Comprehensive Performance Assessment

In England, the Local Government White Paper Strong Local Government - Quality Public Services detailed the introduction of comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) for local authorities.

 

CPA is a key element of the Government's performance framework for local government. It is intended to support improvement planning in local authorities, and lead to co-ordinated and proportionate audit and inspection, and increased freedoms and flexibilities for local government.

 

The Audit Commission's role in CPA is to form a judgement on the performance and proven corporate capacity of all local authorities.

 

Once a judgement has been formed, the Audit Commission produce a 'balanced scorecard' for every authority, which is available to the public (see link below).