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Report of the Interim Improvement Manager attached.

Decision Made (Unanimously):

That:

1.    the performance at the end of Quarter 3 shown at Appendices 1 and 2 to the report be noted.

2.    the corporate risks and the controls in place to mitigate risks as identified in the Corporate Risk Register shown at Appendix 3 to the report be noted.

3.    the arrangements in place to report performance to Cabinet, Scrutiny and Full Council be noted.

4.    the response to the Scrutiny Committee’s recommendations be communicated to the Committee.

The Cabinet considered the report of the Interim Corporate Improvement Manager which provided an overview of performance against the Council’s Corporate Plan for 2017-18 at the end of the third quarter i.e. end of December 2017.

During the debate the Cabinet considered/responded to the following comments made by the Scrutiny Committee on the report at its meeting held on 8 February 2018:

·         (Scrutiny Recommendation): In respect of complaints received it would be helpful if these were categorised and indicate how lessons have been learned.

·         (Cabinet Response): The Cabinet felt that it was a management issue on how complaints against service delivery were handled and should be for the Chief Executive to provide a response. 

·         (Scrutiny Recommendation): The Committee strongly requests that it is kept informed with clear timelines on the delivery of the Master Plans for Leyland, Lostock Hall and Penwortham.

·         (Cabinet Response): The Cabinet noted the request however felt it was a Cabinet function to monitor progress against its Corporate Plan Projects, information would be shared with Scrutiny at the relevant time.

·         (Scrutiny Recommendation): Future reports on shared service performance provide more explanation on the performance figures, including differences between those for Chorley and South Ribble Councils.

·         (Cabinet Response): The Cabinet felt that the performance figures, or comparison to Chorley, was a matter for the Shared Services Committee. In bringing forward performance of the South Ribble service, Cabinet requested that only the performance of South Ribble should be considered in future performance reports to Cabinet.

Decision Made (Unanimously):

That:

1.    the performance at the end of Quarter 3 shown at Appendices 1 and 2 to the report be noted.

2.    the corporate risks and the controls in place to mitigate risks as identified in the Corporate Risk Register shown at Appendix 3 to the report be noted.

3.    the arrangements in place to report performance to Cabinet, Scrutiny and Full Council be noted.

4.    the response to the Scrutiny Committee’s recommendations be communicated to the Committee.

Reasons for Decision:

The Corporate Plan for 2017-18 contained a number of outcomes and activities for delivery in 2017-18. This report provided an update at the end of Quarter 3 for members’ consideration.

Performance reports for each quarter were considered by the Council’s Leadership Team and for Quarters 2, 3 and 4 by the Cabinet and the Council’s Scrutiny Committee. An annual report on performance at the end of Quarter 4 would also be submitted to Full Council.

Cabinet was required in the Council’s constitution to provide a response to the Scrutiny Committee’s recommendations.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

As this was a routine performance report, other options were not relevant.