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Technical Notes for the 2007 Spending Review

DescriptionTechnical Notes for the 2007 Spending Review
ISBN9780755916160
Official Print Publication Date
Website Publication DateNovember 30, 2007

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Contents

Introduction

Targets
Government Economic Strategy ( GES) Target 1: GDP Growth
Government Economic Strategy ( GES) Target 2: Productivity - GDP per hour worked
Government Economic Strategy ( GES) Target 3: Participation (employment)
Government Economic Strategy ( GES) Target 4: Population Growth and Healthy Life Expectancy
Government Economic Strategy ( GES) Target 5: Solidarity
Government Economic Strategy ( GES) Target 6: Cohesion - regional equity (participation)
Government Economic Strategy ( GES) Target 7: Sustainability - greenhouse gas emissions

Indicators
Indicator 1: At least halve the gap in total research and development spending compared with EU average by 2011
Indicator 2: Increase the business start-ups rate
Indicator 3: Grow exports at a faster average rate than GDP
Indicator 4: Improve public sector efficiency through the generation of 2% cash releasing efficiency savings per annum
Indicator 5: Improve people's perceptions of the quality of public services delivered
Indicator 6: Reduce the number of Scottish public bodies by 25% by 2011
Indicator 7: Reduce the proportion of driver journeys delayed due to traffic congestion
Indicator 8: Increase the percentage of Scottish domiciled graduates from Scottish Higher Education Institutions in positive destinations
Indicator 9: Improve knowledge transfer from research activity in universities
Indicator 10: Increase the proportion of school leavers (from Scottish publicly funded schools) in positive and sustained destinations (FE, HE, employment or training)
Indicator 11: Increase the proportion of schools receiving positive inspection reports
Indicator 12: Reduce the number of working age people with severe literacy and numeracy problems
Indicator 13: Child protection inspection findings: Increase the overall proportion of Local Authority areas receiving positive inspection reports
Indicator 14: Decrease the proportion of individuals living in poverty
Indicator 15: 60% of school children in primary 1 will have no signs of dental disease by 2010
Indicator 16: Improve the quality of healthcare experience
Indicator 17: Increase the proportion of pre-school centres receiving positive inspection reports
Indicator 18: Increase the social economy turnover
Indicator 19: Reduce the rate of increase in the proportion of children with their Body Mass Index outwith a health range by 2018
Indicator 20: Increase the average score of adults on the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing scale by 2011
Indicator 21: Increase healthy life expectancy at birth in the most deprived areas
Indicator 22: Reduce the percentage of the adult population who smoke to 22% by 2010
Indicator 23: Reduce alcohol related hospital admissions by 2011
Indicator 24: Achieve annual milestones for reducing inpatient or day case waiting times culminating in delivery of an 18 week referral to treatment time from December 2011
Indicator 25: Reduce the proportion of people aged 65 and over admitted as emergency inpatients two or more times in a single year
Indicator 26: Reduce mortality from coronary heart disease among the under 75s in deprived areas
Indicator 27: Increase the percentage of people aged 65 and over with high levels of care needs who are cared for at home
Indicator 28: All unintentionally homeless households will be entitled to settled accommodation by 2012
Indicator 29: Reduce overall reconviction rates by 2 percentage points by 2011
Indicator 30: Reduce overall crime victimisation rates by 2 percentage points by 2011
Indicator 31: Increase the percentage of criminal cases dealt with within 26 weeks by 3 percentage points by 2011
Indicator 32: Increase the rate of new house building
Indicator 33: Increase the percentage of adults who rate their neighbourhood as a good place to live
Indicator 34: Decrease the estimated number of drug users in Scotland by 2011
Indicator 35: Increase positive public perception of the general crime rate in the local area
Indicator 36: Reduce overall ecological footprint
Indicator 37: Increase to 95% the proportion of protected nature sites in favourable condition
Indicator 38: Improve the state of the Scotland's Historic Buildings, monuments and environment
Indicator 39: Biodiversity: Increase the Index of abundance of terrestrial breeding birds
Indicator 40: Increase the proportion of journeys to work made by public or active transport
Indicator 41: Increase the proportion of adults making one or more visits to the outdoors per week
Indicator 42: 50% of electricity generated in Scotland to come from renewable sources by 2020 (Interim target of 31% by 2011)
Indicator 43: Reduce to 1.32 million tonnes of waste sent to landfill by 2010
Indicator 44: Ensure 70% key commercial fish stocks at full reproductive capacity and harvested sustainability by 2015
Indicator 45: Improve people's perceptions, attitudes and awareness of Scotland's reputation

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