PURE key lines of enquiry (KLOE)
Pre-2008, the Audit Commission and Wales Audit Office (WAO) (external link) carried out an annual assessment of the police’s use of resources. Police use of resources (PURE) involved auditors assessing whether police authorities and forces were achieving value for money, effective financial management and good standards of governance and accountability. Auditors made judgements based on a number of high-level questions called key lines of enquiry, which are underpinned by audit criteria.
Police value for money profiles 2007/08 (external link)
View the KLOE for police authorities' use of resources for 2007/08 and 2006/07.
Audit Commission summary reports
The police use of resources (PURE) was assessed at all authorities in England by the Audit Commission and in Wales by the WAO. View the following two reports: