§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about performance targets for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency for 1995–96. [18694]
§ Mr. LangFor the financial year 1995–96 I have set the following targets:
- Aerial surveillance—per cent of hours flown on task: 85%
- Aerial surveillance—cost per aircraft sighting: £86
- Marine surveillance—number of boardings at sea: 2,800
- Marine surveillance—cost per boarding: £2,400
- Sea Fisheries Inspectorate—cost per logsheet check: £67
- 75 per cent. of cases for prosecution to be reported within 6 weeks of offence being detected and 90 per cent. within 8 weeks
- Number of cases where court proceeding are taken as percentage of offences reported to prosecuting authorities: 75%
In order to ensure that the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency uses its resources efficiently, I have set it a target to achieve cash-releasing efficiency gains of 2 per cent. over 1995–96.
The chief executive will be directly accountable to me for the achievement of these targets, which will be reported in the agency's annual report.