To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what targets were not achieved by his Department in each of the last 10 years. (224811)

The Department published its autumn performance report on 7 December 2007 and copies are available in the House Library (Cm 7279). The autumn performance report shows assessments of progress against my Department’s Spending Review public service agreement (PSA) targets. Annex B contains summary tables showing final assessments for PSA targets from 1998. The 2008 departmental report (Cm7391) published on 19 May 2008 included latest assessments of progress against Spending Review 2004 PSA targets and the 2008 autumn performance report due to be published later this year will include final assessments for those Spending Review 2004 PSA targets which have now come to an end.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a list of the (a) targets and (b) quantifiable aims which his Department is committed to meeting. (224925)

The Department published its Children’s Plan on 11 December 2007 which set out the vision for children and children’s services, our delivery plans for the next three years and put those in the context of our longer term ambitions for improving children and young people’s lives. The Department leads on five cross-governmental PSAs for children and young people which were announced in CSR07. They are:

PSA 10: Raise the educational achievement of all children and young people;

PSA 11: Narrow the gap in educational achievement between children from low income and disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers;

PSA 12: Improve the health and well-being of children and young people;

PSA 13: Improve children and young people’s safety; and

PSA 14: Increase the number of children and young people on the path to success.

A series of indicators underpin each PSA, a number of which make up part of the local government National Indicator Set. All the indicators are brought together through the Every Child Matters (ECM) outcomes framework. The 2008 autumn performance report due to be published later in the year, will for the first time, include reporting against the 2007 comprehensive spending review PSAs which the Department leads on. PSA Delivery Agreements are available on the HM Treasury website at:

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/pbr_csr/psa/pbr_csr07_psaopportunity.cfm