The Comprehensive Performance Assessment regime ran for seven
years from 2002 to 2008 with the final set of ratings awarded
for performance during 2007/08.
In March 2009, the City of London was rated
under CPA for its performance during 2007/08 as ‘a
council that is improving strongly and
demonstrating a four-star overall
performance’.
Details of the Audit Commission's
assessment (38kb)
View our
News Release (5 March 2009)
In each of the seven years of CPA, the City Corporation achieved
the highest rating for overall performance (initially “excellent”,
changing to “4 stars” from 2005). In the first year of the
direction of travel (2005), the City Corporation was rated as
“improving well” and this was raised to “improving strongly”
in 2006, where it remained for 2007 and 2008. Further
information on the City of London's CPA assessment for 2008 and
previous years is available on the
Audit Commission's website.
Annual Audit and Inspection
The Annual Audit and Inspection letter for the financial year
2007 / 08, containing a summary of the work of the external
auditors, Audit Commission and other inspectors was issued in March
2009.
Download a copy of the Annual Audit and
Inspection Letter for
2007/08 here (118kb)
Corporate Assessment
In December 2007, the Audit Commission issued its report on the
2007 Corporate Assessment of the City of London Corporation.
This focused on the local authority services delivered by the City
of London, and looked at how the City works corporately, and with
its partners, to improve services and deliver improved outcomes for
local people. The Commission awarded the City of London an
overall rating of 4 - the highest rating
available.
Download a copy of the full report
here (156kb)