Value for Money Benchmarking Report
Sample Authority
E0101
UA
Environmental Health & Food Safety
2012/13
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What is What is Value For Money?
The Audit Commission defines Value for Money as the relationship between economy,
efficiency and effectiveness.
Economy - is the price paid for what goes into providing a service. For example, the cost
per hour of care workers; the rent per square metre of accommodation
Efficiency - is a measure of productivity - how much you get in relation to what is put in.
For example the number of people visited per home care worker per week; miles of road
maintained per £1,000 spent
Effectiveness - is a measure of the impact achieved and can be quantitative or qualitative.
For example, how many people were prevented by home care services from needing
residential care (quantitative); satisfaction levels among different sections of the
community with tenant participation arrangements (qualitative).
How is Value For Money measured?
Auditors are required to give a value for money (VFM) conclusion in their statutory audit
report as to whether they are satisfied that the audited body has put in place proper
arrangements to secure economy, efficiency and effectiveness in its use of resources.
VfM Data Limited
VfM Data limited is an independent company, which has gathered together information
from local authorities to produce base unit cost and benchmarking information for local
authority services.
This information forms the basis of understanding and evidences how the local authority
currently provides Value For Money. By using that information to benchmark against other
similar authorities (through the use of the Audit Commission's Nearest Neighbour model)
and with the wider peer group, it enables authorities to share knowledge and improve
Value For Money.
The report uses the most up to date (2012/13) information available.
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Environmental Health and Food Safety
Base Data
This section details the base data used in preparing the report. Appendix 1 details
the sources of information used in compiling the report.
2012/13
2011/12
Cost of Environmental Protection
518
629
Cost of Private rented housing standards
335
344
Cost of Health and safety
-
-
Cost of Port health
-
-
Cost of Animal and public health; infectious disease control
80
75
Cost of Other Environmental Health £000s
933
1,048
Cost of Food Safety Service £000s
774
727
121,517
114,130
Active Enterprises
7,875
7,850
Food Establishments
2,009
1,912
Population 000s
177.6
175.5
Total % of Broadly compliant premises
94.68
93.74
Net Budget Requirement £000s
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
2012/13
2011/12
Unit Cost information
Cost of Food Safety as a percent of Net Budget Requirement
0.64%
0.64%
Cost of Food Safety per Food Establishment £
385.3
380.2
Food Establishments per thousand population
11.3
10.9
4.4
4.1
Cost of Food Safety per head population £
Cost of other Environmental Health as a % of Net Budget
0.77%
0.92%
Cost of other Environmental Health per Active Enterprise £
118.5
133.5
5.3
6.0
Cost of other Environmental Health per head population £
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
Benchmarking Data
Cost of Food Safety as a percent of Net Budget Requirement
4.00% 3.50% 3.00% 2.50% 2.00% Sample Authority 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% 0.00% -‐0.50% Rank
Sample Authority
Nearest Neighbour 1
Nearest Neighbour 2
Nearest Neighbour 3
Nearest Neighbour 4
Nearest Neighbour 5
Nearest Neighbour 6
Nearest Neighbour 7
Nearest Neighbour 8
Nearest Neighbour 9
Nearest Neighbour 10
Nearest Neighbour 11
Nearest Neighbour 12
Nearest Neighbour 13
Nearest Neighbour 14
Nearest Neighbour 15
0.64%
0.28%
0.17%
0.07%
1.23%
0.36%
0.20%
2.21%
0.18%
3.19%
0.29%
0.35%
0.16%
1.93%
1.70%
0.17%
11
7
3
1
12
10
6
15
5
16
8
9
2
14
13
4
No.
District Council Average
London Borough Average
Unitary Average
Metropolitan District Average
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1.48%
0.28%
0.26%
0.19%
201
32
55
36
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
Benchmarking Data
Cost of Food Safety per Food Establishment £
800.0 700.0 600.0 500.0 400.0 Sample Authority 300.0 200.0 100.0 0.0 -‐100.0 Rank
Sample Authority
Nearest Neighbour 1
Nearest Neighbour 2
Nearest Neighbour 3
Nearest Neighbour 4
Nearest Neighbour 5
Nearest Neighbour 6
Nearest Neighbour 7
Nearest Neighbour 8
Nearest Neighbour 9
Nearest Neighbour 10
Nearest Neighbour 11
Nearest Neighbour 12
Nearest Neighbour 13
Nearest Neighbour 14
Nearest Neighbour 15
385.3
257.1
163.2
91.2
191.0
323.8
99.3
387.1
172.3
389.3
213.4
219.6
146.9
276.4
158.3
185.5
14
11
5
1
8
13
2
15
6
16
9
10
3
12
4
7
No.
