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BMBC 21: Barnsleys Local Area Agreement 2008-2011

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Comprehensive <strong>Area</strong> Assessment<strong>Local</strong> Authorities have been subject to an annual assessment of theirperformance in recent years through the Audit Commission’sComprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA). This has resulted inan overall score on a scale of 1-4, and an accompanying direction oftravel judgement to reflect recent performance. As part of the newnational performance management framework, CPA will be replaced bythe Comprehensive <strong>Area</strong> Assessment (CAA), with some important anddistinctive changes for 2009.CAA will be the new joint assessment framework for local services witha focus, on the delivery of outcomes that are the responsibility ofCouncils working alone or in partnership with others. It will cover arange of cross cutting issues, reflecting the outcomes for local peopleand the Borough as a whole, and assess the effectiveness of jointworking arrangements and the delivery of the priorities and targetswithin the <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Area</strong> <strong>Agreement</strong>. Whilst many of the detailed elementsof the CAA are subject to further development and consultation by theAudit Commission and other inspectorates, the CAA represents a clearemphasis on an assessment of place and a reflection of thecommitment to deliver a reduced regulatory burden for <strong>Local</strong> Authoritiesand partners.APACSThe Assessment of Policing and Community Safety (APACS) is thenew performance assessment framework for the Police, working aloneor in partnership. It will be complementary to the Comprehensive <strong>Area</strong>Assessment framework and comprise of five headline areas or domains– namely, confidence and satisfaction; promoting safety; tackling crime;serious crime and protection; and organisational management - each ofwhich has a set of indicators that will be used to measure performance,a number of which are drawn from the National Indicator Set. APACSwill be a key tool to assess the progress of local partners in deliveringcommunity safety outcomes and the priorities within <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Area</strong><strong>Agreement</strong>s.Vital Signs‘Vital Signs’ forms an integral part of the Department of Health’sOperating Framework for <strong>2008</strong>/09 and reflects a new approach toplanning and managing priorities at a national and local level. VitalSigns contain the 31 indicators which form part of the National Indicatorset and are used by local health partners to develop local operationalplans to deliver against national priorities and inform decisions ontargets.The CAA will be an annual process and may trigger inspection or othertypes of activity to help support improvement activity at a local level.Overall, the CAA will be a key tool to support the delivery of the LAAand assess the extent to which partners are working effectively toachieve the agreed priorities and targets.30Strategic & Financial Context Barnsley’s <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Area</strong> <strong>Agreement</strong> <strong>2008</strong>-11

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