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ITEM No
TITLE OF REPORT
Meeting of
Meeting Date
3
Progressing the New Local Area Agreement
Salford City Council Cabinet and Salford Strategic
Partnership Executive
26th February 2008
Contact Officer
Sheila Murtagh
Contact Details
[email protected]
Tel: 0161 603 6800
1.
Recommendations
1.1
Salford City Council Cabinet and the Salford Strategic Partnership
Executive are invited to comment on:
i. The priorities for the Salford Strategic Partnership for the next 3 years
as set out at section 3.3.
ii. The refined list of draft indicators at Appendix 1, to be fed back to the
Partnership Management Group to inform the discussions with
Government Office for the North West (GONW) on 5 March.
iii. Whether they wish to see a local indicator developed specifically for
mediacity:uk.
iv. The additional priorities suggested at the 19th February consultation
event (section 3.6)
2.
Purpose of this Report
2.1
The report summarises feedback from the 6th February Partnership
Board and the 19th February consultation event which identified potential
priorities for the LAA. It proposes a first draft set of indicators for the LAA.
3.
Feedback from recent meetings
6th February Strategic Partnership Board
3.1
The Strategic Partnership Board considered draft objectives for the
Sustainable Community Strategy and draft LAA priorities. The proposals
presented built on the priorities and objectives of the current LAA and
Community Plan, ideas generated at the November Partnership Board,
information from the 6 month assessment of progress on the current LAA
and input from the Council’s Corporate Management team.
3.2
The workshops at the Board considered these priorities and the outcome
was as follows:
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 there was full endorsement with regard to the majority of priorities as
being the appropriate focus for the LAA
 an additional priority, Enterprise, received wide support
 3 priorities achieved support from more than half the workshop tables
but did not achieve consensus: Vulnerable adults, Looked after
children, More people into Higher education
 3 priorities were identified as more appropriate as priorities for specific
thematic partnerships rather than the whole strategic partnership: Get
better grades in English + Maths, Develop better range of shopping
facilities, Improve the leisure + culture offer
 Other comments were made by individual workshop groups which will
be fed back to thematic partnerships.
3.3
Table 1 incorporates this feedback to show the resultant set of priorities:
LAA Priorities following 6 February Board
Obesity
Affordable homes
Smoking
Climate change & carbon emissions
Alcohol
Attractive & well maintained city
Teenage pregnancy
Transport &connectivity to services
Anti-social behaviour
Community Cohesion
Fear of Crime
Community Engagement & Empowerment
Basic skills
Parenting & family life
Worklessness
Child poverty
Vulnerable adults
Looked after children
Increase income
Older People
Investment
More people in to Higher Education
Enterprise
19th February Consultation event
3.4
A consultation event was held at Buile Hill on 19th February in recognition
of the fact that there had been very limited time for strategic partners to
consult with their organisations on the proposed priorities prior to the 6
February Board. The meeting was well attended (approximately 50
participants) with a wide range of community, voluntary, statutory,
regeneration and other organisations represented.
3.5
3.6
These participants were given the background to the process to date and
then given the opportunity to consider the proposed priorities. There was
wide endorsement of those priorities selected. A range of additional
comments were contributed which have been recorded to be fed back to
the thematic partnerships. They particularly relate to HOW we deliver the
improvements (as opposed to WHAT we should focus on, which the
priority outcomes relate to). This included a number of suggestions
about how the third sector could help deliver LAA priorities.
Additional priorities requested for consideration were raised as follows:
 Mental health
 Lifelong learning
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 Cultural opportunities, especially given the forthcoming mediacity:uk
developments
 Getting more people in to Higher Education should be extended to
include Further Education.
