Outcomes and Commitments. 5.1.1 Inverclyde’s Local Strategic Outcomes for 2012/17 In order to get to where we want to be the CPP has agreed a number of local priority outcomes. To develop the SOA the Alliance looked first at what were the priority issues for Inverclyde, identified the key local priorities for delivery, and then looked at how these would contribute to the delivery of the national outcomes. Community Engagement has underpinned the whole process. The eight local outcomes identified contribute to the majority of the fifteen national outcomes, with no direct correlation to one of the outcomes, as explained before the tables which follow in chapter seven. Delivered as a whole, this SOA will contribute to all the national outcomes and purpose targets, as identified by the Scottish Government. This SOA sets out, at a strategic level, what have been identified as the key priorities for Inverclyde, in line with the national outcomes. The detail of how these will be delivered sits within a variety of plans across all the organisations delivering services in Inverclyde. These outcomes will guide the work of all the Community Planning partners for a longer period of time than the five year life of the Single Outcome Agreement. Partners are committed to a sustained effort in making an impact on these outcomes, recognising that success will not be achieved in the short to medium term. Based on a range of factors including local evidence, knowledge of the area, partner experience and the priorities and aspirations of the local community the following local strategic outcomes have been established:
Outcomes and Commitments. The Council has carefully considered each of the 15 National Outcomes and for the purposes of this agreement, proposes to directly support all except National Outcome 13 (“We take pride in a strong, fair and inclusive national identity”). Many Council services and initiatives – e.g. citizenship ceremonies; Gaelic teaching; celebrations of Xxxxxx Xxxxx’ contributions to local / national culture; and, promotion of tourism – link to this National Outcome but there is no measure in place to support such a varied outcome. The proposed 34 North Ayrshire Outcomes, classified under the relevant National Outcomes, are as follows: -
Outcomes and Commitments. 4i The following local outcomes have been agreed by Community Planning Partners. Their fit with national outcomes is shown in Appendix 4. Sustainable Highland Communities
Outcomes and Commitments. Healthy & Caring Inequalities • Just over 13% of the population in South Ayrshire live in households whose income is sufficiently low that they qualify for means-tested benefits. Many of these people are unemployed, lone parents or on incapacity benefit. Poverty is dispersed throughout the community, but there is still a significant concentration in the Regeneration Areas of Ayr North, Wallacetown/Newton and Girvan. Here the proportion of the population on Income Support, claiming Incapacity Benefit or in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance (unemployment pay) is more than twice the Scottish average. • Lone parents figure prominently in low-income households, accounting for 33% of Income Support claimants. However, poverty affects not only people’s quality of life in terms of spending power, but also in terms of health and generally safety. Significantly, there is a fairly strong link between poverty and disability/long-term illness, with a greater probability that a household with one or more adults with a disability or long-term illness will have a low income due to not being in employment. It is estimated that in the most disadvantaged areas of South Ayrshire, 55% of those aged 60 or over have a long-standing illness, which limits their quality of life. Emergency admission rates to hospital for Coronary Heart Disease and accidents for all age groups are also 50% above the South Ayrshire average. • Over the last five years the percentage of pupils in South Ayrshire in the lowest attaining 20% of pupils nationally has remained stable at 19%. • The Community Health and Wellbeing profiles for South Ayrshire show that the proportion of the population hospitalised for alcohol related and attributable causes is significantly worse than average. The proportion of the population hospitalised for drug related conditions is also significantly worse than average, with 358 patients discharged over the last three years. • Homelessness is another key issue. Around 1,000 households present themselves as homeless every year in South Ayrshire. In the last 10 years the numbers have increased by 10%, although this is well below the national rate of increase of 44%. Of those presenting themselves as homeless, 6% are sleeping rough, 30% are households with children and 20% are between the ages of 16 and 20. hospital beds (Scotland 29.2%). Also, 5.9% of older people receive free personal care at home (Scotland 4.8%). Outcomes and Commitments – Healthy & Caring Local Outcome Strat...
