Peterborough City Council Town Hall Bridge Street Peterborough PE1 1QT 01733 747474 Mike Barnes Head of Sustainable Development Government Office for the East of England Eastbrook Shaftesbury Road Cambridge CB2 8DF March 2009 Dear Mike The Local Area Agreement for Peterborough 2008/ 2011 Refresh Please find attached Peterborough’s refreshed Local Area Agreement for submission to Ministers. As you know our ambition for the future of Peterborough is set out in the Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) 2008/21, which was itself refreshed last year as part of the development of the latest LAA. We remain committed to using the LAA process to drive improved and accelerated delivery of the key outcomes of the SCS and continue to invest in the development of our partnership structures, including a single performance management framework and Solution Centre. The Solution Centre has been a particularly innovative development that uses a 12-week intensive framework to tackle difficult cross-cutting issues through a partnership based approach. Initial programmes have addressed Teenage Pregnancy, Theft from Motor Vehicles and Childhood Obesity. In considering the basis for the refreshed targets it is worth considering the recent review of Peterborough’s Local Area Agreement which said: Peterborough has made good progress with developing and embedding a strong delivery focus as a partnership. It is well positioned for driving improvement through the LAA having invested in a genuine partnership approach to performance management for its LSP, the Greater Peterborough Partnership (GPP). This has real potential to achieve significant results and is helping mainstream the LAA and challenge existing delivery. Whilst we were pleased to see our progress recognised in this way, we are also aware that there is no room for complacency and that we still have a lot to do to meet targets in a number of areas. This was the focus of the recent GPP Executive development session on 12 February 2009, which sought to develop a stronger emphasis across all our partnerships on robust performance management that encourages greater innovation and better use of resource to effect real step change in delivery. A main focus of the refresh has been in developing the targets for those National Indicators that are based on the Place Survey. The absence of these targets has been a serious drawback in our ability to evaluate progress in these key areas of work, so the refresh should help us to refocus our efforts in these areas over the remaining two years of the Local Area Agreement. On reflection we have decided not to refresh the majority of the National Indicators that are most linked to the current economic downturn, namely NIs 151, 152, 153, 155, 166 and 171. Our view is that it would be impossible to predict meaningful targets for these indicators with any degree of accuracy at this point in the economic cycle. This does mean that these targets (as set in early 2008) will have a red status throughout the coming year. We assume that GO-East recognises this and we will be focusing our efforts on putting in place actions that mitigate the impact of the economic downturn and looking at innovative ways in which we can stimulate sustainable growth, which remains at the heart of our strategy for Peterborough. We will then take the opportunity in early 2009 to set meaningful targets for the final year of this Local Area Agreement. We have taken the opportunity to refresh NI154 (Net Additional Homes Provided) on the basis of evidence collected including a completions count, discussions with local developers and a review of initiatives in place to maintain and improve housing delivery. NI112 (Underage Conception Rate) was the focus of our pilot work for the Solution Centre and a significant amount of effort and resource has been focused on delivery in this area. A number of solutions are being taken forward and although it is anticipated that Peterborough will significantly improve its position, it is the view that the 2010/11 target of -55% remains unachievable and our expected improvement in Year 3 of the LAA will be nearer -43%. The partnership based approach to delivery in Peterborough continues to develop. Close working with partner authorities (both statutory & non-statutory) is a key focus of our ongoing LAA action planning and we held a specific Partner Delivery Summit in November 2008. Examples of statutory partner authorities have been included in the information relating to each National Indicator but it should be stressed that these are indicative – a comprehensive list of statutory & non-statutory partner authorities is available from individual Outcome Lead Officers. Our Outcome Lead Officers are continually developing links with the Voluntary & Community Sector (VCS) to ensure that maximum benefit