Priorities for the next three years
Doncaster, like all other areas, has been required by the Government to review its Local Area Agreement (LAA) to make sure that it focuses attention on a smaller number of targets for improvement. The revised LAA priorities were agreed by Full Council and Central Government and are available below.
Doncaster's LAA is the partnership document which sets out a small set of improvement priorities that the Council and its partners must focus on between 2008 and 2011.
By delivering all the LAA priorities, progress will be made towards the longer term Priorities in Doncaster's Sustainable Borough Strategy. Follow this link for more information on the Borough Strategy.
Doncaster's Partnership Boards will drive the implementation of the Priorities. Strategic leadership is given by the Discover the Spirit (DtS) Board, which is chaired by the Mayor of Doncaster and includes the Chief Executives of key agencies.
The National Indicators Handbook of Definitions, can be found by following this link;National Indicators Handbook of Definitions
Information on the Performance Indicators, which are included in the Local Area Agreements of other areas, can be found via this link DCLG Local Priorities
Judging The Impact Of The LAA
The Government is introducing a major inspection process to judge how effective joint working is in delivering LAA priorities. This inspection is called the 'Comprehensive Area Assessment' (CAA) and will start in 2009, replacing the current Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) which just focuses on Council performance.
For further information please follow this link: Audit Commission - Comprehensive Area Assessment
The Government has published "Frequently Asked Questions" on this new performance framework, which includes guidance on indicators, targets, Area Based Grant, Comprehensive Area Assessment and the role of Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships.
This can be found on the following link Performance Framework Partnerships and then downloading the PDF document 'frequently asked questions'.
IDeA Support Programme
The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) is co-ordinating a programme to support local authorities and local strategic partnerships to negotiate and deliver excellent LAAs. The support programme is available on a regional, sub-regional basis or to individual councils and partners
Further Information on LAAs is available on the Communities and Local Government website at Local Area Agreements
Alternatively, please contact the Performance and Improvement Team by e-mailing LAA@doncaster.gov.uk or by telephoning 01302 737034.
