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Contact: Scrutiny 636292
Items
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Disclosure of Personal and Prejudicial Interests.
Minutes:
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Minutes. PDF 111 KB
To approve & sign the Notes of the previous meeting(s)
as a correct record.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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Public Questions
Minutes:
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End of Year 2017/18 Performance Monitoring Report PDF 155 KB
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Richard Rowlands - Corporate Performance Manager
Additional documents:
Minutes:
- The Corporate Performance Manager came
to report on the Annual Performance Monitoring Report 2017/18
- Overall, 51% of indicators met target
and 56% improved compared to the previous year.
- Safeguarding and Education were the
priorities where the least indicators met targets
- The priority that contained the least
number of comparable indicators showing improvement compared to last year
was Transformation & Future
Council.
- Overall, in Adult Services, the report
points to pressures in managing demand related to deprivation of liberty
safeguarding referrals and delayed transfers of care.
- In Child & Family Services, the
figures show an increase in demand and in the volume of work affecting
some indicators – the number of LAC has increased compared to last year,
there has been a small increase in children on the CPR (drop in time spent
on the CPR) and a drop in the number of children in need.
- The number of statutory children
assessments completed within the statutory timescale fell by 16% compared
to last year attributed to changes related to the SSWB Act.
- AS12 Question over under recording of
day service attendees, more people using the service than previously
understood – need further information from service
- SAFE8b Not all elected members have
completed safeguarding training – need further information from service
- Changes to the school curriculum,
changes being made to Teacher assessments and changes to how indicators
are used by teachers are impacting figures in education.
- There is still an attainment gap between
pupils getting free school meals and those who aren’t
- EEF002 Discussed how the baseline is set
for carbon reduction measurements – need further information from service
- No major issues in the Tackling Poverty
priority
- Staff sickness levels are up compared to
last year
- FINA6 shows a shortfall and remains a significant
concern – to be followed up with the Section 151 Officer.
- The Panel also looked at the national
results - Overall, 63% of the national indicators met target and 65%
improved
- PAM019 The Panel are interested in how
many planning applications have been turned down by officers and then
allowed at appeal – need further information from service
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Work Plan 2017/18 PDF 66 KB
Minutes:
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Reviewed work plan for the year
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There may be extra items added as the year goes
on
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Letter to Cabinet Member PDF 181 KB
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