The Local Government (Best Value) (Reviews and Performance Plans) (Wales) Order 2000

Content of best value performance plans

4.  Best value authorities must include the following matters in their best value performance plans—

(a) a summary of the authority’s objectives in relation to the exercise of its functions;

(b) a summary of any assessment made by the authority of the level at which and the way in which it exercises its functions;

(c) a statement specifying the period within which the authority is required to review its functions under section 5(2) of the Act and articles 2 and 3 of this Order;

(d) a statement indicating the timetable the authority proposes to follow in conducting a best value review;

(e) a statement specifying any performance indicators, standards and targets specified or set in relation to the authority’s functions;

(f) a summary of the authority’s assessment of its performance in the previous financial year with regard to performance indicators;

(g) a comparison of that performance with the authority’s performance in previous financial years;

(h) a comparison of the authority’s performance as summarised in accordance with paragraph (f) above, with the performance of other best value authorities in previous financial years;

(i) a summary of its assessment of its success in meeting any performance standard which applied at any time in the previous financial year;

(j) a summary of its assessment of its progress towards meeting any performance standard which has been specified but which does not yet apply;

(k) a summary of its assessment of its progress towards meeting any performance target;

(l) a summary of any plan of action to be taken in the financial year to which the plan relates for the purposes of meeting a performance target;

(m) a summary of the basis on which any performance target was set, and any plan of action was determined, in relation to a function reviewed under section 5 of the Act and articles 2 and 3 of this Order, in the previous financial year.