Departmental Objectives (Hansard, 10 December 1993)

HC Deb 10 December 1993 vol 234 cc419-20W 420W

§ Dr. David Clark
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list his departmental standing objectives.

§ Mr. Hanley
The current departmental standing objectives have been listed on page 2 of the MOD "Departmental Report 1993"—Cm 2201—a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

§ Dr. David Clark
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether quantitative data are used in his assessment of the achievement of departmental standing objectives.

§ Mr. Hanley
Performance against departmental standing objectives is assessed on the basis of quantitative data where available and the judgment of military and civilian budget holders reports up the management chain.