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EFFICIENCY AND IT PANEL 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

EFFICIENCY AND IT PANEL 5 SEPTEMBER 2005 ANNUAL EFFICIENCY STATEMENTS (FORWARD AND BACKWARD LOOKING) CHRIS SWEENEY. Corporate Finance. Delivering Efficiency in Local Services – The Govt Agenda.

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EFFICIENCY AND IT PANEL 5 SEPTEMBER 2005

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  1. EFFICIENCY AND IT PANEL 5 SEPTEMBER 2005 ANNUAL EFFICIENCY STATEMENTS (FORWARD AND BACKWARD LOOKING) CHRIS SWEENEY Corporate Finance

  2. Delivering Efficiency in Local Services – The Govt Agenda • ODPM has the role of co-ordinating and leading the efficiency agenda for Local Government and has published guidance including definitions of what counts as an efficiency • Clear Target for All LA’s of 2.5% per annum (against 2004/05 baseline) • New reporting requirement for LA’s to complete an “Annual Efficiency Statement” (AES) • LA’s to suggest performance indicators (“Quality Cross Checks”) in their AES to evidence that savings are true efficiencies and not just service cuts • From 2006, AES’s will be reviewed as part of the CPA Use of Resources assessment. • Government encouragement for sharing of best practice - “Regional Centres of Excellence” and “Change Agents” such as e-Govt partnerships have been established to work with LA’s

  3. From 2005 a new statutory reporting mechanism for efficiency gains - the “Annual Efficiency Statement” (AES)

  4. GERSHON REPORT - JULY 2004 - “RELEASING RESOURCES TO THE FRONT LINE” • £20bn public sector efficiency gains by 2007/08, £6.45bn of which from Local Government • At least 50% must be cashable • 2.5% year-on-year efficiency target (excluding Police, Fire and Schools) • For HCC = £41m by 2007/08

  5. EFFICIENCIES MUST BE REPORTED IN AES AGAINST THE FOLLOWING GERSHON “WORKSTREAMS”: Service Blocks: Adult Social Services, Children’s Services, Culture & Sport, Environmental Services, Local Transport, Non-School Education, Social Housing, Supporting People, Homelessness Cross Cutting Areas: PRODUCTIVE TIME Workforce reform,IT Sickness management TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES IT systems, call centres, webservices PROCUREMENT Regional buying, professionalising CORPORATE SERVICES Simplification, standardisationsharing services

  6. HCC GERSHON EFFICIENCY TARGETS Budget Estimate £m Target £m 2005/06 13.7 14.6 2006/07 13.7 2007/08 13.7 Total 41.1 (HCC’s 04/05 efficiencies of £7.0m may also be counted against target of £41.1m which we are currently well on course to achieve)

  7. Non school Education Services Review of children’s services Highways contract Procurement (SAP related) 1.3m 1.4m 1.5m 1.4m HIGHLIGHTS: HCC ANNUAL EFFICIENCY STATEMENT (AES) 2004/05 BACKWARD LOOK TOTAL £7.0M CASHABLE £6.3m

  8. Transfer of learning disability properties Electronic monitoring homecare Looked after Children Strategy Highways contract Waste recycling Bus shelters 2m 0.8m 1.3m 0.5m 0.6m 0.5m HIGHLIGHTS: HCC ANNUAL EFFICIENCY STATEMENT 2005/06 FORWARD LOOK TOTAL £14.6M CASHABLE £8.6m

  9. Published AES’s Indicate Huge Variations Between County Councils • 2004/05 Backward Look: Ranges from £23.3m for Kent to £0.9m for Bucks [HCC £7.0m, 8th Highest] • 2005/06 Forward Look: Ranges from £32.4m for Kent to £1.7m for Beds [HCC £14.6m, 10th Highest]

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