To confirm the Council’s 2007 Comprehensive Performance Assessment and Direction of Travel statement issued by the Audit Commission on 7 February.

THAT the report be noted.

Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) measures how well councils are delivering services for local people and communities. It looks at performance from a range of perspectives and combines a set of judgements to provide both a simple and easy to understand rating and a picture of where councils should focus activity to secure improvement. It brings together information from other inspectorates to form an overall view of the performance of councils.

The direction of travel assessment is intended to reflect a council’s progress towards achieving improvement in the services it delivers to the public.  It is reported alongside a council’s CPA category to give a two-dimensional view about its performance.  In summary:

·        The CPA star category gives a rating about current performance.

·        Direction of travel provides an assessment about the direction and strength of improvement a council is showing.

Not applicable.