Local Area Agreement
The Local Area Agreement (LAA) sets out agreed priorities that the Hartlepool Partnership will progress in the three years from June 2008-March 2011.
The LAA is based on Hartlepool's Community Strategy and its priorities are agreed between Central Government (represented by the regional Government Office) and the local area (represented by the Local Authority and other key partners through the Local Strategic Partnership).
Since the agreement of Hartlepool's first LAA in 2006 significant progress has been made in improving outcomes for local people. The LAA is a collection of improvement targets - a delivery contract for Hartlepool's Vision as set out in the Community Strategy.
A Story of Place has been prepared that sets our Hartlepool's priorities for improvement and informed the preparation of the Local Area Agreement. A Diversity Impact Assessment has been carried out on the new LAA.
As part of the Performance Management arrangements a Delivery and Improvement Plan is produced annually. This plan builds on previous arrangements and drives the delivery of the LAA.
Quarterly update reports are produced to show progress against the priority outcomes.
Further information on LAAs is available on the Communities and Local Government and the Improvement and Development Agency websites.