HC Deb 28 April 1993 vol 223 c409W
Mr. Jonathan Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what targets he has set for Cadw, Welsh Historic Monuments executive agency for 1993–94.

Sir Wyn Roberts

Cadw has been set the following key targets for 1993–94:

  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 20 resurvey lists and 90 scheduling actions, of which at least 60 per cent. involve additional protection.
  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 (17 weeks for Historic Buildings Council cases, six weeks for Ancient Monuments cases and 10 weeks for Civic Initiatives (Heritage) Grant Scheme cases); and to pay 90 per cent. of properly presented claims within five weeks of receipt.
  5. (v) To maintain Cadw's market share of the number of visitors to the top twenty heritage sites in Wales at 63 per cent.
  6. (vi) To increase the average spend per visitor to 188 pence.
  7. (vii) To operate within allocated programme and running cost budgets.
  8. (viii) To achieve an efficiency saving of 2–0 per cent. on gross running costs.

Full details of Cadw's performance against its targets for 1992–93 will be published in the agency's annual report.