Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) scorecard 2008
You are currently viewing a Comprehensive Performance Assessment made under the 2008 methodology. View the most recent Comprehensive Area Assessment.
Overall performance for this Council
This is a council that is improving well and demonstrating a 3 star overall performance.
We reached this overall rating by looking at:
- What progress Manchester City Council has made in the last year – direction of travel
- How Manchester City Council manages its finances and provides value for money – use of resources
- How Manchester City Council's main services perform – service performance
- How Manchester City Council is run – corporate assessment
Service assessments, use of resources and corporate assessments are scored on the Local Services Inspectorate Forum scale:
1 = Inadequate performance – below minimum requirements
2 = Adequate performance – only at minimum requirements
3 = Performing well – consistently above minimum requirements
4 = Performing strongly – well above minimum requirements
Direction of travel
The progress Manchester City Council has made in the last year
| Direction of travel |
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|
| This assessment indicates the progress being made, or otherwise, to achieve improvement. | improving adequately | improving adequately | improving adequately | improving well |
The following summary has been provided to support the 2008 direction of travel assessment:
Manchester City Council is improving well, making good progress against its priorities and improving the quality of life for local people. Good progress is being made in improving children’s services. Services for vulnerable children are improving and rises in education results, especially at GCSE, are encouraging. Crime levels are falling, including burglaries, and the number of homeless people has reduced significantly. The Council is successfully focusing its attention on local neighbourhoods, helping to improve community pride and strengthening the way residents get on together. Regeneration continues in many areas of the city and in developing the city centre economy, but this is being challenged by the present economic climate. The health of citizens is being improved, but outcomes remain below the national average and those for people with mental health needs require further improvement. Continued action is being taken to improve health, with promising falls in teenage pregnancy achieved. Service improvement continues to be driven by the Council’s effective improvement programme, and the value for money of services has improved. Partnership working is strong and helping to address areas requiring significant improvement. Corporate arrangements have been strengthened, and the Council’s ambitions remain strong.
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Use of resources
How Manchester City Council manages its finances and provides value for money
| Use of resources |
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|
| We have assessed how well the Council manages its finances and provides value for money. |
2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
This use of resources judgement is drawn from five individual judgements provided by the Council's appointed auditor:
| Auditor judgements | 2008 |
|---|
| Financial reporting | 2 |
| Financial management | 3 |
| Financial standing | 3 |
| Internal control | 2 |
| Value for money | 3 |
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Service performance
How Manchester City Council's main services perform
| Service area |
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|
| Benefits - The Council's performance in providing housing and council tax benefit services as assessed by the Department for Work and Pensions (external link) and is based primarily on achievement against the 2005 housing benefits/council tax benefits performance standards. More details |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Children and young people - The Council's performance in providing children's services, such as children's education and social care. The joint assessment is made by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (external link) and Ofsted (external link) following a review of the Council's overall performance and key indicators. |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Culture - The Council's performance in services, such as libraries and leisure, as assessed by the Audit Commission. More details |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Environment - The Council's performance in services, such as transport, planning and waste, as assessed by the Audit Commission. More details |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Housing - The Council's performance in community housing and, where applicable, housing management services, as assessed by the Audit Commission. More details |
4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Social care (adults) - The Council's performance in adult social care services. The assessment is made by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (external link) following a review of the Council's overall performance and key indicators. |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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Corporate assessment
How Manchester City Council is run
| Corporate assessment |
2005-2008 |
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In assessing how the Council is run, the Commission considers what the Council, together with its partners, is trying to achieve; what the capacity of the Council, including its work with partners, is to deliver what it is trying to achieve; and what has been achieved?
Under CPA - The Harder Test, corporate assessments were undertaken once for each single tier and county council between 2005 and 2008. |
3 |
Corporate assessment reports
View corporate assessment - 2006 score 3
Joint Area Review (JAR) of children's services report
This assessment is conducted in partnership with the new-style corporate assessment and is published on the Ofsted website (external link).
Percentage figures may not total 100 per cent due to rounding.