Executive Agencies (Hansard, 18 July 2000)

Mr. Michael Jabez Foster
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency for the financial year 2000–01. [131149]
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§ Dr. Moonie
Key Targets set for the Chief Executive of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency for the financial year 2000–01 are set out as follows:
Key Target 1 Consistent with Treasury requirements, to achieve at least a 6 per cent. Return on Capital Employed.
Key Target 2 To increase New Business income (from customers other than the UK MOD) from £137 million forecast to be achieved in 1999–2000 to £165 million.
Key Target 3 To increase the number of staff elected as Fellows of professional bodies by 5 per cent. from a baseline at 31 March 2000.
Key Target 4 To achieve on time 90 per cent. of the agreed milestones on work for MOD customers.
Key Target 5 To maintain the level of MOD customer satisfaction as measured by core questions.
Key Target 6 Over a period of three years (1998–99 to 2000–01), to achieve a 20 per cent. increase in peer reviewed publications per professional. For 2000–01, this translates into achieving a figure of 7.1 publications per 100 professionals from a baseline at 1 April 2000 of 6.3.
Key Target 7 Over a three year period from (1998–99 to 2000–01), to increase by 50 per cent. the number of scientific teams assessed as `world-class' in the technical assessment exercise. For 2000–01 this translates into achieving 24 from a current baseline at 1 April 2000 of 19.

§ Laura Moffatt
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Defence Medical Training Organisation for the Financial Year 2000–01. [131512]

§ Dr. Moonie
Key Targets have been set for the Chief Executive of the DMTO for financial year 2000–01. The targets build on the progress already made by the Agency since it formed in April 1997 and are as follows:
Key Target 1—Academic Success (Quality and Quantity)

To achieve the following academic success rates:

Common Core Course (CCC)—96 per cent.

Specialist Registrars (SpR)—96 per cent.

Pre-Registration Nurses (Pre-Reg Nurses)—96 per cent.

Key Target 2—Academic Success (Timeliness)

The following percentage of trainees achieving academic success to be delivered on time, as agreed with the customer:

CCC—96 per cent. (at first attempt. remainder at second attempt (which is normally within three months).

SpR—96 per cent.

Pre-Reg Nurses—98 per cent.

Key Target 3—External Individual Medical Services Training Confirm with customers the baseline requirement for external medical services training by 31 March 2001.
Key Target 4—Corporate Efficiency Index To achieve a 1.5 per cent. efficiency improvement demonstrated by the DMTO corporate efficiency index for 2000–01.

§ Laura Moffatt
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Defence Dental Agency for the financial year 2000–01. [131513]
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§ Dr. Moonie
Key Targets have been set for the Chief Executive of the DDA for financial year 2000–01. The targets build on the progress already made by the Agency since it formed in March 1996 and are as follows:
Key Target 1—The Operational Requirement From within available personnel resources allocated to the DDA by single Services to achieve 100 per cent. of personnel called forward, trained to required professional and military standards, at the specified readiness for deployment with the Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF) and all operations.
Key Target 2—Overall Dental Fitness

For each Service, maintain the dental fitness level targets as follows:

(a) RN at least 75 per cent.

(b) Army at least 70 per cent.

(c) RAF at least 75 per cent.

Key Target 3—Treatment Needs

To show a zero increase in the Treatment Needs (TN) Index as follows:

(a) RN above 500.

(b) Army above 755.

(c) RAF above 340.

Key Target 4—Dental Fitness Category D To limit the number of personnel in dental fitness Category D4 (those personnel who have not received a dental inspection and charting for 12 months or more) to the following percentage of the total Service population:

(a) RN 14 per cent.

(b) Army 17 per cent.

(c) RAF 14 per cent.

Key Target 5—Training

To achieve the following success rates within the normal duration of each course:

Vocational Dental Practitioner—90 per cent.

Dental Hygienist—90 per cent.

Basic Dental Support Specialist (DSS)—95 per cent.

Key Target 6—Military Training To ensure that 80 per cent. of all DDA personnel, whose medical category permits, are released to undertake annual military training as specified by respective single Services.
Key Target 7—Personnel For Exercises To ensure that 100 per cent. of all DDA personnel nominated to established post in the operational core requirement of their parent Service are released to attend appropriate exercises.

§ Mrs. Gilroy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Defence Secondary Care Agency for the Financial Year 2000–01. [131515]

§ Dr. Moonie
Key Targets have been set for the Chief Executive of the DSCA for financial year 2000–01. The targets build on the progress already made by the Agency since it formed in April 1996 and are as follows:
Key Target 1—The Operational Requirement From within the personnel resources provided to the DSCA by the single Services, to meet 100 per cent. of the requirement of the Commanders in Chief (CinCs) for secondary care personnel for operational deployments.
Key Target 2—Outpatient Waiting Times To ensure that 45 per cent. of Service patients referred to the Agency are offered at first outpatient appointment within four weeks of receipt of a referral and 85 per cent. within 13 weeks.
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Key Target 3—Inpatient Waiting Times To ensure that 75 per cent. of Service patients are offered a treatment date which is within 13 weeks of the decision to give inpatient treatment.
Key Target 4—Efficiency To obtain savings of 10 per cent. in non-project works and maintenance expenditure.
Key Target 5—Quality To carry out NHS requirements for progress in clinical governance and deliver a baseline assessment of capacity and capability across all DSCA Units by 31 August 2000 and a second assessment demonstrating measurable improvement by 31 March 2001.
Key Target 6—Military Training To ensure that 80 per cent. of all DSCA personnel, whose medical category permits, are released to receive their respective Service's annual mandatory military training.
Key Target 7—Personnel For Exercises To ensure that 80 per cent. of DSCA based personnel nominated to established posts in their Service's operational core requirement are released to attend appropriate exercises.

§ Mrs. Gilroy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Medical Supplies Agency for the Financial Year 2000–01. [131516]

§ Dr. Moonie
Key Targets have been set for the Chief Executive of the Medical Supplies Agency for financial year 2000–01. The targets build on the progress already made by the Agency since it formed in March 1996 and are as follows:
Key Target 1—Composite Medical Matériel To build, completely, to time and within budget, by 31 March 2001, 100 per cent. of all modules on the agreed Operational Build Programme, as authorised by the Director Medical Operational Capability (D Med Op Cap).
Key Target 2—The Operational Requirement To meet 100 per cent. of the Services requirements for blood products and scaled medical matériel, or matériel approved by D Med Op Cap to mount and sustain operations.
Key Target 3—The Exercise and Training Requirement To meet 100 per cent. of the Services requirements for modularised medical matériel, blood and blood products in support of exercises, training and major events.
Key Target 4—Response to Demands To meet 90 per cent. of all demands for Category B items (common used items with a unit cost of less than £100 and approved by D Med Op Cap) within the agreed timescale, expressed in working days.
Key Target 5—Stock Issued to Stock Held Ration To improve the ratio of stock issued to stock held from 1.75 to 2.