Introduction

Our 2011-2012 Annual Operating Plan describes our priorities for the year and explained how we intended to achieve them. In this review of our performance we provide information on each of the performance indicators described in the Annual Operating Plan

Quarter 3 2011 - 2011 Performance Report. (Paper SEPA 01/12)

Presented below is a summary of our performance for Quarter 2 2011-2012 against the Annual Operating Plan 2011-2012 targets.

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2011-2012 Outcomes and Indicators	Reporting Frequency	Target	Future Trend
Scotland’s environment is protected and improving
COMAH safety report assessments	Quarterly	100%	↔
Environmental incident reports	Monthly	95%	↔
Bathing waters	Quarterly	>70%	Target Achieved
Prosecution cases	Quarterly	95%	↔
Licence compliance	Annually[1]	10%	Not due for reporting
Scotland’s environment is understood and SEPA is an influential and respected authority
National monitoring plan	Monthly	95% / 75%	Target Achieved
Reporting sample results	Monthly	31/03/12	↔
Science advice helpdesk	Monthly	31/03/12	↑
Environmental monitoring strategy	Monthly	31/10/11	Target Achieved
Scotland is preparing for a sustainable future and is taking steps to limit climate change
Climate change	Bimonthly	31/03/12	↑
Waste data strategy	Monthly	30/06/11	Target Achieved
Waste statistics	Monthly	30/11/11[2]	Target Achieved
SEPA is a high performance organisation
Licence determination	Monthly	96%	↔
Cost savings	Monthly	11%	Target Achieved
Staff appraisals	Monthly	90%	Target not achieved
Greening SEPA 1 - Carbon dioxide	Quarterly	25%	↑
Greening SEPA 2 – Transport	Quarterly	10%	↔
Greening SEPA 3 – Waste	Quarterly	31/03/12	↔
Greening SEPA 4 – Water	Quarterly	31/03/12	↔
Greening SEPA 5 – Procurement	Quarterly	31/03/12	↔
Greening SEPA 6 – Biodiversity	Quarterly	31/03/12	↔

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Definition	Trend	Definition
Performance meets or is beyond expectations	↑	We expect performance to improve
Performance is progressing towards expectations	↔	We expect performance to stay the same
Performance is below expectations	↓	We expect performance to deteriorate
Achieved		Target not achieved
Not due for reporting

(1)This target will be reported annually after the results of the compliance assessment scheme have been collated.
(2)The 31 August 2011 target date published in the 2011-2012 Annual Operating Plan is an error. The actual target date for the publication of the first set of official quarterly waste statistics is 30 November 2011.

For more information, or our previous 'SEPA Performs' reports, please contact us at performance@sepa.org.uk

Introduction

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