Agenda item

Councillor Michael White, Leader of the Council, introduced the report.

The report before Member set out the performance of the Council’s Corporate Performance Indicators for the first quarter (April-June 2012), against the five Living Ambition Goals of the Corporate Plan:

• Environment
• Learning
• Towns and Communities
• Individuals
• Value

Of the 68 Corporate Performance Indicators, 39were measured quarterly.  The remaining indicators were collected on an annual or bi-annual basis only.

The report identified where the Council was performing well and not so well. The report highlighted what action the Council was taking to address poor performance where appropriate.

Also included for indicators measured quarterly was a Direction of Travel (DoT) column which compared performance in Quarter 1 2012/13 with performance in Quarter 1 2011/12.

Appended to the report was a chart which detailed each of the 68 Corporate Performance Indicators. Officers provided responses to queries raised by Members in respect of some of the performance indicators.

Cabinet AGREED to note the contents of the report.

Reasons for the decision:

The report provided Cabinet Members with a quarterly update on the Council’s performance against the Corporate Performance Indicators.

Other options considered:

There were no other options considered.