Government Purchasing Agency (Hansard, 21 October 1998)

§ Mr. Paul Murphy

As an Executive Agency within the Department of Finance and Personnel, the Government Purchasing Agency provides a professional procurement service to all six Northern Ireland Departments, the Northern Ireland Office and an increasing number of other public sector bodies.

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The following key performance targets were set for the Agency in 1997–98:

To break even in the 1998–99 financial year by balancing Agency income and operating costs.
To achieve a 6% rate of return on capital employed.
To increase the number of Agency customers by 10‥.
To increase the volume of customer business by 10‥.
To achieve a 70‥ level of satisfaction in the 1997–98 Agency survey of customer organisations.
To achieve a 70‥ level of satisfaction in the 1997–98 Agency survey of suppliers.
To increase the ratio of outputs to inputs by 3‥ from the 1996–97 outturn.

The agency has published its Corporate Plan 1997–2000 and Annual Report and Accounts for 1997–98, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.

The following key performance targets were set for the Agency in 1998–99:

To break even in the 1998–99 financial year by balancing Agency income and operating costs.
To achieve a 6‥ rate of return on capital employed.
To increase the number of Agency customers by 10‥.
To increase the volume of customer business by 10‥.
To achieve a 80‥ level of satisfaction in the 1998–99 Agency survey of customer organisations.
To achieve a 80‥ level of satisfaction in the 1998–99 Agency survey of suppliers.
To increase the ratio of outputs to inputs by—from the 1997–98 outturn.

Background information is given in the Agency's Corporation and Business Plans 1998–2001, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.