District Council Average
London Borough Average
Unitary Average
Metropolitan District Average
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194.0
288.5
215.9
189.0
199
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
Benchmarking Data
Food Establishments per thousand population
19.0 17.0 15.0 13.0 Sample Authority 11.0 9.0 7.0 5.0 Rank
Sample Authority
Nearest Neighbour 1
Nearest Neighbour 2
Nearest Neighbour 3
Nearest Neighbour 4
Nearest Neighbour 5
Nearest Neighbour 6
Nearest Neighbour 7
Nearest Neighbour 8
Nearest Neighbour 9
Nearest Neighbour 10
Nearest Neighbour 11
Nearest Neighbour 12
Nearest Neighbour 13
Nearest Neighbour 14
Nearest Neighbour 15
11.3
8.9
6.9
6.7
7.7
9.5
20.8
8.8
8.5
11.3
10.2
10.6
8.7
8.2
11.1
7.8
2
8
15
16
14
7
1
9
11
3
6
5
10
12
4
13
No.
District Council Average
London Borough Average
Unitary Average
Metropolitan District Average
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10.0
8.6
9.9
8.4
199
32
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36
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
Benchmarking Data
Cost of Food Safety per head population £
7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 Sample Authority 2.0 1.0 0.0 -‐1.0 Rank
Sample Authority
Nearest Neighbour 1
Nearest Neighbour 2
Nearest Neighbour 3
Nearest Neighbour 4
Nearest Neighbour 5
Nearest Neighbour 6
Nearest Neighbour 7
Nearest Neighbour 8
Nearest Neighbour 9
Nearest Neighbour 10
Nearest Neighbour 11
Nearest Neighbour 12
Nearest Neighbour 13
Nearest Neighbour 14
Nearest Neighbour 15
4.4
2.3
1.1
0.6
1.5
3.1
2.1
3.4
1.5
4.4
2.2
2.3
1.3
2.3
1.8
1.4
15
11
2
1
6
13
8
14
5
16
9
12
3
10
7
4
No.
District Council Average
London Borough Average
Unitary Average
Metropolitan District Average
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1.9
2.5
2.1
1.6
201
32
55
36
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
Benchmarking Data
Cost of other Environmental Health as a % of Net Budget
14.00% 12.00% 10.00% 8.00% 6.00% Sample Authority 4.00% 2.00% 0.00% -‐2.00% -‐4.00% Rank
Sample Authority
Nearest Neighbour 1
Nearest Neighbour 2
Nearest Neighbour 3
Nearest Neighbour 4
Nearest Neighbour 5
Nearest Neighbour 6
Nearest Neighbour 7
Nearest Neighbour 8
Nearest Neighbour 9
Nearest Neighbour 10
Nearest Neighbour 11
Nearest Neighbour 12
Nearest Neighbour 13
Nearest Neighbour 14
Nearest Neighbour 15
0.77%
0.88%
1.06%
0.19%
6.63%
1.19%
0.54%
5.96%
0.26%
2.36%
0.73%
1.17%
0.89%
3.48%
5.49%
0.79%
5
7
9
1
16
11
3
15
2
12
4
10
8
13
14
6
No.
District Council Average
London Borough Average
Unitary Average
Metropolitan District Average
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4.36%
0.82%
0.75%
0.60%
201
32
55
36
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
Benchmarking Data
Cost of other Environmental Health per Active Enterprise £
600.0 500.0 400.0 300.0 200.0 Sample Authority 100.0 0.0 -‐100.0 -‐200.0 Rank
Sample Authority
Nearest Neighbour 1
Nearest Neighbour 2
Nearest Neighbour 3
Nearest Neighbour 4
Nearest Neighbour 5
Nearest Neighbour 6
Nearest Neighbour 7
Nearest Neighbour 8
Nearest Neighbour 9
Nearest Neighbour 10
Nearest Neighbour 11
Nearest Neighbour 12
Nearest Neighbour 13
Nearest Neighbour 14
Nearest Neighbour 15
118.5
186.1
226.7
58.8
210.9
346.8
195.7
361.7
65.0
111.1
157.7
193.4
252.2
96.7
170.6
156.6
5
9
13
1
12
15
11
16
2
4
7
10
14
3
8
6
No.
