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We work with county, combined, metropolitan and London fire authorities across England.

The government's current priorities for the service are set out in the Fire and Rescue National Framework 2008/11 (external link). Collectively, fire services spent around £2.1 billion of public money in 2007/08. Their income comes from a mix of council tax and grants from government.

 
 
Independent reports will help CAA improvement
17 March 2010
Two independent reports evaluating the impact and cost of Comprehensive Area Assessment in its first year have been published by a consortium led by Shared Intelligence (SI), and the Office for Public Management (OPM).
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Code of audit practice
10 March 2010
The Codes of Audit Practice (the Codes) define the scope, nature and extent of local audit work.
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Oneplace national overview report
24 February 2010
This report looks at the findings from the first year of Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA). It is published by the six inspectorates responsible for assessing local public services in England.
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National Fraud Initiative (NFI)
18 February 2010
Since 1996 the Audit Commission has run the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), a sophisticated data matching exercise which matches electronic data within and between participating audited bodies to prevent and detect fraud.
CAA results are all in Oneplace
9 December 2009
Oneplace, the reporting website for Comprehensive Area Assessment, is now live. The site includes independent information about how councils, police, health services and others are tackling the major issues in every area in England.
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National Fraud Initiative 2010/11 work programme and scale of fees
24 March 2010
We considered the consultation's responses and have now confirmed the NFI work programme and scale of fees for 2010/11.
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Audit quality reports published
20 November 2009
The Audit Commission has published two important reports on the quality of the work of its appointed auditors for our stakeholders.
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Work programme and scales of fees 2010/11 and indicative fee proposals for 2011/12 and 2012/13
30 October 2009
The Audit Commission has consulted on its work programme and scales of fees for 2010/11 and indicative fee proposals for 2011/12 and 2012/13.
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Local government financial management e-learning tool
21 October 2009
The Audit Commission has worked with the National School of Government to produce a unique web-based learning scheme on core skills in financial management for local government. It is flexible, friendly and free to use.
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Use of resources
28 April 2009
Use of resources is an Audit Commission assessment of how well organisations are managing and using their resources to deliver value for money and better and sustainable outcomes for local people.
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Audit and inspection
This section contains our assessments of fire and rescue services and our inspection methodologies.
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Good practice and case studies
Examples of notable practice in fire and rescue services.
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National studies
National studies relevant to Fire and Rescue Authorities
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About fire and rescue
We assess the ability of the Fire and Rescue Service to deliver its services to the community economically with efficiency and effectiveness, reducing risk at the same time.
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