Issue - meetings

Background:

This report summarised the performance against the delivery of the three priorities set out in the Council Plan 2017/2018 for the third quarter of the year.

The report and accompanying Appendix 1 to the report provided details of performance against these priorities using 40 measures of success. However, this report only included information on 37 measures as for 3 measures data was not expected until after the report was published. In summary:

·         56.8% (21 out of 37) were on target; 

·         13.5% (5 out of 37) were just below target; 

·         29.7% (11 out of 37) were significantly below target; and 

·         50% (18 out of 36) improved over long term (compared with the average of the previous 4 quarters). 

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

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.