§ Mr. MansTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the performance of the Hydrographic Office in its second year of operation as a defence support agency.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonI have today placed in the Library a copy of the Hydrographic Office defence support agency's annual report and accounts for the year 1991–92.
As the chief executive, Rear Admiral Myres, notes in his foreword, the performance targets set for 1991–92 were not insignificant, and the annual report shows that the Hydrographic Office has met or exceeded all its targets. This has been achieved in a difficult year for the Ministry as a whole, faced with the continuing need to secure economies in defence spending and the chief executive and his staff are to be congratulated.