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29 July 2010

Northumberland County Council - Benefits service inspection
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29 July 2010

Benefit service inspections
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29 July 2010

Thurrock Council - Benefits service inspection
Inspection report

22 July 2010

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IRRV Annual Conference 2010
28 Sep - 01 Oct 2010

Healthy Communities - Creating A People-Centred Service
07 Oct 2010

CIPFA Better Governance Forum Annual Conference 2010
14 Oct 2010

HSJ/LGC - Delivering better integrated care
20 Oct 2010

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Audit and inspection

This section gives you access to the detail of our audit, assessment and inspection work relating to local government bodies and their partners.

Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA)

2 June 2010

Read about the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) introduced in April 2009 and abolished by the new government in May 2010.

National indicator set (NIS)

7 May 2009

The single set of National Indicators (the National Indicator Set – NIS) was announced by CLG in October 2007, following the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review 2007.

Certifying claims and returns

29 July 2010

Our first annual report of auditors' certification work in 2008/09, which is available to download from this page, covers claims and returns in England totalling £45.6 billion

Bristol City Council - Benefits service inspection

29 July 2010

The benefits service provided by Bristol City Council is ‘poor’ and has ‘uncertain’ prospects for improvement.

Northumberland County Council - Benefits service inspection

29 July 2010

The benefits service provided by Northumberland County Council is ‘fair’ with ‘promising’ prospects for improvement.’

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Benefit service inspections

29 July 2010

The Audit Commission aims to give dates for individual inspections at least three months before inspectors start their work on site.

Thurrock Council - Benefits service inspection

22 July 2010

The benefits service provided by Thurrock Council is ‘fair’ and has ‘promising’ prospects for improvement.

Waveney District Council - Access to services

22 July 2010

Access to the services provided by Waveney District Council is ‘fair’ but there are ‘uncertain prospects for improvement’.

Waveney District Council - Benefits service inspection

22 July 2010

The benefits service provided by Waveney District Council is ‘fair’ but has ‘uncertain prospects’ for improvement’.

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International Financial Reporting Standards: accounting for employee benefits

15 July 2010

Our latest briefing paper looks at the practical issues that authorities may face when accounting for employee benefits.

Audit and inspection

Culture, 13 May 2009

Guidance for self assessment, 1 May 2008
Compendium of inspection policy and practice, 1 June 2006

All corporate assessments

South Holland District Council - Corporate assessment, 16 June 2009
Borough of Broxbourne - Corporate assessment, 9 June 2009
Bromsgrove District Council - corporate assessment, 17 March 2009
Charnwood Borough Council - corporate assessment, 17 March 2009
Selby District Council - corporate assessment, 17 March 2009
Broxtowe Borough Council - corporate assessment, 17 March 2009
Fylde Borough Council - corporate assessment, 17 March 2009
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council - corporate assessment, 17 March 2009
Cherwell District Council - corporate assessment, 17 March 2009
Forest Heath District Council - corporate assessment, 17 March 2009
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council - corporate assessment, 3 February 2009
East Lindsey District Council - corporate assessment, 3 February 2009
Wellingborough Borough Council - corporate assessment, 3 February 2009
St Albans City and District Council - corporate assessment, 3 February 2009
Wokingham Borough Council - corporate assessment, 13 January 2009
Blackburn with Darwen Council - corporate assessment, 13 January 2009
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council - corporate assessment, 13 January 2009
City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council - corporate assessment, 13 January 2009
Reading Borough Council - corporate assessment, 13 January 2009
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council - corporate assessment, 13 January 2009

All 644 corporate assessments in 'All corporate assessments'

Annual audit and inspection letters

Annual audit and inspection letters, 3 November 2008

Audit

Code of audit practice, 10 March 2010
Local government financial management e-learning tool, 21 October 2009
Appointment of auditors, 19 May 2009
Audit, 3 November 2008
Individual budgets and direct payments, 3 November 2008

All 5 articles in 'Audit'

Statement of responsibilities of auditors and audited bodies, 10 March 2010
Finance Skills for All (FSfA) modules breakdown, 15 December 2009
Value for money conclusion criteria - bodies not subject to a use of resources assessment, 9 June 2009
Stewardship and governance 2005, 25 July 2006
Value for money conclusion criteria 2005, 18 May 2006
Code of Audit Practice - local government, 1 April 2005
Code of Audit Practice - NHS, 1 April 2005
Auditors' responsibilities in relation to the use of resources 2008
Reporting by auditors: What reports to expect
2006-11 Scale of fees for limited assurance audits

All 10 documents in 'Audit'

Best value performance indicators (BVPIs)

Best value performance indicators (BVPIs), 13 May 2009
Clarifications and latest news archive, 19 March 2009
Best value data, 18 March 2009
Guidance, 17 March 2009

All 4 articles in 'Best value performance indicators (BVPIs)'

BVPI guidance 2007/08, 9 April 2009
2007/08 BVPI data and quartiles, 19 March 2009
2006/07 BVPI best value data, 31 December 2007
2006/07 Guidance, 27 June 2007
BVPIs that will be deleted from 2007/08, 18 May 2007
Comprehensive BVPI guidance, 31 December 2006
2005/06 BVPI data and quartiles, 20 May 2006
Audit/reference guides, 31 December 2005
2004/05 BVPI improvement analysis, 13 June 2005
2004/05 BVPI best value data, 20 May 2005
BVPI newsletters, 31 December 2004
2003/04 Local authority performance indicators in England, 27 June 2004
Audit Commission Directions (ACPIs), 20 May 2004
2002/03 Local Authority Performance Indicators in England, 27 June 2003
2001/02 Local authority performance indicators in England, 27 June 2002
2000/01 Local Authority Performance Indicators in England, 24 June 2001
1996/00 Police and fire performance indicators in England and Wales, 30 June 2000
1999/00 Local authority performance indicators in England and Wales, 25 June 2000
1998/99 Local Authority Performance Indicators in England and Wales, 24 June 1999
1996/98 Local authority performance indicators in Wales, 25 July 1998

