County Council score top marks

The organisation that assesses the performance of local authorities, the Audit Commission has announced that Hampshire County Council is rated as a Four Star authority for the seventh consectutive year and said to be ‘Improving Strongly.’

Four Stars is the highest level we could have achieved out of the possible ratings of 0-4 stars, but we should be especially proud of our ‘Improving Strongly’ rating. It is the first time such a rating has been given to Hampshire and it recognises our commitment and ability to continuously improve.

You can read more about the Audit Commission judgment and what it means to us; CPA scorecard 2008, Hampshire County Council press release, and Audit Commission's press release,. See what this means to us.

The annual refresh judgement relies on service assessment of our major frontline services: Children's Services, Adult Services, Culture service assessment 2008 scorecard and Environment service assessment 2008 scorecard