The council monitors its performance against a selection of nationally required and local indicators and measures.
National indicators
The government is currently consulting on a draft 'single data list' that will set out all of the performance data that it requires from local government.
We expect the new list to be effective from April 2011.
Local performance indicators
From April 2011 the council will be monitoring its performance against performance measures as set out in its seven portfolio plans and some selected indicators from the operational plan for each service.
We will report on the first year of performance against these indicators in July 2012.
Previous performance measurement
Before 2008 the council's performance was assessed against the Best Value performance plan.
Best Value performance plans were replaced in 2008–09 by a set of 189 national indicators covering services delivered by local authorities, either alone or in partnership with other public sector organisations such as the police and health services.
All council services published a service plan in 2009–10 and 2010–11, after which they were replaced with portfolio plans.
- Best value performance plan 2007
- Best value performance plan 2008
- Service plans (2009–10 and 2010–11)
Please be aware that because the Best Value performance plans are no longer updated, they might contain some links that do not work.
