§ Baroness Thorntonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How the Intervention Board performed against its targets for 1997–98. [HL1493]
§ Lord DonoughueThe Intervention Board's performance against its key targets in 1997–98 was as follows:
1997–98 Target % Performance % Percentage of claims processed within deadlines 99.0 91.3 Percentage of claims processed correctly 98.5 99.5 Cumulative running cost efficiency gains 2.5 0.4 Improvement in index of productivity 6.0 -3.7 Ratio of disallowance to EAGER funds handled 0.40 0.06 To maintain expenditure within vote provision, cash and running cost limits — Met New value for money savings in procurement of goods and services 6.5 11.0 Yield: cost ratio of anti-fraud activities 3.0: 1.0 5.8: 1.0