Ready to act?
Central Government Departments and Executive Agencies are required to set out how they will contribute to the commitments and priorities of the UK Government Sustainable Development Strategy in a Sustainable Development Action Plan. The deadline for the publication of these plans was December 2005.
So which organisations made the deadline?
A very mixed performance with only 5 Departments managing to both submit and publish their action plans on their website by the required deadline.
Find out which Departments are on track in the table below.
| Government Department | Executive Agencies included? | SDAP produced by deadline? | SDAP published | Status of outstanding plans | Link to SDAP |
| Cabinet Office | Unknown | X | X | Did not send in latest draft to meet deadline. Will try and send something in next few days. | |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | Unknown | X | 28.02.06 | CLICK | |
| Department for Constitutional Affairs | Seeking clarification |  | X | Have sent in latest draft | |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Agencies produced own plans* | | 15.12.05 | CLICK | |
| Department for Education and Skills | N/A | X | 27.03.06 | CLICK | |
| Department for International Development | N/A | | 22.12.05 | CLICK | |
| Department for Transport | Yes | | 22.12.05 | CLICK | |
| Department of Health | Unknown | X | 17.03.06 | Finalised but not on website yet | |
| Department of Trade and Industry | Yes | | 1.03.06 | Due Soon | |
| Department for Work and Pensions | Yes | | 22.12.05 | CLICK | |
| Export Credits Guarantee Department | N/A | | 23.12.05 | CLICK | |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | N/A | N/A | N/A | SDC agreed that FCO could submit action plan associated with its March 2005 SD Strategy as this was based on the UK Strategy. Will prepare new SDAP in 2006. SD Strategy will be subject to SDC audit | |
| HM Revenue & Customs | N/A | X | 16.03.06 | CLICK | |
| HM Treasury | Unknown | X | 17.03.06 | CLICK | |
| Home Office | Yes | X | X | Delayed - have sent in latest draft | |
| Law Officers' Department | N/A | X | X | Delayed - have sent in latest draft | |
| Ministry of Defence | Yes | | 22.02.06 | CLICK | |
| Office of the Deputy Prime Minister | Yes | X | 17.03.06 | CLICK | |
| Office of National Statistics | N/A | X | X | Delayed - have sent in latest draft | |
| Food Standards Agency | Yes | X | 23.02.06 | CLICK | |
Key:Unknown - SDC has not seen plan and therefore unaware of coverageSeeking clarification - plan does not clearly state coverage and SDC is therefore seeking clarificationN/A - Department does not have Executive Agencies or Department has agreed with SDC that it will not be producing SDAP this year |
