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The Government considers efficiency to be an issue of fundamental importance for local services. Efficiency is about spending better - making money go further and offering better value to council tax payers. The resources released through efficiency are retained by councils for them to reallocate according to local priorities, whether for investment in service improvements or to hold down council tax.
Additionally, the Government considers that supplying efficiency information directly to citizens is a key way of informing them of the performance of their council. The public has growing expectations for the quality of public services, and expects good value for money, both from central and local government. Giving people information on their council's efficiency will enable them to understand what it is doing to improve value for money - and challenge the council to do better if necessary.
Following last year's consultation, the Government made Regulations placing the inclusion of efficiency information on and with council tax demand notices on a sustainable footing for future years. In accordance with the Regulations, the Department provided efficiency information directly to billing authorities in December 2009 for inclusion on and with council tax bills in the 2010-11 billing round. This information is published below for reference (as 'Efficiency information to be contained in and supplied with 2010-11 Council Tax Demand Notices').
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