§ Mr. McWilliamTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre Agency for the financial year 2000–01. [125247]
§ Mr. SpellarThe role of the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre is to train the Armed Forces and other Intelligence agencies in intelligence and security disciplines and conduct after capture; to maintain an operational capability; and to contribute to effective and timely advice to the Armed Forces on appropriate intelligence and security matters. The Key Targets for the Agency for the 12 months from April 2000 are
Key Target 1:To satisfy 100 per cent. of operational taskings required by the Department to the standard specified by the tasking authority.Key Target 2:To deliver at least 90 per cent. of a training programme endorsed by the Defence Intelligence Training Policy Group within agreed resources.Key Target 3:To meet a 100 per cent. standard of quality for all training courses where there is a validated statement of customer training requirement, and a Systems Approach to Training (SAT) mechanism for measuring quality.Key Target 4:To reduce the real terms cost of delivering the average training place made available by the DISC by 2 per cent. in Financial Year 2000–01.