LGA Scrutiny Network Local Area Agreements Multiple Area Agreements and Comprehensive Area Assessmen

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LGA Scrutiny Network Local Area Agreements
Multiple Area AgreementsandComprehensive Area
Assessments

• Pete Murphy
• Director of Local Government
• Government Office East Midlands

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Continuing drivers of change in local public
services

• Inter-Agency Collaboration across public (and
  voluntary) services from Local Area Agreements
  to Multi Area Agreements?
• Performance Management Regimes in public services
  from Comprehensive Performance Assessments to
  Comprehensive Area Assessments - the improvement
  imperative
• Continuing Financial and Budgetary pressures -
  the need for productivity gains and a tighter CSR
  2007
• Rising Public Expectations - the politics

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The development of inter-authority and
inter-agency collaboration and partnership
working

• Corporate - Local Strategic Partnerships/Local
  Public Service Boards the new Duty to
  Co-operate
• Education - Childrens Trusts
• Crime - the Crime and Disorder Reduction
  Partnerships
• Health - The recent NHS Operating Framework
• Environment - Integrated Waste Partnerships
• Sport, Recreation and Culture - County Sports
  Partnerships etc
• Economy - e.g. EMDAs review of SSPs

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Local Area AgreementsHistorical Background

• Introduced in 2005 immediately after the election
• Antecedents PSAs (1998) ? LPSAs (2001) ? LAAs
  (2005) ? MAAs (2008)
• LAA Round 1 pilots Derby and Derbyshire
  (2005-2008)
• LAA Round 1 Leicester, Leicestershire,
  Northamptonshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
  (2006-2008)
• LAA Round 1 Lincolnshire and Rutland
  (2007-2008)
• New LAAs All 9 areas (2008-2011)

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3 Core elements of Performance Measurement
Regimes

• Measuring single agency issues, activities
  and/or services
• Measuring multiple agency issues, activities
  and/or services the LAA is the key assessment
• Measuring the use of public resources finances
  assets and people

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Differences old and new LAAs

• From the margin to the mainstream
• 35 targets (from the National Indicator Set)
• Local Targets and Indicators
• No longer constrained by Blocks or Themes
• Single pot for expanded funding (all area based
  funding)
• Reward element retained

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LAA s current position

• Progress with existing LAA implementation
• No implementations currently deemed high risk
• Governance and member engagement generally need
  strengthening
• Good cross sector co-operation but very fragile
• Progress with 9 new LAAs
• No current negotiations deemed high risk
• East Midlands currently the region with highest
  proportion of agreed priorities both between
  partnerships and between partnerships and
  government
• Very pragmatic and collaborative approach being
  adopted by partnerships and GOEM

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Local Area Agreements

• Key part of following performance management
  regimes
• A) Comprehensive Area Assessments for Local
  Authorities and their partners
• B) Area Performance of Policing and Community
  Safety (Home Office March 2008)
• C) The NHS Operating Framework (DoH Dec 2007)
• D) The sub-national arrangements for economic
  development and promotion (Treasury and DBRR)

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The convergence of Financial FrameworksPublic
spending as investment not cash flow

• Local Government Use of Resources
• Health Area Performance Evaluations
• Police Policing Use of Resources Evaluation
• Fire Rescue Use of Resources
• All assess
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Management
• Financial Standing
• Internal Control
• Value for Money
• Audit Commissions latest Use of Resources
  proposals will apply a single new framework to
  all these sectors

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Potential Scrutiny Issues

• Implementation, monitoring and/or review of
  existing LAA
• Negotiation of new LAA, its priorities and
  preparations
• Whole LAA or key parts e.g. 1 of the 4 themes
  or particular issues or the governance
  arrangements or the performance management
  arrangements
• Potential issues for a Multiple Area Agreement
• Preparation for Comprehensive Area Assessments

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Local Area AgreementsTheir 3 characteristics
also expose their key limitations

• They have a 3 year time horizon
• They deal primarily revenue spending
• The operate at the local geographical scale

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Multiple Area Assessments - Types

• Single Boundary/multiple issues eg the
  underbounded cities such as Nottingham,
  Leicester, Hull Bristol
• Multiple boundary/single issues
• Multiple boundaries/multiple issues

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Where and what will be in first MAAs

• Where
• Tees Valley Greater Manchester June 2008
• 11 areas Registered as 1st tranch
• What are they looking at
• Economic Development, Skills, Worklessness
• Transport and Infrastructure
• Climate Change Environmental Protection

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