HC Deb 28 April 1994 vol 242 c313W
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to publish the framework document for the new executive agency to administer student awards in Scotland.

Mr. Lang

I have agreed that the new agency established to administer student awards in Scotland should be known as the Student Awards Agency for Scotland; it commenced operations on 5 April. I am arranging for copies of the framework document to be placed in the Vote Office and in the Libraries of the House. I shall remain accountable to Parliament for the activities of the agency, but I am delegating to the chief executive full managerial authority for its day to day operation. For the future, I envisage that the agency will use its greater flexibilities to help meet increasingly demanding targets and to improve further its standards of service.

I will arrange for copies of the executive summary of the agency's corporate plan, which will detail the key performance targets I have set, to be made available shortly.

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