The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has released a summary of English local authority Implementing Electronic Government (IEG) 5 statements.
The data shows that the majority of councils have achieved the ODPM’s 100 per cent e-enablement targets by the end of 2005, based on BVPI 157. There remains, however, a number of councils at that have not achieved full compliance, with North Hertfordshire District Council and Runnymede Borough Council propping up the table, meeting only 64 per cent and 65 per cent of targets, respectively.
For the 29 Required Outcomes, 80.9 per cent of councils have reported them completed, with only 1.6 per cent still in the primary research stage. Councils have reported difficulty implementing Required Outcomes, R11, R13 and R19, with some one in twenty still at the "red" stage.
For the 25 Good outcomes just under half of all authorities have them at "green" and only 3.9 per cent at "red." One in ten councils have had problems achieving outcome G11 which calls for e-billing for direct debit payers of Council Tax and Business Rates, which one-eighth cannot establish a single business account (G8) or enable back office and smart card interfaces for council library, sport and leisure services.
The figures also show local eGovernment is making a "significant" contribution to the Treasury’s efficiency targets. A projected 377 local authorities will deliver gross efficiency gains from electronic services, by 2007/08 with nearly half expecting savings of over £1 million.
However, there is also a "degree of uncertainty regarding the net benefits of e-government investment” particularly in light of the low levels of take-up. Unless greater use is made of e-services the ODPM predict that the “break even point for investment will not be reach before 2010."
While over half of all savings are expected to come from corporate services and e-procurement, representing some £225m per year, gains from greater take-up of e-services and change management are considered relatively “under-developed” at £59m and £77m. The ODPM believes there is scope for far greater savings in these two areas that will help to achieve an earlier 'break even point' for e-government investment
Read the summary report here: Summary analysis of IEG5 results (December 2005) (Word: 1.28MB)
Quelle: eGov monitor, 27.02.2006
