Agenda Item 12
22 February 2007
1 Purpose of the Report
1.1
This report informs the Board of LAA performance during the first three quarters of 2006/07.
2 Recommendations
2.1
The Board is asked to note the report.
3 Background
3.1 The Board receives reports at each meeting setting out progress towards achieving the high level outcomes contained in the LAA. The Executive
Committee and Pillar Executive Groups manage detailed performance for individual targets.
3.2
At the last Board meeting we also reported that proposals to ‘refresh’ the LAA had just been submitted to Government Office West Midlands. Our proposals were to include new mandatory outcomes and indicators and to make minor changes to existing ones. Official confirmation of our proposals is imminent. This report, therefore, looks at performance against the original LAA.
4 Performance of the LAA
4.1 Since the last meeting of the Board, the Executive Committee and Pillar
Executive Groups have reviewed progress in achieving their LAA targets. A handful of individual targets are red-rated but in each case the PEG is satisfied that appropriate actions are being taken to recover the situation.
4.2 At Pillar level, all except Economic Development and Enterprise are rated green.

Agenda Item 12
Pillar
Children and Young People
Safer Stronger Communities
Healthy Communities and Older
People
Economic Development and
Enterprise
Overall
Performance
G
G
G
R
4.3 Within this Pillar performance in achieving a reduction in worklessness is the major issue. Although it is adversely affected by regional and sub-regional economic factors improvements will become evident when activity detailed in the
Worklessness Target Action Plan starts to have an impact.
Contact Officer:
Tim Ferguson
Head of Programmes and Performance
Tel: (01922) 652481
Email: fergusont@walsall.gov.uk
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Appendix 1: 2006/07 3 rd Quarter Performance
Children and Young People
Being healthy
Staying safe
Enjoying and achieving
Making a positive contribution
Achieving economic well-being
Healthy Communities and Older People
Improved health of the population
Improving quality of life and independence
To promote social inclusion
Safer Stronger Communities
To reduce crime, the harm caused by illegal drugs and to reassure the public, reducing the fear of anti-social behaviour
To reassure the public, reducing the fear of crime and improve community cohesion
To reduce the harm caused by illegal drugs and alcohol including substantially increasing the number of drug misusing offenders entering treatment through the cjs
To reduce overall crime in line with cdrp targets and narrow the gap between the worst performing neighbourhoods and other areas across the district
To empower locals to have a greater voice and influence over local decision making and the delivery of services
To increase the awareness of environmental issues, particularly in relation to key target groups, so as to influence personal behaviour in line with sound environmental principles as reflected in international, national and local policies
To promote sustainable travel patterns and healthy lifestyles by encouraging modal shift with particular reference to the promotion of walking and cycling
To secure a cleaner, greener environment so as to ensure improved quality of life at neighbourhood level and a borough that is more attractive to inward investment
Improve the quality of the local environment by reducing the gaps in spects of liveability between the worst wards / neighbourhoods and the district as a whole, with a particular focus on reducing levels of detritus
To improve the quality of life for people in the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods and ensure service providers are more responsive to neighbourhood needs and improve their delivery
To reduce arson and accidental fires
To build respect in communities and to reduce anti-social behaviour
Economic development and enterprise overall
Increase employment and reduce unemployment and inactivity in the locality
(reduce worklessness)
Increase skill levels of the local population with clear reference to local business need
Increase economic growth
To support the sustainable growth and reduce the unnecessary failure of locally owned business
Linking economically inactive residents to job opportunities through new opportunities
To attract appropriate inward investors making use of local labour resources
More competitive town and district centres
Annual
G
G
Annual
A
Annual
A
A
Annual
G
Annual
G
A
G
Annual
Annual
Annual
Annual
Annual
A
G
G
A
G
G
A
G
A
A
G
G