Defence Codification Agency

HC Deb 19 May 1998 vol 312 c320W

Mr. Edwards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Defence Codification Agency for 1998–99. [43072]

Dr. Reid

The Defence Codification Agency's Key Targets for the Financial Year 1998–99 are:

Support to NATO Codification Strategy KT 1—Meet 85 per cent. of timescales for UK codification requests as defined in Service Level Agreements/Customer Supplier Agreements. KT 2—Meet 95 per cent. of timescales for international codification requests.

Information Management Strategy KT 3—Uniquely codify 75 per cent. of new items using a source data.

Efficiency Strategy KT 4—Reduce the unit cost of codification to less than £51. KT 5—Reduce the Agency's Running Costs by 10 per cent.

Quality Strategy KT 6—Reduce the number of post-codification challenges by 5 per cent.