§ Mr. Geraint DaviesTo ask the Attorney-General if he will announce the key performance targets for the Treasury Solicitor's Department for 1997–98. [8776]
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe Treasury Solicitor's Department was established as an executive agency on 1 April 1996.
The following key performance targets have been set for the year 1997–98:
- to achieve annual efficiency savings of 2½ per cent.
- to recover the full operating cost for chargeable services of the agency
- to achieve 90 per cent. customer satisfaction in advisory services
- to achieve a 2½ per cent. reduction in the average unit cost per chargeable hour (litigation)
- to achieve a minimum average number of chargeable hours per full-time caseholder per year (litigation) of 1,100.
- to achieve instructions in at least 8,000 new litigation cases
- to achieve a 2½ per cent. reduction in the average unit cost per case (bono vacantia cases)
A copy of the Agency's Annual Report and Accounts will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
I wish the Treasury Solicitor and his staff a successful year.