Best Value

What is Best Value ?

Improving local services through Best Value

The Local Government Act 1999 introduced the duty of Best Value. This duty was effective from 1 April 2000 and in brief requires the Council to listen in great detail to the needs of the citizens of Rotherham and to act to meet those needs through a series of Best Value Reviews and change. There are two key parts to best value for local authorities:

Best Value Reviews

The duty to carry out fundamental Best Value Reviews, linked to the Council's priorities for improvement.

Best Value Reviews must address the following criteria:

Challenge why and how a service is being provided

Compare the service with better performing organisations

Consult with the citizens of Rotherham, service users and the wider business community on how the service can be improved

Embrace fair competition as the means of securing efficient and effective services.

To date the Audit Commission have inspected six of the Council's Best Value Reviews:

Architectural services
Sports & leisure
Waste management
Car park management
Rotherham Managing Agency
Repairs & maintenance

Best Value Performance Plans

The Council has a duty to publish an annual Best Value Performance Plan (BVPP) which reports performance and sets targets against national and local performance indicators and provides detailed outcomes from Best Value Reviews.

Copies of all our Best Value Performance Plans are available here:

Annual Performance Plan 2008 (496 kb)

Annual Performance Plan 2007

Performance Plan 2006/7 auditor report (486 kb)

Performance Plan 2005/06 auditor report (27.4kb)

Corporate Performance Plan 2005 - 2006 (1.01MB)

Corporate Performance Plan 2005-06 addendum (41Kb)

This is a PDF Document Icon Best Value Performance Plan 2004 - 2005 (1592Kb)