§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Solicitor-General if he will make a statement on how each of the agencies and non-departmental bodies relating to his Department performed against their key performance indicators in(a) the last year and (b) the previous two years. [125332]
The Solicitor-GeneralA summary of performance for work in England and Wales is set out in the tables. 447W
Government Property Lawyers Target 1997–98 1998–991 1999–2000 To recover the full operating costs of the Agency Achieved — — To receive at least 4,350 new instructions from its clients Not achieved — — To achieve 95 completions per case holder Not achieved — — To maintain and improve the quality of service, in particular by keeping the proportion of cases completed satisfactorily (that is, without requiring rectification by reason of any fault of the Agency) on or before the target dated at or above 99.5% Achieved — — Over the three-year period, 1996–97 to 1998–99—To achieve a reduction in operating costs of an average of 2.5% per year in real terms taking 1996–97 as the base year Not achieved — — 1 The Government Property Lawyers Agency was the subject of a Quinquennial Review from November 1997 to November 1998 and no formal targets were set for 1998–99 pending its outcome. The eventual outcome was that the Agency should close by 30 September 1999 and as a result no further key performance indicators were set.
Percentage 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 Target Outcome Target Outcome Target Outcome Advance information 83 86.6 80 82.3 80 77.3 Committal papers 60 62.7 60 51.9 60 50.6 Briefs to Counsel 80 71.1 80 67.8 80 66.3 Witness Expenses 100 97.5 100 95 100 93 Complaints 87 88.3 85 87.7 85 86.7 Note:
Further information on performance against targets can be found in the Crown Prosecution Service's Annual Reports 1998–99 (House of Commons Paper 675), and 1997–98 (House of Commons Paper 839).