Best value: improving services and managing performance
Public service agreements, local strategic partnerships, performance indicators....there's a lot of jargon in local government. Put simply, best value is a process that ensures the city council provides the public services local people want, and at a price they want to pay. The Government places a duty on individual local authorities to regularly review their services and set challenging targets for raising standards and delivering service improvements.
Every year the council has to report its progress to local people by producing a best value performance plan (often referred to as a "BVPP").
Corporate Plan 2008 - 2011
This year Salford City Council has developed a Corporate Plan. The Plan highlights just some of Salford City Council’s key achievements in the last 12 months and sets out our priorities and areas for improvement between 2008 and 2011. In the plan you can find out about how the council will deliver on the things that are important to the people of Salford and to our partners across the city. The Plan also confirms that all individual contracts awarded during the past year which involved a transfer of staff comply, where applicable, with the requirements in the Code of Practice on Workforce Matters in Local Authority Service Contracts (as required by government).
Best Value Performance Plan 2008/09
Our Best Value Performance Plan 2008/09 - Key performance indicators data for 2007/08 and targets for 2008/09, 2009/10 & 2010/11 is now avaiable.
Best Value Performance Plan 2007/2008
Our full Best Value Performance Plan for this year (2007/2008) is now available in Salford's libraries and council offices.
Summary Best Value Performance Plan 2007/2008
Our Summary Best Value Performance Plan is also available in libraries and council offices.
If you would like to receive a printed copy of either the summary or full plan, or if you require more information about best value at Salford City Council please contact Beverley Hinks (bev.hinks@salford.gov.uk) on 0161-793 3419.
Downloadable documents
- Best Value Performance Plan 2008/09 - Key performance indicators data for 2007/08 and targets for 2008/09, 2009/10 & 2010/11 (Microsoft Word format, 2mb)
- Corporate Plan 2008 - 2011 (Adobe PDF format, 4mb)
- Best Value Performance Plan for this year (2007/2008) (Adobe PDF format, 2.11mb)
- Summary Best Value Performance Plan (Adobe PDF format, 708kb)
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
Who to contact
- Name
- Policy and Improvement Team
- Address
- Unity House
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
SALFORD
M27 5FJ - Telephone
- 0161-793 3419
- bev.hinks@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 08 August 2008
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