Issue - items at meetings - Progress on Local Area Agreement

Report of the Strategic Director Resources

38.1 Performance Analysts Richard Miles and Dean Austyn gave a progress update on the Local Area Agreement which was in its final year. There was now no performance reward grant and Performance indicators were not a statutory requirement although data would still have to be reported to government departments. Monitoring of performance would be a matter for local choice.

38.2 The City Performance Plan (CPP) scheduled to be in place on 5 April, would be based on measurements yet to be agreed.  Work was in progress with Lead Commissioners, Delivery Units and Members.  Delivering the action plan would be the responsibility of the Local Strategic Partnership.

38.3 The Committee heard details of the indicators within the remit of ECSOSC as set out in the report.

38.4 Asked how road safety performance might be affected by reductions referred to in the budget report on this agenda under ‘sustainable transport’, Mark Prior, Lead Commissioner City Regulation and Infrastructure said that meeting the road traffic accident target NI47 was a challenge.

38.5 The underlying trend in reducing casualties was positive, but the precise method of recording casualties used by the Sussex Safer Road Partnership (SSRP) was likely to be affecting the relative performance of Brighton and Hove. This issue would be taken forward in the context of intelligent commissioning.

38.6 The SSRP was conducting campaigns aimed at children and adults, including in schools, was implementing road safety schemes, cycle training and investigating accident hotspots

38.7 As regards cycle training in schools; Cycling England had supported this and would be retained.

38.8 Councillor Janio Deputy Chairman applauded the setting of indicators locally which would enable better monitoring in his view.

38.9 The Chairman stressed the importance of continuity in reliable monitoring. He said 2011 should not be 'Year 0’ - meaningful comparisons with previous years'  achievements should be readily available.

38.10 RESOLVED that the report be noted.