It is important to demonstrate that services are additional to those delivered by the local authority. The steering group will include in the business plan a memorandum of understanding or service level agreement showing what services are delivered by the local authority in the proposed BID area. Local authority services and, where relevant, other statutory authority services will be benchmarked at the beginning of the BID and monitored during the lifetime of the BID. A standard proforma is available on the BIDs in Scotland website to help identify and benchmark statutory services.