HC Deb 06 April 2000 vol 347 cc551-2W
Mr. Andy King

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Naval Manning Agency for 2000–01. [118376]

Mr. Spellar

The Key Targets that have been set for the Chief Executive of the Naval Manning Agency (NMA) for the financial year 2000–01 are as set out. The targets build upon progress made by the Agency since it formed on 1 July 1996.

1. Deployment:

  1. a. The percentage of filled Officer billets to be: 94 per cent. or greater.
  2. b. The percentage of filled rating billets to be: 91 per cent. or greater.
  3. c. The percentage of filled other rank billets to be: 88 per cent. or greater.

2. Manpower Planning: The variation of Strength to Requirement to be: between zero and minus 2 per cent.

3. Career Management:

  1. a. The percentage of Officers receiving the required Notice of Change to be: 60 per cent. greater.
  2. b. The percentage of ratings receiving the required Notice of Change to be: 98 per cent. or greater.
  3. c. The number of occurrences where Minimum Time Ashore criteria are met to be: 99 per cent. greater.

4. NMA Corporate Efficiency:

  1. a. To achieve strict control of NMA manpower overheads to within plus or minus 2 per cent. of the baseline established for manpower overheads as at 1 April 2000.
  2. b. To carry out two Benchmarking Exercises.
  3. c. To achieve a Customer Confidence Score of 62.

5.Financial

  1. a. Production of Annual Accrual Accounts to be completed by September 01.
  2. b. To operate the NMA within its 2000–01 Net Cash Allocation for Operating Activities (at 1999–2000 prices) of £164.8 million.