§ Mr. BrowneTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the performance of the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency against its targets for 1997–98 and the setting of targets for 1998–99. [37184]
§ Mr. DewarThe Agency is on course to meet the Commons target for 1997–98 which were set out in my predecessor's answer of 20 May 1997,Official Report, columns 748–49.
For 1998–99 I have set the Agency the following key performance targets:
346Wfulfilment of the Service Level Agreement with SOAEFD within the budget allocated for 1998–99;