The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (Amendment) Order 2004

Performance indicators for housing and related services

6.—(1) For article 7(1), substitute—

“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 12 in Schedule 5 to this Order.”.

(2) In Schedule 5 (housing performance indicators)—

(a) For indicator 1, substitute—

“The proportion of unfit private sector dwellings made fit or demolished, during the current financial year as a direct result of action taken by the local authority.”;

(b) for indicator 3 substitute—

“The number of private sector dwellings that are reoccupied or demolished, during the current financial year as a direct result of action taken by the local authority.”;

(c) for indicator 7 substitute—

“The proportion of local authority homes which are;

(a) non decent at the beginning of the current financial year; and

(b) the percentage change in proportion of non local authority homes between the beginning and end of the current financial year.”;

(d) for indicator 8, substitute—

“The percentage of responsive (but not emergency) repairs during the current financial year, for which the authority both made and kept the appointment.”; and

(e) after indicator 10 add—

“11	The number of people sleeping rough on a single night (as determined by the authority) within the area of the authority.
12	The percentage change in the average number of families, which include dependent children or a pregnant woman, placed in temporary accommodation under the homelessness legislation in the current financial year compared with the average from the previous year.”.