LPA Performance Figures Fall as Special Measures Looms

Ominous the cuts in staff must be having an impact

[In the last quarter LPAs] decided 57 per cent of major applications in 13 weeks, 70 per cent of minors and 82 per cent of others in 8 weeks. This compares to 65 per cent for majors, 74 per cent for minors and 85 per cent for others in the year ending June 2011.