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Performance Summary - March 2008

 INDICATOR TYPE DESCRIPTION TARGET OUTTURN TARGET ACHIEVED
 Context indicator Ombudsman - Total complaints received       
 BVPI 08 The percentage of invoices for commercial goods and service which are paid by the authority within 30 days of such invoices being received by the authority  99.00% 90.09% Cross
 BVPI 09 Percentage of Council Tax Collected. 98.70% 98.50% cross
 BVPI 10 Percentage of Non National Domestic Rates collected. 99.30% 99.57% Tick
 BVPI 12 The average number of working days/shifts lost due to sickness absence 7.50 9.68 Cross
 BVPI 78a Average time for processing new claims (Housing Benefit) 14.0 14.4 cross
 BVPI 78b Average time for processing changes in circumstances (Housing Benefit) 7.0 3.6 Tick
 BVPI 79a Accuracy of Processing (Housing Benefit) 99.00% 100.00% Tick
 BVPI 79bi The amount of housing benefit overpayments (HB) recovered during the period being reported on as a percentage of HB in the local authority area. 60.00% 70.99% Tick
 BVPI 79bii HB overpayments recovered during the period as a percentage of the total amount of HB overpayment debt outstanding at the start of the period plus amount of HB overpayments identified during the period. 40.00% 38.85% cross
 BVPI 82ai Percentage of household waste arisings which have been sent by the authority for recycling.* 28.00% 30.84% Tick
 BVPI 82aii Total tonnage of household waste arisings which have been sent by the authority for recycling.* 13500.00 14953.21 Tick
 BVPI 82bi The percentage of household waste sent by the authority for composting or treatment by anaerobic digestion.* 12.00% 11.60% cross
 BVPI 82bii The total tonnage of household waste sent by the authority for composting or treatment for anaerobic digestion* 5500.00 5645.00 Tick
 BVPI 84a The number of kilograms of household waste collected per head of the population.* 400.00 378.00 Tick
 BVPI 84b Percentage change from the previous year in the number of kilograms of household waste collected per head of the population.* +1.08% -1.12% cross
 BVPI 91a Percentage of household residents in the authority’s area served by a kerbside collection of recyclables.* 100% 100% Tick
 BVPI 91b Percentage of households resident in the authority’s area served by a kerbside collection of at least two recyclables. 100% 100% Tick
 BVPI 109a The percentage of planning applications determined in line with the Government’s new development control targets to determine 60% of major applications in 13 weeks 68.00% 67.21% Cross
 BVPI 109b The percentage of planning applications determined in line with the Government’s new development control targets to determine 65% of minor applications in 8 weeks 76.00% 79.70% Tick
 BVPI 109c The percentage of planning applications determined in line with the Government’s new development control targets to determine 80% of other applications in 8 weeks 91.00% 88.28% Cross
 BVPI 126 Domestic burglaries per 1,000 households. 3.1 2.2 tick
 BVPI 127a Violent crimes per year, 1,000 population in the Local Authority area. 13.00 9.17 tick
 BVPI 127b Robberies per year, per 1,000 population in the Local Authority area. 0.3 0.1 tick
 BVPI 128 The number of vehicle crimes per year, per 1,000 population in the Local Authority. 6.5 3.9 tick
 BVPI 204 Percentage of appeals allowed against the authority’s decision to refuse planning applications. 25.00% 19.2% tick
 BVPI 217 Percentage pollution control improvements to existing installations completed on time. 95% 97% tick
 BVPI 218a Percentage of new reports of abandoned vehicles investigated within 24 hours of notification. 91.00% 96.00% Tick
 BVPI 218b Percentage of abandoned vehicles removed within 24 hours from the point at which the Authority is legally entitled to remove the vehicle. 65.00% 80.00% Tick