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Benchmark Report for Oxford

City Development

Oxford
(Quantiles of All English district local authorities)

Local
Metric type D.O.T.
value

Total revenue expenditure

on Planning and
development services per No polarity
40.91
head of population (2011/12)
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
(Raw value) (£ per head of
population)

Processing of planning
applications - major - Polarity
83
Quarterly (2013 Q2) (Raw
value) (Per cent) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Processing of planning
applications - minor Polarity
applications - Quarterly 69
(2013 Q2) (Raw value) (Per 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
cent)
Processing of planning
applications - other Polarity
applications - Quarterly 85
(2013 Q2) (Raw value) (Per 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
cent)
New business registration
rate per 10,000 resident
population aged 16 and Polarity
42.0
above (2011) (Raw value)
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
(Per 10,000 population
(aged 16 and above))

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 Housing and Property

Oxford
(Quantiles of All English district local authorities)

Local
Metric type D.O.T.
value

Total revenue expenditure

on Housing services (GFRA No polarity
only) per head of population 62.78
(2011/12) (Raw value) (£ 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200
per head of population)

Total households on the

housing waiting list at 1st No polarity
5,067
April (2011/12) (Raw value)
(Count) 0k 1k 2k 3k 4k 5k 6k 7k 8k 9k

Number of households living

in temporary Polarity
123
accommodation (2013 Q2)
(Raw value) (Households) 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Number of households
where positive action was
successful in preventing Polarity
12.4
homelessness - Total per
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
1,000 households (2012/13)
(Raw value) (Per 1,000)
Vacant dwellings - all, as a
percentage of all dwellings Polarity
in the area (2011/12) (Raw 2.2
value) (Percentage of all 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
dwellings in the area)

Percentage of rent collected

for local authority owned
98.9 Polarity
housing (2011/12) (Raw
value) (Per cent) 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Housing affordability ratio -

ratio of lower quartile house Polarity
price to lower quartile 10.03
earnings (2012) (Raw value) 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
(Ratio)
Additional affordable homes
provided as a percentage of
all net additional homes No polarity
20
(2011/12) (Raw value)
0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250
(Percentage of all net
additional homes)

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 Environmental Development

Oxford
(Quantiles of All English district local authorities)

Local
Metric type D.O.T.
value

Total revenue expenditure

on Environmental and
regulatory services per No polarity
91.68
head of population (2011/12)
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140
(Raw value) (£ per head of
population)

CO2 emissions estimates - Polarity

Domestic (2011) (Raw 248
value) (Kilo tonnes) 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

CO2 emissions estimates -

Industry and Commercial Polarity
495
(2011) (Raw value) (Kilo
tonnes) 0 250 500 750 1,000 1,250 1,500 1,750 2,000 2,250 2,500

CO2 emissions estimates -

land use, land use change Polarity
and forestry (LULUCF) 1
(2011) (Raw value) (Kilo -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175
tonnes)

CO2 emissions estimates - Polarity

Road Transport (2011) (Raw 132
value) (Kilo tonnes) 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Estimated budget net

expenditure per head of No polarity
population - community 3.06
safety (2013/14) (Raw value) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
(Per head of population)

Leisure, Parks and Communities

Oxford
(Quantiles of All English district local authorities)

Local
Metric type D.O.T.
value

Adult participation in sport

and active recreation (2012) Polarity
(Raw value) (Percentage of 25.5
the adult population in a 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
local area)

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 Customer Services

Oxford
(Quantiles of All English district local authorities)

Local
Metric type D.O.T.
value

Time taken to process

council tax benefit new Polarity
claims and change events 22
(2012/13 Q4) (Raw value) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
(Days)
Council tax collected as a
percentage of council tax Polarity
due (2012/13) (Raw value) 97.01
(Percentage of council tax 95 95.5 96 96.5 97 97.5 98 98.5 99 99.5
due)
Net current expenditure on
council tax collection per No polarity
chargeable dwelling 20.02
(2011/12) (Raw value) (£s -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
per household)
Non-domestic rates
collected as a percentage of
non-domestic rates due Polarity
97.38
(2012/13) (Raw value)
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
(Percentage of the amount
of non-domestic rates due)
Net spend on non-domestic
rates collection per non- No polarity
domestic property (2011/12) 0.00
(Raw value) (£s per non- -75 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150
domestic property)

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 Direct Services

Oxford
(Quantiles of All English district local authorities)

Local
Metric type D.O.T.
value

Residual household waste

per household (2012/13) Polarity
421.43
(Raw value) (Kg per
household) 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700

Percentage of household
waste sent for reuse,
recycling and composting Polarity
44.83
(2012/13) (Raw value)
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
(Percentage of household
waste)

Oxford

Key for polarity metrics Key for non-polarity metrics

Top High
Bottom Low

Improving (high is good) Increasing

Improving (low is good) Decreasing

Worsening (low is good) Unchanged

Worsening (high is good)

Unchanged

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