The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (England) Order 2005

Article 20

SCHEDULE 15 Performance indicators for culture and related services

Indicator number	Description of indicator
(a) A copy of the publication can be obtained at
(b) 1990 c. 11.
(c) Character appraisal is an assessment of an area’s interest and the action needed to help to protect it.
1	Number of visits to museums and galleries which are owned by the authority, housed in an authority owned building or receive at least 20 percent of their funding from the authority: (a) The number of visits and enquiries (by way of telephone, in person or through the internet), per 1,000 population resident in the authority’s area, in the financial year. (b) The number of visits made in person per year. (c) The number of pupils visiting in organised school groups, per year.
2	Compliance with the Public Library Service Standards published by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in October 2004(a).
3	(a) Total number of areas in the authority’s area designated as conservation areas under section 69 of the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990(b). (b) The percentage of conservation areas in the authority’s area with an up to date character appraisal(c). (c) The percentage of conservation areas in the authority’s area in respect of which the authority has published proposals for management.