In the local government funding settlement for 2024/25, the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), now known as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, required that all councils produce a 'Productivity Plan' as part of their strategy to focus attention on productivity improvements.
In their letter to Chief Executives in April 2024, they laid out guidance for the plans to be a summary of existing and planned initiatives, to drive and deliver improvements to productivity.
The content of the plan covers four themes:
- Transformation of services to make better use of resources
- Data and Technology and utilising advances in technology to make better use of data
- Barriers to Action and what are the obstacles preventing our progress
- Specified expenditure plans to reduce ‘wasteful’ spending within our organisation
Our response is outlined in the Productivity Plan below: