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Police Authorities (Best Value) Performance Indicators Order 2003

As Enacted Cited authorities 6 Cited in Amendments 5 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2003/519
Year2003

2003 No. 519

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Police Authorities (Best Value) Performance Indicators Order 2003

Made 6th March 2003

Laid before Parliament 10th March 2003

Coming into force 1st April 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 4(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 19991(having regard to the definition in section 1(1)(d)), and having consulted, in accordance with section 4(3) of that Act, persons appearing to him to represent police authorities and such other persons as he thought fit, hereby makes the following Order:

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Police Authorities (Best Value) Performance Indicators Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

S-2 Performance indicators

Performance indicators

2. The performance indicators by reference to which the performance of each police authority in England and Wales can be measured in exercising their functions are hereby specified in—

(a) Schedule 1 (citizen focus);

(b) Schedule 2 (reducing crime);

(c) Schedule 3 (investigating crime);

(d) Schedule 4 (promoting safety and security);

(e) Schedule 5 (helping the public); and

(f) Schedule 6 (resource usage).

S-3 Revocation

Revocation

3. The Police Authorities (Best Value) Performance Indicators Order 20022is hereby revoked.

John Denham

Minister of State

Home Office

6th March 2003

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2

CITIZEN FOCUS

Indicator number

Description of Indicator

PBV 1

Quality of service surveys showing—

(a) percentage of the public satisfied with the time taken to answer a 999 call from a member of the public,

(b) percentage of the public satisfied with the arrival time of an officer dealing with an immediate response incident,

(c) percentage of the public satisfied with police action in response to 999 calls,

(d) percentage of victims satisfied with police initial response to a report of violent crime,

(e) percentage of victims satisfied with police initial response to a report of burglary to a dwelling,

(f) percentage of victims of road traffic collisions satisfied with the police service at the scene of the collision, and

(g) percentage of victims of racist incidents satisfied with the police service when dealing with the incident.

PBV 2

Public reassurance and quality of life as identified by—

(a) percentage of residents surveyed who said that they feel “fairly safe” or “very safe” after dark whilst outside in the local authority area, and

(b) percentage of residents surveyed who said that they feel “fairly safe” or “very safe” during the day whilst outside in the local authority area.

SCHEDULE 2

Article 2

REDUCING CRIME

Indicator number

Description of Indicator

PBV 3

Using the British Crime Survey, the level of crime.

PBV 4

(a) Percentage of domestic violence incidents where there was a power of arrest, in which an arrest was made relating to the incident, and

(b) of these, what percentage involved partner-on-partner violence.

SCHEDULE 3

Article 2

INVESTIGATING CRIME

Indicator number

Description of Indicator

PBV 5

(a) Number of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACEPACE) stop/searches of minority ethnic persons per 1,000 population compared with the number of PACEPACE stop/searches of white persons per 1,000 population; and

(b) percentage of PACEPACE stop/searches of minority ethnic persons leading to arrest compared with the percentage of PACEPACE stop/searches on white people leading to arrest.

PBV 6

Percentage of recorded racially-aggravated crimes detected.

PBV 7

(a) Number of offenders charged, reported for summons or cautioned for supply offences in respect of...

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