§ Lord Glenarthurasked Her Majesty's Government:
What targets have been set for ADAS in 1996–97.
Lord LucasThe Secretary of State for Wales and my right honourable friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food have set ADAS the following targets for 1996–97:
- to recover 100 per cent. of its costs for advisory services through charges to commercial customers;
- to comply with budgetary controls resulting from the Public Expenditure Survey and the Supply Estimates;
- to reduce the total cost per hour in contact delivery in real terms by 3 per cent.;
- to maintain average debtor days at or better than 53 days;
- to meet 90 per cent. of research and development project milestones;
- to continue to achieve customer satisfaction as measured by customer surveys.