§ Baroness Haymanasked Her Majesty's Government:
What targets they have set the Pesticides Safety Directorate for 2002–03. [HL5296]
§ Lord WhittyWe have set the Pesticides Safety Directorate the following performance targets for 2002–03.
Quality of Service
To complete evaluations and contribute to the EC Review Programme under Council Directive 91/414/ EEC, according to the processing times set out in Table 1 below.
1. To deliver high quality scientific work to underpin the protection of human health and the environment.
2. To provide clear and accessible public information about pesticide issues consistent with sustainable and economic production.
3. To ensure the UK's objectives are reflected in the revised Council Directive 91/414/EEC and to maintain our international reputation as a leading regulatory authority.
138WAEfficiency
1. To implement a quality system by the end of December 2002 that enables an improvement in quality and efficiency and which takes account of priorities identified in the 2001 customer satisfaction survey.
2. To deliver 3 per cent efficiency savings through the combination of achieving reductions to processing times for applications for approval and through savings in cost of outputs.
Financial Performance
1. To recover from Industry and government the full economic cost (as calculated according to resource accounting principles) of its services.
Table 1 Approvals Group: predicted workflow and target processing times for 2002–03 Application type Estimated workflow 2002–03 Target processing Time (weeks) 2002–03 2001–02 UK Reviews Anticholinesterase programme 5 — — Other activity 3 — — EC Reviews Rapporteur (2nd stage) Completeness 10 26 N/A Evaluation 4 52 N/A New Active Substances Sift 8 5 6 Full 8 42 48 Evaluation Resubmisison 3 42 48 Departmentals 8 42 45 Re-registration 4 40 — Normals 135 30 35 Associated fast-normals 25 30 35 Assessed experimental approval 2 20 20 Extrapolated experimental approval 2 10 10 Emergency off label 15 9 10 Non-emergency off label 30 25 30 Mutual recognition 3 20 20 Fast 200 10 10 Parallel imports 50 9 10 Administrative fast 700 4 4 Administrative experimental 100 1 1 Simplified own-use parallel 10 2 2 *Overall target—90 per cent of applications with a stated processing time must be completed within that time.