Comprehensive Area Assessment
Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) is a new way of assessing local public services in England. Led by the Audit Commission, it examines how well councils are working together with other public bodies to meet the needs of the people they serve in their area. It's a joint assessment made by a group of six independent watchdogs.
Assessments will be made publicly available every year and will provide an annual snapshot of quality of life in the area. The first results appear on a new oneplace website which was launched on Wednesday 9 December 2009.
The CAA framework document sets out how CAA is being delivered.
CAA will comprise two elements:
- an area assessment - looking at how well local public services are delivering better results for local people on local priorities;
- organisational assessments of the use of resources and management of performance by local public bodies.
More information is available on the Audit Commission website.