Update - CPA 2008. CPA score for 2008 will be based on a 500 sample size from Sport England's Active People Survey 2. Active People Survey 2 is being carried out between mid October 2007 and  mid October 2008. It was agreed with the Audit Commission that the 500 sample size undertaken this year could be used as part of the CPA assessment for 2008, as it was felt that where Local Authorities had significantly increased participation rates this should be reflected in their CPA score rather than use the baseline figures of 2005/6 for another year  The reason for undertaking the Active People Survey 2 with half the sample of the 2005/6 survey (Active People Survey 1) is that this provides a cost effective way for Sport England to provide continuous year-on-year results without having to wait for three years between survey periods as was originally the intention. More

Sport England has worked successfully with key partners to secure a culture service assessment, which includes sport, in the CPA framework for 2005-08 for single tier and county councils.  The culture service assessment has an equal weighting alongside the housing and environment service assessments in the overall CPA framework. Ensuring this strengthened culture service assessment is embedded within the CPA framework for single tier and county councils will help to focus resources on sport and leisure and strengthen our ability to achieve the national participation targets for sport set out in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets and also reflected in the Sport England Strategy 2008-2011(PDF)

The participation, volunteering and choice and opportunity indicators were included in the culture service assessments for single tier authorities in 2006 and 2007. For county councils these sport related indicators do not form part of the culture service assessment but performance, where appropriate, will be reviewed through the corporate assessment, which addresses issues of partnership working and delivering shared priorities, including healthier communities.  There is no culture service assessment for district councils but again performance on these indicators, where appropriate, will be reviewed through any corporate assessments carried out.

All CPA performance information including county and district council data is provided to the Audit Commission for use in the Corporate Assessment.

For more information on how these indicators will be applied in the culture service assessment for 2008, including the relevant thresholds, please contact the Audit Commission: 0207 166 2394, or refer to CPA - The Harder Test 2008.

How will performance be measured?
The AC have outlined a number of options for their transition year 2008/9 i.e. CPA to CAA. These are included in their consultation paper The Transition from CPA to CAA. Which ever option is chosen will determine how performance will be measured. There is however,an underlying shift  in emphasis away from inspection results and towards qualitative and quantative performance indicators.

There is also an increasing emphasis on self-assessment and self-improvement. To assist with this, Sport England has worked with the sector to develop an appropriate model - Towards an Excellent Service (TAES) - and a system of external validation. Sport England is also working with the cultural sector to develop a self assessment/improvement model to be used across the sector. This is currently being piloted.

Performance indicators for sport
The sport performance indicators (PIs) have been developed in line with the DCMS national participation public service agreement (PSA) targets and are as follows:

	Participation The percentage of adults participating in at least 30 minutes moderate intensity sport and active recreation (including recreational walking) on 3 or more days a week More info
	Volunteering The percentage of the population volunteering in sport and active recreation for at least one hour a week More info
	Equity - was not used in the CPA 2007/8 Representative facility use by - people from the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups - young people aged 11-19yrs - people from black and minority ethnic groups - people aged over 60 yrs Proportion of facility use by disabled people aged under 60yrs More info
	Value for money - will not be used in the CPA 2007/8 Subsidy per visit Visits per square metre More info
	Choice and opportunity Percentage of the population that are within 20 minutes travel time (Urban areas – by walk; Rural areas – by car) of a range of three different sports facility types of which one has achieved a quality assured standard More info

We have committed significant resources to collecting data for the above indicators on behalf of the local authorities through the National Benchmarking Service, Active Places and the Active People Survey.

Other sport related indicators in the culture block:

• Percentage of total length of footpaths and other rights of way easy to use by members of the public
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• Resident satisfaction with sport/leisure facilities
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• Resident satisfaction with parks/open spaces
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• Percentage of 5-16 year olds engaged in 2 hours a week minimum on high-quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum
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