The Mayor noted and agreed the reasons for urgency, as provided in the report submitted.

DECISION

1.    Note the strategic delivery and performance report for Q4 covering the period of 1^st January 2024 to 31^st March 2024.

2.    Review the status of 51 performance measures in Q4 tracking the delivery of Year 2 of the Strategic Plan 2023-2024 (See Appendix A to the report).

Action by

INTERIM DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY. IMPROVEMENT AND TRANSFORMATION (R. BEATTIE)

Data Analytics, Business Intelligence & Performance Lead (D. Plumer)

The Mayor noted and agreed the reasons for urgency, as provided in the report submitted.

The Mayor introduced the item which provided a Quarter 4 monitoring update of the Year 2 Annual Delivery Plan 2023-24 performance measures and annual deliverables to give a clear understanding of the council’s current performance.

Officers provided an update on ongoing work to address the measures marked as red (outside target) in the report.

The Mayor and Cabinet welcomed the discussion by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on this matter the previous evening, which they felt was productive and rigorous. The Mayor and Cabinet noted that several of the underperforming measures related to delivery of housing and expressed their disappointment at the impact on the borough’s homeless and vulnerable residents. They explained how external market trends were believed to be shifting which would, combined with new process and dedicated infrastructure, see a redress in the performance and increased delivery of new and affordable housing starting in Q1 2024/25.

Robin Beattie, Director Policy Improvement and Performance explained that work continued to make the performance reports more accessible and understandable.

Cabinet members highlighted some of the strong performance and achievements demonstrated in the previous year in areas including substance misuse, uniformed patrols, and equalities measures.

RESOLVED that the Mayor in Cabinet:

1.    Note the strategic delivery and performance report for Q4 covering the period of 1st January 2024 to 31st March 2024.

2.    Review the status of 51 performance measures in Q4 tracking the delivery of Year 2 of the Strategic Plan 2023-2024 (See Appendix A to the report).