Watchdog seeks to save CAA
Author: Local Government Chronicle |
The Audit Commission is preparing a last-ditch attempt to prevent the comprehensive area assessment (CAA) from being abolished under a Conservative government.
The watchdog has commissioned consultants to conduct a rapid evaluation of the first annual cycle of the new performance framework and to publish the findings before the general election.
In a move that will be viewed as an effort to demonstrate CAA’s value to an incoming government, a consortium of the consultancy Shared Intelligence, Cardiff University and pollsters Ipsos MORI will publish a first evaluation in the spring, with more planned for later dates.
An Audit Commission spokesman confirmed that data gathered by CAA leads will also be used to publish a series of national reports designed to assess how councils are coping with various pressures.