Being careful with residents’ information in West Lindsey is more important than ever and the Conservative-led council has been awarded for doing just that.
West Lindsey District Council has scooped a ‘Gold Achievement Award’ in recognition of the management of its address information database. It was presented at the GeoPlace Exemplar Awards 2015, which celebrates excellence in service delivery. The award is given to authorities that reach the highest standard in national tests on data excellence and supplying of regular updates to the national hub which manages receipt of address data from all authorities in England and Wales.
GeoPlace is the centre of excellence for the management of spatial address information and street data for Great Britain. The quality of the data from local authorities is very important as over 75 per cent of public sector organisations use it in the form of the AddressBase range of products, made available nationally by Ordnance Survey.
National projects include: Tell Us Once; rural payments; flood risk; Beyond Census 2011, registration of land and title ownership; TV license revenue collections; fraud analysis; school admissions; and passport applications. Mr. Neil Silley, Senior National Address Data Manager said:
“West Lindsey District Council has achieved the highest standard of address information data management. Achieving this level demonstrates excellence and commitment to a process that brings local and national benefits. It is one of only two authorities in the East Midlands to not only achieve the Gold standard but maintain it for at least 10 out of the 12 months, during 2014/15.”
Councillor Owen Bierley, Chairman of West Lindsey District Council's Prosperous Communities Committee said:
“To be recognised for management of residents’ information and the diligent monitoring of reporting to a secure central database is great news for the council and its residents. Those who live in the district look to us to make sure their information is up to date and protected. I congratulate the officers involved and hope we can maintain the same high standards in the years to come.”
Ms Vicki Stevens, Local Land and Property Gazeteer Officer at the council, who creates and updates postal address information, which in turn is updated into the Local Land and Property Gazeteer, explains:
“This means that accurate postal address information is maintained across the board with Council Tax, Electoral Registration, delivery and emergency services, which means we’re able to identify properties quickly and efficiently. This award is a great recognition of that.”
