Achievements 2003-04

Labour - Working hard for Nottingham

Nottingham City Council Achievements 2003/04

Cleaner

§ Made Cleaner Streets a priority - 18 new staff and 3 new vehicles cleaning City streets, and additional graffiti squad

§ Caring for the City - Restored park wardens to City parks

Greener

§ Recognised as the Best Transport Authority in the Country

§ Expanded kerbside recycling again – now 47% of homes

Safer

§ Tackling anti-social behaviour - 40 New Street Wardens

§ Delivered an 85% reduction in begging in the city

§ Pioneered work to reduce prostitution on city streets

Fairer

· Nottingham’s best GCSE results ever

· Improved Housing repairs and Transformed Benefits service

· OFSTED praised "Good" Education Department

· Helping people stay independent - Helped 76 extra people to stay in their own home with our intensive home care scheme

Modern

· Delivered the state of the art Tram System

· New Southglade Leisure Centre

· Delivered an improvement in 59% of Council Services

· 80% of Council Services now available electronically

· Spotting Problems Faster - Quarterly Performance Reviews

[Figures for performance as at 2004-03-31; some of the services and their indicators have improved since then; this page last updated 2004-08-13]