Issue - meetings

The report shows the council's performance in the four key areas of: customer, projects, finance, and people. Progress against targets is shown by directorate, including a summary of what is going well, what needs to develop, and what requires attention. This is the performance report for Q3 2009/2010.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note this report.

Cabinet considered a report (CA15) that showed the council's performance in the four key areas of: customer, projects, finance, and people for Quarter 3 2009/2010.

Councillor Fooks referred to a number of positives in the report including the number of apprentices taken on and the greater number of appraisals being completed on time. She highlighted a number of concerns including safeguarding; children protection plans; lack of staffing resources for climate change adaptation and the teenage conception rate. She also referred to the lack of information on the reduction of carbon levels.

Councillor Robertson responded to the points made, commenting that the records of individual targets developed over a number of years was helpful. Information on climate change was available on the web site. He noted that the increase in the appraisal figures was due to improving the reporting of what was already happening. The Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Families responded in respect of safeguarding, action plans and teenage conception rates. She noted that there would be a report on safeguarding to the next Corporate Parenting Panel. The cabinet member for Schools Improvement referred to the figures on raising achievement and explained the national context behind the rise in numbers of schools in special measures from one to three.

RESOLVED:                        to note the report.