Lord Actonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What key targets have been set for the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre Agency for financial year 2003–04. [HL5366]
§ Lord BachDISC is the centre for Defence intelligence training in the UK. CE DISC is responsible for training authorised personnel in intelligence, security and information support disciplines and maintaining an operational capability. The key targets for the agency for the 12 months from April 2003 are:
KEY TARGET 1—TRAINING QUANTITY
To deliver, within the resources available, the quantity of training places agreed with Sponsors through the statement of training requirement (SOTR) process, and as endorsed by the customer executive board (CEB) and owner's advisory board (OAB).
KEY TARGET 2—TRAINING QUALITY
To set up a new process by which DISC can measure its training output in terms of quality.
KEY TARGET 3—EFFICIENCY
To reduce the current cost in real terms of delivering the average training place made available and to reduce the average cost of a man training day (MTD) successfully completed in financial year (FY) 2003–04.
KEY TARGET 4—OPERATIONS
To satisfy the operational tasking of the defence de-briefing team (DDT) and the Field HUMINT Team (FHT).