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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Mr. Brady: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his Answer of 5 January 2004, Official Report, column 149W, on relationship managers, what assessment was made of Trafford Metropolitan borough council's corporate capacity to improve; and what the outcome was of that assessment. [148073] Mr. Raynsford: The Audit Commission carried out a corporate assessment of Trafford Metropolitan borough council published as part of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) of the authority in December 2002. The Audit Commission's corporate assessment team gave a rating for the council's overall ability to improve as two out of a possible four and their overall performance was assessed as `weak'. Following the CPA assessment, the Audit Commission orchestrated an improvement planning process with the council, involving relevant representatives from government departments and inspectorates. This process established the priorities for improvement and agreed a co-ordinated and focused programme of follow up inspections based on the findings of the CPA assessment. Trafford Metropolitan borough council's priorities for improvement are set out in their Best Value Performance Plan, published in June 2003.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

416 c1097W;416 c1095-6W; 148073

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Best value Local government Local government services Standards Trafford Council

Link

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