§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will provide details about the launch of the Government's next steps agency administering the Ordnance Survey for Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Ordnance Survey executive agency will be formally established on 1 April 1992.
Its performance targets for the period 1 April 1992 to 31 March 1993 are as follows:
- To survey 33,175 house units in the continuous revision programme;
- to complete 756 data capture units representing 1,220 basic scale map sheets converted to digital format;
- to update the digital topographical database with 90 per cent. of the surveyed change within seven days of receipt of the field date;
- to despatch within seven working days 90 per cent. of orders for folded and basic scale maps; and
- to reduce unit costs so that the weighted mean percentage reduction of selected representative activities is 2 per cent.
A framework document has been prepared for the agency and a copy has been placed in the Library.