Publicity campaigns and new allowances are delivering results in recruiting more teachers and police. This is despite the counter pressure of a buoyant labour market and an ever widening pay gap between the public and private sectors.Some 17,700 people applied for postgraduate teacher training last year and this is a rise of 10%. Over 34,000 people registered with the Teaching Information Line in the last quarter of 2000 - double the number for the same period last year. 

The target to deliver 25 per cent of Government services electronically by 2002 has been reached more than a year early. More than 40 % of Government services are now delivered on line. It is estimated that by 2002 this figure will rise to 75%. The longer term target is to put all services on line by 2005. The definition of ‘on line’ includes personal computers, web-enabled call centres, and Digital TV. 

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Investigates how prescriptive methodology can improve software quality by evaluating the effectiveness of the UK government’s structured systems analysis and design method (SSADM) in raising the performance of software developers.