‘Delivering better services for less’

1. ‘Delivering better services for less’

2. Recap: setting the transformation agenda Whole Place Community Budget pilots • 4 pilot areas: Cheshire West & Chester, Essex, Greater Manchester, the London “Tri-Borough” • 4 local teams: Whitehall secondees and secondees from local partners • Technical support: small budget to buy-in expertise; cross-departmental Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to support cost-benefit analysis • Short timescale: teams set-up in March; 25 business cases presented end October 2012; delivery to begin during 13/14 The aim • Large-scale service transformation to test whether better outcomes could be achieved at lower cost through co-design and open policy making • Business cases focussing on: Troubled Families; health and social care integration; reducing reoffending; assets and infrastructure; early interventions; work and skills; and area based funding options.

3. Recap: setting the transformation agenda Story so far: • Four WPCB pilots demonstrate proof of concept - deliver better outcomes for less • E&Y, NAO and Treasury accept £800m net fiscal savings over five years and potential for £9bn - £20bn across England by the 4 pilots once proposals fully implemented Maintaining momentum: • Whole Place business cases and tools available in on-line Guide, foreword by the PM. • Expressions of interest to work with the Network from over 40 places • PM written to offer his full backing to local leaders - ‘Call to action for better services’

4. Introducing the Public Service Transformation Network The Public Service Transformation Network was announced by the Chancellor in the 2013 Budget:  “The Government will establish a new multi-agency network to drive the transformation of local public services. The network will spread innovation from the Whole-Place Community Budget pilots and What Works Centres to support other places at key stages to provide advice and support on co-designing local public service transformation.” The Network will: • Catalyse and enable public service partners to co-design innovative transformation • Continue to support the Whole Place pilot areas in implementation • Work with new places – adding value and pace to local transformation • Share learning and give profile to public service transformation • Enable ongoing dialogue between local places and Whitehall to drive progress

5. To keep momentum we need to drive change at scale and pace • The Government is committed to spreading the Whole Place approach to other local places that want to deliver better services for less. • The Prime Minister has also called on all local public service leaders to work together more effectively to ensure that their local services meet the needs of local people. • To enable that process the Spending Round set out a variety of measures that will support places across the county to transform local services, including new ‘transformation’ funding to support: • over £1bn of new transformation funds to support care integration; • an expanded Troubled Families programme; • community safety and crime; • integration of emergency services; • local government efficiency and integration with partners; and • national action on data sharing.

6. Growing the Network • In July Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for DCLG, said: “We’ve only just dipped our toes in the waters of the possible. Nationally, Local Government Association research found that the partnership approach could save billions not millions. So we are now expanding this in many more directions. Our Public Transformation Network will spread the opportunities created by Community Budgets around the country, leading to more joint working and shared services.” • He also announced an initial group of nine places that will receive specialist support from the Public Service Transformation Network to co-design service reforms: • Bath and North East Somerset; - Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset; • Hampshire; - Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark; • Sheffield; - Surrey; • Swindon; - Wirral; • the West London Alliance (Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow)

7. Next steps for this initial group • These areas will receive dedicated support to help them develop practical reforms and deliver better services for less at a local level, which includes officials seconded from seven department, the LGA and local government officers • They are now developing Joint Statements of Intent and business cases that set out key objectives, deadlines and responsibilities across partnerships for how they will transform public services in their area. • They will begin implementation of these business cases in 2014-15.

8. A rolling programme of engagement and support • The Network is continuing to engage the many places that submitted an expression of interest to work with the Network, as well as other places that come forward. • Developing a tailored programme of support and engagement across places that want to transform local services, involving peer-to-peer seminars on regional and thematic issues, some direct support from the Network on reform plans. • Announcements about additional places will be made in due course as part of a rolling programme of engagement and support for local public services in England. • The Network is represents a new way of working between the centre and local places. It is a small but practical example of open policy making and civil service reform. • The Prime Minister has also called on all local public service leaders to work together more effectively to ensure that their local services meet the needs of local people.