Report - London Borough of Hillingdon

to roll LAAs out across England over the next two years. LAAs take overall
responsibility for ensuring that all the delivery bodies make appropriate
commitments to delivery of the outcomes within the Agreement, and for
challenging them if they fail to play their part.
16. The LAA process is intended to provide a focus around which the work
between local authorities and their partners through the community strategy,
the LSP and other partnerships is strengthened. It should be a catalyst for
wider development of the process of developing a community strategy, the
operation of the LSP and the relationships between constituent members of
the LSP and between the LSP and other local partnerships. The
implications on the development of Hillingdon’s LSP are as follows:
17. A strong LSP is very important with strong existing support for locality
priorities as LAAs are drawn up & delivered by Councils & LSPs in
conjunction with central government
Strong ‘locality leadership’ is vital as LAAs involve making decisions on
priorities & competing public interest
Local partnership arrangements are vital- as existing relations & trust are
relied upon
Robust governance arrangements are required for partnerships as LAAs
involve real decisions on resource allocation
18. To conclude the development of LAAs is placing some fundamental
issues of governance and accountability back on the agenda for LSPs.
New Initiatives
Neighbourhood Partnerships
19. The partnership went 'live' in June this year and has met monthly to
deal with problems in Uxbridge and Hayes through Safer Neighbourhood
Teams and other partners. It is looking at how the partnership and local
people can make a difference to anti-social behaviour. Initiatives are aimed
at tackling crime and disorder and providing better amenities and activities
for young people through joined-up working. It is responsible for 2 projects,
an alcohol project and an anti graffiti initiative and focus groups that will
carry out the actions identified in Hayes and Uxbridge. It publishes a bimonthly
newsletter for its partners and reports to the LSP bi-monthly. The
LSP has agreed to pilot information sharing in the context of the
neighbourhood partnerships initiative.
Asset Management
20. A Hillingdon Asset Management Strategy (Appendix E) has set out
principles to guide the development of principles for asset management for
the LSP. A Partner Asset Management Forum has been established,
engaging the key partners - LB Hillingdon, Hillingdon Primary Care Trust
and the Police, to drive asset management throughout Hillingdon. It is
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