Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2003/530 |
2003 No. 530
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003
Made 6th March 2003
Laid before Parliament 11th March 2003
Coming into force 1st April 2003
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 4(1) and (2) and 28(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 19991, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and having consulted, in accordance with section 4(3) of that Act, persons appearing to him to represent best value authorities concerned and such other person as he thought fit, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1999;
“DETR” means the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions;
“ODPM” means the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister;
“fire authority” means—
(a) a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme;
(b) a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority;
(c) the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority;
(d) The Council of the Isles of Scilly in its capacity as a fire authority; or
(e) a county council acting as the fire authority for its area under the provisions of section 4 of the Fire Services Act 19472;
“highway authority” has the meaning given in section 1(2) and (3) of the Highways Act 19803;
“unitary council” means a district council, a county council or a London borough council which is the sole principal council for its local government area;
“principal council” means a council elected for a principal area as defined in section 270 of the Local Government Act 19724; and
“waste collection authority” has the same meaning as in section 30(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 19905.
(3) In this Order a reference to a numbered indicator or standard in a particular Schedule is to the indicator or standard so numbered in column 1 of that Schedule and which is described in column 2 of that Schedule.
Application
2. This order applies—
(a) in relation to England, to all best value authorities; and
(b) in relation to Wales, only to authorities falling within section 1(1)(d) or (e) of the Act (police and fire authorities).
General corporate health performance indicators
3.—(1) The performance of the best value authorities specified in paragraph (2), in exercising all of their functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 1 to 16 in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(2) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—
(a)
(a) metropolitan district councils;
(b)
(b) non-metropolitan district councils;
(c)
(c) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(d)
(d) London borough councils;
(e)
(e) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority; and
(f)
(f) unitary councils.
(3) The performance of the Greater London Authority in exercising all of those of its functions which are exercised through the Mayor shall be measured by reference to indicators 2, 5 to 7 and 10 to 15 in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(4) The performance of Transport for London, in exercising all of its functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 2, 5 to 7 and 10 to 15 in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(5) The performance of the London Development Agency, in exercising all of its functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 2, 5 to 7 and 10 to 15 in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(6) The performance of county councils, in exercising all of their functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 1 to 7 and 10 to 16 in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(7) The performance of National Park authorities and the Broads authority, in exercising all of their functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 5 to 7 and 11 to 15 in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(8) The performance of fire authorities, in exercising all of their functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13 and 15 in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(9) The performance of waste disposal authorities established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 19856, in exercising all of their functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 5 to 7 and 10 to 15 in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(10) The performance of metropolitan county passenger transport authorities, in exercising all of their functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 2, 7 and 10 to 15 in Schedule 1 to this Order.
Performance indicators for community safety
4.—(1) The performance of the best value authorities specified in paragraph (2), in exercising their functions in relation to community safety, shall be measured by reference to indicators 1 to 6 in Schedule 2 to this Order.
(2) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—
(a)
(a) metropolitan district councils;
(b)
(b) non-metropolitan district councils;
(c)
(c) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(d)
(d) London borough councils;
(e)
(e) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;
(f)
(f) unitary councils; and
(g)
(g) county councils.
(3) The performance of police authorities, in exercising their community safety functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 1 to 3 in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Performance indicators for education
5.—(1) The performance of the best value authorities specified in paragraph (2), in exercising their education functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 1 to 17 in Schedule 3 to this Order.
(2) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—
(a)
(a) county councils;
(b)
(b) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(c)
(c) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;
(d)
(d) London borough councils;
(e)
(e) metropolitan district councils; and
(f)
(f) unitary councils.
Performance indicators for social services
6.—(1) The performance of the best value authorities specified in paragraph (2), in exercising their social services functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 1 to 13 in Schedule 4 to this Order.
(2) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—
(a)
(a) county councils;
(b)
(b) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;
(c)
(c) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(d)
(d) London borough councils;
(e)
(e) metropolitan district councils; and
(f)
(f) unitary councils.
Performance indicators for housing and related services
7.—(1) The performance of the best value authorities specified in paragraph (2), in exercising their functions in relation to housing and housing related services, shall be measured by reference to indicators 1 to 10 in Schedule 5 to this Order.
(2) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—
(a)
(a) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;
(b)
(b) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(c)
(c) metropolitan district councils;
(d)
(d) non-metropolitan district councils;
(e)
(e) London borough councils; and
(f)
(f) unitary councils.
(3) For the purposes of the indicators specified by this article “dwelling ” is a building, or part of a building which forms a separate, or reasonably separate and self contained, set of premises designed to be occupied by a single household including non-permanent housing such as caravans, mobile homes and houseboats available for all year round occupation; a group of bedsits (single rooms without exclusive use of bath or toilet) sharing facilities counts as one dwelling.
Performance indicators for housing benefit and council tax benefit
8.—(1) The performance of the best value authorities specified in paragraph (2), in exercising their functions in relation to housing benefit and council tax benefit, shall be measured by reference to indicators 1 to 7 in Schedule 6 to this Order.
(2) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—
(a)
(a) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;
(b)
(b) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(c)
(c) metropolitan district councils;
(d)
(d) non-metropolitan district councils;
(e)
(e) London borough councils; and
(f)
(f) unitary councils.
Performance indicators for environmental services
9.—(1) The performance of waste disposal authorities, in exercising all of their functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 1 to 5, 7 and 8 to 11 in Schedule 7 to this Order.
(2) The performance of waste collection authorities, in exercising all of their functions, shall be measured by reference to indicators 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8 to 11 in Schedule 7 to this Order.
Performance standards for waste authorities
10.—(1) A waste disposal authority which achieved, in the financial year beginning with 1st April 1998—
(a)
(a) a recycling and composting rate specified in column (1) of Part I of Schedule 8 to this Order shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2003 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part;
(b)
(b) a recycling and composting rate specified in column (1) of Part 2 of that Schedule shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2005 the...
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