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In December 2002 the Audit Commission published its first Comprehensive Performance Assessessment (CPA) of single tier and county councils in England. The CPA seeks to measure both current performance on a range of services but also provide an assessment of the council's capacity to improve in the future. The first CPA concludes that the best authorities are those that stay focused on priorities based on local people's needs and work more in partnership.
Results showed that there are 22 excellent councils, 54 good, 39 fair, 22 weak and 13 poor. This means slightly more than half are in the good or excellent categories, and slightly under half are ranked as fair or worse.
A summary of the report can be viewed on the Audit Commission website