Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2014/126

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

Report by Head of Policy (CA11).

The report provides details of performance for quarter two (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.

Recommendation agreed.

Cabinet had before them a report that provided details of performance for quarter two (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.

Councillor Brighouse, speaking as Chairman of the Performance Scrutiny Committee advised that the Committee was looking at all Performance Indicators on a regular basis but also focussing on a different aspect each time. The main issue at the last meeting had been around adult social care and the increase in safeguarding alerts. The next meeting would look at section 106 agreements and the Carillion contract.

Councillor Heathcoat in response, whilst acknowledging the seriousness of the issue, commented that some members of the Committee had perhaps not been aware that the increase in safeguarding alerts was caused by increasing awareness both of safeguarding issues and the ways it could be reported and dealt with.

Following discussion Cabinet:

RESOLVED:                        to note the performance reported in the dashboards.