Key Themes

By:-

Priority areas over next 3 years

How do we measure

What is our target

Related Plans/

Strategies

Promoting participation in learning

· Helping children from their earliest years achieve their full potential.

· Ensuring people can benefit from lifelong learning, developing the skills and abilities they need to contribute to the well being of their families and the community.

· Increasing people's awareness and enjoyment of Hampshire's natural and cultural diversity.

· Support for schools through recruitment and development of teachers

Increase in 14yr olds standard of literacy, numeracy, science & ICT {

Increase in pupils achieving 5+ GCSEs at A* -C {

Reduce unauthorised absence secondary schools in targeted areas {

Universal nursery places each for 3yr olds

Development of a cultural strategy for Hampshire

KS 3 results

GCSE results

Absence data

% 3 year olds receiving a good quality, free early years education

Production of the strategy

81% at level 5 or above in English & maths

80% in ICT and 78% in science by 2004.

63.8% by 2004

reduce by 15% by 2005

100%

April 2003

Early Years & Childcare Plan

Education Development Plan

Adult Learning Plan

Arts, Sports and Community Service Plan

Quality Protects Plan

Community Care Plan

Protecting and caring for vulnerable people

· Helping the most vulnerable adults and children to live as safe and normal a life as possible

· Offering service users the opportunity to take fuller control over their daily lives and manage their own care arrangements

· Ensuring that looked after children have life opportunities equal to other children, with the County Council acting as a good parent

· Supporting parents and carers

· Supporting older people to live independently for as long as possible in their own communities.

· Promotion of joint working with health agencies.

· Ensuring that services are of the highest possible standard.

Increase no. of children in permanent placements through adoption or friends and family placements {

Improve educational attainment of young people in care {

Improve access for carers and professionals about help and other services available

Better care & support for older people to live independently {

Increase use of Direct Payment Scheme

No. of adoptions

No children in friends and family placements

% children leaving care with 5+ GCSEs at : Grades A-G

Grades A-C

%14 yr olds with level 5+ at KS3 : Science

ICT

English

Maths

No of carers receiving bespoke training

Households with 10+ contact hours and 6 or more visits per 1000 pop

% people aged 75+ with a delayed discharge from an acute hospital bed

No. of families using Direct Payments Scheme

84 by 2005

261 by 2005

69% by 2005

21% by 2005

55% by 2005

55% by 2005

51% by 2005

54% by 2005

25 by April 2003

18 by 2005

2.5% by 2005

10 by April 2003

Key Themes

By:

Priority areas

PI

Target

Related Plans /Strategies

Shaping our Surroundings

· maintaining the balance and distinction between cities, towns, villages and the countryside through:

- the promotion of sustainable development and

- the protection of natural and cultural assets.

- helping to develop communities that offer people access to the services and facilities they need

Promote an environment in cities and towns which encourages people to live there.

Demonstrate best practice in the management of our own land and buildings.

Reduce the impact of development on the natural environment

Promote the creation of a living environment which is desired, enjoyed, respected and valued by those that live and/or work there.

Population breakdown

Land purchase

Brownfield sites

MORI survey

Corporate Sustainable Development Strategy

Asset Management

Water Strategy

Development related plans

Biodiversity Action Plans

Natural Resource Management

Local Transport Plan

Urban living strategy

Natural Resources

· minimising the creation of waste and ensuring that the waste that is created is dealt with in accordance with the hierarchy of re-use, recycling, recovery of resources and final disposal as a last resort

· promoting greater emphasis on the use of renewable and recyclable resources

· Minimising the impacts on water, air and soil

· Maintaining biodiversity

· Ensuring that factors contributing to climate change such as the creation of greenhouse gases from the use of fossil fuels to produce energy and power vehicles are fully taken into account and meaningful reductions achieved

· Raising the awareness of every individual of their impact on the environment

· Ensuring best practice in the County Council `s own energy use

Reduce the amount of waste which goes to land fill {

Development of Hampshire Natural Resource Initiative

No. of tonnes diverted from landfill

Additional 40,000 tonnes by 25

Travel and Transport

· Making decisions on road network and transport options taking a long term view of the impact.

· improving travel choices for all through the provision of a range of reliable, attractive and accessible alternatives to the car, whilst recognising the value of car travel.

· Ensuring that the need to reduce travel is a fundamental consideration in all land-use decisions and ensuring that any necessary development is located where public transport and a range of local facilities are highly accessible

More people using buses and a better service{

Local bus passengers: journeys per year

Increase of 4% by 2005

Key Themes

By:-

Priority areas

PI

Target

Related Plans/Strategies

1. Promoting Economic Well-being

- Developing a "Business Plan" for Hampshire, to set out the medium term strategy for the economy

- Maximising external funding/investment

- Widespread consultation

- Integrating other
agencies' plans,

using "Local

Strategic

Partnerships"

- Improving delivery

partnership

effectiveness

- National &

European

grants

- Overall

improvement

in the County's

economic

performance

relative to

regional and

national

averages

- Amount of grants

To be above the regional GDP/Head average by 2005

[1998 indices:

HCC area 105

South East 109]

£5m p.a.

