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This report provides an overview of performance for the first year of BCP Council.

The report has been informed by the interim basket of measures used for the mid year report and progress with actions set out in the delivery plans that make up the Corporate Strategy.

The performance measures are sourced from data the Council provides as part of the statutory return process and some other local measures identified by Service Units during 2019/20.

Performance is presented across a range of interactive dashboards which include progress and updates for:

-       The Corporate Strategy priorities

-       UN Sustainability Goals

-       Equality & Diversity

The basket of performance measures will be enhanced to include the outcome measures set out in the delivery plans, once supporting measurement systems are in place.

The table of measures at Appendix A shows progress for the whole year and includes benchmarking data where this is available.

The report identifies some key improvements and some performance issues. These are addressed in more detail in exception reports, attached as Appendix B to the report.   

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

(a)  Noted the end of year performance; and

(b)  Considered the attached exception reports relating to areas of current adverse performance.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Leader of the Council

The Deputy Leader presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'G' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Cabinet were informed that the report provided an overview of performance for the first year of BCP Council. In relation to this Cabinet were advised that the report identified some key improvements and some performance issues which were set out in Appendix B to the report.

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

(a)          Noted the end of year performance; and

(b)          Considered the attached exception reports relating to areas of current adverse performance.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Leader of the Council

To conside corporate issues including the following report scheduled for Cabinet consideration on 30 September:

·       2019/20 End of Year Performance Report

The O&S Board is asked to scrutinise the reports and make recommendations to Cabinet as appropriate.

Cabinet member invited to attend for this item: Councillor David Brown, Portfolio Holder for Finance.

The Cabinet report is attached for consideration by the Overview and Scrutiny Board.

2019/20 End of Year Performance Report - The Corporate Director and former Leader of the Council introduced the report, a copy of which had been circulated and which appears as Appendix ‘G’ to the Cabinet minutes of 30 September 2020 in the Minute Book. A number of issues were raised by the Board in the subsequent discussion, including:

·     A Councillor raised a query about the issues with facilities for older people, there were sites earmarked in local plans for care homes, but that people were not interested in developing them. The Councillor asked why this appeared to be such a difficult target to meet. This was primarily a legacy issue from Bournemouth as there were more people in residential care than home care. All three issues were linked together, there was an aim to have more people in Bournemouth living in an independent setting and with a new facility opening in Bournemouth all three of these issues should improve.

·     There was a concern raised that reference one on the scorecard should perhaps be orange rather than red as it was improving and was better than forecast. The target also appeared to be high when compared to the national average. It was noted that in this instance it could perhaps be orange and was possibly unduly harsh.

·     In a response to a query raised about paragraph 82 of the report the Board was advised that a suicide prevention plan was part of the Cabinet Forward Plan and was about 3 or 4 months away from coming forward.

·     A Councillor commented that paragraphs 88 onwards within the report appeared to be very light in detail and suggested that there was a need for specifics on what the Council were doing going forwards. It was noted that this was a reflection on the basket of measures previously used and shadowed for this year. Targets had been set out for 2020/21 but this reflected the part of the year when the Council did not have a corporate strategy signed off and the associated performance management framework was not signed off until a few weeks ago. 

The former Leader advised that there were a  number of measures where the Council was doing exceptionally well, and she congratulated everyone on the number of greens outlined in the paper on areas such as children’s social care, delayed discharge and processing benefit claims.