The Single Set of 198 National Indicators (the National indicator set – NIS) was announced by CLG in October 2007, following the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review 2007.
Effective from 1 April 2008, the NIS is the only set of indicators on which central government will performance manage local government. It covers services delivered by local authorities alone and in partnership with other organisations like health services and the police.
The NIS replaces all other existing sets of indicators including the Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs) and the Performance Assessment Framework (PAF).
Performance against each of the national indicators will be published annually by the Audit Commission, as part of Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA).
The new NIS contains 18 indicators that are to be determined by measuring citizens' views and perspectives collected through a single Place Survey that is administered by all local authorities.
For more information, use the link to the Audit Commission’s NIS pages under ‘read more’.
The council’s performance of the national indicators is held on the council’s performance management system and can be viewed using the briefing books. The link can be found for each quarter under ‘other websites’ on the right hand side.