SEEDA Regional Economic Strategy

HEP Economic Strategy

Local Economic Strategies of Local Authorities in Hampshire

2. Developing Skills

- Supporting effective and relevant

education from pre-school to adulthood,

which helps meet the needs of employers

- Increase links

between skills

development,

providers and

business

- Business

approval rating

Raise rating from 58% to 70% over 3 years

Education Dev. Plan, Adult Education Plan, Early Years Dev & Childcare Plan,Learning

& Skills Council Local Strategic Plan, South Central Connexions Business Plan

3. Land use, transport and infrastructure

- Making adequate provision of employment land to meet business investment needs

- Assess and monitor

employment land

allocation against

investor demand

- Supply of land permitted or allocated in terms of past dev rates and business satisfaction

5 yrs of supply available for dev (C'ty ave Business satisfaction (base to be established)

Structure Plan, Local Plans

- Maintaining business competitiveness, whilst reducing dependence on road traffic, growth and especially reducing commuting

- Adopting new technologies to support the

movement of people, goods and services

- Implement Local

Transport Plan and

its policies for

sustainable

economic growth

- Increase the uptake

of workplace travel

plans

- Reduce congestion

in south Hampshire

by the

implementation of

the south Hampshire

rapid transit system

("SHRT")

- Promote the

development of a

"broadband" network

accessible to all

businesses, urban

and rural

- Private sector

contributions

Workplace travel plans

- Construction of

SHRT Phase I

- Business access

to HCC's PSBN

Developer contributions of £92m over 4 years.

100% of major new dev'l'mts adopt workplace travel plans

- SHRT

Phase I

operational

by 2007

- Year on

year

increase

traffic on

PSBN

Local Transport Plan

Local Transport Plan

Regional Economic Strategy

4. Urban and rural regeneration

- Focusing the resources of the Council on

economic development and investment in

economically most deprived areas (based on the 20% most deprived wards acc the Index of Multiple Deprivation)

- Skills development,

and improved

educational

qualifications

- Initiatives to help

access to

jobs and training

- Business formation,

development and

investment

- Levels of

unemployment

relative to

County average

Improvement

in trend in the gap between the jobless rates in deprived

areas and

the County

as a whole

Economic Strategy, Urban Living Framework

Learning & Skills Council Local Strategic Plan

5. Business Support

- Helping existing businesses to thrive

- Promoting Hampshire as a location for

investment and tourism

- Consulting business on its needs

- Supporting the economy in rural areas,

especially market towns and their

"hinterland"

- Growth sectors

- Knowledge-based

industries

- Tourism

- Cultural and creative

industries

- `Business Panel'

- Supply chain

- Support for local

produce

- Market town

development

projects

- Nos of

businesses

helped

- Level of new

investment

attracted

- Nos. of visitors to

Hampshire

- Business

satisfaction

- Volume of

business through

Farmers'

Markets

- Capital

investment by

the Council in

"Market Towns"

>1600

businesses

>£20m new

directly aided

investment

xxxx(NH to advise)

from 36% to 50 % by 2005

>£1.4m pa

>£0.5m pa

Economic Strategy, Business Link Wessex Business Plan

Tourism Strategy

Cultural Strategy

Early Years Development & Childcare Plan

Communications Strategy

Rural Strategy

6. Access to employment for all

- Ensuring sufficient job opportunities for all

that want employment

- Working with the voluntary sector

- Promoting policies for jobs equality

regardless of age, gender, race or

disability

- Promoting with employers the positive

benefits of employing disabled people

- Modelling good employment practice in HCC

- Equal opportunities in Council's own policies

- Map vol sector &

est. a Community

Foundation

- Support and

training for all

groups and

individuals who

are excluded for

reasons of age,

gender, race or

disability

- Levels of

employment

in Hampshire

- Size of Fund

after 3 years

- Employment

profile in HCC

- Nos. excluded individuals

helped

Empl rates above regional average

£3m Fund

Employment in HCC

reflects population in

Hampshire as a whole

More help year on year

Equal Opportunities Strategy

Joint Investment Plan

7. Promoting Natural

Resource Efficiency and `Green' Businesses

- Supporting the "natural resource initiative"

to achieve more sustainable use of raw

materials, incl energy and water

promoting new business opportunities and

job creation

- More efficient use of

natural resources

- Environmentally-

friendly business

- New business

investment in

products from waste

- Disseminating best

practice

- Increased

recycling of

commercial and

industrial waste

- Business

investment

in new natural

resource related

technologies

Diverting an addtl 40000to p.a. of waste from landfill by 2005

>10m investment in new products from waste over 3 years

Natural Resources Strategy

Corporate Sustainable Development Strategy

8. Acting as an organisation in the best interests of the local economy

- Encouraging a sustainable approach to economic development

- Seeking to support local companies

- Redevelopment of

brownfield sites

- Buying locally

- Setting an example

of good employer

practices

- Ratio of b'field

sites developed

to g'field

- Value of

purchases

placed with

Hampshire

suppliers as

percentage of

total

60% brownfield development AC to check

(PC-K to propose)

