Comprehensive Area Assessment Regional Consultation - Helping to design a new approach to local service improvement.

Comprehensive Area Assessment The new joint inspectorate assessment framework for local services from 2009 CAA is about places and people CAA will give people a snapshot of life in their local area each year CAA will be a catalyst for further improvement in quality of life and local services CAAwill provide an independent view of whether people are getting value for money from their local services CAA will be a mechanism for coordinating and rationalising inspection

Action Learning A new joint iterative approach to developing the framework CAA –Hampshire –Thurrock CAA excluding use of resources –Tees Valley Partnership – covering the areas of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesborough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton on Tees. –Barking and Dagenham

What is CAA? – key components National indicator set - areas and public bodies Joint risk assessment- areas Use of resources – councils, fire & rescue authorities, police authorities, NHS bodies (other than foundation trusts) Direction of travel – councils, fire & rescue authorities, a joint inspectorate judgement

For Areas 1. Annual area risk assessment (“prospects for the area and the quality of life for local people”) and 2. Analysis of performance against the 198 national indicators undertaken by inspectorates jointly.

The inter-relationship between local services

For councils and Fire Authorities: 3. Annual direction of travel assessment (by inspectorates jointly for councils) and 4. Annual use of resources judgement (by appointed auditor with input from other inspectorates for councils)

Value for money in the use of resources

For Primary Care Trusts and police authorities: Use of resources judgements by appointed auditor

CAA and the other performance frameworks

What CAA will report AR A NIS Uo R Do T Uo R Do T Uo R (PCTs) Ofsted reports Assessments reported: ARA -Area Risk Assessment NIS -National Indicator Set UoR -Use of Resources DoT -Direction of Travel Area based reports Organisation based reports

Outcome focused, therefore area-based not just institutionally based More forward-looking Greater attention to local priorities Joint assessment judgements by inspectorates, not just an assembly of separate assessments Joint planning and targeting of inspection with fewer rolling programmes of inspection Key differences from now

Key points in the consultation paper Fit with other performance frameworks Relationship between CAA and Government Office / fieldforce role Engaging with communities and protecting vulnerable people CAA in two-tier counties and London Approach to scoring and reporting Operational approach between inspectorates to reduce administrative impact of inspection / assessment

Timetable Feb 2008 Apr 2008 Jun 2008 July 2008 Summer 2008 Late 2008 / early 2009 Jan/Feb 2009 Oct/Nov 2009 CPA results for 2007 published First joint CAA consultation closes AC CAA Leads appointed New-style LAAs agreed Further joint consultation on CAA published Second round of action learning CAA framework published Final set of CPA results First round of CAA reporting

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