Falkirk Council

Falkirk Council
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Corporate & Neighbourhood Services statutory performance indicators 2009-10

Sickness absence

Number of days lost through sickness absence as a percentage of total working days available, for the following groups of staff:

Teachers

Indicator 2009/10 2008/09

Total no of FTE Staff

1,733

1,773

Number of days lost

8,781

7,813

Day lost per employee

5.1 days

4.4 days



All other local government employees

Indicator 2009/10 2008/09

Total no of FTE Staff

4,834

4,814

Number of days lost

59,710

58,519

Day lost per employee

12.4 days

12.2 days



Equal Opportunities Policy

The number and percentage of the highest paid 2% and 5% of earners among council employees, that are women.

Indicator 2009/10 2008/10 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06

Total number of employees

5,652

5,849

5,597

5,331

4,662

Total number of employees in top 2%

120

127

131

106

114

Total number of women employees in top 2%

47

49

58

44

45

Percentage of top 2% employees who are women

39.2%

38.6%

44.30%

41.50%

39.50%

Total number of employees in top 5%

299

303

286

288

244

Total number of women employees in top 5%

138

124

132

132

105

Percentage of top 5% employees who are women

46.2%

40.9%

46.2%

45.8%

43.0%



Refuse Collection

Cost of Refuse Collection

Indicator 2009/10 2008/10 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06
Net cost of refuse collection per premise

£63.35

£58.42

£54.31

£52.60

£58.93

Net cost of refuse collections

£4,543,669

£4,160,729

£3,845,533

£3.7m

£4.1m

Number of premises for refuse collection

71,723

71,224

70,805

70,175

69,575

Net cost of refuse disposal per premise

£64.95

£65.49

£56.17

£59.56

£55.53

Net cost of disposal (includes landfill tax
element)

£4,658,725

£4,664,174

£3,977,219

£4,179,819

£3,863,364

Cost of capping landfill sites (included in net cost of disposal; this is a one off cost which affects comparisons with previous years)

£321,979

£27,494

£10,156

£12,875

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Cleanliness

The cleanliness index achieved following inspection of a sample of streets and other land.

Indicator 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06

Local Authority

Inspection one

75

73

71

70

66

Inspection two

75

71

67

75

65

Inspection three

71

71

73

71

64

Inspection four

72

72

74

68

69

Partner Authority

Inspection one

70

77

71

81

67

Inspection two

73

68

65

72

62

Keep Scotland Beautiful

Validation Inspection

67

67

69

66

65

Overall cleanliness index

72

71

70

72

66



Response Repairs

Time taken to respond to repairs to Housing Stock

Indicator 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06
Target response time for this category 24 Hours 24 Hours 24 Hours 24 Hours 24 Hours
Number of repairs in this category 36,652 37,206 29,667 28,429 21,838
Number completed within target time 35,219 38,472 27,565 25,301 21,106
 
Target response time for this category 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days
Number of repairs in this category 10,196 10,745 14,463 17,180 14,518
Number completed within target time 9,429 8,919 11,970 13,425 12,455
 
Target response time for this category 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days
Number of repairs in this category 2,720 3,390 4,848 5,142 5,662
Number completed within target time 2,416 2,961 3,414 3,061 4,649
 
Target response time for this category 20 Days 20 Days 20 Days 20 Days 20 Days
Number of repairs in this category 23,261 27,369 31,331 28,576 22,309
Number completed within target time 21,383 23,205 24,704 19,856 18,788
 
Target response time for this category By agreement By agreement By agreement By agreement By agreement
Number of repairs in this category 9,464 3,334 2,168 1,453 985
Number completed within target time 9,192 324 1,192 666 602
 
Total number of response repair 82,267 82,671 82,477 80,780 65,312
Number of housing response repairs
completed within target
77,639 73,801 68,845 62,309 59,600
Percentage completed within taget times 94.3% 89.3% 83.5% 77.1% 88.2%


Housing Quality

The number and proportion of the council's housing stock being brought up to the SHQS by criteria

