MEENA KAYMAK

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An introduction to LAAs

• MEENA KAYMAK
• Communities Policy
• Local Partnerships Performance Group

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A brief history of LAAs.

• Origins in Audit Commission and Gershon analysis
• Rapid roll-out 2005-07 (12 in North East)
• Evaluation

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Local Strategic Partnerships and Sustainable
Community Strategies

• LSP
• Links to the SCS
• Delivery Plan

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What is a Local Area Agreement?

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• LAA 3 YEAR AGREEMENT
• Delivery of local priorities
• Aim - deliver genuinely sustainable communities
  through better outcomes for local people

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Who will be involved?

• engaging and empowering citizens
• stronger partnerships to deliver joined up
  outcomes
• role of Local Strategic Partnerships
• principles for governance
• the leadership role for local authorities
• developing a shared long term vision through
  Sustainable Community Strategy
• turning the vision into delivery agreement duty
  to prepare a Local Area Agreement.
• co-operating to agree and have regard to targets
• securing outcomes through best value and
  strategic commissioning

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the prize

• A fundamentally new set of relationships between
  government, local areas and communities which
  secures better outcomes for local people.

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Local Area Agreements are changing.
Before.
After.
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LAA Mk II- Key differences

• LAAs will be the only place where targets are
  agreed with government on outcomes delivered by
  local government on its own or in partnership -
  with a radical reduction in overall target
  numbers

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Priorities

• CSR 07 National Priority Outcomes National
  Indicator Set (198)
• Agreed managed through LAA 35 16 DCSF
  Statutory targets (from the 198)
• Agreed managed locally ( X ) - Local
  priority targets (with same legal status)

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New LAAs
Local Challenges and Ambitions Sustainable
Community Strategy
Local consultation through the LSP with Partners
and Stakeholders
CSR07 national priority outcomes 198 national
indicators
LSP view of local priorities
Negotiation and agreement
Cross Govt view through GOs on local priorities
Non-designated targets monitored only by LSP
local priorities targets
local accountability to citizens
16 statutory DCSF targets
Designated targets monitored by LSP and GO
35 targets
LAA
Better outcomes for citizens
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Negotiating targets

• levels at which designated targets can be set
• some of national indicators will be defined at
  district or neighbourhood level anyway
• can agree targets at a lower spatial level or for
  particular groups, where there is a case to do so
  and local partners agree to additional voluntary
  reporting
• Designated (up to 35 16) targets expected to
  be stretching targets and have agreed
  trajectories, including at least annual
  milestones a contract against which progress
  will be reviewed
• GO responsible for resolving disputes before
  their recommendation goes to Ministers

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LAA Mk II- Key differences

• LAAs no longer about specific funding for
  specific targets.
• The decision on how much funding
• should be used to support delivery of local and
  national priorities will be
• determined locally.

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TIMETABLE

• Feb June 08 Targets negotiated and framework
  is developed. Sign off by Ministers between April
  and June depending on timing of process

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Performance management

• LAs and partners responsible for performance
  managing local delivery
• delivery of national priorities will be monitored
  using data on all 198 indicators, with particular
  focus on the up-to-35 designated targets and
  trajectories
• from 2009, Comprehensive Area Assessment will
  provide judgement of delivery and risks drawing
  on local self-assessments and reviews
• GOs will hold an annual review with the LSP,
  drawing on CAA judgements, and identify any
  follow-up actions they need to be involved in,
  including any renegotiation of targets
• first annual review will be in autumn 2008

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The Mark 2 LAA

• Mainstreaming
• 35 16 Local
• Not specific funding for specific targets
• Begins 2008 preparing now!