Governance has been updated to reflect the application of the six new Myners principles and the CIPFA guidance, Delivering Good Governance in Local Government Pension Funds (CIPFA, 2009), is now available on TISonline Pensions.
Cleaner Neighbourhoods summarises the measures contained in legislation and the powers given to local authorities to deal with anti-social behaviour and local environmental quality issues.
Learning, Training and Development Strategy sets out the the ways in which learning, training and development can be provided by local authorities to support organisational performance and help deliver corporate strategies and service plans.
ICT Security provides guidance on the areas that organisations will need to consider in terms of both physical security to prevent damage or unauthorised access to ICT equipment, and data security, to prevent loss or misuse of data. The section also summarises the relevant legislation and standards. It has been updated to include new guidance on authorisation levels, viruses and other threats, and legislation on monitoring of communications.
General Organisation describes the current system for calculating formula grant for local authorities. It summarises the principles behind the system, explains the four blocks used in the model for distributing grant and the relative needs formulae, and gives the headline allocations. The section has been updated to cover 2010/11.
The following sections have all been updated. Roles and Responsibilities explains the new knowledge and skills framework developed by CIPFA. Assurance Reports and Taxation have been added to Managing Investments and the changes introduced by the new investment regulations are reflected under Investment of Funds.
Statutory Strategies and Policy Statements summarises recent and current CLG consultations relating to the LGPS and Fund Valuations and Statistics contains information on the latest pension fund investment statistics.
Early Years has been updated to reflect the postponed implementation of the early years single funding formula (EYSFF).