Appendix 1

2023 / 2024

Annual Performance Indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PI No.

SCC reported stat

Service

Committee

Indicator

Target

Time period to achieve target

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Yr end total / average

Comments

1

 

Accountancy

CPRC

% of undisputed invoices paid within 30 days

90% 

Monthly

95.65%

97.15%

99.12%

99.39%

97.82%

 

2

 

Accountancy

CPRC

% of undisputed invoices paid within 10 days

60% 

Monthly

50.85%

57.72%

65.02%

63.42%

59.25%

Target exceeded except Q1 

3

 

Accountancy

CPRC

Average number of days taken for an invoice to be paid

14 days

Monthly

10.93 days

9.80 days

6.48 days

8.09 days

8.8

 Invoices paid well within 14 day timeline

4

 

Building Control

CPRC

% of full plans applications dealt with within 8 weeks

100%

Annually

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

5

Y

Customer Services

CPRC

Council Tax collection rates

98.50%

Financial year

35.88%

57.87%

86.00%

97.50%

97.50%

  Note annual figure  is built up cumulatively across quarters. Cost of living increase impacted collection so 1% below target

6

Y

Customer Services

CPRC

National Non Domestic collection rates (NDDR)

98.80%

Financial year

33.74%

60.15%

87.70%

99.07%

99.07%

 As above

High achievement despite cost of living crisis.

7

 

Customer Services

CPRC

Sundry Debt Collection Rates

90.00%

Financial year

55.00%

84.54%

78.24%

90.09%

90.09%

 

8

 

Customer Services

CPRC

Reduce % of calls lost to 5%

5% by March 2024

Financial year

3.6

2.8

2.10%

3.00%

2.87%

 Well below target figure demonstrating effectiveness of team

9

 

Customer Services

CPRC

To reply to complaints within 7 working days

7 working days

Monthly

100%

100.00%

100%

90%

97.50%

 Dip in Q4 due to staff sickness otherwise all complaints  Q1 to 3 responded to within 7 day timelines

10

 

Customer Services

CPRC

Increase relative to previous year in take-up of Direct Debit (DDs) for both Council tax and business rates

1% on previous years  figures

12 months

6%

22%

251% increase compared to Q3 2022

154% increase compared to Q42023

97.25%

 Significant take up on direct debit in last two quarters of 23/24 compared to 22/23due to greater  promotion of DDs

11

 

Customer Services

CPRC

Increase in electronic payments (e-billing)

3% on previous years  figures

12 months

-1.5% compared to Q1 2022

3.53% compared to Q2 2022

2.65% compared to Q2 2022

5% compared to Q4 2022

 With improved customer portal looking to increase further e-billing

12

 

Elections

CPRC

Annual calculation of the % of households registered compared to total number of households where people are eligible to vote

97%

Annually

 

 

 

 

94.0%

Available 1 December each year in this case Dec 23 and slightly down on target.

13

Y

Environmental Health

Community and Wellbeing

Ratio of food businesses with food hygiene rating scores of 3-5 compared to those scoring 0-2 demonstrated as % 3-5 against 0-2

92%

Annually

96%

97%

97%

97%

97%

 

14

 

Environmental Health

Community and Wellbeing

% of food businesses with food hygiene rating scores of 0-1 (this is a decreasing target)

4%

Annually

2.00%

1.50%

1.50%

1.50%

1.62%

 % of businesses with a food hygiene score of 0-1 is reducing.

15

 

Environmental Health

Community and Wellbeing

Customer satisfaction surveys of officers’ interventions – satisfied vs. dissatisfied (areas: food, H&S, housing, general service requests including nuisance, licensing activities [animal welfare, HMO licensing, PPC, gambling, premises, taxi])

90% satisfaction rate

Annually

94%

95%

94%

Not available

94%

 

16

Y

Housing Benefits

Community and Wellbeing

Processing of Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit claims

30 Days

Annually

16.42 days

19.75 days

18.28 days

17.98 days

18.10 days

 This is effective and efficient response within the 30 days

17

Y

Housing Benefits

Community and Wellbeing

Time taken to assess change in circumstances for Housing Benefit claims

 10 days

Annually

2.19 days

2.27days

3.13 days

1.64 days

2.30 days

 This is one of the best results in Surrey

18

 

Housing Options

Community and Wellbeing

Number of households prevented from being homeless

Annually

57

69

61

58

245

Due to the hard work of team this is a good figure Definitive targets for KPIs 18,19 and 20 are not possible as cannot predict numbers  likely to have  to be dealt with.

19

 

Housing Options

Community and Wellbeing

Numbers of homelessness acceptances (i.e. number households where a full rehousing duty has been accepted by the council) Shows volume of new households requiring rehousing due to homelessness.

Annually

17

12

14

38

81

 This is due to the effectiveness of homeless prevention outlined in point 18

20

Y

Housing Options

Community and Wellbeing

No. of households living in temporary accommodation

No target as depends on need and requests

Quarterly

138

170

151

173

158

Number of all households in temporary accommodation at the end of the quarter. These are households in accommodation arranged by local authorities pending enquiries or after being accepted as homeless under the 1996 Act and as amended by the HRA 2018. 

