Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2017/061

Contact: Ian Dyson, Assistant Chief Finance Officer (Assurance) Tel: 07393 001250

Report by Assistant Chief Finance Officer (Assurance) (CA11).

This paper provides details of performance for quarter one 2017-18 for the Cabinet to consider. The report is required so that the Cabinet can monitor the performance of the Council in key service areas and be assured that progress is being made to improve areas where performance is below the expected level.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)         Note the performance set out in this report; and

(b)               Note the ongoing work to improve business management and performance reporting.

Recommendations agreed.

Cabinet considered a report giving details of performance for quarter one 2017-18 for the Cabinet to consider. The report is required so that the Cabinet can monitor the performance of the Council in key service areas and be assured that progress is being made to improve areas where performance is below the expected level.

Councillor Brighouse, Chairman of the Performance Scrutiny Committee, commented that this information had come to Performance Scrutiny Committee in September. It had included the financial information which was not before Cabinet as they had considered this at an earlier meeting. She urged that information come in the right sequence and that the financial information come with the performance figures. This allowed for an overall picture. Councillor Brighouse noted the work being done to allow the Committee to focus on strategic issues and drill down where necessary. Councillor Brighouse highlighted the following areas which had been a focus of attention by the Committee: CSC placements; reablement and CEF caseloads.

Cabinet responded by thanking Councillor Brighouse and the Performance Scrutiny Committee for their work, commenting that it was useful that the Committee was able to look at performance and feed in concerns. In relation to discharges from care and reablement Councillor Judith Heathcoat stated that although the outcome was still red the situation was improving. Councillor Heathcoat also paid tribute to the additional work of the Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue Services, and adult social care in response to the issues raised by the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The Leader of the Council also highlighted the increase in planning applications increasing pressure on Environment & Economy.

RESOLVED:             to:

(a)         Note the performance set out in this report; and

(b)         Note the ongoing work to improve business management and performance reporting.