Summary
‘Department
Annual Report 2007’ (HC 170) reports on the performance of the Department
for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). The single theme that underlies
the 2007 report is delivery.
The DCLG faces unusual challenges
as a result of how it is structured and its reliance on the performance of
other departments, agencies, local authorities for the achievement of its goals
set by the Government.
Most of the money for which DCLG is responsible
is spent by over 450 local authorities, 47 local fire brigades and large
government agencies, such as the proposed Homes and Communities Agency.
The challenge of delivery is examined under several headings:
- The capability review carried out by the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit
- The ten public service agreements (focussing particularly on decent
homes, fire and rescue services, race equality and community cohesion and
gender equality)
- Home information packs
- FireLink and FiReControl, two major technology projects currently under way
and both overdue and exceeding planned costs.
On the Departmental
Report, the Committee welcomes the higher standard of the report, and the
improvement in provision of full and clear information to Parliament and the
public. A concern remains about the number of staff reporting feeling bullied,
harassed or discriminated against.
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