21

 

Housing Options

Community and Wellbeing

Number of duty accepted cases in temporary accommodation

100

Annually

67

67

56

90

This is directly related to quantity of permanent accommodation available and need

23

Y

Human Resources

CPRC

Staff sickness absence – all sickness

 

Annually

10.76 days

11

9.32 days

14.3 days

11.34

 Figures reported but no target as  cannot predict but figures are monitored and staff sickness managed via absence procedures

24

Y

Human Resources

CPRC

Staff sickness absence – short term

 

Annually

2.99 days

2.9

2.48 days

3.03 days

2.85

 As above

25

Y

Human Resources

CPRC

Staff turnover

10% 

Annually

14.7%

13.41%

10.92%

10.03%

12.3%

 Measures in place on recruitment and retention to minimise turnover

26

 

ICT

CPRC

Helpdesk calls closed within 24 hours

60% closed within 24 hours

Quarterly

65.63%

55.52%

68.77%

82.99%

68.22%

 

27

 

Independent Living

Community and Wellbeing

Increase number of meals delivered

2% increase

Annually

 -2.10%

+9.02%

 -1%

-3% 

 Total of 3218 more meals delivered in 23/24 than 22/23 - + 7.49% overall

28

 

Independent Living

Community and Wellbeing

Percentage of customers with home alarms systems installed to receive an annual follow up call/visit

96%

Annually

98% 

97%

 98%

97% 

 

Achieved target

29

 

Independent Living

Community and Wellbeing

Increase numbers participating in activities at the Centre

2% increase

Annually

-20%

23.90% 

7.20% 

 -11.02%

 +0.02

 Total of 2270 more activities in 23/24 than 22/23 - + 6.72% overall

30

 

Independent Living

Community and Wellbeing

Approve grant applications within 4 months of fully submitted applications

100%

Annually

100% within 4 months

100% within 4 months

100% within 4 months

100% within 4 months

100%

 

31

 

Land Charges

CPRC

Turnaround time for all searches – within three days or better

100%

Monthly

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

32

 

Leisure

Community and Wellbeing

Build up to the target of pre COVID-19 annual Leisure Centre attendance figures

Sunbury 341,595

Annually

87,340

87,053

77,420

86,183 (Sunbury)

337,996

the Sunbury LC total attendance figure for the year is 99.0% of the target figure and up 10% on 2022/23 total attendance. (cumulative figure in total column)

33

 

Leisure

Community and Wellbeing

Build up to the target of pre COVID-19 attendances at leisure activities (including activities, events, meetings, workshops and consultation sessions).

Spelthorne 530,019

Annually

124,589

125,806

114,271

132,875 (Spelthorne)

497,541

The Spelthorne Leisure Centre attendance figures for the year total is 94.0 % of pre- pandemic levels).  A reduction in numbers in 23/24 is due to the ongoing building work for the new leisure centre and associated parking disruptions throughout the year. Cumulative figure in total column 

34

 

Leisure

Community and Wellbeing

Build up to run at least 6 leisure activities in our areas of greater deprivation and work in liaison with community groups in these communities to promote these, e.g. Explorer, Walking for Health and Christmas events

6 Leisure activities

Annually

Explorer, 2 x Cycling for health, 6 x Walking for Health

2x Xplorer, 1x cycling for health, 1x walking for health, 5x dance classed, 4x resource centre outreach

1x Xplorer, 1x cycling for health, 6x walking for health, 11 x dance classes Stanwell, 1 x Stanwell School Theatre visit, 4x Sunbury Common Lantern Festival workshops + Event, 7 x Ashford Youth Club Kick start your Creativity session

1x Xplorer,
1x cycling for health,
4x walking for health,
12x dance classes Stanwell,
11x Ashford Youth Club Kick start your Creativity session

 

It should also be noted that some of the activities delivered in target communities has been funded by the Shared Prosperity funding secured in 2023.  This relates to the dance classes in Stanwell, and Ashford Youth Club Kick start your creativity sessions.

35

Y

Planning

Environment and Sustainability

Speed of determining planning applications (majors)

60% in 13 weeks

Annually

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

 

36

Y

Planning

Environment and Sustainability

Speed of determining planning applications (minors)

65% in 8 weeks

Annually

100%

98%

100%

100%

100%

 

37

Y

Planning

Environment and Sustainability

Speed of determining planning applications (others)

80% in 8 weeks

Annually

100%

99%

96%

99%

99%

 

38

Y

Planning

Environment and Sustainability

Appeals dismissed against the Council's refusal of planning permission

60%

Annually

75%

81.0%

75%

69%

75%

 

39

Y

Planning

Environment and Sustainability

Percentage of planning enforcement investigations commenced within time frames

 90%

 

94%

95%

96%

96%

95%

 

40

 

Neighbourhood Services

Environment and Sustainability

Average length of time to remove fly tips

90% within 48 hours

Quarterly

95%

96%

95%

93%

95%

 

41

 

Neighbourhood Services

Environment and Sustainability

% missed refuse bins reported by 2pm and collected by the end of the next working day

95%

Quarterly

93%

97%

96%

95%

95%

 

42

Y

Neighbourhood Services

Environment and Sustainability

Recycling rate (received a Quarter behind, from the Surrey CX meeting report)

48%

Annually

45.80%

46.50%

42.40%

42.70%

44.5%

43

 

Commissioning and Transformation

Environment and Sustainability

Reduction in CO2 across SBC estate and activities

1189 tonnes CO2 equivalent

 Annual

 

 

 

 

1266t

 Due to increased natural gas and fleet fuel usage across the Council seen an increase from the baseline

44

 

Economic Development

Economic Development

We will ensure that at least 4 businesses will be provided free business coaching advice a week until January 2024

48 sessions per quarter

Quarterly

25

20

18

55

29.5

 Staff changes impacted targets in ED

45

 

Economic Development

Economic Development

We will deliver at least 6 business events over the next 12 months

 

Quarterly

4

6

4

9

5.75

EC Dev - 6, 2 start up events, 1 business hub

46

 

Economic Development

Economic Development

During 2023 we will arrange an entrepreneur’s event for people interested in setting up a business but do not know where to start

 

Quarterly

1

 

1

0

1

 

 

 

Green Target achieved

Amber Target marginally missed

Red target no achieved.