Comprehensive Performance Assessment
Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) is the Government’s
Performance Management Framework for local authorities.
Introduced in 2002, the performance of local authorities is
regularly reviewed by the Audit Commission and the Council’s
external auditors.
The CPA framework includes a Corporate Assessment, designed to
assess how well the Council engages with and leads its committees
to deliver community priorities in partnership with others, as well
as ensuring continual improvement across a range of Council
activities.
In 2004, Forest Heath was recognised as a 'Fair' Council that was
showing signs of improvement.
In November 2008, the Council underwent a further Corporate
Assessment and received a 'Good' rating, recognising the
significant improvement in service delivery and partnership
working that is getting positive results for local people.
You can view or download the report from the
Downloads list below.
Comprehensive Area Assessment
From April 2009, the local government performance framework changes
from Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) to
a Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA).
What this means in practice is that, rather then
inspecting and assessing public bodies such as the local Council,
Police, Ambulance and Fire services, and the NHS Primary Care Trust
(PCT) in isolation, the Government Inspectorates will work together
to assess how these public bodies and the voluntary services work
together to deliver services to the local area.
Comprehensive Area Assessment also differs from CPA by making an
assessment of the needs of communities and identifying where
services fall short of these needs. The intention is to
ensure that the public services are setting their priorities and
focusing their efforts on meeting the needs of the community they
serve.
More details on CAA can be found on the
Audit Commission website.
Downloads
Audit Commission - Corporate Assessment
2009
Audit Commission - Corporate Assessment
2004