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NATIONAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PI No	Indicator text	99/00 Average of all County Councils except where stated	99/00 Actual	99/00 Forecast given last year	Reasons for difference	00/01 Actual/ Forecast	00/01 Target given last year	Reasons for difference	2001/02 Target
SOCIAL SERVICES

BV49	Stability of placements of children looked after on 31 March in any year with 3 or more placements during the year	14.57%	13.8%	4.7%		14%	Not given		13%
BV50	Educational qualifications of children looked after: % of young people leaving care aged 16 or over with at least 1 GCSE at grades A – G or GNVQ	New Indicator	42.1%	New indicator		75%	New indicator	Definition changing to include children with severe learning difficulties	78%
BV161	2001/02 new indicator: % of those young people who are looked after on 1 April in their 17^th year, who are engaged in education, training or employment at age 19	New indicator	New indicator	New indicator		New indicator	New indicator		Data being collected
BV51	Costs of services for children looked after	New Indicator	Ł465.20	Ł384.00	Shortage of in-house foster carers and high costs for placements for children with a disability	Ł400.00	Ł309 =TQ		Ł400.00
BV52	Cost of intensive social care for adults 2001/02: changes to "and older people"	New indicator	Ł325.90	Ł344.00		Ł339.00	Ł293 =TQ		Ł350.00
BV53	Number of households receiving intensive home care per 1000 of the 65+ population	New indicator	5.6	5.8		5.8	New indicator		6.2
BV54	Number 65+ whom we help to live at home, per 1000 of the 65+ population	70.68	40.7 =BQ	50		43	52	Changes definition of helped to live at home: excludes drop-in facilities but includes provision of equipment	43
BV163	2001/02 new indicator: Adoptions of children looked after	New indicator	4.6%	New indicator		6%	New indicator		8%
BV55	Clients receiving a review as a % of adult clients receiving a service	New indicator	New indicator	New indicator		Data being collected	New indicator		Data being collected
BV56	% of items of equipment costing less than Ł1,000 provided within 3 weeks	83.88%	93.3%	86%		95%	96% = TQ		96%
BV57	Users/carers who said they got help quickly	New indicator	New indicator	New indicator		Survey date = Feb 2001	New indicator		Survey results to be reported May 2001
BV58	% of people receiving a statement of their needs and how they will be met	79.22%	59.9% =BQ	56%	Work being done to improve recording / performance (audit of case recording)	79%	92% =TQ		85%
BV59	Assessments per head of population Changes from 2001/02: assessments per 1000 population aged 65 or over	New indicator	59.8	New indicator		Data being collected	New indicator		Data being collected
BV60	Users / carers who said that matters relating to race, culture or religion were noted	New indicator	New indicator	New indicator		Survey date = Feb 2001	New indicator		Survey results to be reported May 2001
BV61	Relative spend on family support	New indicator	29.6%	36%		35%	New indicator		35%
AC C1	Number of adults under 65 whom the authority help live at home, per 1000 adults under 65, with: physical disabilities learning disabilities mental health problems other problems Total	2.91 2.4 1.74 0.55 not given	. 1.34 2.09 0.75 =BQ 0.07 not given	1.22 2.10 0.60 - 3.92	Definition excludes Direct Payments support	e) 4.2	Not given	Indicator changes to total only from 01/02	Indicator deleted
AC C2	Number of nights of respite care provided or funded by the authority per 1000 adults	93.79	27.61 =BQ	24.42	Changed indicator now includes overnight care in clients’ own home	28	Not given		Indicator deleted
AC C3	The number of people whom the local authority supports in residential care in the groups below per 1000 people in the relevant age category: adults 65 and over adults under 65 with physically disabilities learning disabilities mental health problems other problems	a) 22.66 b) 0.26 0.94 0.25 0.03	20.32 0.27 1.13 0.20 0.06	a) 20 b) 0.24 0.96 0.23 not given		20 1.6	19.5 not given	b) Indicator changes to total only from 00/01	Indicators deleted
AC C4a	Number of children being looked after by the authority per 1000 children	3.8	3.22	3.20		2.6	Not given		Indicator deleted
AC C4b	% of these children who are in: residential accommodation foster care and adoption supported to live independently supported in other ways	13% 71.2% 2.2% 13.6%	14.1% 68.1% =BQ 3.3% =BQ 14.45%	14.5% 64.5% 3.0% 18.0%		14% 70% iii and iv indicators deleted	Not given		i and ii Indicators deleted
AC C4c	% of these children 11 and over who were permanently excluded from school in the year	1.8%	2.5%	New indicator		2%	Not given		Indicator deleted
AC C5a	Number of children on the Child Protection Register per 1000 children as at 31 March	2.18	1.66	1.5		1.5	Not given		Indicator deleted
AC C5b	% of children on the register whose cases should have been reviewed that were reviewed 2001/02 changes to: BV 162	86.66%	91.5%	New indicator		95%	Not given		100%
BV163	2001/02 new indicator: The number of Looked After Children adopted during the year as a % of the number of Children Looked After at 31 March, who had been looked after for 6 months or more at that date	New indicator	4.6%	New indicator		6%	New indicator		8%
AC C5c	% of children on the register for the year who had been visited at least once every six weeks by their Social Worker	78.55%	100% =TQ	New indicator		100%	Not given		Indicator deleted
AC	% of new services begun in the year for which a starting date was provided to the client	89.37%	92% =BQ	95%	Decline reflects difficulties in finding service providers in some areas	Indicator deleted	Indicator deleted		Indicator deleted
AC	When a start date was given, percentage where that start date was met	94.98%	98.7% = TQ	97.5%	Only confirmed dates given	Indicator deleted	Indicator deleted		Indicator deleted
AC	Inspections of adult’s residential homes carried out as % of those that should have been carried out	99.68%	100%	100%		Indicator deleted	Indicator deleted		Indicator deleted
AC	% of adults going into residential care who were allocated single rooms	87.92%	80.4%	100%	Indicator changed from "offered"	Indicator deleted	Indicator deleted		Indicator deleted
AC	Inspections of children’s residential homes carried out as % of those that should have been carried out	100%	100%	100%		Indicator deleted	Indicator deleted		Indicator deleted
AC	Inspections of day nurseries carried out as % of those that should have been carried out	95.2%	87.9%	75%	Establishing joint team with Education has increased this to close to 100%	Indicator deleted	Indicator deleted		Indicator deleted
AC	% of children on the Child Protection Register for more than 2 years	8.82%	1.9% =TQ	2.0%		Indicator deleted	Indicator deleted		Indicator deleted
AC	% of children entered on the register for the year who had previously been on the register	13.35%	17.3% =TQ	Not given		Indicator deleted	Indicator deleted		Indicator deleted
AC	Expenditure per head of population on: Older people People with physical disabilities People with Learning disabilities People with mental health problems Children’s services Other TOTAL	Ł72.05 Ł12.85 Ł24.41 Ł8.60 Ł36.68 Ł3.29 Ł157.87	Ł53.05 =BQ Ł13.59 Ł22.02 Ł7.30 Ł31.12 =BQ Ł1.19 =BQ Ł128.27 =BQ	Ł54.25 Ł14.51 Ł20.51 Ł7.29 Ł29.69 Ł1.75 Ł128.00		Indicator deleted	Indicator deleted		Indicator deleted

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