HC Deb 12 June 2003 vol 406 c58WS
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Mr. Adam Ingram)

The Chief Executive of the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency has been set the following Key Targets for 2003–04:

KEY TARGET 1: To meet the Customers' requirements as negotiated and agreed in Customer Supplier Agreements. (CSAs)

KEY TARGET 1a: For explosive materiel: to supply 95 per cent. of available maintained munitions within demand timescales.

KEY TARGET 1b: 95 per cent. of all issues of non-explosive materiel to consumers to meet that element of the Supply Chain Pipeline Time (SCPT) for which DSDA has a responsibility.

Within the 95 per cent. target, for non-explosive materiel, the following subsidiary targets have been set in CSAs: 99 per cent. of issues to meet specified SCPT at Standard Priority Codes 01, 02 and 05; 98 per cent. of issues to meet specified SCPT at Standard Priority Code 06; 97 per cent. of issues to meet specified SCPT at Standard Priority Codes 03 and 07; 95 per cent. of issues to meet specified SCPT at Standard Priority Codes 04 and 08.

KEY TARGET 1C: 98 per cent. of all receipts that conform to the specifications laid down in the contract and/or materiel regulations to be processed within time limits agreed with each individual customer.

KEY TARGET 2: To achieve an average 5 per cent. reduction in the unit cost of output.

KEY TARGET 3: The value of inventory written off as a result of DSDA's actions to be less than the levels agreed within each Customer Supplier Agreement.

KEY TARGET 3a: The value of explosive materiel written off as a result of DSDA's action to be less than the value of materiel written off during financial year 2002–03.

KEY TARGET 3b: The value of non-explosive materiel written off as a result of DSDA's action to be less than levels agreed within each specific Customer Supplier Agreement.