Performance and Statistics
Annual Self-Assessment 2023-24
This is Pembrokeshire County Council’s third annual self-assessment as required under the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act. The Act introduced new performance requirements for local authorities and central to this is a duty to report annually on performance through a process of self-assessment. The Act requires each council in Wales to keep under review, through self-assessment, the extent to which it is meeting the ‘performance requirements’, that is the extent to which:
- It is exercising its functions effectively
- It is using its resources economically, efficiently, and effectively
- Its governance is effective for securing the above
A self-assessment report must be produced in respect of each financial year and published as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of the financial year on which it is reporting. As such this is the Council’s self-assessment report for the 2023-24 financial year.
The report sets out the Council’s conclusions on the extent to which it has met the performance requirements during that financial year, and any actions it intends to take, or has already taken, to increase the extent to which it is meeting the performance requirements.
There are a number of broad overarching principles which have informed the Council’s approach to undertaking this self-assessment:
- Corporate leadership and ownership is key to developing a culture of improvement.
- Self-assessment process needs to be embedded into the Council’s corporate planning, performance and governance processes – it is not a one-off event or standalone process.
- There is acceptance that the self-assessment process will evolve and be continually refined. We have made some amendments to our self-assessment framework this year as a result of Council adopting a new Corporate Strategy in May 2022.
- This is not necessarily about introducing new systems and processes – rather this is about utilising what is already in place in a more coherent, integrated and effective way.
- The legislation states that this is a corporate self-assessment, not an assessment of individual service performance.
Pembrokeshire County Council’s annual self-assessment report also serves as the report which meets duties under paragraph, 1 schedule 1 of the Well-being of Future Generations Act relating to the progress the Council has made in meeting its Well-being Objectives.
Annual Self-Assessment 2022-23
This is Pembrokeshire County Council’s second annual self-assessment as required under the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act. The Act introduces new performance requirements for local authorities and central to this is a duty to report annually on performance through a process of self-assessment. The Act requires each council in Wales to keep under review, through self-assessment, the extent to which it is meeting the ‘performance requirements’, that is the extent to which:
- It is exercising its functions effectively.
- It is using its resources economically, efficiently, and effectively.
- Its governance is effective for securing the above.
A self-assessment report must be produced in respect of each financial year and published as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of the financial year on which it is reporting. As such this is the Council’s self-assessment report for the 2022-23 financial year.
The report sets out the Council’s conclusions on the extent to which it has met the performance requirements during that financial year, and any actions it intends to take, or has already taken, to increase the extent to which it is meeting the performance requirements.
There are a number of broad overarching principles which have informed the Council’s approach to undertaking this self-assessment:
- Corporate leadership and ownership is key to developing a culture of improvement.
- Self-assessment process needs to be embedded into the Council’s corporate planning, performance and governance processes – it is not a one-off event or standalone process.
- There is acceptance that the self-assessment process will evolve and be continually refined. We have reviewed the methodology we used last year and considered how other local authorities in Wales produced their self-assessment reports. As a result we have made some minor amendments to our self-assessment framework this year to address some previous gaps and taken advantage of opportunities to consolidate some of the sub-themes in the framework.
- This is not necessarily about introducing new systems and processes – rather this is about utilising what is already in place in a more coherent, integrated and effective way.
- This is a corporate self-assessment, not an assessment of individual service performance.
Performance Management Framework
This document explains our approach to performance management. It describes the systems, structures and supporting arrangements we have established in order to identify and respond to performance issues and drive continuous improvement.
Our Performance Management Framework applies to all services directly managed by the Council. However, it can also be applied to those services we deliver in partnership with other organisations: statutory partner organisations, regional delivery bodies and our schools.
Improvement Planning
Our plans were produced in response to the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2022 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2016. Our Corporate Strategy looks forward to what we want to achieve.
Each year we produce an Annual Self Assessment which looks back at our previous year's performance. The purpose of this report is two-fold.
- The first is to give an account of our performance so that residents and stakeholders can hold us to account.
- The second purpose is to help us learn the lessons from how we delivered actions by proposing recommendations so that our future actions will be more effective.
Decision Making Processes
Calendar of committee meetings
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Agendas and minutes of committee meetings
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Individual Cabinet Member Decisions
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Economy, Tourism, Leisure and Culture (opens in a new tab)
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Education and Lifelong Learning (opens in a new tab)
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Environment and Welsh Language (opens in a new tab)
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Finance (opens in a new tab)
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Housing (opens in a new tab)
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Housing and Regulatory Services (opens in a new tab)
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Leader and Corporate Matters (opens in a new tab)
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Planning (opens in a new tab)
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Planning and Infrastructure (opens in a new tab)
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Social Services (opens in a new tab)
Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Transformation and IT (opens in a new tab)
Delegated Decisions taken by Directors
Delegated Decisions - Children and Schools Directorate (opens in a new tab)
Delegated Decisions - Community Services Directorate (opens in a new tab)
Delegated Decisions - Education Directorate (opens in a new tab)
Delegated Decisions - Interim Chief Executive (opens in a new tab)
Delegated Decisions - Resources Directorate (opens in a new tab)
Delegated Decisions - Social Services and Housing Directorate (opens in a new tab)
Delegated Decisions – Corporate Services (opens in a new tab)
Delegated Decisions - Assistant Chief Executive
Delegated Decisions - Infrastructure & Environmental Services
Data and Statistics
Around 125,000 people live in Pembrokeshire.
Of these about 21,300 (17%) are aged under 16, and 31,500 (25%) are aged 65 and over.
Around 73% of the population aged 16-64 are in employment. A range of economic and labour market statistics about Pembrokeshire (opens in a new tab) are available from the NOMIS web site. The Welsh Government also publish statistical summaries for Unitary Authorities in Wales.
Data is available for Local Authorities and smaller areas in England and Wales from a number of web resources:
Nomis contains a wide range of economic and labour market data as well as data from Censuses from 1981 to 2011;
The Neighbourhood Statistics (opens in a new tab) site allows users to search for data about their local area;
StatsWales (opens in a new tab) includes data about Wales including Education and Health data;
Health data can also be found on the Health Maps Wales (opens in a new tab) website
What we do
We:
- Serve a population of approximately 124,000 people
- Collect rubbish and recycling from over 64,000 households
- Maintain approximately 2,500 kilometres of road, 610 km of footways and 820 bridges
- Providing over 8,000 off street parking place and co-ordinating over 6,500 works on the highway
- Are responsible for 61 schools, providing education for more than 17,226 pupils
- Provide support to pupils with additional learning needs; child protection, safeguarding and youth services
- Own and manage more than 5,700 homes
- Provide adults with information and advice to help them to live independently in the community, as well as direct support for over 5,000 vulnerable adults
- Develop a Local Development Plan, which we are required to review every four years, and process around 1,200 planning applications a year
- Provide a wide range of public protection services, including environmental health, trading standards and licensing
- Help maintain Pembrokeshire's award winning beaches, which boast 10 Blue Flag and 7 Green Coast Awards
- Manage the county's leisure facilities, and its libraries, museums and archives