Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) (DCC)

Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) measures how well local councils are delivering and improving services to local people and communities.

Comprehensive Performance Assessment was introduced by the Government in 2002.

Local councils are assessed by the Audit Commission and are rated from zero to four stars (with four being best) based on their overall performance across six areas:

  • Use of resources
  • children and young people
  • social care (of adults)
  • environmental services
  • cultural services
  • corporate assessment (how the council is run).
A Direction of Travel statement is also included alongside the star rating.
 
This focuses on the council’s track record of improving outcomes for local people and the progress it has made in implementing plans to sustain improvements for the future.
 
Following the 2007 CPA, Derbyshire County Council was judged to be a four star authority with an 'Improving Well' Direction of Travel.
 
More information on our latest CPA assessment can be found through the link in the related links section.
 
The 2007 assessment has been carried out by the Audit Commission and the report is available on their website, which can be found by using the link in the related links section below.

You may also like to view and download The Derbyshire Story: Comprehensive Performance Assessment - Self Assessment report (September 2007) from the more information section on this page.
 
This document gives details of the county, the pressures we face and what we aim to do to improve services as well as some of the achievements we have already made.

Related documents

The following document is in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free from the Adobe website (opens in a new window)

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