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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Andy King: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Naval Manning Agency for 2000-01. [118376] Mr. Spellar: The Key Targets that have been set for the Chief Executive of the Naval Manning Agency (NMA) for the financial year 2000-01 are as set out. The targets build upon progress made by the Agency since it formed on 1 July 1996. 1. Deployment: a. The percentage of filled Officer billets to be: 94 per cent. or greater. b. The percentage of filled rating billets to be: 91 per cent. or greater. c. The percentage of filled other rank billets to be: 88 per cent. or greater. 2. Manpower Planning: The variation of Strength to Requirement to be: between zero and minus 2 per cent. 3. Career Management: a. The percentage of Officers receiving the required Notice of Change to be: 60 per cent. greater. b. The percentage of ratings receiving the required Notice of Change to be: 98 per cent. or greater. c. The number of occurrences where Minimum Time Ashore criteria are met to be: 99 per cent. greater. 4. NMA Corporate Efficiency: a. To achieve strict control of NMA manpower overheads to within plus or minus 2 per cent. of the baseline established for manpower overheads as at 1 April 2000. b. To carry out two Benchmarking Exercises. c. To achieve a Customer Confidence Score of 62. 5. Financial a. Production of Annual Accrual Accounts to be completed by September 01. b. To operate the NMA within its 2000-01 Net Cash Allocation for Operating Activities (at 1999-2000 prices) of £164.8 million.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

118376; 347 c551-2W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Standards Naval Manning Agency

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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