My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The Home Office autumn performance report 2007 will be published tomorrow by command of Her Majesty. Copies of the report will be available in the Vote Office. The report will also be available on the Home Office website.

The report sets out the progress that we have made towards achieving our public service agreement targets.

The report shows that we have made progress against our targets. We have continued to reduce the harm cause by drugs. We are cutting crime levels in high-crime areas faster than elsewhere. In the year to June 2007, we brought 1.434 million offences to justice. Police performance continues to improve in tackling crime and public confidence is continuing to increase.