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Local Government

In: Performance Indicators in the Public Sector

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  • Paul Jowett

    (Monitor Company)

  • Margaret Rothwell

    (Oxford Polytechnic)

Abstract

Local, like central, government is responsible for the provision of a wide range of diversified activities, the administration and execution of which is necessarily complex (see Table 3.1 for a typical example). There are few central functions, and as a consequence the structure of local government tends to be highly divisionalised, with separate departments assuming individual responsibility for different parts of the spectrum. Although performance assessment has been traditionally regarded as a central task, in reality evaluation of the ‘economy, efficiency and effectiveness’ of local services has taken place within the departments, subject to review and criticism by both the Audit Commission (and, more recently, the National Consumer Council).

Suggested Citation

  • Paul Jowett & Margaret Rothwell, 1988. "Local Government," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Performance Indicators in the Public Sector, chapter 3, pages 21-38, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-08987-1_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08987-1_3
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