National Indicators and NI 39

National Indicators

The Single Set of 198 National Indicators (the National Indicator Set - NIS) was announced by Communities and Local Government (CLG) in October 2007, following the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review 2007.

The number of national indicators had been radically reduced to 198 at present. The new indicators will strengthen the incentives for closer partnership working to deliver joined-up outcomes because they will apply (where relevant) to other local partners - such as Primary Care Trusts and the police.

• The New Performance Framework for Local Authorities and Local Authority Partnerships: Single Set of National Indicators
  This document, published in Oct. 2007, sets out the single set of just 198 headline definitions representing what Government believes should be the national priorities for local government, working alone...

The NIS will be the only set of indicators on which central government will monitor the performance of local government, replacing all other existing sets of indicators, including Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs) and Performance Assessment Framework (PAF) indicators, from 1st April 2008.

National Indicator NI 39

This new national indicator (NI 39) provides local measures of the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-related harm for every 100,000 members of the population (they have been standardised using the European age profile). They are derived from the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and cover the period 2002/03 to 2006/07.

• National Indicators for Local Authorities and Local Authority Partnerships: Handbook of Definitions
  The publication below gives final detailed definitions for the 198 national indicators following consultation on their proposed definition. Following receipt of the responses and discussion with other...
• Annex 3: Indicator definitions: Adult Health & Well-being and Tackling Exclusion and Promoting Equality
  Annex 3 of the National Indicators for Local Authorities and Local Authority Partnerships: Handbook of Definitions provides detailed information on NI 39 the alcohol indicator including strategy, measurement...

Useful Links:

• Local Alcohol Profiles for England
  Web based resource to support Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. The North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO) has produced the first local alcohol profiles set covering a range of indicators ranging...
• Government and Local Communities website and National Indicators
  The new national indicator set for local authorities and local authority partnerships was announced as part of the Chancellor's Comprehensive Spending Review announcement on Tuesday 9 October. The...
• Full List of NI downloads
  This publication below gives final detailed definitions for 198 national indicators following consultation on their proposed definition.