Indicators of Sustainable Development

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Indicator: Number of local authorities with LA21 strategies L1
Local authorities and LA21/BVPI 1 strategies: 1994 to 2002-3  
Indicator Chart
Note: * 2001-2 and 2002-3 data are for England only
Change since
tick 1970
tick 1990
tick 1998

Coverage: United Kingdom (LA 21) and England (BVPI 1)

Source: IDeA, ODPM, Audit Commission

Objective: All local communities to have sustainable development strategies in place by 2000
  • An LA21 strategy is a local action plan for sustainable development. In 2001-2 LA21 strategies became absorbed into the Best Value Performance Indicator scheme as BVPI 1.
  • The guidance for framing BVPI 1 strategies changed between 2001-2 and 2002-3. The revision meant that between 2001-2 and 2002-3 there was an apparent fall in the percentage of English authorities with BVPI 1 strategies - from 81 per cent to 56 per cent.

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