Performance indicators (2003-4)
| Performance indicators | Hertsmere Borough Council | Hertfordshire County Council | English average |
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| % of those young people who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year (aged 16), who were engaged in education, training or employment at the age of 19 | N/S | 65.7 | 56.83 |
| % of child protection cases which should have been reviewed during the year that were reviewed | N/S | 97 | 95 |
| The number of looked after children adopted during the year as a % of the number of children looked after at 31 March who had been looked after for 6 months or more at that date | N/S | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| Acceptable waiting time for assessment. For new older clients, the average of (i) the % where the time from first contact to beginning of assessment is less than 48 hours & (ii) the % where the time from first contact to completion of assessment is less t | N/S | 75.7 | 61.3 |
| % of childen looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year | N/S | 5.78 | N/A |
| % of young people leaving care aged 16 or over with at least 1 GCSE at grades A*-G, or GNVQ. | N/S | 61 | 48 |
| Average gross weekly expenditure per looked after child in foster care or in a children's home | N/A | £655 | £629 |
| Average gross weekly expenditure per person on supporting adults & older people in residential & nursing care & providing intensive home care | N/A | £542.27 | £459.03 |
| Households receiving intensive home care per 1,000 population aged 65 or over | N/S | 9.3 | 12.7 |
| Older people helped to live at home per 1,000 population aged 65 or over | N/S | 84.5 | 89.46 |
| % of items of equipment delivered within seven working days | N/S | 75 | 79 |
| % of people receiving a statement of their needs & how they will be met | N/S | 91 | 89.6 |
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