Comprehensive Area Assessment

Infinity BridgeComprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) is a new way of assessing local public services in England. It examines how well councils are working together with other public bodies to meet the needs of the people they serve. CAA is a joint assessment made by a group of six independent watchdogs.

Assessments will be published each year and will provide an annual snapshot of quality of life in the area. The results appear within the Oneplace website (see Web Links section at the end of this page).

CAA comprises of two parts:

  • The Area Assessment - looks at how councils, police, fire, health and other services work together effectively to tackle priorities in an area.  It uses green flags to highlight exceptional performance and innovation and red flags for areas of concern.   For Stockton the Audit Commission has identified no red or green flags but has praised many areas of local services.
  • The Organisational Assessment - undertakes individual assessments of Stockton Council and other public sector agencies such as our partners; Police, Primary Care Trust and the Fire Service are performing. Individual scores for Managing Performance and Use of Resources are awarded to each of these agencies. These themes combine to provide an overall score and assessment of organisational effectiveness.

Further details on the results for Stockton's Area Assessment can be found here:
Stockton-on-Tees - Area Assessment.

Comprehensive Area Assessment