Figures boost for Carmarthenshire
Figures released today by the Local Government Data Unit show that performance in Carmarthenshire is continuing to improve.
The county had the best performance indicator results in five categories and was joint top in another 20.
Top scoring were:
• The percentage of reported fly tipping incidents which lead to enforcement activity - highest in Wales achieving 69.22%
• The number of library materials issued, during the year, per 1,000 population - highest in Wales achieving 7606.1
• The average number of calendar days taken to deliver low cost adaptation works in private dwellings where the Disabled Facilities Grant process is not used - lowest in Wales achieving 11 days
• The percentage change in the average number of hours of suitable education, training or employment children and young people receive while within the youth justice system by Children and young people of statutory school age - highest in Wales achieving 31.2
• The percentage of children services referrals received that are re-referrals within 12 months - lowest in Wales achieving 6.9%
The county’s children’s services section continues to perform really well, and again came out joint top in several categories, achieving 100% in areas such as the percentage of first placements of looked after children during the year that began with a care plan in place; the percentage of open cases of looked after children with an allocated social worker; and the percentage of young carers known to Social Services who were assessed.
Education performed well with the joint lowest primary school permanent exclusions at 0%, and public protection achieved 100% in high risk inspections for trading standards, food hygiene, animal health and health and safety. The percentage of highways and relevant land inspected of a high or acceptable standard of cleanliness was high at 99.2%.
The council also scored high marks in a number of other categories including council tax/non-domestic rates collection, housing, education, planning, children’s services, human resources and sustainability, transport, highways and waste.
Overall, the results showed that 76% of Carmarthenshire’s statutory Performance Indicators have improved, and that the council has a very good reputation for robust and reliable data.
Assistant Chief Executive Chris Burns said: “The council uses this comparative data as one of our ways of improving our services. Comparing ourselves to other authorities is a useful way to see where we are doing well and where we need to improve.
“This approach is really paying off as this year we have improved on 76% of the statutory indicators compared to last year and again considerably improved our performance compared to other authorities in Wales. We try especially to be among the best on those things that matter most to local people such as cleanliness of our streets, looking after vulnerable children and inspecting hygiene in food establishments.”
The county had the best performance indicator results in five categories and was joint top in another 20.
Top scoring were:
• The percentage of reported fly tipping incidents which lead to enforcement activity - highest in Wales achieving 69.22%
• The number of library materials issued, during the year, per 1,000 population - highest in Wales achieving 7606.1
• The average number of calendar days taken to deliver low cost adaptation works in private dwellings where the Disabled Facilities Grant process is not used - lowest in Wales achieving 11 days
• The percentage change in the average number of hours of suitable education, training or employment children and young people receive while within the youth justice system by Children and young people of statutory school age - highest in Wales achieving 31.2
• The percentage of children services referrals received that are re-referrals within 12 months - lowest in Wales achieving 6.9%
The county’s children’s services section continues to perform really well, and again came out joint top in several categories, achieving 100% in areas such as the percentage of first placements of looked after children during the year that began with a care plan in place; the percentage of open cases of looked after children with an allocated social worker; and the percentage of young carers known to Social Services who were assessed.
Education performed well with the joint lowest primary school permanent exclusions at 0%, and public protection achieved 100% in high risk inspections for trading standards, food hygiene, animal health and health and safety. The percentage of highways and relevant land inspected of a high or acceptable standard of cleanliness was high at 99.2%.
The council also scored high marks in a number of other categories including council tax/non-domestic rates collection, housing, education, planning, children’s services, human resources and sustainability, transport, highways and waste.
Overall, the results showed that 76% of Carmarthenshire’s statutory Performance Indicators have improved, and that the council has a very good reputation for robust and reliable data.
Assistant Chief Executive Chris Burns said: “The council uses this comparative data as one of our ways of improving our services. Comparing ourselves to other authorities is a useful way to see where we are doing well and where we need to improve.
“This approach is really paying off as this year we have improved on 76% of the statutory indicators compared to last year and again considerably improved our performance compared to other authorities in Wales. We try especially to be among the best on those things that matter most to local people such as cleanliness of our streets, looking after vulnerable children and inspecting hygiene in food establishments.”
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