Structure Plan

Economic Strategy

Key Themes

By:-

Priority areas

PI

Target

Related Plans / Strategy

Working together with Hampshire Communities

· Listening & Responding

- improving our dialogue with local communities and ensuring that everyone's views are heard

- ensuring that the community plays a central role in shaping our services

- working with most appropriate community what ever we're doing

· Leading:

- representing the views of the local community

- engaging at regional, national and international levels to ensure we can influence and shape policy

- making difficult decisions

· Participating

- encouraging participation in local issues and activities

- especially for young people through Youth Councils

- working in partnership

- delivering the Hampshire Compact with voluntary and community organisations

Services better reflect needs

Develop Local

Strategic Partnerships & Community Strategies

Communities feel involved in decision making

User satisfaction and Citizens Panel

Production of Community Strategy

MORI Residents survey

Election turnout

Top 25% of all County Councils

By April 2003

Hampshire Compact

Community Strategy

Youth Service Plan

Crime & Disorder Reduction Strategy

Consultation Strategy

Parish & Town Councils agreement

Working with others to build strong and sustainable communities

· helping to improve the health and safety of the people of Hampshire

· targeting resources on deprived areas within the county, both rural and urban

· reducing crime and the fear of crime

· supporting disaffected and young people who are in conflict with the law and helping to divert them away the criminal system

· maintaining a safe road network and reducing accident levels

· be ready to respond to emergencies

Increase attainment & reduce unauthorised absence & exclusions in 2 schools in Gosport. {

Reduce fatal & serious casualties{

Improve road

conditions {

Making people feel safer

Maintain downward trend in youth crime

Reduce offending by children with a history of local authority care

GCSE grades:

A-C

A-G

Unauthorised

Absence

Exclusions

No of fatal serious casualties

Condition of B+C and unclassified

roads

Citizens Panel/ MORI

Community Safety Audits

39% by 04

93% by 04

Reduce by 35% by 2005

Reduce by 20% by 2005

Reduction to

780 by 2004

Zero deterioration by 03 and improvement of 0.02% points by 04

Youth Justice Plan

Crime & Disorder Strategy

Urban Living Strategy

Development

& Related Plans

CSDS

Key Themes

By:-

Priority areas

PI

Target

Related Plans/ Strategies

Improving our performance

· promoting continuous improvement in all areas of activity and service delivery

· measuring and managing performance

· focussing on priorities

· achieving consistently high levels of customer satisfaction across all services wherever they are delivered.

Improve cost effectiveness{

Ensure County Council is judged as high performing

Basket of indicators jointly agreed with Govt.

Comprehensive Performance Assessment

Improvement of 2% per annum

High performing

Best Value Performance Plan

Public Service Agreement

Corporate & Community Strategies

Comprehensive Performance Assessment

Access to services in a way that suits the customer

· making services more convenient, accountable, flexible and responsive.

· shaping services around users' needs and ensuring they are flexible enough to take account of changing circumstances and requirements.

· ensuring County Council services are better communicated

Equality Standard for Local Government

% services available electronically

Level 1 by April 2003

100% by 2005

CSDS

Equalities Strategy

IEG Statement

Supporting and developing our staff

· developing a workforce which is committed to a quality service and supported in best practice on training, equal opportunities, human rights, health and safety, communications and environmentally friendly procedures

· ensuring that our staff are well rewarded, are motivated, committed, retained and recruited, trained and developed.

· ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse make up of the community

· involving staff so that they take pride in the council

Achieve IIP for the whole Council

Monitor sickness absence

Staff involvement

No. of working days lost

% staff who feel pride in the County Council

April 2002

9.2

Higher than 33%

Pay & Reward Strategy

Staff Survey

Performance Development Strategy

Managing our resources

· promoting effective and prudent financial management

· ensuring that procurement practice supports the cost efficient delivery of quality services and best practice in relationships with local contractors and suppliers

· ensuring that our buildings and other assets provide a positive environment for the delivery of high quality services

· managing the risk to continuing the delivery of vital services

· maximising income from other sources

· developing IT systems to improve efficiency

Pay invoices promptly

Ensure buildings are accessible

Maintain Council Tax in lowest quartile

% invoices paid within 30 days

% public bldgs suitable for & accessible to disabled people

100%

70%

Annual Budget

Asset Management Plan

Risk Management Strategy

DDA Access Audit Strategy