Local Area Agreement (LAA)

The Derbyshire Local Area Agreement (LAA) contains a range of improvement targets which are based on local and national outcomes. It is negotiated by the local authority (in Derbyshire's case, the county council) on behalf of the Derbyshire Partnership Forum (DPF) and the Government Office for the East Midlands on behalf of central government.

Derbyshire's second LAA was developed and agreed by the Derbyshire Partnership Forum between summer 2007 and May 2008, and was formally signed-off by central government in June 2008. The document can be found in the related documents section below.

The agreement is one part of the Delivery Plan that the DPF is using to ensure that the priorities contained in the Derbyshire Sustainable Community Strategy are acted on and real improvements delivered.

As well as delivering on the priorities identified in the Sustainable Community Strategy, the LAA will play a key role in the new Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) introduced in 2009. The CAA will look at how effectively a range of public sector organisations are working together within Derbyshire. To find out more about the CAA visit the Audit Commission website (opens in a new window) 

Revised governance and constitutional arrangements have been developed for the DPF, DPF Board, DPF Executive and each of the six thematic partnerships. Information on these can be found on the Derbyshire Partnership Forum pages.

Each LAA is subject to an annual review. Further information on this can be found using the menu on the left. The annual review leads to the development and approval of a refreshed LAA and this can be found in the related documents section below