Document library
NATIONAL
Efficiency Gains
Government Publications
- Structures for Service Delivery Partnerships (PDF, 195 pages, 1281KB) DCLG June 2006
- Service Transformation Through Partnerships (PDF, 104 pages, 1678KB) DCLG june 2006
- Rethinking Service Delivery Vol 3: Shared Services and Public - Public Partnerships (PDF, 171 pages, 1059KB) DCLG June 2006
- Measuring & Reporting Efficiency Gains May 06 (PDF, 63 pages, 609KB) - A guide to completing Annual Efficeincy Statements DCLG May 2006
- Measuring and Reporting Efficiency Gains - A guide to completeing Annual Efficiency Statements February 2006
- Delivering Efficiency in Local Services Feb 2006 - One Year On A guide for Leaders, Chief Executives and Head of Services February 2006
- A Guide to Competing The 2005/6 Mid-Year Update-A supplement to "Measuring Efficiency Gains" September 2005
- Measuring Efficiency Gains , Incorporating the Findings of the Measurement Taskforce, ODPM, 16 May 2005. Further government advice for the Backward Look AES returns
- Efficiency Technical Note (ETN) for Local Government, ODPM, January 2005, Government advice on how to complete the first Annual Efficiency Statement (AES) Forward Look.
Implementing Electronic Government Return 2005 IEG5 - December 2005 - Delivering Efficiency in Local Services Dec 2004 , Detailed Guidance for Local Authorities , ODPM, December 2004 The second of two linked reports explaining Gershon
- Delivering Efficiency in Local Services Nov 2004 , Information for Leaders and Chief Executives , ODPM, November 2004 The first of two linked reports explaining Gershon
- Releasing Resources to the Frontline , Sir Peter Gershon, ODPM, July 2004 The Gershon Report.
- 2004 Spending Review, HMT - Efficiency Chapter Chapter 2 gives the government's response to the Gershon Review 12 July 2004.
Efficiency Toolkits
- ODPM has published toolkits with the following titles:
Procurement Guidance
Transaction Guidance
Low Value Efficiency Calculator
Productive Time Toolkit
Absence Cost Calculator
Corporate Services
Supporting People
Social Housing Toolkit .
These are all obtainable from the national guidance page on the RCoE website - Other Government Departments have published further toolkits:
Culture and Sport Toolkit
Adult Social Services Toolkit
Adult Social Services Spreadsheet
DEFRA Environmental Services Efficiency Tookit version 3 publihed Feb 2006
DEFRA Environmental Services Efficiency (DESE) Toolkit
DESE Toolkit Spreadsheet
Roads Efficiency Toolkit
Local transport (non-roads)
Children's Social Services Toolkit
Non-school Education Toolkit .
These are also obtainable from the national guidance page on the RCoE website.
Other Publications
General
- CPA results for single tier authorities, District Councils and performance assessment in Fire and Rescue authorities published Febraury 2007
- DCLG Innovation and its Contribution to Improvement (PDF, 14 pages, 163KB) published 07/06
- Lyons Report - Lyons Report - National Prosperity, Local Choice and Civic Engagement. (PDF, 96 pages, 2806KB) , May 2006
- Local e-gov- E-Services Take-up Campaign, Short list of Online Services for Take-up Campaign
- Delivering Efficiency in Local Government , Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE), February 2005
- Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency, The Gershon Review : Public Service Efficiency and the Management of Change, David Coats, The Work Foundation, date
- Efficiency in Practice : Local Government responding to the Efficiency Review, SOLACE, undated
- Efficiency Matters , The Annual Efficiency Statement and the Bigger Picture, IDeA and Regional Centres of Excellence, 2005
- Living on the frontline : A future for the Civil Service, Louise Horner and Alexandra Jones, The Work Foundation, May 2004
Adult Social Services
- Vangaurd Education Ltd - Vangaurd - Adult Social Services systems analysis and better way forward (PDF, 28 pages, 323KB)
Buisiness Process Architecture / Business Process re-engineering
- Barry Quirke on Lean Management. (PDF, 1 page, 14KB)
- The DCLG is delighted to promote the outputs of a Business Process Architecture Local Authority led initiative which has delivered a comprehensive set of processes that will provide an excellent foundation for efficiency gains work in any Authority.
Click here and register to access this information or alternatively contact Phil.swann@nwegg.org.uk or Nicky.jackman@communities.gsi.gov.uk
Children's Services
Corporate and Transactional Serives
- Audit Commission - National Report, Audit Commission Improving Income Collection (PDF, 37 pages, 554KB)
- Audit Commission - National Report, The Efficiency Challenge - The Administrative Costs of Revenue and Benefits.
- 28/09/05 - UK Authority.com - Time to Share Financial Services
Education (including Childrens Services)
- Tameside MBC: Out of Authority Placement and Joint Commisioning Unit - Website and useful links
Local Area Agreements
- Local Area Agreements : A Prospectus, ODPM/ Local:vision, 2004
- The Local Area Agreement Toolkit , ODPM, 2005
Procurement
- Efficiency, Gershon and Procurement : Everything You Need To Know, SOLACE, 2004
- Welcome to e-Auctions : All you need to know about e-Auctions, IDeA Sept 2005
- Useful list of e-Procurement links.
Productive Time
- Minister's letter to Chief Executives congratulating them on management of sickness absence.
- Improving Productivity and Efficiency : An Executive Guide, Employers Organisation, undated
- Productive Time : Efficiency Programme - Measurement Guidance, OGC, April 2005
Shared Services
- Cabinet Office: Chief Information officer Council: Shared Services Toolkit, 2006
- Transformational Local Government Discussion Paper (PDF, 33 pages, 190KB) - Chief Information Officer Council, Chief Technical Officer Council, Service Transformation Board (STB) and Common Infrastructure Board (CIB)
Social Housing
- ALMOs and Annual Efficiency Statements (Technical manual), HouseMark, May 2005
Supporting People
- Capacity Building News - August 2005
- Directory of Supporting People Services
- Introducing the new directory of Supporting People Services
Regional