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• Introduction
• The publication
• Spreadsheets containing the indicator data for individual councils (2001-02 data revised 28 March 2003)
• Press releases
• Data for 2000-2001 and earlier years and for mid 2001-02
• Changes to bandings for cost indicators for 2002-03
• Changes to PSS PI bandings for 2002-03
• Summary of bandings for 2002-03
  updated 16 September 2003
• Further information
• Contacts

Introduction

This is the fourth set of data for England published by the Department of Health for the performance indicators associated with the PSS PAF. The data were supplied to the Department by each of the 150 councils with social services responsibilities. Data for the year ending 31 March 2002 are available for all of the 50 indicators, of which two are reported on for the first time (A4 employment, education and training for care leavers and D43 waiting time for care packages).

A number of the indicator values for 2001-02 included in the publication have since been revised and details are given in each of the sections below. Data for mid 2002-03 (year ending 30 September 2002) are available for 7 indicators:

• C20 Reviews of child protection cases
• C23 Adoptions of children looked after
• C26 Admissions of supported residents aged 65 or over to residential / nursing care
• C27 Admissions of supported residents aged 18-64 to residential / nursing care
• C32 Older people helped to live at home
• D38 Percentage of items of equipment costing less than £1,000 delivered within 3 weeks
• D39 Percentage of people receiving a statement of their needs and how they will be met

The publication

Download each section of the publication in Portable Document Format :

CONTENTS:

• General Pages: [168 KB]
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Quick start
    • a short explanation of the document so you can start using it straight away
  • Setting the context
    • The PSS performance assessment system
    • Performance data
    • The development agenda
    • The interface agenda
    • Social services’ Contribution to government-wide objectives
    • Local Public Service Agreements
    • Social Services Star Ratings
  • Key findings
  • National summary of performance
  • Using the performance indicators
• Performance against each of the indicators:
  • Text: one column copy to view on screen [416 KB]
  • Charts and Text: all charts in Portable Document Format - to view the detail of the chart, you may need to increase the 'zoom ratio' of your browser window (normally shown as a percentage at the bottom left)
    • Introductory page [37KB]
    • A1 Stability of placements of children looked after (BVPI) [70 KB]
    • A2 Educational qualifications of children looked after [joint working]
      (BVPI 50) [74 KB]
    • A3 Re-registrations on the Child Protection Register [77 KB]
    • A4 Employment, education and training for care leavers [joint working]
      (BVP1 161)[74 KB]
    • A5 Emergency admissions [interface] [83 KB]
    • A6 Emergency psychiatric re-admissions [interface] [63 KB]
    • B7 Children looked after in foster placements or placed for adoption [74 KB]
    • B8 Cost of services for children looked after (BVPI 51) [79 KB]
    • B9 Unit cost of children’s residential care [81 KB]
    • B10 Unit cost of foster care [80 KB]
    • B11 Intensive home care as a percentage of intensive home and residential care [70 KB]
    • B12 Cost of intensive social care for adults and older people (BVPI 52) [78 KB]
    • B13 Unit cost of residential and nursing care for older people [79 KB]
    • B14 Unit cost of residential and nursing care for adults with learning disabilities [80 KB]
    • B15 Unit cost of residential and nursing care for adults with mental illness [79 KB]
    • B16 Unit cost of residential and nursing care for adults with physical disabilities [124 KB]
    • B17 Unit cost of home care for adults and older people [77 KB]
    • C18 Final warnings/reprimands and convictions of children looked after [72 KB]
    • C19 Health of children looked after [74 KB]
    • C20 Reviews of Child Protection Cases (BVPI 162) [72 KB]
    • C21 Duration on the Child Protection Register [70 KB]
    • C22 Young children looked after in foster placements or placed for adoption [74 KB]
    • C23 Adoptions of children looked after (BVPI 163) [105 KB]
    • C24 Children looked after absent from school [joint working] [74 KB]
    • C25 Inspections of children’s homes [69 KB]
    • C26 Admissions of supported residents aged 65 or over to residential/nursing care [75 KB]
    • C27 Admissions of supported residents aged 18–64 to residential/nursing care [76 KB]
    • C28 Intensive home care (BVPI 53) [71 KB]
    • C29 Adults with physical disabilities helped to live at home [72 KB]
    • C30 Adults with learning disabilities helped to live at home [71 KB]
    • C31 Adults with mental health problems helped to live at home [72 KB]
    • C32 Older people helped to live at home (BVPI 54) [71 KB]
    • C33 Avoidable harm for older people (falls and hypothermia) [69 KB]
    • C34 Inspections of residential care for adults and older people [68 KB]
    • D35 Long term stability of children looked after [72 KB]
    • D36 Users who said they got help quickly (BVPI 57) [78 KB]
    • D37 Availability of single rooms [72 KB]
    • D38 Percentage of items of equipment costing less than £1,000 delivered within 3 weeks (BVPI 56) [72 KB]
    • D39 Percentage of people receiving a statement of their needs and how they will be met (BVPI 58) [71 KB]
    • D40 Clients receiving a review (BVPI 55) [70 KB]
    • D41 Delayed discharge [interface] [64 KB]
    • D42 Carer assessments [70KB]
    • D43 Waiting time for care packages [69 KB]
    • E44 Relative spend on family support (BVPI 61) [72 KB]
    • E45 Ethnicity of children in need [102 KB]
    • E46 Users who said that matters relating to race, culture or religion were noted (BVPI 60) [80 KB]
    • E47 Ethnicity of older people receiving assessment [69 KB]
    • E48 Ethnicity of older people receiving services following an assessment [75 KB]
    • E49 Assessments of older people (BVPI 59) [70 KB]
    • E50 Assessments of adults and older people leading to provision of service [71 KB]
• Annexes: [272 KB]
  • Annex A: An explanation of banding
  • Annex B: What indicator values translate into what bands
  • Annex C: Objectives for Social Services
  • Annex D: Data notes
  • Annex E: Related publications and further information
  • Annex F: Glossary of terms
  • Annex G: Comparator Groups for Joint Reviews and SSI Inspections

