Councillor Michael White, the 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 (August-October 2013), against the five Living Ambition Goals of the Corporate Plan:

¡ Environment

¡ Learning

¡ Towns and Communities

¡ Individuals

¡ Value

Of the 55 Corporate Performance Indicators, 44 were 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 and highlighted what action the Council was taking to address poor performance where appropriate.

Appended to the report was a chart which detailed each of the 55 Corporate Performance Indicators. Officers provided responses to queries raised by Members in respect of some of the performance indicators.

Reasons for the decision:

To provide Cabinet Members with a quarterly update on the Council’s performance against the Corporate Performance Indicators.

Other options considered:

N/A

Cabinet noted the contents of the report.