Issue - meetings

Background:

This report summarised the performance of the Council’s Measures of Success for April-June (Quarter 1) 2017/18 as set out in the Council Plan.

The report and accompanying appendix included progress reports on performance in Quarter 1 2017/18 against the Council’s three priorities using 40 measures of success and 13 programmes which support the priorities.

However, this report only included information on 29 measures of success as 11 of these were either data only, or data was not expected until after the report was published.

The report highlighted the following:

Council Plan measures of success:

·         65.5% on target; and

·         50.0% improved over the long term.

Examples of new performance highlights in quarter 1 included:

·         127 fewer 16 and 17 year olds not in employment, education or training (NEET), (383 in Q1 2016/17: 256 in Q1 2017/18). (Full details: section 7.2.4.);

·         98% achievement rate - Medway Adult Education (new measure 2017/18);

·         93% retention rate – Medway Adult Education (new measure 2017/18);

·         95% of square footage let at The Innovation Centre, Medway; and

·         20,000-30,000 attended Medway in Flames finale in June 2017.

Examples of other performance highlights (including those which have been highlighted in previous quarterly reports and continue to perform well)

·         101 fewer days taken for children entering care to move in with adoptive families compared with same monitoring period last year. (from 629 to 528);

·         79 jobs created and safeguarded;

·         529 people on ‘Tipping The Balance’ health programme achieved reductions in cardiovascular risk;

·         No families in bed and breakfast;

·         24 fewer households in temporary accommodation compared with previous quarter (from 351 to 327);

·         22 new affordable homes completed;

·         97% of our street surveys - litter free;

·         1,154 fly tips removed;

·         91.3% satisfied with refuse collection;

·         34 Fixed Penalty Notices issued for environmental matters;

·         £7,380 fines/costs – prosecutions for environmental matters;

·         87.9% very/fairly satisfied with festivals/events; and

·         89.1% stage 1 corporate complaints dealt within 10 days (80% target).

Cabinet Members highlighted a number of successes within their portfolios.

Reasons:

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