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)
In February 2008, the City of London was rated under the
Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) as ‘a council that is
improving strongly and demonstrating a four-star overall
performance’.
Click here for details of the Audit Commission's
assessment (38kb)
Further information on the City of London's CPA assessment for
2007 and previous years is available on the
Audit Commission's website.
The Annual Audit and Inspection letter for the financial year
2006/07, containing a summary of the work of the external auditors,
Audit Commission and other inspectors was issued in March 2008.
Download a copy of the Annual Audit and
Inspection Letter for 2006 /
07 here (118kb)
Best Value places a duty on all local authorities to secure
continuous improvement in the way they exercise their functions and
deliver the services for which they are responsible. In accordance
with this the City of London produces an annual Best Value
Performance Plan (the Corporate Plan) by 30 June each year.
The Corporate Plan is our main strategic planning document,
providing a framework for the delivery of our services. The Plan is
informed by the
Community Strategy for the City of London, developed by The
City Together, the City’s local strategic partnership, on behalf of
the City’s communities. It is a clear statement of our vision,
strategic aims and policy priorities for the next three years and
also describes how these priorities will be delivered during 2007 /
08 and the performance measures which will demonstrate our
achievements. The actions will be updated annually to reflect
emerging priorities and will be monitored regularly throughout the
year.
The Plan also helps us to rationally consider competing
pressures, understand the links between them and to establish a
shared understanding amongst Members and officers of the priorities
going forward. The aim of the Corporate Plan is to prioritise those
areas of activity on which we will focus our attentions over the
medium term and therefore by nature of its purpose it will not
necessarily cover in detail all of the wide ranging areas of work
in which the City of London Corporation is involved. It sets out
our key organisational development priorities and details what has
been achieved, what is planned and signposts readers to supporting
documents for more information.
The plan also includes a review of performance in 2006 / 07,
highlighting some of our key achievements during the year and
provides a compendium of the City of London’s performance against a
range of nationally set and locally defined performance
indicators.
The Plan also satisfies the statutory requirement placed on us
under the Best Value Regime to produce an annual Best Value
Performance Plan by 30 June each year.
Click here for the Corporate Plan 2007-2010
PDF (246kb)
Click here for the City of London’s Performance
Information and Targets PDF (302kb)
Click here for the Corporate Plan Summary
PDF (1.02mb)
In March 2007, the City of London produced a performance summary
to report to residents and City workers and other stakeholders on
its performance for 2006 / 2007.
Click here to view the City of London's
Performance Summary PDF (89.7kb)
Full copies of the Corporate Plan or Performance Summary can be
obtained from the Town Clerk’s Office, City of London Guildhall,
London EC2P 2EJ or by email
cpa@cityoflondon.gov.uk.
The City of London would also welcome any comments on the format
or content of the Corporate Plan and Performance Summary.
The Capital Strategy and Asset Management Plan sets out how the
City of London's capital resources contributes to the achievement
of its strategic aims and priorities, and details the City of
London's approach to property asset management.
Download the latest Capital
Strategy and Asset Management Plan here (556kb)
City of London Police
The City of London is the police authority for the City of
London Police. The City of London Police are also required under
Best Value to secure continuous improvement in the way that they
exercise their functions and deliver services.
The Annual Policing Plan is published each year by the Police
Committee of the City of London. The City of London Police makes a
major contribution to the Plan.
The Local policing plan 2005-2008 effectively incorporates three
separate plans:
- The Annual Policing Plan - this gives details of our priorities
together with how those priorities will be implemented over the
coming year.
- The Best Value Performance Plan - this covers, amongst other
things, details of best value reviews, finance, human resources,
and training strategies, together with a summary of Force
performance over the previous year; and,
- The Corporate Plan 2005-2008 - this provides details of our
planning and organisational structures, together with our approach
to police reform and implementing the requirements of the national
policing plan.
To
access the Policing Plan documents and
to find out more about the City of London Police please click on
the link to access their website.
Alternatively, you can request a copy of the City of London
Police Plans by writing to:
Corporate Planning
PO Box 36451
London
EC2M 4WN