Written question asked by Neil Gerrard (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 November 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 November 1997. It was answered by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Thursday, 6 November 1997 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key targets have been set for the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment for 1997-98.

Answer: Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment for 1997-98. [15141] Dr. Reid: The Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment Agency's Key Targets for the financial year 1997-98 are: Operational strategy KT 1: Reduce the core as far as possible and continue to refine it against the charging military need. KT 2: Maintain 100 per cent. of core skills to support likely operations. Performance strategy KT 3: Deliver 100 per cent. of operational tasks to time. KT 4: Develop Customer Supplier Agreements with principal customers and Lodger Units by 31 March 1998. KT 5: Deliver 85 per cent. of non-operational tasks to time. KT 6: Reduce the number of quality failures in delivered systems by 5 per cent. on the previous year. KT 7: Maintain ISO 9000 quality standards. KT 8: Reduce the Cost per Task Manhour, at Full Cost, by 5 per cent. on the previous year. Personnel strategy KT 9: Achieve Investors in People Accreditation by 1 December 1998. Financial strategy KT 10: Integrate the Agency's Accounts into Headquarters Logistics Command's Resource Accounting and Budget (RAB) financial system by 1 April 1998. Information Technology strategy KT 11: Complete commissioning of the Future Business System (FBS) initiative by 1 April 1998.

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