Strategy

The Strategy division of Resources is responsible for performance monitoring, improvement and planning, research and intelligence, equalities and Overview and Scrutiny arrangements.

These responsibilities cover areas such as:

Co-ordinating and reporting on all performance management information relating to key performance indicators.
Providing a strategic planning framework.
Supporting external inspectorate requirements and other statutory requirements.
Promoting, raising awareness and ensuring adherence to our Data Quality Policy (found at Council Performance).
Ensuring that the council and partnership data requirements are delivered to agreed timescales.
Commissioning surveys and providing a bespoke survey service.
Providing data for statutory and other assessments, and evidence bases (for example, County Durham Joint Strategic Needs Assessment).
Developing statistical profiles for the many different areas in the county.
Providing Census and statistical info including Index of Deprivation analysis.
Developing our Equality & Diversity framework.
Ensuring that the council meets its statutory obligations.
Overview and scrutiny arrangements.