Agenda item

That the Council’s current performance as measured by the performance indicators within the balanced scorecard, the progress status of the gold projects and the manifesto commitments be noted.

The Service Lead Strategy & Performance introduced a report that set out the latest performance information for the third quarter of the financial year to the end of December 2019.  The report included the corporate balanced scorecard, update on key projects and delivery against manifesto commitments.

Key areas of performance improvement included a reduction in the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and other children at Key Stage 4; the level of street cleanliness; and the number of licensed mandatory Houses of Multiple Occupation.  However, whilst the number of adults managing their care and support via a direct payment had increased to 584 in quarter 3, it was below the 676 year to date target.

Nine projects in the portfolio had been completed during the quarter including Homelessness Reduction and the Crematorium Refurbishment.  The transition of staff from Arvato had been successfully delivered on 1 November 2019 and the move to Observatory House had continued with minimal interruption to staff activities.  The hotels and residential projects on the Old Library site were 9 ½ and 12 weeks ahead of schedule respectively.  Significant progress had been made in delivery on the 43 manifesto pledges with a further 10 being completed in the third quarter and the majority on track to be delivered by the end of the year.

Lead Members asked about a range of specific issues including the start of enforcement action now that the HMO licensing scheme was progressing well and the work being done to increase the levels of activity of Slough residents.  It was noted that the measure in the performance report on the level of inactivity was an annual measure and officers were seeking to identify other indictors that would help track progress.

At the conclusion of the discussion the report was noted.

Resolved –  That the Council’s current performance as measured by the performance indicators within the balanced scorecard, the progress status of the gold projects and the manifesto commitments be noted.