Target 12 (National)
Increasing the efficiency, economy and effectiveness of council services.
Indicators by which performance will be measured
Leicester City Council will seek to work with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) to establish a basket of indicators against which the cost effectiveness of the Council can be judged, by September 2002. The basket will be based upon the work undertaken in conjunction with the pilot PSA authorities but tailored to reflect the particular circumstances of the Council.
The Council will consider substituting an alternative measure of cost-effectiveness in the light of the results of research being conducted for ODPM, subject to the Council and ODPM satisfying themselves of the practicality of operating such a measure.
The Council also agrees, in principle, that an increase in cost-effectiveness of 2 per cent per year should be regarded as the performance achievable without the PSA, and that the target performance with the PSA will be set at a higher level. A firm agreement on the target is, however, dependent on consideration of the specification of the measure of cost-effectiveness that is eventually adopted.
The Council and ODPM agree that the portion of the Performance Reward Grant related to the cost-effectiveness measure, as specified in schedule 4 to this agreement, will relate to whatever measure of cost-effectiveness is incorporated in the agreement at the time the grant entitlement is determined. If there is no agreed measure of cost-effectiveness, no Performance Reward Grant will be paid in respect of cost-effectiveness.
Indicators by which performance will be measured
Leicester City Council will seek to work with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) to establish a basket of indicators against which the cost effectiveness of the Council can be judged, by September 2002. The basket will be based upon the work undertaken in conjunction with the pilot PSA authorities but tailored to reflect the particular circumstances of the Council.
The Council will consider substituting an alternative measure of cost-effectiveness in the light of the results of research being conducted for ODPM, subject to the Council and ODPM satisfying themselves of the practicality of operating such a measure.
The Council also agrees, in principle, that an increase in cost-effectiveness of 2 per cent per year should be regarded as the performance achievable without the PSA, and that the target performance with the PSA will be set at a higher level. A firm agreement on the target is, however, dependent on consideration of the specification of the measure of cost-effectiveness that is eventually adopted.
The Council and ODPM agree that the portion of the Performance Reward Grant related to the cost-effectiveness measure, as specified in schedule 4 to this agreement, will relate to whatever measure of cost-effectiveness is incorporated in the agreement at the time the grant entitlement is determined. If there is no agreed measure of cost-effectiveness, no Performance Reward Grant will be paid in respect of cost-effectiveness.