HC Deb 22 July 1998 vol 316 c566W
Mr. Gareth Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Chief Executive of the Disposal Sales Agency for the financial year 1998–99. [52203]

Mr. Spellar

The Disposal Sales Agency was established as an agency within the Ministry of Defence on 1 October 1994. Its role is to provide a disposal sales service for surplus equipment stores, spares and other material belonging to the Ministry of Defence and other public sector organisations.

The Chief Executive of the Agency has been set the following key targets for the financial year 1998–89:

  1. 1. To achieve disposal sales income of £30M from Government to Government sales of surplus capital equipment and stores.
  2. 2. To achieve disposal sales income of £30M from commercial sales of MOD's surplus items.
  3. 3. To extend the Agency's disposal services to other public sector organisations and to secure an additional £1M of sales income as a result.
  4. 4. To develop, contract for, and introduce new IT systems by 31 March 1999, taking account of the Year 2000 requirements for equipment and software.
  5. 5. To put in place the mechanisms fully to test the level of customer satisfaction for the Agency's services, and those services provided by its appointed contractors.
  6. 6. To reduce the unit cost of generating £1M of sales to £65,000 from a baseline figure of £90,500 achieved in 1994–95.