Abstract
The Best Value regime requires local authorities to ‘make arrangements to secure continuous improvement in the way functions are exercised, having regard to a combination of economy, efficiency and effectiveness’. To this end councils have to develop a corporate strategy, undertake a programme of reviews to examine the purpose of every function and the most effective means of procuring services, consult with local stakeholders, produce performance plans and subject plans to audit and services to external inspection.
This report summarises the results of the baseline phase of the long-term evaluation of the impact of Best Value commissioned by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The study, which is being undertaken by a research team led by the Centre for Local and Regional Government Research at Cardiff University, is intended to give an objective, rigorous and robust evaluation of the:
• approaches by which local authorities implement the Best Value regime; and
• impact the regime has upon authorities’ capacity to deliver continuous improvement in service delivery.
This report summarises the results of the baseline phase of the long-term evaluation of the impact of Best Value commissioned by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The study, which is being undertaken by a research team led by the Centre for Local and Regional Government Research at Cardiff University, is intended to give an objective, rigorous and robust evaluation of the:
• approaches by which local authorities implement the Best Value regime; and
• impact the regime has upon authorities’ capacity to deliver continuous improvement in service delivery.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Cardiff University Press |
| Number of pages | 129 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |