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Our Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) rating was
announced on 7 February 2008 and the Audit Commission has awarded
us the highest rating of four stars for the sixth year
running.
The Audit Commission is an independent public body responsible
for ensuring public money is spent economically, efficiently and
effectively in local government, housing, health, criminal justice
and fire and rescue services.
Each year, they assess the performance of UK local authorities
and the services they provide for local people. This is the
Comprehensive Performance Assessment, against which a council or
other public service is given a rating.
CPA rating
The rating is based on:
- periodic
corporate assessments
- annual use of resources, including value for money
- service specific assessments carried out by the Audit
Commission (or provided by outside bodies)
- a self-assessment
The CPA rating also places greater emphasis on the public's
perspective of services. The ratings are:
- 4 stars (Excellent)
- 3 stars (Good)
- 2 stars (Fair)
- 1 star (Weak)
- 0 stars (Poor)
In addition to the star ratings, every council is also given a
'direction of travel' assessment, which indicates the progress
being made to achieve improvements. There are four 'direction of
travel' categories:
- Improving strongly
- Improving well
- Improving adequately
- Not improving adequately
Find out more about our performance and how
it compares to other local authorities by visiting the
Audit Commission's website (link opens in a new
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