§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many warrant sales have been conducted in Scotland in each year since 1987 in each sheriffdom; and if he will list for each sheriffdom, the numbers instigated by(a) local authorities, (b) Government Departments, (c) private firms and (d) private individuals.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonFigures for the number of warrant sales reported to the Sheriff courts from 1987 to 1994 are set out by sheriffdom in the table. The figures for 1994 are provisional only. A breakdown of the numbers by(a) local authorities, (b) Government Departments, (c) private firms and (d) private individuals is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency against its targets for 1994–95 and the setting of targets of 1995–96.
§ Mr. LangThe agency is on course to meet the key performance targets for 1994–95 which I set out in my answer of 2 March 1994, columns777–78.
For 1995–96 I have set the agency the following key performance targets:
fulfilment of the service level agreement with the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department within the running costs voted to the agency for 1995–96;
recovery of full economic costs on average for charged services;
formal consultation with all major customers on the quality of the work done by the agency in 1995–96;
completion of 90 per cent. of all scientific tests and analyses within the timescales set by customers;
increase by 1 per cent. in the proportion of the agency's full cost attributable to scientific activities rather than support services.