Local area agreements (LAAs) signal a new relationship between central and local government. LAAs bring together the Government’s national standards and priorities (public service greements PSAs) with local priorities informed by the vision developed by the local authority and its partners in the local strategic partnership (LSP). LAAs are the new mechanism to shape innovation and improvements in local services over the next three years; they are about building the sort of place that people want to live in.
The ideas behind the new LAAs are to:
– recognise that ‘one size does not fit all’ and local
services should reflect what local people want;
– reduce red-tape and improve value for money;
– make local authorities and other public services
more accountable to local people; and
– enable local people to get more involved in
decisions about local services.
Each LAA captures up to 35 priorities chosen from a menu of 198 indicators in the National
Indicator Set, in addition to 16 statutory indicators for education and early years development, plus any local priorities decided on by the LSP. The choice of priorities should be based on the LSP’s understanding of what matters to local people.
This year the Coventry Partnership agreed to integrate the LAA Outcome Framework into the Sustainable Community Strategy's bigger performance management database. This will ensure that Partnership Theme Groups are managing and delivering the priorities and targets contained within the LAA alongside those identified for local action in the SCS.
For a summary of priorities and targets for Coventry’s refreshed Local Area Agreement July 2009
Click here to view the full original Local Area Agreement
Click here to view Developing the Priorities for the Local Area Agreement
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