9 Performance Trends
9.1 Has Our Performance Improved?
Table 20 identifies how our own performance changed, between 04/05 and 05/06. We are unable to include data for 06/07 because it has not yet been audited. Local PI data is not audited..
Table 20 - Performance change between 04/05 and 05/06
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Change in Performance From 04/05 to 05/06 |
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Performance Change |
All National PIs Only |
All National and Corporately Important Local PIs |
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Number |
% |
Number |
% |
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Improved |
28 |
55 % |
49 |
53 % |
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Stayed the same |
9 |
18 % |
14 |
15 % |
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Lower |
14 |
27 % |
30 |
32 % |
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Totals |
51 |
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93 |
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Some corporately important PIs could not be further improved because we were already at maximum performance in 04/05 and this was maintained in 05/06 e.g.
Corporate
BV156 - % of our buildings accessible to the public continues to be 100%
Health and Environmental Services
BV91a - % of households covered by recycling facilities remains at 100%.
A number of other corporately important PIs improved significantly (i.e. by 15% to 60%) e.g.
Benefits
BV76d - The number of prosecutions and sanctions per 1,000 Benefit caseload increased to over 10.
Corporate
BV11a - % of top 5% of earners that are women reached 30% for the first time and put us in the second quartile of all English district councils.
BV12 - The number of working days lost to sickness absence dropped to under 11, which moved us out of the bottom quartile of all English district councils.
BV157 - % of interactions that are legally permissible for electronic delivery rose to 100%, which clearly puts us in the top 25% of all English district councils.
Council Housing
BV184a - % of LA homes which were non-decent at the start of the year dropped from 20% to 10%, which puts us in the top 25% of all English district councils.
BV68 - The number of days to re-let local authority dwellings dropped to 29 days, which put us in the second quartile of all English district councils.
Planning
BV109a - % of major planning applications determined in 13 weeks rose from 39% to 62%, which moved us out of the bottom 25% of all English district councils.
BV109b - % of minor planning applications determined in 8 weeks rose from 50% to 68%, which moved us out of the bottom 25% of all English district councils.
Table 21 identifies how performance has changed, between the audited 05/06 data and the un-audited 06/07 data, for national and local PIs. The analysis in tables 22 and 23 could change slightly once the external auditors carry out their verification work later in the year.
Table 21 - Performance change between 05/06 and 06/07
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Change in Performance From 05/06 to 06/07 |
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Performance Change |
All National PIs Only |
All National and Corporately Important Local PIs |
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Number |
% |
Number |
% |
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Improved |
53 |
50 % |
69 |
49 % |
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Stayed the same |
7 |
7 % |
12 |
9 % |
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Lower |
46 |
43 % |
59 |
42 % |
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Totals |
106 |
|
140 |
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Table 22 identifies the percentage of national PIs that improved and stayed the same each year when compared to the previous year.
Table 22 - % Annual National PI Improvement
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National PIs Only |
01/02 |
02/03 |
03/04 |
04/05 |
05/06 |
06/07 |
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% National PIs Improved |
43 % |
54 % |
39 % |
64 % |
59 % |
50 % |
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% National PIs stayed the same |
14 % |
10 % |
12 % |
9 % |
15 % |
7 % |
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% National PIs worse |
43 % |
36 % |
49 % |
27 % |
26 % |
43 % |
Note: Green highlights an improvement on the previous year and red highlights worsening performance.
In 06/07 and in every previous year we have consistently improved or stayed the same on more than 50% of national PIs. This is a creditable performance but we recognise that we are not improving fast enough. The 06/07 data is un-audited and could change slightly once audited.