards the Public Service Agreement target of improving the accessibility of services in rural areas is set out in chapter 3 of the Departmental Report 2006, a copy of which has been deposited in the House Library.