is achieved for Peterborough’s people and communities. The refreshed targets have been developed with input from all relevant partners and have been presented and discussed at Peterborough City Council’s Scrutiny Committee on 09 March 2009. We can confirm that we have delegated authority to sign-off the details which the document contains, as agreed at Full Council on 09 April 2008. We are particularly pleased to have continued to develop a strong relationship with Peterborough’s Whitehall Champion, Peter Unwin , through the first year of this Local Area Agreement and his input into our Partner Delivery Summit event in November 2008 was evidence of the support that we have received. In addition, we have continued to develop excellent working relationships with colleagues from GO-East and this has been critical to the ongoing ‘good progress’ that is being experienced within Peterborough. Yours sincerely Councillor John Peach, Cons Ben Ticehurst Leader, Peterborough City Council Deputy Chief Executive, Peterborough City Council Local Area Agreement 2008 - 2011 (2009 Refresh) LAA Refresh Submission as at 26 March 2009 Greater Peterborough Partnership The table of indicators for the Peterborough Local Area Agreement, 2008-2011 is shown over. The table is in the required format for the submission of the LAA. Key: 1. indicators highlighted in red are those for which data has been updated as part of the LAA Refresh 2009 submission 2. indicators highlighted in green are those for which data has been updated since the previous LAA submission 3. indicators highlighted in orange are those for which data is still required and this will be included as part of a future submission Outcome National Indicator Baseline LAA Improvement Target Lead Partners, Statutory Designated indicators are Partner Authorities & marked with * 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 Outcome Lead Officers (OLO) Creating Strong & Supportive Communities Greater Peterborough Partnership (GPP) 23 April 2009 Local Area Agreement 2008 - 2011 (2009 Refresh) SSC01: Making Peterborough Safer NI16 Serious acquisitive crime 30.454 29.235 28.016 26.797 Cambridgeshire – so that people of all ages and rate* Constabulary abilities can live, work and play in (rate per 1,000 (rate per 1,000 (rate per 1,000 (rate per 1,000 Peterborough City a prosperous and successful population) population) population) population) Council Peterborough without undue fear Cambridgeshire Fire & 2007/08 baseline of crime and supporting people to Rescue data based on resist engaging in crime and anti- Highways Agency March 2008 data social behaviour from iQuanta Peterborough Probation Board Rates are calculated using OLO: Steve Welby mid 2006 population figures (iQuanta) Outcome National Indicator Baseline LAA Improvement Target Lead Partners, Statutory Designated indicators are Partner Authorities & marked with * 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 Outcome Lead Officers (OLO) NI17 Perceptions of anti-social Place Survey 20.05% N/A 17% Cambridgeshire behaviour* Constabulary Peterborough City Council Sport England Peterborough Probation Board OLO: Steve Welby Greater Peterborough Partnership (GPP) 23 April 2009 Local Area Agreement 2008 - 2011 (2009 Refresh) NI30 Re-offending rate of For 2008/09 (Oct 22% reduction in 20% reduction in The target will Cambridgeshire prolific and priority offenders* 06-Sept 07 = 384) offences from offences from be arrived at by Constabulary 384 baseline 316 baseline applying the Peterborough City For 2009/10 (Oct (no more than (no more than common ratio Council 07-Sept 08 =316) 300 offences) 252 offences) 1.17 to the performance OLO: Steve Welby For 2010/11 ceiling % target (baseline year to identified after be confirmed) the cohort has been refreshed. NI40 Drug users in effective 728 users 764 users 808 users 895 users Cambridgeshire treatment* (+5% against (+11% against (+23% against Constabulary 07/08 baseline) 07/08 baseline) 07/08 baseline) Peterborough City Council NHS Peterborough Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust OLO: Steve Welby NI 111 – First Time Entrants into Baseline (DCSF) 297 291 285 Cambridgeshire the Youth Justice System 303 (-2%) (-2%) (-2%) Constabulary aged 10-17 (PSA 14)* Peterborough City Council Peterborough Probation Board OLO: Steve Welby Outcome National Indicator Baseline LAA Improvement Target Lead Partners, Statutory Designated indicators are Partner Authorities & marked with * 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 Outcome Lead Officers (OLO) Greater Peterborough Partnership (GPP) 23 April 2009 Local Area Agreement 2008 - 2011 (2009 Refresh) NI32 Repeat incidents of 42% 28% TBD Cambridgeshire domestic violence* Constabulary Peterborough City Council NHS Peterborough Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals