The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2002

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 GENERAL CORPORATE HEALTH PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Indicator Number	Description of indicator
1	The establishment of a timetable for the preparation of a community strategy(1).
2	The level (if any) of the Commission for Racial Equality’s standard for local government to which the authority conforms(2).
3	The percentage of authority buildings open to the public in which all areas are suitable for and accessible to disabled people.
4	The number of types of transactions that can be delivered electronically as a percentage of the types of transactions for which electronic delivery is legally permissible.
5	The percentage of invoices for commercial goods and services which were paid by the authority within 30 days of such invoices being received by the authority.
6	The percentage of Council Tax collected.
7	The percentage of non-domestic rates due for the financial year that were received by the authority.
8	(a) The percentage of top five percent of earners that are women. (b) The percentage of top five percent of earners that come from minority ethnic communities.
9	The average number of working days or shifts lost due to sickness absence.
10	The percentage of employees retiring early (excluding ill-health retirements) as a percentage of the total work force.
11	The percentage of employees retiring on grounds of ill health as a percentage of the total workforce.
12	The percentage of employees declaring that they meet the Disability Discrimination Act 1995(3) disability definition within the authority workforce compared with the percentage of the economically active disabled people in the authority’s area.
13	The percentage of employees from minority ethnic communities within the authority’s workforce compared with the percentage of economically active minority ethnic community population in the authority’s area.
14	(a) Energy consumption in the authority’s operational buildings, compared with comparable United Kingdom buildings; and (b) average lamp circuit wattage, compared with average consumption wattage by similar authorities in the United Kingdom.

(1)

See section 4 of the Local Government Act 2000 c. 22 of 2000.

(2)

“Auditing Council Performance against the Commission for Racial Equality’s standard for Local Government—Racial Equality means Quality” compiled by Stella Dadzie and produced in association with the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (1990) 112pp ISBN 1 85442 168 9. “Racial equality means Quality—a standard for racial equality for local government” (Revised 1998), England and Wales, 48pp ISBN 185442 161.

(3)

1995 c. 50. For the definition of “disability” see section 1.