Agenda item

The Cabinet is requested to note and comment on the following aspects of the report:

  i.  Project management

·  Note the current reported status of each Gold Project.

  ii.  Performance Scorecard

·  Note the performance issues identified and highlighted.

  iii.  Financial performance – revenue and capital

·  Note the current projected outturn position on the General Fund of an under spend of £2.380m following the reallocation of resources as laid out in section 15 of this report.

·  Note that the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) reported a forecast under spend of £362k.

·  Note the identified areas of risk and emerging issues;

·  Approve the reallocation of resource in section 15 of this report.

The Strategic Director of Resources and Regeneration presented a report highlighting the Council’s overall performance, covering the period up to and including January 2012.

Members raised a number of questions, in particular whether the Council was finding it difficult to meet the large volume of requests made under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act, particularly given the recent budget constraints face by the Council.  Officers advised of the importance of legitimate FoI requests and that the Information Commissioners’ Office provided useful direction with regard to the provision of responses.

Members noted the improvement in Slough’s recently reported GCSE results in comparison to the previous year.

Resolved – That the following aspects of the report be noted:

  i.  Project management

·  The current reported status of each Gold Project.

  ii.  Performance Scorecard

·  The performance issues identified and highlighted.

  iii.  Financial performance – revenue and capital

·  The current projected outturn position on the General Fund of an under spend of £2.380m following the reallocation of resources as laid out in section 15 of this report

·  The Housing Revenue Account (HRA) reported a forecast under spend of £362k.

·  The identified areas of risk and emerging issues; and that

·  The reallocation of resource in section 15 of this report be approved.