London Borough of Croydon

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Local public service agreement

What is the LPSA

Local Public Service Agreement were developed to drive improvements in key priority areas for both central and local government. This required councils to sign up to delivering enhanced performance in a number of key areas and in return central government would acknowledge this by giving councils a financial award for every target achieved.

Croydon Council finished its first LPSA in 2005 having achieved a number of its targets and has received performance reward grant of £3,452,162 which will help deliver further improvements in services.  Following the successful conclusion of round one central government then developed its proposals for the second generation of agreements based more on partnership working.  Croydon started to develop and negotiate its second Agreement in 2005 under the auspices of the Local Area Agreement.  The Agreement which runs from April 2006 to March 2009 and consists of 12 targets across a range of areas is set out below.

Targets

The Council has agreed specific targets to:

  • Reduce the number of people claiming incapacity benefit and similar benefits for 6 months or more
  • The number of employees attaining Skills for Life and NVQ Level 2 and 3 qualifications
  • Reduce the number of families with children and young people for whom the Council accepts a homeless duty where the reason for homelessness is exclusion from the home
  • Increase GCSE attainment in specified wards in NW Croydon
  • Increase average achieving higher than L4 in KS2 in specified wards in NW Croydon
  • Decrease % of 16 to 18 years olds NOT in education, employment and training
  • Decrease % absence from schools in NW Croydon
  • Increase number of people engaged in formal volunteering
  • Reduce extent of litter, detritus and graffiti borough wide & increase tonnage of commercial glass recycled
  • Increase the number of cavity walls and loft insulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
  • Reduce number of incidents of violent crime
  • Reduce motor vehicle crime and increase DV detection rate

Contact Details

Contact name
Linda Oram
Job title
Policy Manager
Department
Policy & Corporate Services
Telephone
020 8604 7016
Email
linda.oram@croydon.gov.uk
Address
Taberner House
Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 3JS

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