District Council Average
London Borough Average
Unitary Average
Metropolitan District Average
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145.3
143.1
178.4
183.3
201
32
55
36
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
Benchmarking Data
Cost of other Environmental Health per head population £
20.0 18.0 16.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 Sample Authority 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 Rank
Sample Authority
Nearest Neighbour 1
Nearest Neighbour 2
Nearest Neighbour 3
Nearest Neighbour 4
Nearest Neighbour 5
Nearest Neighbour 6
Nearest Neighbour 7
Nearest Neighbour 8
Nearest Neighbour 9
Nearest Neighbour 10
Nearest Neighbour 11
Nearest Neighbour 12
Nearest Neighbour 13
Nearest Neighbour 14
Nearest Neighbour 15
5.3
7.1
7.1
1.7
8.0
10.2
5.5
9.1
2.0
3.3
5.5
7.7
7.1
4.1
5.7
6.6
5
10
11
1
14
16
6
15
2
3
7
13
12
4
8
9
No.
District Council Average
London Borough Average
Unitary Average
Metropolitan District Average
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5.6
7.3
5.8
5.0
201
32
55
36
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
Base Data Comparatives
EnvironPrivate
Health and
mental
rented
safety £000s
protection housing
£000s
standards
£000s
Sample Authority
Nearest Neighbour 1
Nearest Neighbour 2
Nearest Neighbour 3
Nearest Neighbour 4
Nearest Neighbour 5
Nearest Neighbour 6
Nearest Neighbour 7
Nearest Neighbour 8
Nearest Neighbour 9
Nearest Neighbour 10
Nearest Neighbour 11
Nearest Neighbour 12
Nearest Neighbour 13
Nearest Neighbour 14
Nearest Neighbour 15
518
484
580
1,142
294
464
373
384
157
439
408
1,471
389
23
750
Total cost
of Other
Environme
ntal Health
£000s
Sample Authority
Nearest Neighbour 1
Nearest Neighbour 2
Nearest Neighbour 3
Nearest Neighbour 4
Nearest Neighbour 5
Nearest Neighbour 6
Nearest Neighbour 7
Nearest Neighbour 8
Nearest Neighbour 9
Nearest Neighbour 10
Nearest Neighbour 11
Nearest Neighbour 12
Nearest Neighbour 13
Nearest Neighbour 14
Nearest Neighbour 15
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933
1,125
1,675
1,814
754
1,514
776
698
570
211
1,024
886
3,751
604
748
2,070
335
367
706
75
301
248
397
177
1,609
87
259
200
197
313
113
80
257
116
199
368
Port health
£000s
2
-
Animal and
public health;
infectious
disease
control £000s
80
74
192
359
272
749
75
698
(71)
52
188
185
671
128
526
693
Cost of
Food
Safety
£000s
774
363
265
668
140
452
293
259
411
285
408
269
670
335
231
454
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
Base Data Comparatives
Active
Enterprises
Sample Authority
Nearest Neighbour 1
Nearest Neighbour 2
Nearest Neighbour 3
Nearest Neighbour 4
Nearest Neighbour 5
Nearest Neighbour 6
Nearest Neighbour 7
Nearest Neighbour 8
Nearest Neighbour 9
Nearest Neighbour 10
Nearest Neighbour 11
Nearest Neighbour 12
Nearest Neighbour 13
Nearest Neighbour 14
Nearest Neighbour 15
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7,875
6,045
7,390
30,860
3,575
4,365
3,965
1,930
8,770
1,900
6,495
4,580
14,875
6,245
4,385
13,220
Food
Establish
ments
2,009
1,412
1,624
7,323
733
1,396
2,952
669
2,385
732
1,912
1,225
4,562
1,212
1,459
2,448
Total % of
Net Budget
Broadly
Requirement
compliant
£000s
establishments
94.7
121,517
93.8
127,396
78.1
158,382
86.1
979,822
94.9
11,365
90.4
126,729
89.7
143,286
96.2
11,717
88.3
223,007
96.5
8,948
89.1
140,024
94.8
75,991
89.0
420,442
92.8
17,379
96.3
13,621
85.6
260,392
Population
177.6
159.2
234.3
1,085.4
94.6
147.7
142.0
76.4
279.0
64.8
186.7
115.1
524.6
148.4
131.9
314.7
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Environmental Health & Food Safety
Appendix 1 - Data Sources
Cost of Environmental Health & Food Safety: from Revenue Outturn forms
(2011/12 and 2010/11)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-andfinancing-england-2011-to-2012-individual-local-authority-data--2
Population: : http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?
edition=tcm%3A77-262039
Net Budget Requirement (£000s): from Revenue Outturn forms (2011/12 and
2010/11)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-andfinancing-england-2011-to-2012-individual-local-authority-data--2
Nearest Neighbour Model: http://www.cipfastats.net/default_view.asp?
content_ref=8193
Active Enterprise statistics: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-referencetables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-329345
Food Safety statistics: http://www.food.gov.uk/enforcement/monitoring/laems/
mondatabyyear/ocd201213/#.UuV_cnk4mu4
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