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Public Service Agreement 2005-2008
Further information about the July 2004 Spending Review which led to Defra's Public Service Agreement 2005-2008 are available on the HM Treasury website.
PSA 1. To promote sustainable development across Government and in the UK and internationally, as measured by:
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the achievement of positive trends in the Government's headline indicators of sustainable development;
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the UK's progress towards delivering the World Summit on Sustainable Development commitments, notably in the areas of sustainable consumption and production, chemicals, biodiversity, oceans, fisheries and agriculture; and
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progress towards internationally agreed commitments to tackle climate change.
PSA 2. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 12.5% below 1990 levels in line with our Kyoto commitment and move towards a 20% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions below 1990 levels by 2010, through measures including energy efficiency and renewables. Joint with DTI and DFT.
PSA 3. Care for our natural heritage, make the countryside attractive and enjoyable for all and preserve biological diversity by:
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Reversing the long-term decline in the number of farmland birds by 2020, as measured annually against underlying trends;
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Bringing into favourable condition by 2010 95 per cent of all nationally important wildlife sites.
PSA 4. Reduce the gap in productivity between the least well performing quartile of rural areas and the English Median by 2008, demonstrating progress by 2006, and improve the accessibility of services for people in rural areas.
PSA 5. Deliver more customer-focused, competitive and sustainable farming and food industries and secure further progress via CAP and WTO negotiations in reducing CAP trade-distorting support.
PSA 6. To enable at least 25% of household waste to be recycled or composted by 2005-06, with further improvement by 2008.
PSA 7. Eliminate fuel poverty in vulnerable households in England by 2010 in line with the Government's Fuel Poverty Strategy Objective.
PSA 8. Improve air quality by meeting the Air Quality Strategy targets for carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, particles, sulphur dioxide, benzene and 1,3 butadiene. Joint target with DFT.
PSA 9. To improve the health and welfare of kept animals, and protect society from the impact of animal diseases, through sharing the management of risk with industry, including:
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a reduction of 40% in the prevalence of scrapie infection (from 0.33% to 0.20%) by 2010;
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a reduction in the number of cases of BSE detected by both passive and active surveillance to less than 60 in 2006, with the disease being eradicated by 2010;
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a reduction in the spread of Bovine TB to new parishes to below the incremental trend of 17.5 confirmed new incidents per annum by the end of 2008.
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28 February 2006
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