Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA)
What is Comprehensive Performance Assessment?
Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) was introduced by the Government as a way of assessing how councils are performing. For the first time, CPA pulled together in a single framework the existing information on council performance that is held by councils, government departments, auditors and inspectors.
CPA was a national initiative designed to help local councils improve the services they provide to their communities. Acting for the Government, the Audit Commission developed the process as a basis for assessing authorities' progress in meeting their duties under the Local Government Act 1999, bringing together evidence from a range of sources to assess the quality of councils' performance.
Corporate Self-Assessments were produced to detail council performance and action plans for improvement.
Our 'Corporate Self Assessment 2008' can be viewed here.
Our 'Corporate Self Assessment 2003' can be viewed here.
On the basis of these assessments, councils were judged to be:
- Excellent
- Good
- Fair
- Weak, or
- Poor.
During 2003/04 and 2008 the Audit Commission undertook CPAs of Ribble Valley Borough Council. In 2004 we were judged to be 'fair' and we improved this score to 'good' in 2008.
Corporate Self Assessment
Ribble Valley Borough Council's Corporate Self Assessment prepared for CPA 2003
