Annual efficiency statements - 2007-08 backward look

摘要

As part of the local government efficiency agenda, during the 2004 spending review period (2005-06 to 2007-08), all councils in England have been required to submit annual efficiency statements to the CLG. These submissions were formed of two parts - the forward and backward look statements. The forward look was for authorities to set out their general strategy for making efficiency gains; an estimate of the value of new gains expected to be achieved during the forthcoming financial year; and the key actions planned to realise them. The backward look was for authorities to set out the value of ongoing gains sustained from previous years; the value of new efficiency gains actually achieved during that financial year; and the actions that were undertaken to release them. The documents published last week are the 2007-08 backward look statements and spreadsheets which set out the efficiency gains achieved in each sector by each local authority and the quality crosschecks provided to demonstrate that service quality has not deteriorated as a result. The published items are unedited by the CLG and the results are not subject to review or endorsement by the CLG, it says.