Content of best value performance plans4.

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.