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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what performance targets have been set for the Naval Manning Agency for the financial year 2002-03. [49906] Mr. Ingram: The key targets that have been set for the chief executive of the Naval Manning Agency for the financial year 2002-03 are as listed. The targets build upon progress made by the agency since it formed on 1 July 1996. Key Target 1. Deployment: The percentage of filled officer billets to be: 94 per cent. or greater. The percentage of filled rating billets to be: 90 per cent. or greater. The percentage of filled other rank billets to be: 90 per cent or greater. Key Target 2. Manpower Planning: The variation of strength to requirement to be: Better than -4 per cent. Key Target 3. Career Management: The percentage of officers receiving the required notice of change to be: 60 per cent. or greater. The percentage of ratings receiving the required notice of change to be: 98 per cent. or greater. The number of occurrences where minimum time ashore criteria are met to be: 99 per cent. or greater. Key Target 4. NMA Corporate Efficiency: 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 2002. To carry out two benchmarking exercises. To achieve a customer confidence score of 63. Key Target 5. Financial: To operate the NMA within 0 to -1 per cent. of its 2001-02 net cash allocation for operating activities. Production of annual accrual accounts to be completed by July 2003.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

383 c714W;383 c712W; 49906

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Standards Naval Manning Agency

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