| Strategic Objective |
Performance Measure |
Baseline |
Target |
| 1.1 To improve access and progression to learning opportunities for all within Luton |
Number of Individual Advice and Guidance clients in Luton utilising the Learning and Skills Council services |
4,665 Individual Advice and Guidance clients utilising the Learning and Skills Council services across whole of Bedfordshire & Luton in 2004. Baseline for Luton alone to be determined through research |
Increase Individual Advice and Guidance clients utilisation of Learning and Skills Council services within Luton year on year to 2009 |
| Number of adults in Luton participating in full- or parttime learning |
19,276 funded full- and part-time Luton adult learners in 2002/03 |
Increase number of adults in Luton participating in full- or part-time learning to 100% ACL learners in Neighbourhood Renewal designated Wards |
| Percentages of Luton adults in learning represented by disability, ethnicity, learning difficulty, ward disadvantage |
Percentages of Luton adult learners represented by group in 2002/03 were as follows:
• Neighbourhood Renewal designated Wards: 59% |
Increase by 2007/08 percentages of Luton adult learners represented by group as follows:
• Neighbourhood Renewal designated Wards: |
| Number of integrated robust learning centres in community locations within Luton |
Two integrated robust learning centres in community locations within Luton in 2004/05 |
Establish three integrated robust learning centres in community locations within Luton by 2007 |
| 1.2 To improve skill levels for post-19 year olds in Luton |
Percentage of adults in Luton acquiring qualifications at Levels 2, 3 and above |
Baseline to be established through research project |
Increase percentage of adults in Luton holding qualifications at Levels 2, 3 and above year on year to 2012 |
| Number of people in Luton progressing to Higher Education at Levels 2, 3 and above |
Baseline to be established through research project |
Increase in number of people in Luton progressing to Higher Education at Levels 2, 3 and above year on year to 2012, with greater increases in Neighbourhood Renewal designated Wards |
| Number of adults with literacy, numeracy and basic IT skills |
1,798 ‘Skills for Life’ funded FE/ACL provision in 2002/03 |
Increase number of adults in Luton with literacy, numeracy and basic IT skills by 10% year on year from 2005/2006 to achieve parity with national average levels |
To increase achievement, participation and retention in education and training amongst 11 to 19 year olds
| Strategic Objective |
Performance Measure |
Baseline |
Target |
| 2.1 To increase levels of achievement of 11 year olds in Luton |
Percentage of 11 year olds in Luton achieving Level 4 or above in English and Maths |
72% of 11 year olds in Luton achieved Level 4 above in English; and 66% in Maths in 2004 |
Increase percentage of 11 year olds in Luton achieving Level 4 or above in English and Maths to 85% by 2006 |
| Percentage of schools in Luton at which at least 65% of 11 year olds achieve Level 4 or above |
Baseline to be determined through research project |
Significantly reduce percentage of schools in Luton at which fewer than 65% of 11 year olds achieve Level 4 or above by 2006 |
| Percentage of all schools in Luton improving on achievement levels of 11 year olds |
Baseline to be determined through research project |
All schools in Luton to improve on achievement levels of 11 year olds by 2008 |
| 2.2 To increase the levels of achievement of 14 year olds in Luton |
Percentage of 14 year olds in Luton achieving Level 5 or above in English, Maths, Science and ICT |
59% of 14 year olds in Luton achieved Level 5 or above in English; 62% in Maths; 57% in Science; and 56% in ICT in 2004 |
Increase percentage of 14 year olds in Luton achieving Level 5 or above to 85% in English, Maths and ICT; and 80% in Science by 2007 |
| 2.3 To increase the levels of achievement of 16 year olds in Luton |
Percentage of 16 year olds in Luton achieving 5 GCSEs at Grades A to C |
42% of 16 year olds in Luton achieved 5 GCSEs at Grades A to C in 2004 |
