Agenda item

At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr John Hooton, the Deputy Chief Operating Officer, introduced the report which provided the delivery and financial performance of both contracted and non-contracted services.

Councillor Kathy Levine MOVED the following motion which was seconded by Councillor Geof Cooke:

“That the Performance and Contract Management Committee request that the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee consider how the council could mitigate the risk of looking after two year olds and assist in increasing the uptake of the nursery places offer, while also assessing whether further work could be initiated to assist in increasing capacity”.

The motion was agreed unanimously.

RESOLVED – That the Performance and Contract Management Committee request that the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee consider how the council could mitigate the risk of looking after two year olds and assist in increasing the uptake of the nursery places offer, while also assessing whether further work could be initiated to assist in increasing capacity.

Mr Tom Pike, Head of Programmes and Resources, reported an addition to the report in that the average time spent in temporary accommodation in quarter 2 was 45.7 weeks and in quarter 3 was 50.2 weeks.

RESOLVED - That:

1.         the quarter 3 2014/15 revenue budget and capital position contained in paragraphs 1.11 and 1.15 of the report be noted;

2.         the agency costs for the quarter 3 2014/15, as detailed in paragraph 1.16 of the report, be noted;

3.         the transformation programme position as at 31 December 2014, as detailed in paragraph 1.17 of the report, be noted;

4.         the treasury position outlined in paragraph 1.19 of the report be noted;

5.         the projected £18,323 capital slippage of the outturn at quarter 3 2014/15, as outlined in Appendix C to the report, be noted;

6.         the Capita payments outlined in Appendix I to the report be noted;

7.         the additional information requested by the committee on 11 November 2014 and the rationale behind the choice of corporate plan indicators, as outlined in Appendix J to the report, be noted.