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Selection of Indicators
4.1
The thematic partner leads were asked to put together a Business Case
for each of the identified priorities to include a clear rationale with
evidence base, in line with the criteria previously agreed namely:
 Critical to achieving city’s vision
 Outcome/performance gap
 Additional partnership working will make a difference
 ‘Step Change’ needed within the 3 year LAA timeframe
4.2
These have been collated for use by the Partnership Management Group
to enable detailed work to be progressed. They include proposed
indicators for measuring progress against the priorities, using the
Government’s new set of 198 National Indicators. Officers have made an
initial cut of the complete list to compile a list of 32 (+ 3 possible)
indicators which could enable progress against the 23 priorities to be
tracked.
4.3
Appendix 1 shows the priorities alongside the proposals from theme
leads and the refined shorter list.
4.4
It is recommended that the refined list should be regarded as a first draft
for the indicators, since theme leads may recommend further variations
on the basis of their expertise. Additionally, it will be important to ensure
a reasonable balance in the indicator set, for example so there are not
too many perception indicators or indicators that can only be monitored
on an annual basis. It should also be noted that the final technical notes
on the definition of the new national indicators has not yet been received.
4.5
Further separate liaison with the theme leads will continue and there will
also be a Partnership Management Group on 5th March which will be
attended by GONW theme leads which is likely to propose further
refinements to this list. That meeting will also investigate which of the
potential indicators need to be regarded as largely cross-cutting, to
ensure an appropriate delivery and monitoring response.
4.6
The Management Group will examine the evidence in the business cases
to determine where monitoring of particular indicators should be
disaggregated, either by priority area or priority group.
4.7
With respect to identification of any local indicators, there are some
proposals in the individual business cases submitted which will be
considered further. At a strategic level, Cabinet and Partnership
Executive are asked to support further consideration of which indicators
relate to mediacity:uk. There are clear links to enterprise, Worklessness,
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skills and jobs, however views are requested as to whether we should
set a specific local indicator unique to mediacity:uk.
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5.1
Next Steps
The process for developing the LAA remains as set out in the report to 6
February Partnership Board (reproduced at Appendix 2).
5.2
The comments from the Cabinet/Executive meeting will be fed back to
thematic leads and will inform the 5th March Management Group. This
will enable the indicators to be confirmed at the 26 March Strategic
Partnership Executive meeting.
5.3
Development of outcomes and year on year targets for each of the
priorities and draft indicators will progress. This will be done in
consultation with GONW. The current LAA includes targets from 2007 to
2010 for most of the general areas highlighted in the priorities, as well as
baselines, and these will provide a strong basis for this work. The March
Strategic Partnership Executive meeting may make early consideration
of the scale of the targets. Final confirmation of the full target framework
is scheduled for the April Executive meeting.
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6.1
Conclusions
Good progress continues to be made in developing the LAA priorities in
an inclusive manner, such that all partners can feel real ownership. The
priority set developed reflects the critical challenges the Partnership is
seeking to address in the next 3 years. The draft indicators show how
progress against these targets could be measured, with a strong caveat
that partners are likely to seek further variations as negotiations proceed,
both at local level and with GONW.
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APPENDIX 1
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INITIAL DRAFT LAA INDICATOR LIST
Selecting from the Government’s National Indicator set of 198 indicators
LAA Priority
Indicators proposed by theme
leads in Business case
NI 123 16+ current smoking
rate prevalence
NI 55 Obesity among primary
school age children in
Reception Year
(possible) NI 56 Obesity
among primary school age
children in Year 6
Smoking
Obesity
Alcohol
Teenage
pregnancy
Older people
Refined list
Local Target Reduce hospital
admissions due to all conditions
attributed to alcohol for males to 15 per
1000 and for females 8 per 1000.
