HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 cc1120-2W
Mr. Reed

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Chief Executive of the Training Group Defence Agency for the financial year 2002–03. [73458]

Jim Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Chief Executive of the Training Group Defence Agency for the financial year 2002–03. [73469]

Dr. Moonie

The Commander-in-Chief Royal Air Force Personnel and Training Command has set the Chief Executive of the Agency the following targets for financial year 2002–03.

Key Target 1—Training Output

To recruit and select Royal Air Force personnel in the required numbers to achieve the Into Training Targets defined by the Royal Air Force manning plans.

To train aircrew of the three services to standards for entry to the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy Operational Conversion Unit training, the Defence Helicopter Flying School and other specialist flying training courses.

To train military personnel to the standards required to undertake ground appointments.

KT1a—Quantity of Output (ab initio flying training)—the number of RAF aircrew trainees graduated as follows:
Target
Fast Jet Pilots 67
Multi-Engine Pilots 57
Rotary Wing Pilots 33
Fast Jet Navigators 28
Multi-Engine Navigators 9
Rotary Wing Navigators 10
Airman Aircrew 104

KT1b—Quantity of Output (ab initio ground training)—the number of RAF trainees who graduated from the following courses:
Target
Officer Initial Specialist Training 358
RAF Tradesmen Training 2,104

Key Target 2—Quality of Output (Training Places)

To train the aircrew of the three services to standards for entry to the Royal Air Force, to Royal Navy Operational Conversion Unit, the Defence Helicopter Flying School and other specialist flying training courses.

To train military personnel to the standards required to undertake ground appointments.

KT2a—Training Place (Flying)1
Target
Flying Training Courses—RN 202
Flying Training Courses—Army 374
RAF Flying Instructor Courses 150
RAF Refresher and Orientation Courses 170
RAF Specialist and Operational Courses 240
Flying Training (F and C) 92

1The number of training places provided on the following RN, Army, RAF instructor Refresher and Orientation, and specialist and operational flying courses. Also, the number of training places provided for Foreign and Commonwealth (F and C) flying courses.

KT2b—Training Places (Ground)
Target
Pre-Employment Training 15.547
Career Development Training 6.506

Key Target 3—Quality of Output

To underpin the military effectiveness of the Royal Air Force by the timely provision of military personnel trained to the standards agreed with the Agency's customers. KT3—Quality of Output: Achievement of a satisfactory assessment of customer satisfaction with the quality of graduate trainees as reflected in an assessment based on a matrix of the following measures:

  • Reports from the Aircrew Training Standards Sub-Committees;
  • Quantitative reports from the Owner's Customer Advisory Committee;
  • Quantitative reports on the satisfaction level of graduate trainees.
Target: Satisfactory rating.

Key Target 4—Cost Management

To ensure the necessary systems are in place to manage the business on an output cost basis.

  • KT4—Cost Management: Output based management.
  • Target: Deliver an Agency wide prototype of the planned financial management and accounting system to provide unit costs of output by 31 March 2003.

Key Target 5—Efficiency

  • KT5—Efficiency: By 2005–06, reduce by 3 per cent. the average annual per capita cost of training a successful recruit to the agreed standard.
Target: Performance level for 2002–03 to be 0.138 million.