HL Deb 17 November 2004 vol 666 cc66-7WS
Lord Bach

My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Defence (Mr Adam Ingram) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

DGIA is responsible for meeting defence needs for responsive, accurate geospatial and imagery intelligence. The key targets for the agency for the 12 months from April 2004 are:

Key Target 1: Provision of Imagery Intelligence

To meet defence needs for imagery intelligence against an imagery intelligence exploitation programme agreed with customers.

Key Target 2: Provision of Geospatial Intelligence

To meet defence needs for geospatial intelligence against a geospatial intelligence programme agreed with customers.

Key Target 3: Provision of Deployable Functions

To provide force elements at a level of operational readiness agreed with customers.

Key Target 4: Provision of Training Capability

To meet defence needs for geographic training against a geospatial training plan agreed with customers.

Key Target 5: Efficiency

To improve the efficiency of production within DGIA by 1 per cent in 2004–05.