§ Lord Gainfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, following its establishment as a "Next Steps" Executive Agency in 1990, the triennial evaluation of performance has been carried out for HM Land Registry and, if so, what conclusions were drawn.
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern)An evaluation of the performance of HM Land Registry during its first three years as an Executive Agency was carried out by the Lord Chancellor's Department and a report completed in January 1994. The report concluded that the registry had benefited considerably from its move to agency status, which had been a major enabling factor in promoting sound public sector management in the registry.
By the achievement of progressively improving performance targets and the early completion of its computerisation programme, the registry had made a major contribution to the simplification of conveyancing in England and Wales, particularly through the development of faster and easier access to the public land register.
The general summary and conclusions of the report will be reproduced in the registry's annual report and accounts for 1993/94.