In South Gloucestershire it is considered that commissioning is the process to meet local needs which involves both specifying and securing high quality provision. Priorities are those which are needed to improve the outcomes for children and young people and are fully informed by their views and those of their parents. The provision secured must be cost-effective and provide value for money. Commissioning includes monitoring and evaluating services provided in order to ascertain their impact on improvement and applies to all services within the children's trust arrangements, whether provided by the local authority, health service, police, schools and the private or voluntary sector. Commissioning will help develop the drive towards moving resources to preventative and early intervention services. It will also promote diversity in the market and the security of provision across services however provided. This process will strengthen the market, promoting competition.