Value for Money at Fylde
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The information in this section of the web site outlines how Fylde is performing in terms of value for money based on the facts from the inspection work carried out by the Audit Commission.
Local authorities across the country spend in the region of £70 billion per year. They are responsible for ensuring that they have put in place the proper arrangements to secure economy, efficiency and effectiveness when spending this money. The Audit Commission is tasked with checking that local councils are delivering value for money. To do this the Audit Commission examines in detail the performance and financial management arrangements that councils have in place.
The Audit Commission examines this through a combination of programmed audit work and the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA). From work carried out across the country the Audit Commission has put together an on-line service that allows anyone to examine and compare whether their council is delivering value for money. This facility can be accessed using the link on the right of this page.
The information in this section of the web site outline how Fylde is performing in terms of value for money based on the facts from the inspection work carried out by the Audit Commission. These are independent audited facts that clearly demonstrate the excellent value for money delivered by Fylde to every resident.
Fylde been a low spending authority for a long time and has consistently set one of the lowest council tax rates in Lancashire and at the same time delivers high levels of performance. The low spending and low council tax rates is a fact that has surprised many people given the obvious affluence that exists in some parts of the borough. The Value for Money profiles for Fylde show that many services are low cost to the tax payer and at the same time high performing.
It is possible from the Audit Commission site to select different authorities across the country and compare our performance against them. Comparisons are often made against neighbouring authorities or authorities of a similar size and make up as Fylde so that 'like for like' can be compared.
The tables and charts produced on this page are just some samples of the latest Value for Moneycomparisons for Fylde Borough Council but you can go to the Audit Commission site yourself and examine all the profiles and see that Fylde offers great value for money.
Please open the document called VFM charts available on the right hand side. The bar shaded in red on each of the graphs represents Fylde and the images will open in a new browser window for you to view. When it comes to delivering high priority services such as benefits, refuse collection and recycling we are one of the lowest spending councils in the region with some of the highest levels of performance and satisfaction.