Indicator 2009/10

Tolerable standard

97.8%

Free from serious disrepair

99.4%

Energy efficient

54.3%

Modern facilities and services

83.7%

Healthy, safe and secure

88.7%

Total dwellings meeting SHQS

42.9%



Managing Tenancy Changes

Indicator 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06
Percentage of rent due in the year that was

1.0%

1.0%

1.5%

1.6%

2.2%

Amount of rent loss due to voids

£420,775

£397,309

£592,316

 £635,133

881,816

Gross annual rent debit (rent due in the year

£41,412,737

£40,777,499

£40.1m

£40.0m

£40.2m

Dwellings which are not low demand
Number of houses re-let that took:
less than 2 weeks

0

35

1

3

5

2-4 weeks

9

19

13

3

19

5-8 weeks

11

7

35

29

44

9-16 weeks

25

4

55

52

37

17-32 weeks

5

2

27

23

21

33-52 weeks

1

0

5

3

4

More than 52 weeks

0

0

1

1

0

Total number of houses re-let

51

67

137

114

130

Total number of days to re-let houses

3,674

1,586

12,630

10,611

9,620

Average time to re-let houses

72 days

24 days

92 days

93 days

74 days

Number of low demand houses remaining un-let at year end

5

6

11

29

23

Number of days and average time that these houses had ben un-let at year end

359 days

164 days

191 days

70 days

53 days

Number of dwellings considered to be low demand at year end

56

238

149

123

153

The number at d) above considered to be low demand at the start of the year

17

71

37

153

33

The number at d) above that were not actively being re-let beause they were subject to a disposal strategy

56

0

0

0

0

 

Rent Management



Indicator 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06
Amount of current tenants' rent arrears

£1,183,928

£1,136,600

£1,037,956

£1,058,261

1,159,003

Net annual rent debit

£19,397,149

£19,683,006

£19,683,006

£18.8m

£18.7m

Current tenants' arrears as a percentage

6.1%

5.8%

5.4%

5.6%

6.2%

Number of current tenants

15,653

15,653

15,955

16,342

16,847

Number of current tenants owing more than 13 weeks rent excluding those owing less than £250

914

900

819

824

910

Percentage of current tenants owing more than 13 weeks rent excluding those owing les than £250

5.8%

5.7%

5.1%

5.0%

5.4%

Number of tenants giving up their tenancy during the year

1,322

1,486

1,796

2,084

-

The proportion of those tenants that were in rent

35.6

30.8

32.6

34.7

-

Number of tenants giving up their tenancy during the year

1,322

1,486

1,796

2,084

-

 
Average weekly rent £53.92 £52.33 £50.84 £45.78 -
Total debt owed by tenants leaving their tenancies £279,440 £317,327 £283,543 £410,197 -
Average debt owed by tenants leaving their tenancies £593.29 £692.85 £484.69 £567.31 -
 
Average number of weeks rent owed by tenants leaving 11.0 13.2 9.53 12.39 -
 
Amount of former tenant arrears £656,563 £795,415 £760,550 £872,412 -
Amount of former tenant arrears written off £233,838 - - - -
Percentage of former tenant arrears written off 35.6% 53.2% 38.4% 45.3% -

 

Homelessness

Indicator 2009/10 2008/09

Permanent accomodation


Number of households assessed during the year

1,113

1,189

Percentage of decision notifications issued within 28 days of date of initial presentation

83.0%

72.9%

Number of cases open at the beginning of the year or assessed in the year

1,929

Percentage who are housed into permanent accommodation

22.2%

23.6%

Number of cases reassessed within 12

21

-

Number of cases assessed during the year

1,113

-

% of cases reassessed

1.90%

-

Temporary accomodation

Number of households assessed during the year

776

889

Percentage of decision notifications issued within 28 days of date of initial presentation

86.0%

71.2%

Number of cases reassessed within 12

8

-

Number of cases assessed during the year

776

-

% of cases reassessed

1.0%

1.0%

The proportion of those provided with permanent accomodation in council stock who maintained their tenancy for at least 12 months

92.1%

90.0%