LGA response to Audit Commission report on Asset Management

17 June 2009

In response to the Audit Commission report about councils' asset management 'Room for Improvement', Cllr Margaret Eaton, Chairman of the Local Government Association, said:

"On the Audit Commission's own figures, councils have made big improvements on how they manage local buildings over the last few years. The number of councils failing to meet minimum standards has been slashed from 86 four years ago to just 24 today, whilst the number of councils judged as performing consistently or well above minimum requirements has risen from 162 to 210.

"A series of reports over the last few years have recommended that councils need to bring local buildings up to scratch and that is exactly what they have been doing. Councils have been focussing on making sure that school pupils have refurbished classrooms, people who have been repossessed get a roof over their heads and that local parks are places where people want to spend a sunny afternoon.

"Councils are happy to let their track record of improvement in asset management speak for itself and have been praised on their improvements by the then local government minister John Healey."

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