HC Deb 19 July 1994 vol 247 cc195-6W
Lady Olga Maitland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what performance targets have been set for Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland in 1994–95.

Mr. Tim Smith

For 1994–95 the following performance targets have been set for OSNI:

  1. 1. to survey 25,000 house units in the continuous revision programme;
  2. 2. to complete 850 data capture units representing 1,630 basic scale map sheets converted to digital format;
  3. 3. to update the digital topographical database with 90 per cent. of the surveyed change within 7 days of receipt of the field data;
  4. 4. to dispatch, within 7 working days, 90 per cent. of orders for folded and basic scale maps;
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  6. 5. to reduce unit costs so that the weighted mean percentage reduction of selected representative activities is 3 per cent.; and
  7. 6. to recover from the supply of goods and services, 24 per cent. of the total costs incurred by OSNI.