The Audit Commission developed the Using Joint Financing to Improve Outcomes toolkit in 2010. It is designed to help councils and PCTs identify how they can use joint financing arrangements to improve outcomes, transform services and deliver Vale for Money.
Using Joint Financing to Improve Outcomes is delivered by an auditor (in the Audit Commission this will be a performance specialist) and will take approximately 15 days of auditor time. It draws on a range of information including; interviews with senior managers and reviews of key documents.
Using the tool
Using joint financing to improve outcomes is an Audit Commission toolkit that can be used flexibly by auditors to answer three key questions:
- Are partners making appropriate use of joint financing arrangements?
- How sound are the joint financing arrangements they have in place?
- What outcomes are partners achieving by use of joint financing arrangements?
Contact details
Audit Commission,
1st Floor,
Millbank Tower,
Millbank,
London,
SW1P 4HQ
Telephone: 0844 798 1212