CLG - Departmental Strategic Objectives
The Comprehensive Spending Review in October 2007 set out our Departmental Strategic Objectives (DSOs) for the first time. These DSOs represent the whole range of the departments business and reflect the contributions that Communities and Local Government will make to the new PSA set, both for those the department leads on and those which are led by other government departments. These, together with their associated indicators are set out below. In due course we will add further supporting information which will set out more detail about what we want to achieve and how we will measure our success.
The supporting indicators will also be kept under review to ensure they continue to provide the department and our partners with the right information to assess progress over the whole CSR period. One particular example is our intention to further shape DSO 5 by developing indicators which cover users perception of the planning process and the quality of design.
DSO1: To support local government that empowers individuals and communities and delivers high quality services efficiently.
Indicators:
- 1.1 Overall satisfaction with the local area
- 1.2 Percentage of people who feel that they can influence decisions in their locality
- 1.3 Differential gaps in participation in civic society - the composite change in the gap between involvement rates of disadvantaged groups by comparison with non-disadvantaged groups.
- 1.4 Measure of the Audit Commission Direction of Travel assessments
- 1.5 Measure of the Audit Commission Use of Resources assessment
- 1.6 Average percentage increase in Band D Council tax
- 1.7 Value for money - total net value of ongoing cash-releasing value for money gains that have impacted since the start of the 2008-09 financial year
DSO2: To improve the supply, environmental performance and quality of housing that is more responsive to the needs of individuals, communities and the economy.
Indicators:
- 2.1 Number of net additional homes provided
- 2.2 Trends in affordability: the ratio of lower quartile house prices to lower quartile earnings (housing affordability)
- 2.3 Number of affordable homes delivered (gross)
- 2.4 Number of households living in temporary accommodation
- 2.5 Average energy rating for new homes (SAP - Standard Assessment Procedure for the energy rating of dwellings)
- 2.6 Average energy ratings for all homes (SAP - Standard Assessment Procedure for the energy rating of dwellings)
- 2.7 Percentage of non-decent homes in the social sector
- 2.8 Percentage of vulnerable households in decent houses in the private sector
- 2.9 Number of children in poor housing (Non-Decent, Overcrowded or Temporary Accommodation)
- 2.10 Percentage of vulnerable people who are supported to maintain independent living
- 2.11 Percentage of vulnerable people achieving independent living
- 2.12 Offenders under probation supervision living in settled and suitable accommodation at the end of their order or licence.
- 2.13 Care leavers in suitable accommodation.
- 2.14 Adults receiving secondary mental health services in settled accommodation.
- 2.15 Adults with learning disabilities in settled accommodation.
- 2.16 Local authority tenants' satisfaction with services.
DSO3: To build prosperous communities by improving the economic performance of cities, sub-regions and local areas, promoting regeneration and tackling deprivation.
Indicators:
- 3.1 Plan for improving the physical, economic and social infrastructure of East London developed and agreed with key Local Authorities and regeneration agencies, and pre Games elements implemented by 2011
- 3.2 Previously developed land that has been vacant or derelict for more than 5 years (in deprived areas)
- 3.3 Ratio of 15th percentile house prices in each Pathfinder Region and their corresponding Government Office Region
- 3.4 Overall general satisfaction with the local area (in deprived areas)
- 3.5 Percentage change in average weekly earnings in Primary Urban Areas
- 3.6 New business registration rate in deprived areas
- 3.7 Overall employment rate (working age) at neighbourhood level (in deprived areas)
- 3.8 Percentage change in the employment rate in Primary Urban Areas
- 3.9 Performance against key indicators to narrow the gap on crime, anti-social behaviour, health and education within deprived areas
DSO4: To develop communities that are cohesive, active and resilient to extremism.
Indicators:
- 4.1 Percentage of people who believe people from different backgrounds get on well together in their local area
- 4.2 Percentage of people who have meaningful interactions with people from different backgrounds
- 4.3 Percentage of people who feel that they belong to their neighbourhood
- 4.4 The extent to which domestic communities, particularly domestic Muslim communities, reject and condemn violent extremism
- 4.5 Percentage of people who feel that racial or religious harassment is a problem in their local area
DSO5: To provide a more efficient, effective and transparent planning system that supports and facilitates sustainable development, including the Government's objectives in relation to housing growth, infrastructure delivery, economic development and climate change.
Indicators:
- 5.1 Annual housing provision in Regional Spatial Strategies to reflect the target of 240,000 new homes a year by 2016
- 5.2 Local Planning Authorities to have adopted the necessary Development Plan Documents, in accordance with milestones set out in their Local Development Schemes to bring forward sufficient developable land for housing in line with PPS3
- 5.3 Supply of ready to develop housing sites
- 5.4 All LPAs to manage development effectively in accordance with the relevant Development Plan Document, and within acceptable timescales
- 5.5 Improving the appeals process in the planning system - Making it proportionate, customer focussed, efficient and well resourced
- 5.6 Reduction by the end of the CSR period in the overall percentage of planning applications that are subject to appeal
- 5.7 Net change in the area of Green Belt
DSO6: Ensuring safer communities by providing the framework for the Fire and Rescue Service and other agencies to prevent and respond to emergencies.
Indicators:
- 6.1 Numbers of primary fires and related fatalities and non-fatal casualties, excluding precautionary checks
- 6.2 Numbers of deliberate primary and secondary fires submitted through incident reports.
- 6.3 Improvement in the national picture of Fire and Rescue Service performance reflected in Audit Commission assessment outcomes. This will be demonstrated by improved aggregate scores in published Use of Resources and Direction of Travel assessments for Fire and Rescue Authorities in England.
- 6.4 Delivery of a co-ordinated Fire and Resilience programme achieving planned milestones and deliverables for the New Dimension, FiReControl and Firelink projects.
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