Related Indicators
NI 2 - % of people who feel they belong
to their neighbourhood
NI3 - Civic participation in the local area
NI 6 - Participation in regular
volunteering
NI 9 - Use of public libraries
NI 10 - Visits to museums or galleries
NI 17 - Perceptions of anti-social
behaviour
NI 39 Alcohol-harm related
hospital admission rates
NI 112 Under 18 conception
rate
NI 119 Self-reported measure
of people’s overall health and
wellbeing
NI 124 People with a longterm condition supported to
be independent and in control
of their condition
NI 125 Achieving
independence for older
people through rehabilitation /
intermediate care
Indicators relating directly to older
people
NI 119 - Self-reported measure of older
people’s overall health and well-being
NI 124 - People with long-term
conditions supported to be independent
and in control of their condition
NI 125 - Achieving independence for
older people through
rehabilitation/intermediate care
NI 127 - Self-reported experience of
social care users
NI 128 - User reported measure of
respect and dignity in their treatment
NI 129 - End of life access to palliative
care enabling people to choose to die at
home
NI 130 - Social Care clients receiving
Self Directed Support (Direct Payments
and Individual Budgets)
NI 131- Delayed transfers of care from
hospitals
NI 132 -Timeliness of social care
assessment
Ni 133 - Timeliness of social care
packages
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NI 136 People supported to live
independently through social services
(all ages)
Safeguarding
Vulnerable
People
Climate Change
Environmental
attractiveness
NI 141 Number of vulnerable
people achieving
independent living
NI 186 Per capita reductions in carbon
Dioxide emissions in the LA area.
NI 188 Adapting to climate change.
NI 195 - Improved street and
environmental cleanliness (levels of
graffiti, litter detritus and fly posting)
NI196 - Improved street and
environmental cleanliness – flytipping)
NI 186 Per capita CO2
emissions in the LA area
NI 5 Overall/general
satisfaction with local area
NI 195 Improved street and
environmental cleanliness
(levels of graffiti, litter,
detritus and fly posting)
 Number of fixed
penalties/restorative justice
sentences served in relation to
environmental crime
 Number of schools achieving
Eco-schools silver award/green
flag status
 Number of District parks
achieving green flag status
Community
cohesion
Community selfhelp
* preference for
this theme to be
called
‘community
empowerment/
engagement’
Child poverty
Parenting
NI1 - Percentage of people who believe
people from different backgrounds get
on well together in their local area
NI2 - Percentage of people who feel
that they belong to their neighbourhood
NI3 Civic participation in the local area
NI4 - Percentage of people who feel
they can influence decisions in their
locality
NI5 - Overall / general satisfaction with
local area
NI1 - Percentage of people who believe
people from different backgrounds get
on well together in their local area
NI2 - Percentage of people who feel
that they belong to their neighbourhood
NI3 - Civic participation in the local area
NI4 - Percentage of people who feel
they can influence decisions in their
locality (LPSA2)
NI5 - Overall / general satisfaction with
local area
NI 116 - Proportion of Children in
Poverty
Until data for this indicator are available,
it will be based on an interim measure
of the proportion of children who live in
households where out of work benefits
are received, including:
o Jobseekers Allowance
o Incapacity Benefits
o Income Support
o Pension credit
NI 1 % of people who believe
people from different
backgrounds get on well
together in their local area
(possible) NI 4 % of people
who feel they can influence
decisions in their locality
NI 3 Civic participation in the
local area
NI 116 Proportion of children
in poverty
NI 22 Perceptions of parents
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Reducing
Numbers of
Looked After
Children
Raising
attainment and
achievement at
all levels of
education
NI 61 - Stability of looked after children
adopted following an agency decision
