March 2007
The month at a glance…
72% of Performance Indicators
Improving
Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs)
measure council performance across most
service areas. The chart below shows that 72% of
BVPIs have improved since last year, 22% are
showing some decline and 5% are stable.
February BVPI Performance
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Performance
Improving
72%
Stable
Declined
5%
22%
Areas of good performance include:
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The Killing with Kindness campaign is being
developed, with £10k of additional Home
Office funding agreed.
ICT only experienced one outage last month,
which was resolved within the same day.
Survey results show library staff are among
the most productive in London.
Missed waste collections for the year stand at
an impressive 0.03%
Annual recycling target 0f 20%
All telephony and switchboard targets
achieved.
Over 80% of planning applications determined
within 13 weeks.
Top 5 WorkSmart Projects
Progressing
Flexible Location Working: One floor of City
Hall advertised to be sub-let. Based on progress
to date, plans developed and endorsed by CMB,
which will see 900 further staff enabled to work
flexibly and three further floors of City hall
released by March 2008.
Wireless City: Project on target. First cameras
will be operational at end of March. Open House
Sessions to take place at the end of May.
Electronic Record Management: Eight areas
have been surveyed to identify opportunities to
enable greater productivity and risk management
through better processes and systems. The ninth
and final area is now being looked at.
End 2 End Licensing: High level design
completed and business case finalised.
eProcurement: Processes defined and
documented by end of April. System configuration
starting in May. Open House sessions scheduled
for 23rd and 24th of April. More progress
required.
One City Projects 2006/07 Highlights
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Council Finances
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Overall there is a £12.8m underspend forecast
for this year. At the time the budget was set
the forecast was £7.1m which means that
balances will be increased by around £6m as
a result of better in year performance.
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Staff thanked with cups and eggs for 2006
score
Open House sessions in Lisson Grove 17th
April and in City Hall on 25th April.
Analysis week commencing 16th April
Borough Tour-18th April
On-Site inspection- 8th –18th May
Current challenges include:
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Reducing the amount of fly-tipping.
Paying all invoices on time
Reducing absence in Primary schools
Increasing library visitors and borrowing
figures
Improving key stage 3 results in English
The target for getting people into work has
been achieved- over 600 supported into work.
Westminster Benefit Advice Team, the joint
visiting team of WCC, Age Concern and the
DWP officially launched on 14th March.
Members’ extranet site for neighbourhood
management has been launched.
CPA Preparation Continues
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This bulletin was compiled using data from the Performance Report (March 2007). For questions or further information about the
content of this bulletin please contact Una McCarthy on x3164, [email protected]
March 2007
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For more on CPA activities see the Wire.
This bulletin was compiled using data from the Performance Report (March 2007). For questions or further information about the
content of this bulletin please contact Una McCarthy on x3164, [email protected]