The numbers refer to the Comprehensive Performance Assessment star rating awarded to each specific council, one being the lowest, four being the highest.

COUNCIL PERFORMANCE RATINGS
Council	Government office region	Authority type	Star category	Value for money
Barking & Dagenham	LN	LBC	3	3
Barnet +	LN	LBC	3	3
Barnsley +	YH	MBC	3	3
Bath & N E Somerset	SW	BC	3	3
Bedfordshire	Ea	CC	2	2
Bexley #	LN	LBC	4	3
Birmingham +	WM	MBC	2	2
Blackburn with Darwen	NW	BC	4	3
Blackpool +	NW	BC	3	3
Bolton	NW	MBC	4	3
Bournemouth +	SW	BC	3	2
Bracknell Forest	SE	BC	3	3
Bradford	YH	MBC	3	2
Brent +	LN	LBC	3	3
Brighton & Hove +	SE	BC	3	2
Bristol +	SW	BC	1	2
Bromley 7/8	LN	LBC	4	3
Buckinghamshire +	SE	CC	SR	3
Bury	NW	MBC	3	3
Calderdale +	YH	MBC	3	3
Cambridgeshire	Ea	CC	3	3
Camden	LN	LBC	4	3
Cheshire #	NW	CC	4	2
City of London	LN	LBC	4	3
Cornwall	SW	CC	3	2
Coventry +	WM	MBC	3	2
Croydon	LN	LBC	3	3
Cumbria +	NW	CC	2	2
Darlington	NE	BC	4	3
Derby	EM	BC	4	3
Derbyshire	EM	CC	4	3
Devon +	SW	CC	3	3
Doncaster #	YH	MBC	3	2
Dorset	SW	CC	4	3
Dudley *	WM	MBC	3	3
Durham	NE	CC	4	3
Ealing	LN	LBC	3	3
East Riding of Yorkshire	YH	C	3	4
East SBCsex	SE	CC	3	3
Enfield +	LN	LBC	3	3
Essex	Ea	CC	4	3
Gateshead #	NE	MBC	4	3
Gloucestershire	SW	CC	3	3
Greenwich 7/8	LN	LBC	3	2
Hackney +	LN	LBC	2	2
Halton	NW	BC	4	3
Hammersmith & Fulham	LN	LBC	3	3
Hampshire	SE	CC	4	3
Haringey +	LN	LBC	3	3
Harrow 7/8	LN	LBC	2	2
Hartlepool 7/8	NE	BC	4	3
Havering +	LN	LBC	3	3
Herefordshire #	WM	BC	3	3
Hertfordshire	Ea	CC	4	3
Hillingdon +	LN	LBC	2	2
Hounslow +	LN	LBC	3	3
Isle of Wight +	SE	C	2	2
Isles of Scilly	SW	C	2
Islington 7/8	LN	LBC	3	2
Kensington & Chelsea +	LN	LBC	4	3
Kent	SE	CC	4	4
Kingston-upon-Hull +	YH	BC	2	2
Kingston-upon-Thames +	LN	LBC	3	3
Kirklees	YH	MBC	3	3
Knowsley	NW	MBC	4	3
Lambeth	LN	LBC	1	2
Lancashire	NW	CC	4	3
Leeds	YH	MBC	3	3
Leicester	EM	CC	3	2
Leicestershire	EM	CC	4	3
Lewisham	LN	LBC	3	3
Lincolnshire 7/8	EM	CC	2	2
Liverpool	NW	MBC	2	2
Luton	Ea	BC	3	2
Manchester +	NW	MBC	3	2
Medway +	SE	BC	3	3
Merton	LN	LBC	2	2
Middlesbrough	NE	BC	4	3
Milton Keynes +	SE	BC	3	3
Newcastle upon Tyne 7/8	NE	MBC	3	2
Newham +	LN	LBC	3	3
Norfolk	Ea	CC	4	3
North East Lincolnshire	YH	BC	2	2
North Lincolnshire	YH	BC	3	3
North Somerset +	SW	DC	2	2
North Tyneside	NE	MBC	2	2
North Yorkshire +	YH	CC	4	3
Northamptonshire +	EM	CC	2	2
Northumberland	NE	CC	3	2
Nottingham	EM	CC	2	2
Nottinghamshire	EM	CC	4	3
Oldham	NW	MBC	2	2
Oxfordshire	SE	CC	4	3
Peterborough +	Ea	CC	3	2
Plymouth +	SW	CC	2	2
Poole	SW	BC	3	3
Portsmouth	SE	CC	3	2
Reading	SE	BC	3	3
Redbridge * 7/8	LN	LBC	3	3
Redcar & Cleveland	NE	BC	4	3
Richmond-upon-Thames	LN	LBC	3	4
Rochdale +	NW	MBC	3	2
Rotherham +	YH	MBC	3	3
Rutland +	EM	DC	1	3
Salford +	NW	MBC	3	3
Sandwell +	WM	MBC	1	2
Sefton *	NW	MBC	3	3
Sheffield	YH	MBC	4	3
Shropshire	WM	CC	4	4
Slough +	SE	BC	3	3
Solihull	WM	MBC	3	3
Somerset 7/8	SW	CC	3	3
South Gloucestershire	SW	DC	3	3
South Tyneside	NE	MBC	4	2
Southampton	SE	BC	3	3
Southend-on-sea	Ea	BC	2	2
Southwark	LN	LBC	3	3
St Helens	NW	MBC	4	3
Staffordshire +	WM	CC	2	2
Stockport +	NW	MBC	4	3
Stockton-on-Tees	NE	BC	4	3
Stoke-on-Trent #	WM	BC	1	1
Suffolk	Ea	CC	4	3
Sunderland	NE	MBC	4	3
Surrey	SE	CC	3	3
Sutton	LN	LBC	4	3
Swindon +	SW	BC	2	2
Tameside	NW	MBC	4	3
Telford & Wrekin	WM	BC	4	3
Thurrock	Ea	BC	2	2
Torbay	SW	BC	2	2
Tower Hamlets	LN	LBC	3	2
Trafford +	NW	MBC	3	3
Wakefield	YH	MBC	2	2
Walsall	WM	MBC	3	3
Waltham Forest	LN	LBC	3	2
Wandsworth	LN	LBC	4	4
Warrington	NW	BC	4	3
Warwickshire	WM	CC	3	3
West Berkshire	SE	BC	3	3
West Sussex +	SE	CC	4	3
Westminster	LN	LBC	4	4
Wigan +	NW	MBC	4	3
Wiltshire	SW	CC	4	3
Windsor & Maidenhead #	SE	BC	3	3
Wirral +	NW	MBC	2	2
Wokingham	SE	BC	3	3
Wolverhampton	WM	MBC	3	2
Worcestershire	WM	CC	4	4
York	YH	BC	3	3
Source: Audit Commission

