HC Deb 28 November 1997 vol 301 cc694-5W
Ms Squire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the key targets for the Chief Executive of the Defence Transport and Movements Executive. [18786]

Dr. Reid

The Chief Executive of the Defence Transport and Movements Executive has been set the following Key Targets for Financial Year 1997–98.Key Target 1—To provide the integrated surface transport and movemets element of the logistic support capability in peace, crisis and war. Key Target 2—To achieve greater value for money through the development of business management systems to support the drive for increased efficiency, economy and effectiveness. Key Target 3—To promote flexible personnel management to ensure that DTMX's work force is properly managed, motivated and trained to optimize effectiveness, productivity and job satisfaction. Key Target 4—To improve financial management systems to support the development of resource accounting and budgeting.

These Key Targets take forward the work of the previous year's Key Targets in the context of the Agency's continuing provision of transport and movements services not just to the Armed forces but to other Government Departments as well. By specifically investing in both its people and its infrastructure, the Agency will be able to continue to provide the detailed technical expertise and physical force projection capabilities required to support operations such as the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and the successful withdrawal from Hong Kong. Given all the pressures on the Agency, not least continual downward financial pressure, I believe these to be challenging but achievable.