Places DB UK Location Strategy

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The Places Analysis Tool
In this 4 minute presentation you will learn
What is PAT, who uses it and who is behind the
project?
What functions can PAT perform?
Where is PAT making a difference?
PAT Testimonials
Choice of access and data sharing
Your call to action!
www.pat.communities.gov.uk
As at 22.07.09
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What is PAT?
The tool is designed for analysis of published
national indicator data, monitoring of trends and
performance across the regions.
Who uses PAT?
Primary users are GOs and LSPs. However, as a
web-based tool with unrestricted access PAT can
be used by anyone with an interest.
Who is behind PAT?
Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary, CLG informed
Sir Gus ODonnell at the Top 200PAT will
enable Government and delivery partners to
interrogate the evidence-base underpinning LAAs.
November 2008
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What can PAT do?
PATs opening summary page provides a
dashboard-style at-a-glance overview of national
indicators and associated data in four different
formats national indicator name, comparison
chart, time series chart, and maps.
Place and indicator selected. Once selections are
made, each of the four outputs become available
and are populated with the selected information.
Comparison Tab. This chart shows where the LSP is
in relation to others in its region, and can be
compared nationally and regionally by time
periods.
Time Series Tab. The user can see their existing
LSP data, compare to regional average and target
data.
Maps Tab. The maps indicate the region and
against the indicator. Legends are incorporated
in the map itself allowing a one-click copy/save
function.
PAT provides information within two clicks!
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Where is PAT making a difference?
PAT enables and supports Government Offices and
their partners to undertake a range of important
activities. Examples include
LAA reports both internally and to Whitehall.
Locality Managers and GOs report on both the
impact of Local Area Agreements on delivering
better outcomes and also the actual performance
against targets of LAA designated indicators.
PAT offers a single reporting and basic
analytical function to report on performance not
only against LAA targets, but across the whole
national indicator set.
Providing information for CAA. GOs have a key
role in working with inspectorates to provide key
information to inform inspection through
Comprehensive Area Assessments. Previously
collecting performance data via a variety of
sources held within policy teams to develop a
collective view of an areas performance, PAT
offers a single-shared evidence base, and also
the ability to quickly spot any areas where
performance may be a concern.
Informing REIP support. GOs are required to work
closely with Regional Improvement and Efficiency
Partnerships to identify support requirements for
Local Strategic Partnerships in delivery against
national indicators. PAT is being developed to
provide a quick and straightforward way of
looking across the national indicator set to
identify where a regional support package might
be necessary to inform more targeted supported at
specific areas.
Briefings to Ministers and senior officials.
There is a constant requirement to produce
briefing documents which are known to have used
teams of resources to obtain the most recent data
via a variety of web sites. PAT offers a single
point of view to extract performance data to
inform briefings, and also provide both data and
maps in formats which can be easily transferred
into these briefings.
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PAT testimonials
With over 75 of Central Government departments
providing data, Government Offices and Local
Strategic Partnerships are benefiting from PAT
since the launch on June 10 2009.
Within our own LSP I can
see PAT being used to
supplement our traditional
performance reporting approaches
by providing a better perspective on how our
performance compares with our neighbours as well
as the region and national context. Steve Lyon,
Business Intelligence Officer, Wigan MBC
I was pleasantly
surprised at how
user friendly and
intuitive I found the
Places Analysis Tool. I was able to quickly
navigate to a place, find specific indicator
information for that place and compare
performance with others in the region. Ryan
Hunter, Local Performance and Delivery
Programme, GO Yorks Humber
As an Analyst supporting
the GO with the provision
of information, PAT will
significantly reduce the time and effort to
provide this information. Mark Ellison, Research
Analysis Manager, GO NW
I believe that PAT
will be very
useful it is
extremely user
friendly and can produce quick analysis. Owen
David, Performance Information Analyst, Cumbria
County Council
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Efficient and cost effective data sharing and
re-use
Working along side the Hub and Places, PAT is
delivering the COUNT principle Collect Once,
Use Numerous Times. PAT has an estimated saving
of at least 40 in development costs, and three
months in development time relative to starting
afresh with a new system.
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Your call to action!
Visit the PAT web site and click to see

• How your local authority compares to its
  neighbours

• Select a national indicator to see the best
  and worst authorities

• How your region compares nationally

www.pat.communities.gov.uk
Visit the Places Community web site and click to
see

• An introduction to the Places database and its
  refined data sets State of the Cities, Floor
  Targets Interactive, and Indices of Multiple
  Deprivation.

• Community Maps (Digital Inclusion), Local
  Priorities (LAAs Public facing), Green Spaces
  Hub, Data4nr.net, GO Places Handbook and its
  latest member the Places Analysis Tool.

www.placescommunity.communities.gov.uk