§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all performance targets set for his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, other than those listed in Public Service Agreements 1999ߝ2002 [Cm 4181], stating in each case(a) the target to be reached and (b) the date by which it was to be reached. [94981]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 1 November 1999]: My Department has set out the key performance targets on which it will be judged in its Public Service Agreement (PSA), and the measures of success it will use in the Output and Performance Analyses (OPA) published in March this year. These high-level targets are set out in an internal classified Departmental Plan and are cascaded through the Department down a hierarchy of subordinate Plans for each Service and for each subordinate budgetary unit; these lower level plans include additional and more detailed targets to supplement and amplify PSA targets. Listing these operational targets would be inappropriate and disproportionate in terms of resources.
A list of targets and target dates for Agencies up to March 1999 can be found in the Next Steps Report. Since March this year, key targets for individual Defence Agencies for 1999–2000 have been announced to Parliament. I shall write to the hon. Member with the details.
Performance targets and objectives have been set, or are in the process of being set, for those executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies for which my Department is responsible. Where targets have already been agreed, they are published in the respective Body's plans.