1. Audit Commission Presentation From CPA to CAA Andrew Hughes Community Safety Directorate 16 January 2008

2. Audit Commission Presentation What is CAA? New joint assessment framework for local services from 2009 Catalyst for further improvement in quality of life for citizens Source of independent information & assurance about local services Means of rationalising & targeting inspection, improvement support & intervention

3. Audit Commission Presentation Key components For areas prospects for area & quality of life performance against national indicator set For FRAs police authorities/forces, councils & NHS bodies annual use of resources judgement For FRAs and councils annual direction of travel assessment

4. Audit Commission Presentation Focus on outcomes delivered by the council working alone or in partnership Includes community safety and cohesion, sustainable communities, health & well-being, children’s services Service-specific performance frameworks will fit with CAA and not duplicate Scope of CAA

5. Audit Commission Presentation Partnership delivery

6. Audit Commission Presentation Joined up assessment

7. Audit Commission Presentation Example

8. Audit Commission Presentation Outcome focused, area-based Forward-looking Greater attention to local priorities Joint assessment judgements Joint planning and targeting of inspection Far fewer rolling programmes of inspection Key differences

9. Audit Commission Presentation Promising communities Healthier communities Sustainable & prosperous communities Safer & stronger communities Local Area Agreement CAA Joining it up

10. Audit Commission Presentation Performance framework PSA Priorities Designated Targets Local Priorities The LAA 198 National Indicators

11. Audit Commission Presentation Our proposals Our proposal is to use a sector specific UoR and an enhanced DoT assessments to inform the area risk assessment We envisage self-assessment and peer review will inform our work Our assessments will be used to identify sector specific support and inspection or cross sector thematic support and inspection.

12. Audit Commission Presentation Audit Commission assessments Annual Use of Resources assessment Annual Direction of Travel assessment Local improvement activity Sector self support Peer review/ challenge Risk based inspection Referral to S.o.S. CLG prompted Improvement Improvement notices/ intervention Hierarchy of Improvement Support (Sole or Joint) Continually updated Area Risk Assessment All non county council FRAs will contribute to two or more area Risk Assessments Performance info. Value for money Service delivery Self/Peer assessment Self assessment Operational assessment of service delivery A model for fire assessment in CAA

13. Audit Commission Presentation www.audit-commission.gov.uk