The documents set out what the 21 bodies aim to achieve over the next three years, in line with the Government Strategic Plan.

The Chief Minister revealed that the Plans were the culmination of the process that the Council of Ministers had instigated in 2007 with the publication of the Government Strategic Plan, which highlighted the four main policy priorities for his administration.

Those priorities are centred around: Income, Employment and the Economy; Government Spending and Revenues; Legislation and Regulation; and Quality of Life.

Mr Brown commented:

"For the first time the core strategic direction from the Council of Ministers is being fed down and reflected in each of the Department, Board and Office Service Delivery Plans. These now contain explicit aims and objectives which will be achieved to ensure delivery across Government of the central aims and objectives."

"The point of all this, of course, is to ensure a co-ordinated and focused approach by Government to providing effective services for the benefit of the people of the Island," he concluded.