HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 c726W
Mr. Luff

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what targets have been set for the Central Science Laboratory for 1997–98. [21629]

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The relocation of the Central Science Laboratory to the new purpose-built laboratory near York, with the subsequent closure of four major sites and several smaller sites, will be completed during the summer of 1997. In view of the major changes taking place within CSL, I have decided that during 1997–98 the baseline should be established which will allow efficiency and productivity improvements to be measured in subsequent years. I have set the following demanding but achievable targets for 1997–98 in relation to other areas:

  • Financial
  • 100 per cent. recovery of full costs after allowing for relocation costs;
  • To achieve a net PES allocation agreed by MAFF Finance.
  • Efficiency
  • 1 per cent. improvement in utilisation of productive time.
  • Delivery of Science
  • At least 90 per cent. of work completed to time and within budget;
  • Achieve a mean score of 3 on a scale of 0 to 5 for the assessment of customer satisfaction using the established methodology;
  • Proportion of project milestones achieved to be at or greater than 82 per cent. (MAFF commissioned projects).