HL Deb 03 July 2003 vol 650 cc127-8WA
Lord Brookman

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What key targets have been set for the Disposal Services Agency for financial year 2003–04. [HL3806]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)

The agency was originally launched as the Disposal Sales Agency in October 1994 and was relaunched in November 2000 as the Disposal Services Agency. The agency provides a total disposal solution by acting as a broker and adding value through expert advice across the public sector. The agency operates very much in line with the Government's aim of more joined-up delivery. The chief executive of the agency has been set the following key targets for the financial year 2003–04.

  • to achieve a disposal sales gross cash receipt of £20 million from sales of surplus government-owned equipment and stores. This figure reflects the expected surplus equipment disposal programme;
  • to meet the key performance indicators as agreed in the customer supplier agreement (CSA) with the Defence Logistic Organisation (DLO);
  • to ensure that the agency is at the standard or above the standard of the public sector

Number of deaths from intentional self-harm and injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted, persons in full-time education1, England and Wales. 1997 to 20012
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
(i) 13–15 years
Intentional self-harm3 6 7 6 9 8
Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted4 13 7 6 16 9
Total 19 14 12 25 17
(ii) 6 years and over
Intentional self-harm3 92 90 79 79 70
Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted4 43 58 40 39 38
Total 135 148 119 118 108
1 All persons aged 5 to 15 years were assumed to be in full-time education. However, those aged under 13 are excluded from the table (see note 4). Persons aged 16 and over in full-time education were identified by the SOC90 occupation pseudo-code 030 'full-time student' for 1997–2000 and the SOC2000 occupation pseudo-code 0040 'student, school girl, school boy' for 2001.
2 Figures are for deaths occurring in each calendar year from 1997 to 2001.
3 The cause of death for intentional self-harm was defined using the International Classification of Diseases. Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes E950-E959 and, for the year 2001 the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes X60-X84.
4 The cause of death for injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes E980-E989 excluding E988.8 for the years 1997 to 2000, and, for the year 2001 the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes Y10-Y34 excluding Y33.9 where the Coroner's verdict was pending. It is likely that most of these deaths at ages over 13 are cases where the harm is self-inflicted but there was insufficient evidence to prove that the deceased deliberately intended to kill themselves. As there were no intentional self-harm deaths in children under the age of 13, data for deaths undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted have not been included either.

benchmarking report for overall customer satisfaction; and

to secure £360,000 sales per person employed for commercial sales activities.