Decision details

CAB 70/16

Mid-Year Performance Analysis

Options Considered/Reasons for Decision

The Leader of the Council introduced a report setting out the Councils performance analysis for September 2016

The Leader stated there had been some changes over the first half of the year including the revocation of the National Strategic Indicator as well as the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act which has introduced new measures for Social Services. The Leader stated that this means that there have been changes to the data so a much smaller set of measures can be compared to previous year performance and Wales Average

The mid-year analysis shows that the council is meeting is obligation to demonstrate continuous improvement as 63% of measures reported through service plans have improved in performance since this time last year.

The Leader stated that 71% of national measures have improved since the end of 2015/16 year and 53% are meeting or exceeding the Wales average.

At the end of 2015/16 a small set of measures were selected for extra focus because they had been in the lower quartile for the past few years. The Leader reported that 4 out of 5 of these measures are now meeting or exceeding targets and one is slightly below and work would be done to move forward on this.

The Leader and Cabinet Members considered that overall this is a positive picture reflecting efforts of staff in service areas when faced with cuts to council budgets, more challenging targets and a set of measures which has changed, leading to new challenges. Cabinet Members and the Chief Executive recorded their thanks to all Council staff for their efforts

Decision:

I.        To receive a further update on the year-end position once the data is available

II.        To take urgent action in conjunction with Heads of Service and Directors to address any red measures

Consultation

Directors, Heads of Service, Monitoring Officer, Head of Finance, and Head of People & Business Change

Implemented By:  Head of People & Business Change