HC Deb 22 July 1999 vol 335 c613W
Liz Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the MOD Police Agency for the financial year 1999–2000. [92082]

Mr. Doug Henderson

The following Key Targets have been set for the Ministry of Defence Police Agency.To achieve 38 per cent. MDP patrol activity from those officers devoted to patrolling. To achieve a compliance rate 5 per cent. above the average Home Department Police Force compliance rate set for the submission of Crown Prosecution Service files. To achieve at least a 38 per cent. solving rate against all reported crime. To maintain at least a 90 per cent. satisfaction rate from victims of crime in the service provided by the MDP. By 31 March 2000 to develop and implement a corporate index of efficiency that will then form the baseline for year on year improvements. To increase to 95 per cent. the customer satisfaction rate with the service provided by Area Policing Teams. To monitor the scale and incidence of crime within the Defence Estate, and relate this to the pattern of MDP deployment and activity in order to develop an analysis of trends to inform the setting of targets and the matching of resources to needs in future years. To recruit 15 per cent. of women and 1.5 per cent. of ethnic minorities within overall MDP recruitment; and to deliver by 31 December an action plan on the Forces' response to the Macpherson Report, including the recruitment and retention of officers from ethnic minorities.