that the child should be placed for
adoption
NI 60 - Core assessments for children’s
social care that were carried out within
35 working days of their
commencement
NI 50 - Emotional health of children
Reducing looked after numbers will also
assist in improving outcomes for those
children who remain looked after eg:
NI 62 – Stability of placements of looked
after children: number of moves
NI 63 - Stability of placements of looked
after children: length of placement
STATUTORY INDICATORS (16
education + early years indicators which
must be included)
NI 72 Achievement of at least 78 points
across the Early Years Foundation
Stage with at least 6 in each of the
scales in Personal Social and Emotional
Development and Communication,
Language and Literacy
NI 73 Achievement at level 4 or above
in both English and Maths at Key Stage
2 (Threshold)
NI 74 Achievement at level 5 or above
in both English and Maths at Key Stage
3 (Threshold)
NI 75 Achievement of 5 or more A*-C
grades at GCSE or equivalent including
English and Maths (Threshold)
NI 83 Achievement at level 5 or above
in Science at Key Stage 3
NI 87 Secondary school persistent
absence rate
NI 92 Narrowing the gap between the
lowest achieving 20% in the Early
Years Foundation Stage Profile and the
rest PSA 11
NI 93 Progression by 2 levels in English
between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
NI 94 Progression by 2 levels in Maths
between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
NI 95 Progression by 2 levels in English
between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3
NI 96 Progression by 2 levels in Maths
between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3
NI 97 Progression by 2 levels in English
between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
NI 98 Progression by 2 levels in Maths
between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
taking responsibility for the
behaviour of their children in
the area
NI 50 Emotional health of
children
NI 62 Stability of placements
of looked after children:
number of moves
(possible) NI 60 Core
assessments for children’s
social care that were carried
out within 35 working days of
their commencement
STATUTORY INDICATORS
NI 72 Achievement of at least
78 points across the Early
Years Foundation Stage with
at least 6 in each of the
scales in Personal Social and
Emotional Development and
Communication, Language
and Literacy
NI 73 Achievement at level 4
or above in both English and
Maths at Key Stage 2
(Threshold)
NI 74 Achievement at level 5
or above in both English and
Maths at Key Stage 3
(Threshold)
NI 75 Achievement of 5 or
more A*-C grades at GCSE
or equivalent including
English and Maths
(Threshold)
NI 83 Achievement at level 5
or above in Science at Key
Stage 3
NI 87 Secondary school
persistent absence rate
NI 92 Narrowing the gap
between the lowest achieving
20% in the Early
Years Foundation Stage
Profile and the rest PSA 11
NI 93 Progression by 2 levels
in English between Key
Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
NI 94 Progression by 2 levels
in Maths between Key Stage
1 and Key Stage 2
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NI 99 Children in care reaching level 4
in English at Key Stage 2
NI 100 Children in care reaching level 4
in Maths at Key Stage 2
NI 101 Children in care achieving 5 A*C GCSEs (or equivalent) at Key Stage 4
(including English and Maths)
Worklessness
Increase
participation in
appropriate
higher education
Fear of crime
NI 151 - Overall Employment Rate
NI 152 - Working age people out of
work benefits
NI 161 - Learners achieving Level 1
qualification in literacy
NI 162 - Learners achieving an Entry
Level 3 qualification in numeracy
NI 163 - Working age population
qualified to at least level 2 or higher
NI 172 - VAT registered business in the
are showing growth
NI 116 - Proportion of Children Living in
Poverty
Ni 117 - 16-18 year olds who are not in
education, training or employment
(NEET)
-From Government’s National indicator
set Increasing access to HE is a
national priority.
-Any critical local indicators proposed.
Building on current Aimhigher data to
target particular groups.
