§ Mr. Tim Smith(Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, what specific financial, efficiency and quality of service targets he has approved for the Building Research Establishment for the current year and for the longer term.
§ Mr. ChopeMy right hon. Friend's statement on 28 March,Official Report, column 238 indicated the heads under which performance targets had been set for the Building Research Establishment for 1990–91. I can give the following figures:
Targets net vote cost £1,764,000 untilisation rate for chargeable staff 1 per cent, improvement on previous financial year non-Exchequer income as a percentage of total income 8.4 per cent. Figures for other targets are commercially sensitive for the agency and will be treated in confidence. Performance targets for the longer term are currently being developed as part of the agency's corporate planning process.