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The Report contains a summary of key findings followed by 6 sections and 4 annexes. Sections 1 and 2 give some background to the RAP project, including a brief guide to each of the individual RAP proformas (full copies of these are available on the RAP website). Section 3 looks at the level of response to RAP in 2003-04 in terms of how well each of the RAP proformas were completed.  Section 4 presents and comments on the main findings, mostly at national level. Reference tables are provided in Section 5. Section 6 discusses data quality issues for this and the earlier RAP exercises (1999-00 to 2002-03). Annex 1 contains a flowchart showing the relationship between the different RAP proformas. Annexes 2 and 3 list the basis of return and level of completion for each of the RAP proformas by CSSR, and annex 4 sets out the linkage of specific RAP returns to the PAF and Best Value indicators for 2003-04.

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For further details about the statistics in this report contact:
Kate Anderson/ Polly Smith
Statistics Division 3B
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Fax: 020 7972 5660
Email:   Kate.Anderson@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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Editor: Kate Anderson
Associate Editor: Polly Smith
Contributors:  Jonathan Driscoll
                     Ratna Ganguli
                     Julia Reay