Local Area Agreement

The Local Area Agreement (LAA) is a 3-year agreement that sets out priorities for the local area as agreed between central government, the local authority, the Community Partnership and other key partners at local level.

The LAA is a means of delivering shared priorities across the borough, through better co-ordination, innovation, joint working, performance management and greater accountability on the part of all participating partners. They seek to address problems, which have the greatest impact on the quality of life within the borough, and require a multi-agency approach.

LAAs have a single pot for all funding, with no conditions on how the money is spent.

The LAA is 'refreshed' annually to enable changes in national or local priorities to be reflected.

The LAA spans 3 years and is agreed with central government (in the context of the Sustainable Community Strategy).

The government measures LAAs by 35 of the 198 National Indicator (NI) targets - which represent local priorities as agreed by the Partnership, plus 18 statutory education targets. Additional targets are added as identified by the Partnership, which are not reported to government.

A copy of the LAA for the Borough can be downloaded below.

•   LAA Agreement (pdf 196kb)

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