Valuebill

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Valuebill
A Local e-Government National Project
Tasks and Challenges
Barry Tuckwood, Project Manager barry_at_tuckwood.co.
uk
www.newham.gov.uk/valuebill
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Agenda

• For Valuebill Project
• For LAs taking it up

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Outline

• Ensures that property data fits the requirements
  for Billing for
• Council Tax (CT)
• Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR)
• Ensures that processes are in place to maintain
  it
• Enables data exchange between
• Billing Authorities CT, NNDR and VOA
• LLPG and CT/NNDR
• LLPG and NLPG
• NLPG and VOA

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The Problem

• There are multiple databases
• They are maintained and updated individually
• Data is currently disjointed
• Data input is often repetitive and manual

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Some Issues

• Maintenance of data in LAs
• Consistency of data across data sources within
  LAs
• Building Control
• Council Tax
• NDR
• Others

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Addressing The Issue
Manor House 15-19
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23-25
27a
29b
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Church Street
14-18
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24-36 Imperial Mansions
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Addressing The Issue
Every individual occupier needs services They
should all pay for those services Lets look at
all the occupiers on just one floor

Manor House 15-19 Church Street
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Addressing The Issue





2nd Floor

Manor House 15-19 Church Street
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Addressing The Issue
NLPG Unique Property Reference Number

Refuse Collection
109877765413
Emergency Services


3094477765416
298877765401
223877765476
Social Services

2209877765476
Planning/use
109877765413
989877765325
Electoral Roll
899877765561

789877765444
Housing Benefit

Council Tax/ Rates
Ownership/ Leases/licences
619877765424
Manor House 15-19 Church Street
Rights of passage
Gas, Water Electricity Supply
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Addressing the issue
Every unit has its own National Land and Property
Gazetteer Unique Property Reference Number
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Data FlowsExisting Process Defined by VOA
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Data FlowsFuture Process Defined by VOA
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Data Flows Current Positionfor Future Process
Defined by VOA

• IA maintains regular files
• VOA to support as resident in IA office
• Uses ftp or csv or across Oracle
• VOA/EDS has reviewed schema
• Final review May
• XML test via EGiC

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Data Flows Current Positionfor Future Process
Defined by VOA

• Feed from many LAs in place
• Uses ftp
• CAPS/MVM to review schema
• IA to review schema
• XML test via EGiC

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Data Flows Current PositionFuture Process
Defined by VOA
IA maintains regular files Outline schema
reviewed by IA UPRN required XML test via
EGiC Suppliers have draft schema for
comment Suppliers will receive VOA/EDS
schema IA/NLPG interest is in having an assurance
that suppliers do not create multiple specialist
forms of schema which would not be compatible
with other NLPG requirements VOA require similar
assurance for compatibility with VOA requirements
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Data Flows Current PositionFuture Process
Defined by VOA

• This is the key relationship for IA/NLPG for
  compatibility purposes
• Outline schema reviewed by IA
• UPRN required
• XML test via EGiC
• Require a standard schema for all to use avoid
  development of single purpose schemata for, eg,
  LLPG to electoral register, planning, benefits
• Suppliers have draft schema for comment
• Suppliers will receive VOA/EDS schema May/June
• IA/NLPG interest is in having an assurance that
  suppliers do not create multiple specialist forms
  of schema which would not be compatible with
  other NLPG requirements

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VOA

• VOA acceptance testing XML reports
• Develop and test XML production interfaces
• VOA Test and implement XML production interfaces
• Suppliers/LA test XML file transfer from VOA
• Upgraded VOA software in operation

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Summary

• Refining schemata, testing and validating them
• VOA
• Marketing
• Developing rollout facility

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What do LAs need to do?

• Commitment
• A team approach
• Understand their internal processes
• Understand their use of address databases

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What does that mean for participation?

• Good Local Gazetteer
• Means to extract data from the systems
• Consistent approach for creating new addresses
• LLPG to be a common corporate resource
• Facility for including alternative addresses
  which are regarded by individual departments as
  the legal address

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What will change?

• Processes for data collection
• Data management
• Internal and external relationship management
• LAs internal
• LA VOA
• LA NLPG
• LA Suppliers
• LA - Customers

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Template Plan
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Where To Get More Info.

• Valuebill_at_idea.gov.uk
• www.newham.gov.uk/valuebill
• www.nlpg.org.uk
• www.idea.gov.uk
• www.odpm.gov.uk