NI 106 – Young people from low income
backgrounds progressing to higher
education
NI 15 - Reduce Serious Violent Crime
NI 16 - Reduce serious acquisitive
crime
Anti-Social
Behaviour (ASB)
NI 17 - Perceptions of anti-social
behaviour
NI 33 - Arson incidents
Reoffending
NI18 Adult re-offending rates for those
under probation supervision
NI19 Rate of proven re-offending by
NI 95 Progression by 2 levels
in English between Key
Stage 2 and Key Stage 3
NI 96 Progression by 2 levels
in Maths between Key Stage
2 and Key Stage 3
NI 97 Progression by 2 levels
in English between Key
Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
NI 98 Progression by 2 levels
in Maths between Key Stage
3 and Key Stage 4
NI 99 Children in care
reaching level 4 in English at
Key Stage 2
NI 100 Children in care
reaching level 4 in Maths at
Key Stage 2
NI 101 Children in care
achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs (or
equivalent) at Key Stage 4
(including English and Maths)
NI 117 16 to 18 year olds
who are not in education,
training or employment
(NEET)
NI 151 Overall employment
rate
NI 152 Working age people
on out of work benefits
NI 163 Working age
population qualified to at
least Level 2 or higher
NI 106 Young people from
low income backgrounds
progressing to higher
education
NI 15 Serious violent crime
rate
NI 30 Re-offending rate of
prolific and priority offenders
NI 17 Perceptions of antisocial behaviour
NI 33 Arson incidents
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young offenders
N130 Re-offending rate of prolific and
priority offenders
NI 173 People falling out of
work and on to incapacity
benefits
NI 170 Previously developed
land that has been vacant or
derelict for more than 5 years
Income
Investment
Increasing
Enterprise
NI 171 VAT registration rate
Enterprise awareness – need to
commission a local survey to
establish a baseline and then
update this annually. Could be
done as part of Big Listen.
- Self employment rate (ONS annual
Population survey)
- Female self employment rate (ditto)
- Business stock in the priority wards
(Betamodel data)
NI 154 - Net additional homes provided
NI 155 – Number of affordable homes
delivered (gross)
NI 156 – Number of households living in
temporary accommodation
-
Provide
Affordable
Homes
Ensure services and
transport
developments are
coordinated.
Ni 47 – People killed or seriously injured
in road traffic accidents
NI 48 – Children killed or seriously
injured in road traffic accidents
NI 138 – Satisfaction of people over 65
with both home and neighbourhood
NI 141 - Number of vulnerable people
achieving independent living
NI 167 – Congestion – average journey
time per mile during the morning peak
NI 168 – Principal roads where
maintenance should be considered
NI 169 – Non-principal roads where
maintenance should be considered
NI 175 – Access to services and
facilities by public transport, walking and
cycling
NI 176 – Working age people with
access to employment by public
transport (and other specified modes)
NI 177 – Local bus passenger journeys
originating in the authority area
NI 178 - Bus services running on time
NI 198 – Children travelling to school –
mode of travel usually used
NI 155 Number of affordable
homes delivered (gross)
NI 156 Number of
households living in
Temporary Accommodation
NI 175 Access to services
and facilities by public
transport, walking and cycling
NI 176 Working age people
with access to employment
by public transport (and other
specified modes)
TOTAL:
32 + 3 Possible indicators
+ 16 statutory indicators
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APPENDIX 2
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PROPOSED PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITY STRATEGY (SCS) AND NEW LAA
Partnership Board 16-11-07
Considered current LAA priorities, proposed
process + potential criteria for prioritisation
Partnership Executive 3-12-07
Confirmed process of partnership
contribution + indicators to follow priorities
Management Group 11-12-07,
20-12-07, 23-1-08
Reviewed current objectives + proposed
priorities based on work to date
Cabinet Briefing 22-1-08
Review and amend SCS objectives and
LAA priorities
Partnership Board 6-2-08
Consultation event- w/c 18 or 25
Feb 08
Joint Cabinet /Executive- late
Feb/early March08
Management Group 5-3-08
Partnership Executive 26-3-08
Confirm draft objectives for SCS + priorities for LAA:
Outline principle of funding process
Confirm consistency with emerging strategies and
plans
Review consultation feedback; confirm LAA priorities
and assess potential indicators; Cabinet advise Exec
of funding process for Area Based Grant
Refine potential indicators
Confirm indicators
Management Group 23-4-08
Identify potential targets
Partnership Executive 7-5-08
Confirm targets
Full council 21-5-08
Partnership Board 9-7-08
Confirm SCS and LAA targets
Confirm delivery process for SCS and LAA targets
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