1. 27 February 2015 www.local.gov.uk LG Inform East Midlands Performance Network Juliet Whitworth Research and Information Manager www.local.gov.uk

2. Update on LG Inform Summary of 2014 Looking forward to 2015 Review of the benchmarking club

3. Summary of 2014 A year of consolidation Small developments and fixes Focus on the data –benchmarking club –now working with South East Strategic Leaders Retender for developers Handing over LG Inform to new developers

4. Looking forward to 2015 Now an exciting time Programme of performance improvements –small bug fixes and design changes –search improvements –load times –administrative improvements for efficiency Development of tablet version Outputs into word processing document

5. Local Benchmarking Club Review 1 A pilot for us as well as for you EMPN came up with 25-30 indicators which we consulted on But a high level of engagement from the sector: 400 votes resulting in five indicators Likely to add some new indicators in the next year

6. Local Benchmarking Club Review 2 Learnt it takes a lot of work to identify items –for the network –for the LGA, particularly on definitions Learnt we need expert engagement from authorities Some quality issues with submitted data –third of data required checking back –and in most cases it was wrong –what do you advise?!

7. Next Steps Increase the size of the basket of indicators Get more authorities taking part – 140 now –half of East Midlands authorities Review of the first year

8. Questions for East Midlands Performance Network Do you like it? Are you ready to stick with it? How can we get wider coverage? What do you want LGA to do next?