The Local Government (Best Value Performance Indicators) (Wales) Order 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/1030 (W.)
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation, Commencement and Application

(1) This Order may be cited as The Local Government (Best Value Performance Indicators) (Wales) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

(2) This Order applies only to Wales.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“best value authority” (“ awdurdod gwerth gorau ”) means:

in relation to parts 1 and 2 of the Table in Article 3 – county councils and county borough councils including, where appropriate, such councils acting as waste disposal authorities

in relation to part 3 of that Table – county councils, county borough councils and National Park authorities

in relation to part 4 of that Table – National Park authorities.

Section 3 Performance Indicators

The performance of a best value authority in exercising its functions shall be measured by reference to the performance indicators specified in the Table listed below in respect of the functions identified in the Table.

Best Value Authority Functions and Performance Indicators By Which Performance of Those Functions Will Be Measured

Part 1

All functions

All indicators in column 1 of Schedule 1

Part 2

Education

All indicators in column 1 of Schedule 2

Social Services

All indicators in column 1 of Schedule 3

Housing

All indicators in column 1 of Schedule 4

Environment Services

All indicators in column 1 of Schedule 5

Transport

All indicators in column 1 of Schedule 6

Cultural and Related Services

All indicators in column 1 of Schedule 8

Part 3

Town and Country Planning

All indicators in column 1 of Schedule 7

Part 4

All functions

The indicators numbered: BVP1W1, BVP12, BVP15a, BVP15b, BVP18, BVP112, BVP113, BVP114, BVP115, BVP116 and BVP117 in column 1 of Schedule 1

Section 1

In calculating p authorities will project the deflections recorded in surveys (Category 2 or higher)* carried out from 1993 to 1997 forward to 1 July 1998, except for those sections where there has been maintenance work after the deflection survey was carried out (provided that the maintenance work was started before 1 July 1998). A local authority can, if it wishes, include in the calculation survey data collected in 1998 or 1999 without projection and without any allowance for subsequent maintenance work. *As defined in the Highways Agency Design Manual for Roads and Bridges.

Section 2

In calculating p the authority must use

(i) residual life results (including residual life for maintained sections) for at least b % of the eligible principal road length (in one direction) from deflectograph surveys carried out between 1993 and 1999; where b = 60% – (a/2) and a is the percentage of the eligible network with deemed coverage. This means that an authority with the maximum deemed coverage of 30% (see below) will have to have residual life results for 45% of its eligible network.

(ii) the authority must use residual life results for at least 20% of the authority’s eligible principal road length (in one direction) derived from surveys in 1997 or later.

(iii) Pandef or Highways Agency approved Pandef equivalent software.

(iv) 100 metre sections with the residual life for each section defined as the 85th percentile residual life after temperature correction to 20°C.

Section 3

Deemed coverage: A local authority can nominate up to 30% of its eligible network for “deemed coverage”. These are sections of the network that are known, on the basis of earlier surveys or local knowledge to be structurally sound (this will usually imply an estimated residual life of at least 10 years) and where currently it would be wasteful to carry out a deflectograph survey. Sections of road with deemed coverage will be taken into account in calculating the performance indicator (see above) and will also affect the minimum coverage (see Note 2(i) above). Local authorities wishing to nominate parts of their eligible network for deemed coverage should specify the sections that they have nominated and give the basis of the nomination (previous survey, recent maintenance etc. ).

Section 4

Eligible network: Flexible principal roads that are suitable for deflectograph analysis i.e. excludes any elevated sections and flexible principal roads that meet the Highways Agency criteria for long life roads. Local authorities should state what percentage of their principal road network they consider to be eligible.