ARCHIVE: Investment targets
The aim of Government investing in flood and coastal erosion risk management is:
- to reduce the threat to people and their property; and
- to deliver the greatest environmental, social and economic benefit, consistent with the Government’s sustainable development principles,
through a variety of different approaches taking into account local and national priorities.
Five outcome targets have been set for operating authorities to achieve over the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR07) period. The CSR07 period is from April 2008 to March 2011
Targets set for 2008-2011
Outcome Measure |
Definition |
Minimum Target |
OM1 Economic Benefits |
Average benefit cost ratio across the capital programme based upon the present value whole life costs and benefits of projects delivering in the CSR07 period. |
5 to1 average with all projects having a benefit cost ratio robustly greater than 1 |
OM2 Households protected |
Number of households with improved standard of protection against flooding or coastal erosion risk. |
145,000 households of which 45,000 are at significant or greater probability |
OM3 Deprived households at risk |
Number of households for which the probability of flooding is reduced from significant or greater through projects benefiting the most deprived 20% of areas. |
9,000 of the 45,000 households above |
OM4 Nationally important wildlife sites |
Hectares of SSSI land where there is a programme of measures in place (agreed with Natural England) to reach target condition by 2010. |
24,000 hectares |
OM5 UK Biodiversity Action Plan habitats |
Hectares of priority Biodiversity Action Plan habitat including intertidal created by March 2011. |
800 hectares of which at least 300 hectares should be intertidal |
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published: 22 April 2009