This page relates to the 2018-21 National Land Transport Programme.
This section provides guidance for assessing road policing programmes and associated improvement projects.
For general information about developing an assessment profile including relevant reference frameworks, see Developing an assessment profile.
For road policing programmes, the result alignment can be low, medium, high or very high.
For further information on results alignment assessment, see Developing an Assessment Profile.
A road policing programme may be given a low results alignment rating if it achieves all of the following criteria. An improvement project may be given a low results alignment rating if it achieves one or more of the following criteria:
| Strategic priority | Criteria for a low rating |
| Safety |
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| Access – thriving regions; liveable cities |
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| Environment |
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A road policing programme may be given a medium results alignment rating if the programme achieves all of the following criteria. An improvement project may be given a medium results alignment rating if it achieves one or more of the following criteria:
| Strategic priority | Criteria for a medium rating |
| Safety |
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| Access – thriving regions; liveable cities |
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| Environment |
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A road policing programme may be given a high results alignment rating if the programme achieves all of the following criteria. An improvement project may be given a high results alignment rating if it achieves one or more of the following criteria:
| Strategic priority | Criteria for a high rating |
| Safety |
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| Access – thriving regions; liveable cities |
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| Environment |
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A component of a road policing programme or an improvement project may be given a very high results alignment rating if it achieves one or more of the following criteria:
| Strategic priority | Criteria for a very high rating |
| Safety |
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| Access – thriving regions; liveable cities |
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Requirements for cost-benefit appraisal for road policing programmes depend on whether it is a continuous programme or a new initiative.
For further information on cost-benefit appraisal, see Developing an Assessment Profile.
The benefit and cost appraisal methodologies for the road policing programme comprise a mix of:
Where a new road policing initiative is proposed to achieve a substantial change in targeting a particular issue, or when a level of service change is proposed:
Ratings of benefit-cost ratios
If a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) is calculated for a new initiative or change in level of service, the following ratings apply.
If the calculated BCR is below 1.0, then the activity is considered to be economically inefficient. In this case, no rating for cost-benefit appraisal will be given.
Assuming that the BCR is 1.0 or higher, the cost-benefit appraisal falls into one of four bands:
Where a continuous programme of activities is proposed, a value for money assessment needs to be completed.
Applicable methodologies are:
Road policing programmes, or components of programmes, are given a rating using low, medium, or high based on their relative cost effectiveness and benchmarking performance comparisons:
