Supplementary A - London Borough of Hillingdon

14 Use of Resources Judgements │ Theme summaries
Improvement opportunities
KLOE 5.2 The Council manages and
improves value for money.
• Extend the use of benchmarking on
costs and quality of service to
assess and improve vfm.
• Incorporate a more consistent review
of equity in access to services
across the community in the
Council’s approach to vfm.
• Integrate the Council’s mechanisms
for monitoring and reviewing the
delivery of the efficiency programme.
• Implement the emerging strategy for
vfm and develop the service
planning process to incorporate
service targets based on potential for
improvement rather than a fixed
percentage of the budget.
• Work with LSP partners to develop
opportunities for joint analysis of
local needs, planning and
procurement to improve value for
money.
• Develop a corporate framework or
strategy for external funding to
ensure alignment with priorities in
the community strategy and council
plan.
London Borough of Hillingdon