Ships Support Agency

HC Deb 05 June 1998 vol 313 cc397-8W

Mrs. Gilroy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Ships Support Agency for 1998–99. [45111]

Dr. Reid

The Chief Executive of the Ships Support Agency has been set the following key targets:

Performance indicator	Targets
Materially Available Vessel Days (MAVDs)
To provide the Royal Navy with the agreed percentage of materially available vessel days	66 per cent.
Pounds per Standard MAVD
To provide the agreed Fleet available cost-effectively	£38k per Standard MAVD
Upkeep Period Timeliness
To deliver programmed Upkeep Periods within the specified percentage tolerance of the agreed programme upkeep time	+10 per cent.
Upkeep Period Costs
To contain the cost of Upkeep Periods completed during the year within the specified percentage tolerance of predicted costs	+/-3 per cent.
Fleet Time Material Performance (Quality)
To limit the average number of outstanding Operational Defects per vessel in Fleet Time	6

Performance indicator	Targets
Fleet Time Material Performance (Duration)
To limit the percentage of Fleet Time during which vessels are unable, for material reasons, to perform their programmed task	8 per cent.
Efficient Stockholding
To improve the stockholding to issue ratio	2.9:1
Resource Accounting
To produce accruals based accounts to meet Accounts Direction	March 99