Background

Involvement in this process provided a direct opportunity for Derbyshire to influence and shape the future direction of LAAs and to identify possible problems and issues in terms of agreeing and negotiating targets in a local area.

A New Performance Framework for Local Authorities and Local Authority Partnerships was published in October 2007. This sets out a single set of 198 indictors representing the key national priorities for local government working alone or in partnership. This national indicator set has been developed as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 so that it reflects Government’s national priorities.

From 2008 new LAAs will consist of up to 35 improvement targets, statutory educational and early years targets (taken from the national indicator set) and may also include locally agreed targets.

Updated National Indicator Definitions were published in February 2009 and are available from the link below.