Increase percentage of 16 year olds in Luton achieving 5 GCSEs at Grades A to C by 2% year on year, with no Luton school having less than 25% of such pupils achieving this level by 2006 |
| 2.4 To Improve progression of students in Luton at transition from schools to college/sixth form or workbased learning programmes |
Percentage of young people in Luton aged 16 to 18 years old not in employment, education and training (NEET) |
9% of 16 to 18 year olds in Luton were classified as NEET in 2004 |
Reduce percentage of 16 to 18 year olds in Luton classified as NEET by 1.5 % by 2005/06 |
| Percentage of young people in Luton aged 16 to 18 years old with destination unknown on leaving school |
22% of 16 to 18 year olds in Luton left school with destination unknown in 2004 |
Reduce percentage of 16 to 18 year olds in Luton leaving school with destination unknown to 10% by 2005/06 |
| 2.5 To deliver on Luton’s Post Inspection Action Plan (PIAP) in respect of 14-19 year olds |
Number of PIAP Key Priorities delivered to timescale over the period 2005 to 2009 |
Key Priorities of Luton’s PIAP being progressively implemented following unsatisfactory inspection in 2004 |
All Key Priorities of Luton’s PIAP delivered to timescale and re-inspection of Luton in Spring 2006 to find Luton of satisfactory standard |
To improve access and mobility for all the community with minimal detriment to the environment
| Strategic Objective |
Performance Measure |
Baseline |
Target |
| 3.1 To improve the quality
of and access to public
transport in Luton |
Numbers of trips made by
public transport |
10.307 million trips made by
public transport in 1999 |
Increase number of trips
made by public transport to
11.232 million by 2009 |
| Number of rail passenger
journeys per weekday
(Should only be in relation
to reduction in car journeys
– not an aim in itself for
more people to travel) |
16,495 rail passenger
journeys per weekday in
2003 |
Increase number of rail
passenger journeys per
weekday by 7.5% and
number per year by
9% by 2009 |
| 3.2 To reduce need to
travel within Luton -
particularly by car |
Percentage of pupils going
to school other than by car |
70% primary school pupils
and 52% high school pupils
walked to school in 2002/03 |
Increase percentage of
pupils going to school other
than by car by 33% by
2009 |
| 3.3 To reduce the adverse
safety, health and
environmental impacts of
transport |
Number of road accidents |
554 road accidents in 2000 |
Reduce number of road
accidents by 32.6% by 2009 |
| Number of people killed or
seriously injured in road
accidents |
92 people killed or seriously
injured in road accidents in
2000 |
Reduce number of people
killed or seriously injured in
road accidents by 50% by
2010 |
| Number of children killed or
seriously injured in road
accidents |
27 children (under age of
16) killed or seriously injured
in road accidents in 2000 |
Reduce number of children
killed or seriously injured in
road accidents by 40.7% by
2009 |
| Trend in air quality, as
measured through nitrogen
dioxide levels |
Nitrogen dioxide levels on
downward trend in 2004/05 |
Ensure continuation in longterm
downward trend of
nitrogen dioxide levels year
on year. |
| Strategic Objective |
Performance Measure |
Baseline |
Target |
| 4.1 To maximise the
provision of affordable
housing to meet Luton’s
housing needs and to align
with local strategies and
plans |
Number of affordable
dwellings in Luton |
Baseline to be determined
by research project |
800 affordable home units
to be built in 2006/07
(wherever possible on
previously developed land,
conversions or extensions |
| 4.2 To increase the amount
of usable housing stock in
Luton whilst ensuring
sustainable communities
with access to services |
Number of empty homes in
Luton brought back into user |
40 empty homes were
brought in to use in
2004/05 |
Increase number of empty
homes brought back into
use to 60 per year for each
year until 2012 |
| 4.3 To provide quality
housing in Luton which is
decent, fit, dry, safe and
affordable |
The extent to which social
housing in Luton fails to
meet meets the
Governments decent homes
standard |
1,522 social homes did not
meet the decent homes
standard in 2005 |
To reduce the number of
social homes not meeting
the decent homes standard
by 43% by 2012 |
