Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2014/077

Contact: Maggie Scott, Head of Policy Tel: (01865) 816081

Report by Head of Policy (CA11).

This paper provides details of performance for quarter one (2014-15) 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 note and discuss the performance reported in the dashboards.

Recommendations Agreed.

Cabinet had before them a report that provided details of performance for quarter one for the Cabinet to consider. The report was required so that the Cabinet could monitor the performance of the Council in key service areas and be assured that progress was being made to improve areas where performance was below the expected level.

Councillor Brighouse, Chairman of the Performance Committee, commented that in her view the Performance Committee had begun to work really well and that the Committee had decided to take a more focused approach when looking at issues.  The last issue that the Committee had focused on had been around safeguarding children and budget issues to ensure that the Council could respond to vulnerable children.

The Committee were also focusing on drug rehabilitation and opiate use including the on-going use of methadone when coming off heroin, particularly in relation to child protection issues.  She hoped that the Health Scrutiny Committee would also be looking at this issue.

Councillor Hibbert Biles, Cabinet Member for Public Health & the Voluntary Sector, commented that she shared the Performance Committee’s concerns over the use of methadone and that it was a case of educating GP’s to tackle the issue.  She confirmed that steps were being taken to tackle the issue.

Following discussion:

RESOLVED:  to note the performance reported in the dashboards.