A report by the Director of Finance provided the Cabinet with an overview of the development of an outcome based Commissioning Framework that could be used as the basis for fundamental service reviews and re-commissioning activity over the medium term in order to achieve the objectives set out in the Corporate Plan.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)  the the principles contained within this report that underpin the development of an outcome based Commissioning Framework be agreed;

(2)  a further report be presented on options for applying such a framework to major service reviews emerging from the consultation exercise; and

(3)  the report be referred to the Council Excellence Overview and Scrutiny Committee for consideration.