West Sussex County Council: Local Area Agreements

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• Local Area Agreement 2
• Delivery Plans
• Public Service Board

A Local Area Agreement (LAA) is a contract between central and local government to deliver a balance of national priorities together with the priorities of local people. West Sussex has had an LAA since April 2006.

West Sussex County Council leads on the development of the LAA for the county of West Sussex, but all public services in West Sussex are involved, as well as voluntary organisations, private companies and users of local services.

These organisations collectively form the West Sussex Strategic Partnership(WSSP). The WSSP has set up a Public Service Board to oversee the LAA.

The Second LAA for West Sussex (2008-2011) was signed off by West Sussex County Council on behalf of all partners on 28th May 2008, and received Ministerial sign-off on 30th June 2008.

It sets out the key priorities for West Sussex in the next three years, and will be monitored via a set of three year targets.

A full ‘Refresh’ of the document will take place by March 2009. This will provide an opportunity to review priorities in the light of the longer term Sustainable Community Strategy, due for publication in October 2008. Targets will also be set at this time for indicators where a verified baseline is not currently available.

The reward element of the first West Sussex LAA (2006-2009) will run alongside the new LAA until March 2009.