Ordnance Survey targets!


London: 14 October 2009

The UK Government announces the performance targets for the Ordnance Survey for the financial year 2009-2010.

Parliamentary material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO on behalf of Parliament

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Ordnance Survey: Performance Targets

Statement

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Department for Work and Pensions (Lord McKenzie of Luton): My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Ian Austin) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The following performance targets have been set for Ordnance Survey in 2009-10.

Ordnance Survey will report externally against a set of agency performance monitors as required of all executive agencies in government:

to achieve an operating profit before exceptional items, interest and dividends of £14.6 million for the financial year 1 April 2009 to 31March 2010;some 99.6 per cent of significant real-world features greater than six months old are represented in the database; to achieve a free cash flow before exceptional items of £12.5 million for the financial year 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010; to reduce the underlying cost base by 3 per cent between 1April 2009 and 31 March 2010; and to achieve a customer experience index score of at least 80 per cent.

These targets reflect Ordnance Survey's new business strategy as announced at Budget 2009.”

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