§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what targets have been set for the Pesticides Safety Directorate in 1995–96. [17946]
§ Mr. WaldegraveI have set the Pesticides Safety Directorate the following targets relating to financial performance, efficiency, the delivery of pesticides approval services and policy advice in 1995–96:
To achieve 100 per cent. recovery of costs and an overall efficiency gain of 2 per cent. To meet the targets for delivery of services as follows:
Application stream Applications completed Maximum processing time (working days) Technical secretariat Normal 310 270 Fast 275 110 Experimental permit 30 185 Off label 115 60 Administrative fast 350 20 Upgrade 50 — New substances Sift 11 120 New substance 16 235–275 Reviews Reviews (UK and EC) 14 — Notes:
1. The processing time targets apply to 85 per cent. of new applications.
2. The quality of the directorate"s scientific and policy work will be subject to separate quality audits.
3. The agency will carry out a customer satisfaction survey to assess the service delivery defined in its customer service statement published in 1994.
4. Details of performance in 1994–95 will be set out in the agency"s annual report and accounts to be published during July 1995.