HC Deb 30 April 1993 vol 223 cc589-90W
Mr. Marland

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what performance targets he has. Set for the ADAS in 1993–94; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gummer

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and I have decided that the financial and efficiency targets for ADAS for 1993–94 will be:

  • Recovery of its full economic costs, through charges to its customers, including the Departments (MAFF and the Welsh Office). In the case of certain charged advisory services, ADAS will recover 52 per cent. of its costs from charges to the ultimate beneficiaries and the remainder will be met by the Departments. In other cases ADAS will recover the full costs from the customer;
  • An overall efficiency improvement of at least 2 per cent. measured by the average cost in real terms per direct hour charged to contracts;
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  • A reduction of at least 3 per cent. in the average time taken to collect debts due to ADAS from non-Departmental customers;

The targets for the delivery and quality of service by ADAS will be:

  • 90 per cent. of research and development project milestones to be met;
  • Achieving improvements in customer satisfaction, as evidenced in ADAS surveys.