All 22 documents in 'Best value performance indicators (BVPIs)'

Children and young people

Children and young people, 1 December 2008

School balances tool, 17 May 2010
School places tool, 7 May 2010

All 2 documents in 'Children and young people'

Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA)

CAA year one overview, 17 March 2010

Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA)

Comprehensive Performance Assessment, 17 April 2009

Learning from CPA - Focusing on citizens, users and diverse communities, 16 January 2008
Learning from CPA in 2005-06, 2 August 2006

All 2 documents in 'Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA)'

Fit for the future

All 3 articles in 'Fit for the future'

Inspection

Benefits KLOE, 1 April 2009

How we inspect, 20 May 2010
Strategic Regulation, 29 April 2009
Inspection under CAA, 29 April 2009
Inspection programme for local government, 29 April 2009
Environment, 18 December 2008
Access to services , 2 June 2006
Regeneration
Community safety
Culture

All 9 articles in 'Inspection'

Access to services KLOE, 2 June 2006
Community safety KLOE, 1 June 2006
Regeneration KLOE, 1 June 2006
Corporate governance inspection consultation responses 2005, 1 May 2006
Access to services guidance for inspections, 15 March 2006
Corporate governance inspection consultation, 1 July 2005
Social services PAF data quality self-assessment tool, 1 June 2005
Culture KLOE, 1 May 2005
Approach to service inspections, 1 May 2005
Social services performance assessment framework (PAF) data quality audit 2004/05, 31 March 2005
Environment KLOEs
Sustainable development

All 12 documents in 'Inspection'

National indicator set (NIS)

Archived NIS news, 12 February 2010
Library of local PIs, 1 January 2010
Useful publications, 1 January 2010
Place Survey, 1 July 2009
Data Interchange Hub, 15 June 2009
Further guidance for the NIS, 2 June 2009
Clarifications, 30 March 2009
NIS data, 9 December 2008

All 9 articles in 'National indicator set (NIS)'

Latest news from the Area Information Team, 3 March 2010
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the National Indicator Set, 3 March 2010
Corporate services VFM indicators, 17 February 2009
NI13 – Data Collection

All 4 documents in 'National indicator set (NIS)'

Contact us about National indicators

Public interest reports

Candlesby with Gunby Parish Meeting: Report in the Public Interest (2008/09), 5 July 2010
Candlesby with Gunby Parish Meeting: Report in the Public Interest (2007/08), 5 July 2010
Fillingham Parish Meeting: Report in the Public Interest (2008/09), 1 July 2010
Lindsey Marsh Internal Drainage Board: Report in the Public Interest, 28 June 2010
Fillingham Parish Meeting: Report in the Public Interest (2007/08), 28 June 2010
Wickham Bishops Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 16 June 2010
Bembridge Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 15 June 2010
Brasted Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 15 June 2010
Cheriton Fitzpaine Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 15 June 2010
Clyst Hydon Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 15 June 2010
Grade-Ruan Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 15 June 2010
Knowstone Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 15 June 2010
Molash Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 15 June 2010
Stoke Rivers Parish Meeting: Report in the Public Interest, 15 June 2010
Farcet Parish Council: Report in the public interest, 7 June 2010
Wix Parish Council: Report in the public interest, 7 June 2010

All 16 documents in 'Public interest reports'

Willey Parish Meeting: Report in the public interest, 20 April 2010
Wyville cum Hungarton Parish Meeting: Report in the public interest, 20 April 2010
Hannah cum Hagneby Parish Meeting: Report in the public interest, 20 April 2010
Long Crendon Parish Council: Report in the public interest, 8 April 2010
Stoke Rivers Parish Meeting: Report in the Public Interest, 8 April 2010
Brasted Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 8 April 2010
Knowstone Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 8 April 2010
Little Brickhill Parish Council: Report in the Public Interest, 8 April 2010
Fillingham Parish Council: Report in the public interest, 3 March 2010
Cheltenham Borough Council Public Interest Report, 2 March 2010
Uttoxeter Town Council - financial management, 18 January 2010
Lutton Parish Council: Report in the public interest, 13 January 2010
Bridlington Town Council - Audit 2008/09, 21 October 2009
Darsham Parish Council - annual financial and governance returns, 21 October 2009
Holton Parish Council - annual financial and governance returns, 21 October 2009
Kenton Parish Meeting - annual financial and governance returns, 21 October 2009
Potsgrove Parish Meeting - annual financial and governance returns, 21 October 2009
Thorpe Morieux Parish Council - annual financial and governance returns, 21 October 2009
Thrandelston Parish Council - annual financial and governance returns, 21 October 2009
Westley Parish Council - annual financial and governance returns, 21 October 2009

All 40 public interest reports in 'Public interest reports'

Use of resources

Use of resources, 28 April 2009
Timescales for use of resources 2008

All 2 articles in 'Use of resources'

All 2 documents in 'Use of resources'

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