HC Deb 09 July 1992 vol 211 c328W
Mr. Jonathan Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what targets he has set for Cadw, Welsh Historic Monuments executive agency.

Sir Wyn Roberts

Cadw has been set the following key targets for 1992–93:

  1. (i) To complete 90 per cent. of the approved conservation maintenance programme.
  2. (ii) To promote the preservation of historic buildings and ancient monuments by completing 12 re-survey lists and 60 scheduling entries.
  3. (iii) To resolve 75 per cent. of statutory cases within the target periods (28 days for listed building consent cases, 90 days for scheduled monument consent cases and 120 days for ad hoc listings).
  4. (iv) To resolve 80 per cent. of grant applications within the target periods (18 weeks for Historic Buildings Council cases, six weeks for ancient monument cases and 12 weeks for civic initiatives (heritage) grant scheme cases); and to pay 90 per cent. of certified claims within six weeks of receipt.
  5. (v) To raise Cadw's market share of the number of visitors to the top twenty heritage sites in Wales from 63–7 per cent. in 1991 to 65 per cent. in 1992.
  6. (vi) To increase the average spend per visitor from 163 pence in 1991–92 to 175 pence in 1992–93.
  7. (vii) To operate within allocated programme and running cost budgets.
  8. (viii) To achieve an efficiency saving of 1.5 per cent. on gross running costs.

Full details of Cadw's performance against its targets for 1991–92 are contained in the agency's annual report, which will be published shortly.