Agenda item

Quarter 4/End of Year Performance Monitoring 2015/16

Minutes:

The Chairman introduced the report which sets out the end of year (Q4) position for 2015/16 against the strategic priorities in the Corporate Plan 2015/16.

 

Councillor Rawlings moved a motion to request an officer report on key themes of the following issues to be considered at a future meeting of the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee on status of social work practices and quality, agency and recruitment, increasing demand and overall budget.

 

The motion was seconded and having been put to the vote was declared carried and became the substantive motion.

 

Councillor John Marshall requested clarification in relation to p.112, Ref AC/S21, around the wording “The final outturn for carers' assessments is only three fewer than in 2014/15 (946 against 949 in 2014/15) though a substantial fall on the 1948 carried out in 2013/14.”  Mathew Kendall, Adults and Communities Director stated that an explanation will be provided to the Chairman and Councillor John Marshall about the wording ‘only three fewer than’. (ACTION)

 

In response to a comment from the Committee, Mr Pike noted that an update will be provided to Councillor Mittra about the costs per call pertaining to Reference CR013 in the Contract Variations Log on p178 of the agenda. (ACTION)

 

The Chairman thanked the Committee for the comments and it was unanimously RESOLVED that:

 

1.    The Committee scrutinised the performance of services (via Delivery Units and Contractors) against the Corporate Plan and (if necessary) makes recommendations to other committees on the policy and commissioning implications.

2.    The Committee noted the final 2015/16 revenue and capital outturn, as detailed in paragraphs 1.20 to 1.28.

3.    The Committee noted the additions and deletions and approved the accelerations and slippages in the capital programme, as detailed in Appendix D.

4.    The Committee noted the savings delivered in 2015/16, as detailed in paragraph 1.25.

5.    The Committee noted the agency costs for Quarter 4 2015/16, as detailed in paragraph 1.29.

6.    The Committee noted the treasury position outlined in paragraphs 1.32 to 1.34.

  1. The Committee requested that an officer report on the key themes of; status of social work practices and quality, agency and recruitment, increasing demand and overall budget issues be considered at a future meeting of the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee.

 

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