April 06 - March 07
	Our standard is to register 90% of guardianships within 5 working days of receipt of the final interlocutor/bond of caution
		April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January	February	March	TOTAL
	No. Registered	93	99	122	83	124	93	102	116	83	109	111	114	1249
	No To Target	85	90	113	77	111	90	99	107	80	102	106	104	1164
	Actual % Achieved	91	91	93	93	90	97	97	92	96	94	95	91	93
		April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January	February	March	TOTAL
	Welfare	49	48	69	44	68	54	55	43	40	52	58	57	637
	Financial	18	26	25	15	25	19	15	37	21	20	13	16	250
	Both	26	25	28	24	31	20	32	36	22	37	40	41	362
	Total	93	99	122	83	124	93	102	116	83	109	111	114	1249
	Our standard is to process 90% of correctly submitted Inventories within 30 working days of receipt.
		April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January	February	March	TOTAL
	No. Processed	40	45	40	18	52	36	29	31	38	32	38	50	449
	No. To Target	40	44	40	18	50	35	28	26	37	30	38	45	431
	Actual % Achieved	100	98	100	100	96	97	97	84	97	94	100	90	96
	Our standard is to process 90% of correctly submitted Management Plans within 30 working days of receipt.
		April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January	February	March	TOTAL
	No. Processed	41	30	36	16	59	32	25	34	29	30	42	49	423
	No. To Target	41	30	36	16	56	31	25	31	29	30	42	46	413
	Actual % Achieved	100	100	100	100	95	97	100	91	100	100	100	94	98
	Our standard is to process 90% of correctly submitted accounts within 3 months of receipt.
		April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January	February	March	Total
	No. Processed	111	116	124	110	121	61	72	108	117	95	116	246	1397
	No.To Target	83	65	54	46	63	31	15	13	16	14	18	49	467
	Actual % Achieved	75	56	44	42	52	51	21	12	14	15	16	20	33
	Growth in guardianship work and the take-on of 636 guardianship cases (previously curators bonis) from the Accountant of Court's Office in Edinburgh, has
	meant that performance has regularly fallen short of the target time.  To address this issue we have looked critically at our procedures with a view to making
	improvements.  Our existing system for review required all guardians to submit a full and detailed annual accounting covering all aspects of their
	management of the adult's estate.  However experience indicated that it is rare for issues of major concern to come to light as a consequence of this
	detailed review.  Deficiencies and issues are more likely to become through direct contact with the guardian or as a result of intervention by others (whistle
	blowers).  We therefore proposed a new approach based on a simple risk assessment.  The majority of guardians will now be subject to an abbreviated
	review with only a proportion having to produce full accounts. Over and above this, where there is concern about a guardian's actings and intromissions a full
	review will be carried out.  Consultation with Audit Scotland and key stakeholders indicated broad agreement with the new regimen.  The new procedures
	have just been put into place and it is expected that the time taken to carry out reviews will reduce in the coming months.  This will be monitored on an
	ongoing basis.