Rural Affairs

Departmental Strategic Objective: Strong Rural Communities

For the next Spending Review period (CSR 07) effective from 2008-09 to 2010-11, each government department has developed a set of Departmental Strategic Objectives (DSOs). These set out a picture of what the department as a whole aims to achieve over the next three years and provides an overarching framework for performance management and progress reporting.  The DSOs are equally important as PSAs and, like the PSAs, the DSOs will last for the period of the CSR until 2011. 

A full list of the PSAs that Defra either leads or contributes to, along with our DSOs, is available.

Our vision of Strong Rural Communities will be achieved if we can be confident that we have achieved – and will continue to achieve - the following Intermediate Outcomes, namely that:

[Further Background Information]

Intermediate Outcomes - Indicator status overview 2008:

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The evidenced needs of rural people and communities are addressed through mainstream public policy and delivery

Economic growth is supported in rural areas with the lowest levels of performance

Annexes

13 June 2008

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs