Issue - meetings

Background:

This report summarised the performance of the Council’s Key Measures of Success for the second quarter of 2016/17 as set out in the Council Plan.

The report and accompanying appendix included progress reports on performance in Quarter 1 2016/17 against these priorities using 31 Key measures of success, however, this report was only including information on 21 as 10 of these were either data only, or data was not expected until after the report was published. In summary:

·         80.96% (17 out of 21) were on target

·         9.52%   (2 out of 21) were just below target

·         9.52%   (2 out of 21) were significantly below target

·         57.14%   (12 out of 21) have improved over the long term (compared with the average of the previous four quarters).

It was noted that just over 80% of measurable indicators were on target, this represented the highest percentage on target for over 3.5 years.

It was noted that the report would be considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Committees during December.

Cabinet Members highlighted a number of key issues during discussion.

Reasons:

Regular monitoring of performance by management and members is best practice and ensures achievement of corporate objectives.