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The Fourth Block - A DTI Perspective

The Fourth Block - A DTI Perspective. Linda Stephens DTI Regional Policy. LAAs: What are they?. 3-year agreement, based on local Sustainable Community Strategies;

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The Fourth Block - A DTI Perspective

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  1. The Fourth Block - A DTI Perspective Linda Stephens DTI Regional Policy

  2. LAAs: What are they? • 3-year agreement, based on local Sustainable Community Strategies; • Sets out the priorities for the local area agreed between central Government, represented by the Government Office, and a local area, represented by the local authority and other key partners through Local Strategic Partnerships

  3. LAAs: Where have we come from? • Local PSAs offered to all 150 upper-tier LAs in England via a roll-out programme between 2000 and 2003. • 21 Pilot LAAs agreed in 2005; • 66 second round LAAs agreed March 2006 & introduction of 4th block. • Every area in England covered by an LAA April 2007 • Merger of LPSAs as the new `reward element’ in 2005

  4. LAA: growing & developing • “simplify the number of additional funding streams from central government going into an area” LAA Prospectus, July 2004 • “The primary objective of an LAA is to deliver better outcomes for local people.” LAA Guidance, March 2006

  5. What has been achieved since 2004? • £3 billion pooled or aligned. • 120 Enabling Measures agreed. • £485 million reward for meeting challenging targets with immediate payment of £45 Million to help achieve these. • 26 funding streams to be automatically pooled from April 2007, with others considered on a case by case basis.

  6. LAAs: Key benefits so far • To central government • Strong focus on delivery of outcomes • Clear delivery chains managed through GOs • Reduced bureaucracy – removal of grant claim forms, removal of unnecessary reporting of process - freeing up resources • To local authorities and partners • Enable real partnership working - pooling budgets, agreed priorities, removal of conflicting targets • Focus on local priorities • Redesigning services • Clear system for reporting and managing progress

  7. LAAs: What do they look like? • Structured around 4 blocks, or policy fields: • Children and young people; • Safer and stronger communities; • Healthier communities and older people; and • Economic development

  8. LAAs: 4th block • Opportunity to improve the economic growth and productivity of a locality; • Addressing market failures that prevent sustainable economic development, regeneration and business growth; • Outcomes framework reflects key drivers of Government policy on economic growth and productivity – employment, enterprise, skills, innovation, investment, and competition

  9. LAAs: Key Partners • Regional Development Agencies • Regional Skills Partnerships • JobCentre Plus • Business sector

  10. LAAs & Government Offices • Vital role working with local and regional partners to determine priorities and “stretch” performance • Ensure that appropriate partners are involved in negotiations, including local people and VCS, and regional priorities and strategies are reflected • Performance and financial monitoring

  11. Challenges • More to be done on cutting bureaucracy • Enabling measures • Correct spatial level – MAAs?

  12. Opportunities – DTI View • Developing a stronger, more explicit economic element to LAAs • Developing new, locally-tailored approaches • Linking between blocks – eg health, environment & crime • Linking within the block – job and business creation, skills, social inclusion • Enabling Measures

  13. Threats – DTI View • Proliferation and confusion • Failure to involve private sector appropriately • Lack of alignment with wider economic strategies • Failure to learn from best practice • Fixation on undeliverable enabling measures

  14. Why are we simplifying business support? • Government spend on “business support” is at least £2,500 million p.a…. • …through around 3,000 different products and services • This leads to: • Customer confusion • Inefficient delivery • Patchy and inconsistent evaluation of impact • DTI has recently successfully transformed its own business support products and services • This cross-Government programme will build on DTI’s approach to tackle the wider business support challenge

  15. LAAs & Business Support • Opportunity for local partners to review current arrangements for business support in localities • Drive integration and common provision between providers at local, sub-regional and regional levels.

  16. Conclusions • Be distinctive. Don’t duplicate something that already exists even if it’s not working at local level • Be joined-up. This is one of the main strengths of the local approach • Learn from best practice (and from failures)

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