Audit Commission ALMO Inspections – PWA

Rushanara Ali MP: What inspection rating has the Audit Commission given to each arm's length management organisation since 2001?
Robert Neill MP: This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to write to the hon. Member direct.
Letter from Eugene Sullivan, dated 28 June 2010:
Since 2001, the Audit Commission has published the ratings of 136 ALMOs. The ratings have been produced following an inspection, required by Government, to allow access to capital funding if service provision is assessed as good (two star) or better. The ALMOs are then re-inspected to assess if the ALMO has maintained, or reached, a good {two star) standard of service provision.

Future of the TSA and HCA - Written Answer

Iain Wright MP (Labour, Hartlepool; former Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Communities and local government with responsibility for ALMOs): What plans are there for the future of the (a) Tenant Services Authority and (b) Homes and Communities Agency
Robert Neill MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government): The Government are committed to reducing the number and cost of quangos and has set out plans to achieve this. The role of all CLG quangos is being examined closely, but no final decisions have been made about the future of the Tenant Services Authority and the Homes and Communities Agency.