Outcomes and Commitments. Details of Orkney's local outcomes and commitments are provided in the templates which form the major part of this SOA. The flow chart attached at Annex 1 to this SOA demonstrates how the 15 national outcomes map onto Orkney's eight local outcomes. Local outcomes for 2011, drawn from the Council Plan for 2008-13, are included on the templates, and these are expressed as targets where appropriate and linked to relevant national indicators. Orkney Islands Council is currently working with consultants to establish a risk management strategy and risk register for the Council. The risk register will include the risk assumptions underpinning delivery of the local outcomes in the SOA, and the Council commitments associated with these outcomes. During the course of 2008-09, the register will be augmented to include the risk assumptions and commitments associated with the Fairer Scotland Fund.
Outcomes and Commitments. (This section includes the strategic priorities of the Partnership which are identified as local outcomes. It is intended that outcome delivery plans will be developed for each local outcome identifying lead agencies for each outcome and how other agencies will support them In delivering the outcome. This will be a key task for theme groups in the short term. The appendix has captured all of the actions from partners during the SOA consultation and linked strategies but not included within this section. These actions and others will form part of the delivery plans for the outcomes.) National Outcome 1 – We live in a Scotland that is the most attractive place for doing business in Europe LOCAL PRIORITIES NO 8 - ROADS/TRANSPORT & NO 9 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Evidence Transportation infrastructure and economic development are priority areas. The evidence shows that: ⮚ The relative remoteness of the areas (i.e. distance from large markets) and the poor standard of accessibility by trunk road (A96 and A95) and by rail are barriers to economic development ⮚ Journey times to the dual carriageway road networks south of Aberdeen and Perth, are excessive and are a disincentive to invest in business in Moray ⮚ The single track rail service provides little competition to road haulage and is poorly used for freight and passenger traffic, putting extra congestion pressure on the roads ⮚ There is a high dependence on car usage and a need to reduce congestion, and encourage alternatives to road transport ⮚ There is a low wage economy and limited potential for higher level career development within Moray despite the growing GVA ⮚ The contributory reasons for the low wage economy are the current economic structure of the area and the reliance of sectors with lower outputs and value-added which then requires the area to have a more diversified economy. In addition to improving the transport infrastructure, there is a shorter term need to make the existing roads safer for users. We will do this by striving to reduce the number of collisions and persons killed or seriously injured on our roads. To increase the diversification within the economy the area will also benefit from improvements to technological connectivity.
Outcomes and Commitments. 12.1 Our Local Strategic Outcomes – 2008/11 The Single Outcome Agreement (SOA)
Outcomes and Commitments. Children, Young People & Families Local Outcome Strategic Objective Outcome Indicator Past Trends Targets „End‟ Targets & Timescales 2005- 2006 2006- 2007 2007- 2008 2009- 2010 2010- 2011 2011- 2012
Outcomes and Commitments. Through a series of community engagement events and SOA Writers Groups which involved a range of stakeholders, including Thematic Group representatives and community representatives, the priority local outcomes for West Dunbartonshire were agreed. Appendix four outlines our local outcomes and demonstrates the links with the fifteen national outcomes developed by the Scottish Government. Appendix five illustrates clear links to the CPP Thematic Groups which support the delivery of the outcomes. Risk Management arrangements are described in Section 4 above.
Outcomes and Commitments. The South Lanarkshire Single Outcome Agreement articulates the local context against each of the 15 National Outcomes and has identified Local Outcomes which it is believed will help improve the situation in South Lanarkshire and so improve the national situation. However, it is recognised that there is a need to prioritise actions and activities on key outcomes that reflect consideration of the areas where maximum effort is required to deliver the vision of improving the quality of life of everyone in South Lanarkshire. The following shows the National Outcomes that will be the key focus of the Council and its Community Planning Partners in this Single Outcome Agreement NATIONAL OUTCOMES 1 We live in a Scotland that is the most attractive place for doing business in Europe.
