Road Traffic Cases (Hansard, 25 July 2000)

§ Jane Kennedy

No assessment has been made of the number of cases likely to be affected as the Government anticipate that the vast majority of human rights points will be raised in existing cases, rather than new cases. We expect a significant number of human rights points to be raised in all areas of the law in the months following implementation, but it is anticipated that the level of challenges will reduce subsequently as the higher courts determine the basis on which the Human Rights Act 1998 and Convention are to be applied. The Government have

Public trust office executive agency key performance targets 2000–01
Indicator	Target
1. To carry out accounting transactions within target times.	To bring to account at least 99 per cent. of receipts and payment transactions within turnaround targets.
2. To achieve investment performance targets.	(a) On an annual basis to ensure that 85 per cent. of all measured funds perform in line or better than their model based on stock market indices.
	(b) On a three year rolling basis to ensure that 80 per cent. of all measured funds perform in line or better than their model based on stock market indices.
	The benchmark to be the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS) indices. The Office will aim to introduce an income element from 2001–02.
3. To achieve service standards.	To achieve 95 per cent. of the Public Trust Office Service Standards.
4. To achieve targets for collection of private receivers' annual accounts (Protection Division) and for review of annual accounts field by both private receivers and in Public Trustee receiverships (Protection and Receivership Divisions).	(a) To review 95 per cent. of accounts received within eight weeks of receipt (to apply to both Protection and Receivership Divisions).
	(b) To collect 90 per cent. of accounts within six months of the due date; 95 per cent. within nine months of the due date; and 100 per cent. within 12 months of the due date (to apply to Protection Division only).
5. To achieve targets for the visiting of Public Trust Office clients.	(a) To visit all existing Receivership Division clients in the course of the year.
	(b) To visit all new clients within one year of the Public Trustee being appointed receiver.
	(c) To double the number of visits undertaken to Protection Division clients in 2000–01 from 2,000 to 4,000.
	(d) 100 per cent. of urgent visits at the direction of the Court of Protection to take place within four weeks of the direction being given.
6. To achieve financial performance and targets.	(a) To come within the Change Programme budget for 2000–01.
	(b) To lay the PTO's Annual Report and Accounts 1999–2000 before Parliament before the summer recess.
	(c) To reduce debtor days in the Office's Protection Division from 94 to 85 days and in the Receivership Division from 96 to 85 days.

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Fuller details of the Office's plans and targets are given in its Business Plan, which is available from the Public Trust Office.