Audit Commission's Report
This is a summary report from the Audit Commission's Comprehensive Performance Assessment of Hambleton District Council.
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The way Hambleton District Council is run and the delivery of its services is excellent . |
What are Hambleton District Council's main strengths?
- The council provides some good quality services such as leisure, recycling and planning.
- It engages with local communities well and provides support to community and voluntary organisations.
- It has been successful at working with other partners to tackle issues of crime and community safety and in rebuilding confidence in the future of local market towns.
- The council manages its budgets well and is efficient at collecting income and paying its bills.
- The council is investing in information technology, buildings and staff to support improvement to services in the future.
What are Hambleton District Council's areas for improvement?
- The council must improve its housing benefits service which has been below average for some time.
- The council needs to make sure that more affordable homes become available in the area for local people.
What is the Audit Commission's role in CPA?
- The Audit Commission is an independent body working to check that public money is being spent well on local government, housing, health and criminal justice services.
- Comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) is about helping councils to deliver better services to local people.
- Councils are being reviewed in county groups from June 2003 to early autumn 2004.
What do district councils do?
- District councils provide, directly and in partnership with others, a variety of services to meet the needs of the local community. Services provided typically include housing, waste collection, leisure facilities and dealing with housing benefits.
- The money for these services comes mainly from council tax, government grants and fees and charges.
What happens next?
- Hambleton Council will use our report to help it improve the services that it provides to local people.
Date: 6 May 2004
