Oneplace provides independent information on local issues in England. The site includes assessments of each area, of different local public services and a wide range of information on how these public services are performing.
We've focused on the areas that these services cover, for example your council area. In rural areas, where there can be more than one council, we report on the county as a whole. But these reports will also raise issues about particular neighbourhoods, districts or wider regions where this makes more sense.
It brings together the views of six independent inspectorates: the Audit Commission, Care Quality Commission, Ofsted, and Her Majesty's Inspectorates of Constabulary, Prisons and Probation. Working together, we've looked at how well your local public services are delivering the things that are important where you live - not just in the past, but now and for the future.
Public services can have a big impact on people's lives - they do things like collecting rubbish, providing education and health services and fighting crime.
We've looked at each area in England separately, using lots of evidence about how well you are being served by local public services.
In addition to reporting on the issues facing each area, we’ve also scored how well local services, such as councils, health services (Primary Care Trusts), police and fire and rescue services are using public money to provide value for money. For councils and fire and rescue services we’ve gone into more detail about how well they are performing overall.
The site also contains information and data on how local public services are doing in the area on things like crime, education, social care, housing or the environment. Opinions and views of local people are also included on the site, through data gathered in the Place Survey.
We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for you to find what you're interested in on this site. There are a few different ways of finding information about the subject you're interested in - you can look at different themes (such as children and young people, crime or the local economy), different areas, or just the organisation you want to. You can also search for key words.