  Cover:

  • Back Cover list of indicators [31 KB]
  • Publication cover [32 KB]

Spreadsheets containing the indicator data for individual councils

• 2001-02 data revised 28 March 2003
  See all the indicators for one council on one page in Excel 97 format [3.9Mb]
  or
  See all the indicators for all councils:
  • as indicators (includes medians, quartiles, minima and maxima) in Excel 97 format [260 KB]
  • as bands in Excel 97 format [953Kb]
  • as numerators and denominators (includes medians, quartiles, minima and maxima) in Excel 97 format [547 KB]
  
  
• 2001-2002 data published 15 November 2002
  See all the indicators for one council together in Excel 97 format [4.05 MB]
  or
  See all the indicators for all councils
  • as indicators (includes medians, quartiles, minima and maxima) in Excel 97 format [252 KB];
  • as bands in Excel 97 format [951 KB];
  • as numerators and denominators (includes medians, quartiles, minima and maxima) in Excel 97 format [538 KB]
  or
  See data for indicator C23 for local children only Excel 97 (ie excluding unaccompanied asylum seeking children) [83 KB]
  or
  See bandings defined for indicator A4 (employment, education and training for care leavers) for each council
  • in Word 97 format [233 KB]
  • in Portable Document Format (118KB)
  The bandings for this indicator vary between councils as they are related to the levels of employment, education and training for all 19 year olds in the council area.

The first and third of the above spreadsheets include adjusted cost indicators. These allow for respite and short term placements for children looked after (indicators B8 to B10) nights spent in boarding schools (B8 and B9) and nights spent placed for adoption (B8 and B10), and full cost paying residents in councils' own homes and in homes provided by others if included in expenditure (indicators B12 to B16). The adjusted version of E44 includes a share of commissioning and social work costs in the numerator which makes it more comparable with data for earlier years.

Press Releases

• Statistical press release about PAF revisions and mid 2002-2003 data
  28 March 2003
• Statistical press release
  15 November 2002
  
  
• Ministerial press release
  15 November 2002
  
  
• Circular Instruction (CI) covering the PAF indicators and star ratings publications

Further Information

Related internet links:

• The PSS Performance pages contain background to the PAF and the performance indicators and how they fit within the wider performance assessment system;
• PSS Star Ratings
• Returns used to collect PAF indicators for 2001-2002
• Returns used to collect PAF indicators for 2002-2003
• Definitions of PAF indicators for 2001-2002
• Definitions of PAF indicators for 2002-2003 and and 2003-2004
  
• Statistics published by the Department of Health
  
• Statistical returns on the Web
  
• Data required for Key Statistics 2001-2002
• Data required for Key Statistics 2002-2003
  
• PSS EX1 return on expenditure and unit costs
  
• The Social Care Group of the Department of Health
  
• The Best Value website (PSS performance arrangements fit within the wider Best Value regime which applies to all local government services)
  
• The NHS Performance Assessment Framework indicators
  

Contacts

• General Information
  MB-PSS-Performance@doh.gsi.gov.uk
  020 7972 4620
• PAF data, Key Statistics, KIGS
  Keith.Childs@doh.gsi.gov.uk
  020 7972 5736
• Obtaining a copy of KIGS
  Jeff.Palmer@doh.gsi.gov.uk
  020 7972 5602
• PAF development and bandings
  Nalyni.Suntheralingam@doh.gsi.gov.uk
  020 7972 5820
• PSS performance policy, star ratings/performance fund
  Peter.Steele@doh.gsi.gov.uk
  020 7972 4341
• PSS children – statistics
  Annie.Sorbie@doh.gsi.gov.uk
  020 7972 5573
• PSS adults – statistics
  Kate.Anderson@doh.gsi.gov.uk
  020 7972 5591
• PSS performance, SSI assessments
  Mike.Beazley@doh.gsi.gov.uk
  0113 254 6482

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