Council type:

BC: Borough Council C: Council CC: County Council LBC: London Borough Council MBC: Metropolitan Borough Council

+: Councils that have received a new-style corporate assessment and the score has been used to inform the overall CPA (Comprehensive Performance Assessment) star category.

#: Councils that have received a new-style corporate assessment and the score has been protected. In these cases the previous corporate assessment score has been used to inform the overall category.

N/A: Not applicable [because that service is not provided by the council]

*: Councils that have received a new-style corporate assessment and the corporate assessment score is currently subject to review. In these cases the previous corporate assessment score has been used to inform the overall category.

7/8: This council's corporate assessment/JAR (Joint Area Review) is due for early 2007 or is currently subject to review. A separate annual performance assessment of children and young people has therefore not been undertaken in 2006. As a result, the 2005 children and young people score has been used within the CPA framework for 2006. These scores will be updated to reflect any changes following completion of the corporate assessment/JAR or review as part of the quarterly update process.

Note: The Isles of Scilly are exempt from a star rating in 2006. The Audit Commission has agreed this with the Department for Communities and Local Government based on the applicability of the methodology to the island's circumstances. An environment or culture service assessment score for the Isles of Scilly in 2006 has not been published.

The star rating for Buckinghamshire is subject to review at the time of publication [22 February 2007]