Communities and Local Government
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- Local government
- Performance Framework
- LAAs
- Local public service agreements (LPSAs)
Local public service agreements (LPSAs)
Local PSAs were designed as voluntary agreements between upper-tier local authorities and government and were were piloted with 20 authorities starting in late 2000. This pilot was well received and a rollout to all upper tier authorities began in September 2001. 144 were signed and the last of these agreements ended in March 2007.
The overall aim of LPSAs was to improve the delivery of local public services by focusing on targeted outcomes with support from Government.
Following the popularity of the first round of Local PSAs the 'Second Generation' Local PSA scheme was announced in late 2003. These agreements allowed local authorities and their partners to tackle the priorities for improvement locally and provide a renewed focus on improving final outcomes for local people.
58 of these were concluded with central government with the balance rolled into the Local Area Agreement (LAA) process. Negotiations on this LAA 'Reward Element' were concluded by Government Offices with Communities and Local Government and departmental support in March 2007.
