§ Andrew BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what targets were set for Ordnance Survey in the financial year 2000–01; and for each, how far they were achieved. [4965]
§ Ms KeebleOrdnance Survey achieved all of its targets for the financial year 2000–01 as follows:
Target Performance To achieve a revenue target of £82.3 million (excluding the National Interest Mapping Service Agreement) £86.1 million To achieve a return on sales of not less than five per cent. (excluding the National Interest Mapping Service Agreement) 9.4 per cent. To ensure that, by March 2001, at least 99.5 per cent. of existing major detail is surveyed and available to customers 99.9 per cent. To despatch 92 per cent. of small scale product ordered within three working days 96.3 per cent. To achieve efficiency savings across activities associated with collecting and maintaining the data held within the National Topographic Database, producing and distributing products/services to customers and all other associated support activities. The long-term target is to achieve an efficiency gain of 6 per cent, over the period April 2000 to March 2004. The target for 2000–01 is 1.5 per cent. 5.0 per cent. To increase the number of visits to the Ordnance Survey website, compared with the last half of 1999–2000 by at least 100 per cent. by 31 March 2001 120.6 percent. Fuller details of Ordnance Survey performance in 2000–01 can be found in the Annual Report laid in the House of Commons Library on 5 July 2001 and on the Ordnance Survey website at http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk