This report provides the Board with outturn details for Corporate Plan performance targets for 2011/12 along with a wider perspective on performance achievements within the context of the Council’s Performance Improvement Framework.

The report recommends the Board to note progress and improvement made against targets.

The Head of Business Improvement and Technology submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended).  Councillor Fooks addressed the meeting.

Resolved:-

(1)   To note progress made against the Corporate Plan targets for 2011/12   and performance improvements made as a result of the Council’s commitment to deliver efficient and effective services;

(2)   To ask that on CD002 (Council as business friendly) officers should explore seeking responses not only from the top 20 employees but from small and medium size employers also;

(3)   On HCOO2 (Holiday activity programme) to ask the Executive Director, City Services to let all members have details of Summer activities for young people in their Wards;

(4)   To express the Board’s appreciation for the achievements under:-

(a)   households in temporary accommodation – paragraph 4.2 (Housing and Communities) refers;

(b)   office footprint reduction paragraph 4.2 ((Corporate Assets) refers;

(c)   sickness absence reduction – paragraph 4.2 (People and Equalities) refers.