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ITEM EX7

(REVISED)

EXECUTIVE – 18 MARCH 2003

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT – QUARTERLY MONITORING REPORT

Report by Director for Strategy

Introduction

  1. This report considers the Quarter 3 (Oct – Dec 02) progress against …

    • Oxfordshire Plan 2002 – 2003 key targets

    • estimated outturn figures for Best Value Performance Indicators 2002 – 2003

    • Local Public Service Agreement.

Progress against key targets 2002 – 2003

  1. Progress is shown in Annex 1. (Annexes - Download as .xls file) 14 of the 19 key targets are being monitored quarterly and 5 annually. We have asked Directorates to report on each target. Annex 1 shows that 12 areas are predicted to be on target and 2 areas that are not:

    • "Increase the percentage of children leaving school with five or more GCSE passes at grades A – C from 50% to 56% by 2004"

    • "Increase the number of elderly people whom we help to live at home from 6,900 (2001) to 7,300"

Attention is drawn to the ‘comments’ column in Annex 1 in relation to these items.

Progress against Best Value Performance Indicators 2002 – 2003

  1. Annexes 2 – 6 group Best Value Performance Indicators 2002 – 2003 by Portfolio area. The shaded areas highlight areas where:

    • Less than 85% of 2002 – 2003 target is being achieved: O

    • Greater than (or equal to) 85% of 2002 – 2003 target is being achieved: P

    • the Lead Officer has failed to provide data: #

Breakdown of performance by Portfolio area:

Portfolio area

Less than 85% of target

Greater than 85% of target

No target set

No estimate provided

Community Safety

1

17

10

9

Corporate Governance

5

10

3

3

Environment, Roads & Transport

1

29

1

1

Learning & Culture

2

23

2

2

Social & Health Care

4

10

 

 

Total

13

89

16

15

Attention is drawn to the ‘comments’ column in Annexes 2 - 6 in relation to these items.

Local Public Service Agreement

  1. The Local Public Service Agreement has been successfully negotiated with the Government. The agreement will run from 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2006. The target areas comprise of:

    • Improve GCSE results at grades A*-G

    • Improve GCSE results for ethnic minority pupils

    • Improve pupil achievement at Key Stage 3

    • Reduce school exclusions

    • Reduce preventable hospitalisation

    • Improve GCSE results for children in care

    • Reduce the number of convictions or cautions of children in care

    • Increase participation in drug treatment programmes

    • Improve rate of waste recycling

    • Increase bus use

    • Support for key workers housing

    • Annual improvements in cost effectiveness of 2% or more

Progress against these targets will be reported to the Executive on a quarterly basis by the Performance & Review team who are managing the project.

RECOMMENDATIONS

  1. The Executive is RECOMMENDED to receive the report and invite the respective Executive Members to investigate further with the relevant Directors:

          1. those areas where targets have not been met as shown in Annex 1 to the report;

          2. those areas where performance is estimated to fall below 85% of target as shown in Annexes 2–6; and

          3. those areas where performance data has not been provided as shown in Annexes 2–6.

STEPHEN CAPALDI
Director for Strategy

Background papers: Nil

Contact Officer: David Lines, Tel: Oxford 810150

March 2003

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