Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader of the Council

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/179

Contact: Steven Jones, Corporate Performance & Risk Manager Tel: 07392 318890

Report by Policy & Performance Service Manager (CA13).

The report and its two annexes demonstrate the state of Oxfordshire County Council's progress towards Corporate Plan priorities at the end of Quarter 3 2018-19.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the performance reported.

Recommendation agreed.

Cabinet had before it a report that demonstrated the state of Oxfordshire County Council's progress towards Corporate Plan priorities at the end of Quarter 3, 2018-19.

Councillor Liz Brighouse, Chairman of Performance Scrutiny Committee summarised the comments of the Committee following its consideration of the information on 14 March. In particular she highlighted requests for more information from the Committee on the sites of road traffic collisions, waste management information by District Council area and educational attainment. Educations Scrutiny Committee would be taking up some these at future meetings. The Committee had queried the information on air quality as although it was rated green councillors were aware of areas that were not good. Councillor Brighouse added that in the meeting as a whole there had been a focus on adult social care and in particular home care issues such as the differentiation between the highest and lowest rates and the issues around travel time. Councillor Brighouse highlighted the need to monitor the One Public Estate through the transformation process. She welcomed the move to monthly monitoring reports for Cabinet but would need to consider how best to scrutinise and bring comments to Cabinet. It would be important for all councillors to receive the information.

Councillor Heathcoat, in moving the recommendations welcomed the move to monthly reporting which would provide more vigour in the monitoring process. She noted that she had been present at the Performance Scrutiny Committee meeting to hear the discussion. The report demonstrated a positive direction of travel with red indicators moving to amber and a stable or improving outlook. Councillor Heathcoat recognised the slow progress on One Public Estate and that the indicator on looked after children should be red.

Councillor Hudspeth responding to the comments on air quality explained that the indicator was green not because of the air quality but because of the knowledge of the problems and the quality of the work addressing those issues.

RESOLVED:            to note the performance reported.