N03.2 NPA – Projects by Law Type

The National Partnership Agreement (NPA) is one of the primary sources of CLC funding. The NPA requires a number of specific reports. This page provides an overview of the Performance Indicator, as required by clause 17(e) of the NPA.

Please note: Prior to June 2017, this was clause 17 (d).

NPA 17 (e)

the number of legal assistance services delivered (comprising: information and referral; legal advice; legal task; duty lawyer services; dispute resolution; court/litigation and other representation; and community legal education), disaggregated by service type and law type

This NPA requirement is split into two reports – services to individuals ands services to the community. Report N3.2, and this page, refers to services to communities. Click here for information about N3.1 – Services [to Individuals] by Law Type.

Purpose: Display the number of project services provided in the period by law type (Family, Criminal or Civil).

Report Type: Drilldown

Filters

As the NPA reports are designed for specific use, there are set filters that should be used.

Filter	Detail
Start Date	01 Jan 2017
End Date	30 Jun 2017
Funding Categories	All CLSP Funding Types

The Start and End Dates will be 1 July to 31 December for the next reporting period (early 2018).

Characteristics

The Services considered in this report are:

Community Legal Education (CLE) Activities
CLE Resources
Community Education
Stakeholder Engagement
Law and Legal Service Reform

The Law Types included are:

Family
Civil
Criminal
Legal System and Legal Help

Notes

The NPA report requires services by law type. However, to provide maximum flexibility and utility while the remaining reports (Batch 2) are finalised, high level problem type is also included. This also highlights the functionality available in drilldown reports.

The default view includes high level problem types. To show law type only, click and drag ‘problem type’ into the ‘drop filter fields here’ space. Examples are shown below.
Reports in CLSIS counted the number of Projects. The NPA requirements, and CLASS, now count Project Services. Project Services are the equivalent of Activities. It is expected that the statistics increase as centres are likely to have more than one service per project.
Legal System and Legal Help is a new ‘law type’ added in the National Legal Assistance Data Standards. Although it can be used for services to individuals

Example Report – including high level problem types

Example Report – by law type only

Definitions

The following shows the definitions for one service type, CLE Activities. Other service types follow the same rules.

	Service to the Community, e.g. CLE Activities
Civil	Count of services where Project Service Type equals ‘CLE Activities’ AND Open Date is between start of period AND end of period AND Problem type, or one of the problem types, is mapped to Civil Law
Family	Count of services where Project Service Type equals ‘CLE Activities’ AND Open Date is between start of period AND end of period AND Problem type, or one of the problem types, is mapped to Family Law
Criminal	Count of services where Project Service Type equals ‘CLE Activities’ AND Open Date is between start of period AND end of period AND Problem type, or one of the problem types, is mapped to Criminal Law
Legal System & Legal Help	Count of services where Project Service Type equals ‘CLE Activities’ AND Open Date is between start of period AND end of period AND Problem type, or one of the problem types, is mapped to Legal System and Legal Help
Total	Count of services where Project Service Type equals ‘CLE Activities’ AND Open Date is between start of period AND end of period AND Problem type, or one of the problem types, is mapped to Civil Law OR Family Law OR Criminal Law OR Legal System and Legal Help

Refer to the Data Consistency Guide for definitions of Service types such as Discrete Services, Ongoing Services and Community Projects.