The 10 targets the government expects the public service to achieve over the next five years:

• Reducing the number of people receiving working-age benefits for more than 12 months by 30 per cent, from 78,000 to 55,000

• Increasing participation in early childhood education from the current 94.7 per cent to 98 per cent

• Increasing infant immunisation rates from the current 92.8 per cent to 95 per cent, and maintaining it

• Halting the 10-year rise in children experiencing physical abuse and reducing the current number by 5 per cent, meaning about 1000 on projected figures

• Increasing to 85 per cent the proportion of 18-year-olds with NCEA Level 2, compared with 67 per cent for 2010

• Increasing the proportion of 25 to 34-year-olds with advanced trade qualifications to 55 per cent from the current 52 per cent

• Reducing the crime rate by 15 per cent, which means 45,000 fewer crimes a year, and reducing violent crime by 20 per cent - 7500 fewer violent crimes a year

• Reducing reoffending by 25 per cent, which means 600 fewer prisoners and 18,500 fewer victims of crime

• Reducing the business costs of dealing with the government by 25 per cent through a one-stop online programme

• Increasing the efficiency of transactions with the government so that 70 per cent are carried out digitally, up from 24 per cent currently.