Service Plan 2004/05

 

Directorate: CORPORATE SERVICES

 

Service Area: CORPORATE POLICY & COMMUNICATIONS

 

Produced by: JOHN BENTLEY

 

Phone Number: 823346

 

Location: COUNTY HALL

 

Date completed: SEPT. 2003

 

 

Services covered: Corporate Policy, Community Partnerships,

       Communications & PR, Print Unit, Crime &

       Disorder

 

 

 


Key Achievements from 2003/04 (from Section 3) :

·        Established new performance management framework

·        Co-ordinated development of PSA

·        Produced Corporate Plan and Annual Action Statement

·        Co-ordinated delivery of CPA Improvement Plan

·        Co-ordinated IDeA Peer Review

·        Established new External Funding service

·        Developed Green Island Awards scheme

·        Re-focused Island Futures Partnership – revised Community Strategy produced

·        Developed Race Equality Scheme

·        Revised Social Exclusion Strategy

·        Revamped Wight Insight and secured significant savings through tender exercise

·        Created new ASBO post within Crime and Disorder Partnership

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Objectives & Improvements for 2004 / 5 (from Section 4a and 4b) :

  • Continued roll-out of performance management framework
  • Co-ordinate delivery of CPA Improvement Plan
  • Strategic support for economic development and EU issues
  • Maximise external funding opportunities
  • Deliver Communications & PR Strategy
  • Island Futures to be an accredited LSP
  • Reduce overall crime

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Longer term objectives :

  • Achieve “excellent” CPA ranking
  • Achieve high level of user satisfaction with Council services
  • Island Futures an accredited LSP
  • Achieve economic development objectives (low unemployment, higher wages, no wards in “most deprived” index)
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2. Structure and Budget 2004-05

 

 

Team

 

Workforce

(FTE)

Staff Costs

(£)

Other costs (£)

Income

(£)

Corporate Policy

10.6

361,569

267,962

-42,763

Community Partnership

11.8

267,375

270,125

-66,625

Communication & PR

5.8

175,503

116,265

-50,270

Print Unit

5

123,212

115,351

-265,000

Crime and Disorder

3.5

97,093

19,491

-57,930

Office Support

4

126,597

33,205

-11,561

IWEP secondees

4

116,330

202,697

-61,890

TOTAL

44.7

1,267,679

1,025,096

-556,039

 

NOTE : 1.      An income column has been added to reflect the significant levels of external

match-funding for the Unit

 

            2.       These figures only represent the controllable element of the budget

 

Key Partners: Rural Community Council, IWEP, NUB Group, SEEDA/SEERA, GOSE, Island Futures, Community Partnerships, LLSC, Island Volunteers, Learning Partnership, Crime & Disorder Partnership

 

 

Accommodation:

 

County Hall (Ground and fifth floor)

Crime and Disorder team based in former Newport TIC


5. Key Performance Measures and Targets 2004/05

 

5a Targets for the Annual Action Statement 2004/05

 

Target Description

Target 2003/04

If app.

Target 2004/05

Benchmark figure and year if app.

Source

No. qualified PI’s

5

0

15 in 2002

BVPI Audit

Overall user satisfaction (BVPI 003)

Survey to be done in 2003/4

70%

60% in 2001/02

User Satisfaction Survey

Community Strategy Annual Progress report (BVPI 001c)

Feb 05

Feb 06

N/A

N/A

No. complainants satisfied with handling of their complaint (BVPI 004)

70%

80%

37% in 2001 / 02

User Satisfaction Survey

Value of external funding secured

In excess of £2m

In excess of £3m

N/A

Internal

Positive / factual media coverage

80%

85%

N/A

Internal

Level of Equality Standard (BVPI002a)

2

2

1 in 2002 / 03

Internal

No. of Priority Improv. Areas

4

2

4 in 2003/4

Internal

Residents feeling “fairly or very safe” during day (BVPI 189b)

Survey to be done in 2003/4

Benchmark to be established following survey

N/A

Survey

Residents feeling “fairly or very safe” after dark BVPI 189a)

Survey to be done in 2003/4

Benchmark to be established following survey

N/A

Survey

Domestic burglaries per 100,000 h/holds (BVPI 126)

9.5

7.6

9.7 in 2002 / 03

Police Authority

 

 

5b Mandatory targets 2004/05

 

Performance Indicator and source

Target

2002/3

Actual

2002/3

Target

2003/4

Target 2004/5

Benchmark Figure

Source

Complaints service on-line

N/A

N/A

N/.A

June 2004

N/A

Internal

% complaints processed electronically

N/A

N/A

N/A

10%

N/A

Internal

Consultation web page set up

N/A

N/A

N/A

July 2004

N/A

Internal

PSA Target 3 : Employment (jobs created through new companies moving to the IoW or expansion of existing firms

N/A

N/A

x125 jobs created

x 7 businesses advised

 

X100 jobs pa created

x5 businesses pa advised

Internal

PSA Target 11 : Employment (increase no. of over 50’s gaining jobs)

N/A

N/A

x40 jobs

X40 jobs

Zero

Internal

 

 

Note : See also BVPI targets included within Table 5a

 

 

5c Other key targets 2004/05

 

 

Performance Indicator and source

Target

2002/3

Actual

2002/3

Target

2003/4

Target 2004/5

Benchmark Figure

Source

NONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Resource Bids Summary

 

Reference Number

Description

Financial Implications

 

 

2004/5 £000

2005/6 £000

2006/7 £000

1.

Performance Management IT system

93,000

28,000

28,000

2.

Crime & Disorder

81,500

85,200

88,960

3.

Equalities / Diversity

25,000

26250

27,500

4

Community Wardens

80,000

84,000

92,500

5.

Funding for IWEP

50,000

50,000

50,000

6.

Corporate Policy Team

85,000

91,500

100,000

7.

Communications & PR

30,000

31,500

34,500

TOTAL

 

444,500

396,450

421,460