Issue - decisions

Councillor Tahir Rafiq, Cabinet Member for, Corporate Affairs and HR, presented the report on behalf of Councillor Sean Thorpe, Cabinet Member, Finance and Transformation which set out a summary of the full year performance and delivery monitoring report up for the Corporate Plan for 2023/24. It contains updates against the delivery of the priorities set out in the Plan and associated key performance indicators. It also provides details of actions to be carried over into the Corporate Plan for 2024/25.

In addition, the report also contains the proposed Productivity Plan for submission to central government in July for Cabinet approval. In April 2024 letters were sent to all local authorities from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) requesting that productivity plans were produced as part of a central government exercise to review productivity across public services. The request does not provide a mandated template however describes a set of four themed questions around transformation and asks that these are considered with view of how public services are run within a system of place-based leadership.

In response to a member query regarding refining the report, members were informed that the presentation of the performance is continually looked at and refined. Members were advised that the Productivity Plan was a request from the former government and was not intended to be a repeated exercise.

Decision:

Cabinet:

• Cabinet noted the year end update on progress against the Corporate Plan 2023/24 and approved the submission and proposed monitoring of the Productivity Plan.

Reasons for recommendation(s):

• This report builds on the feedback on previous Performance Report in terms of the transparency of delivery and performance measures. In addition, the Productivity Plan needs to be agreed with portfolio holders before submission in July 2024.

Alternative options considered and rejected:

• Not applicable.