§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation Defence Agency has reported its performance in financial year 1993–94; and what targets have been agreed for it in financial year 1994–95.
§ Mr. HanleyIn respect of financial year 1993–94, copies of the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation Defence Agency's annual report and accounts have been placed in the Libraries of the House.
In respect of financial year 1994–95, the Director General Aircraft (Navy), acting as the owner of the agency on behalf of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Defence under the terms of the agency's framework document, has been set the following targets for the coming financial year:
Quantity: To complete 100 per cent. of the funded task as detailed in the DGA(N) Tri-Service Schedule of Identified Repair Work. Cost and Productivity: The target achieved to be maintained or improved. Quality: To improve quality by reducing the NARO index by 2. Timeliness: To complete more than 95 per cent. of contracts on time. Efficiency: To improve the NARO efficiency index to 65.
§ Mr. PageTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has begun his review of the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation Defence Agency.
§ Mr. HanleyA review of the agency status of the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation has now started. As a defence agency the performance of the NARO will be evaluated and NARO activities will be subject to the normal prior options tests set out in the 1993 "Next Steps Review", Cm 2430.
Comments from interested parties should be sent by 23 September 1994 to Rear-Admiral Roger Moylan-Jones, Director General Aircraft (Navy), Ministry of Defence, Room 114, Quay House, The Ambury, Bath, BA 1 2YP.