HL Deb 02 July 1996 vol 573 cc95-6WA
Lord Northesk

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What targets have been set for the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in 1996–97.

Lord Lucas

My right honourable friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has set the Veterinary Laboratories Agency the following strategic performance targets for 1996–97:

Financial performance

full cost recovery for all Veterinary Laboratories Agency services; to comply with budgetary controls resulting from the public expenditure survey and the supply estimates;

Efficiency

an overall efficiency gain of 3 per cent.;

Service Delivery

85 per cent. of ROAME R&D milestones achieved;

Service Quality

achievement of a satisfactory report from a Visiting Group;

achievement of laboratory accreditation for Bacteriology Department (salmonella and E. Coli serotyping) and Analytical Chemistry Unit (extension of the scope of accreditation to include additionaltests).

Details of performance in 1995–96 will be set out in the agency's Annual Report and Accounts to be published during July 1996.