Councillor Ann McLachlan introduced a report by the Team Leader – Performance and Scrutiny, which set out the Council’s Quarter 4 (January to March 2016) performance against the delivery of the 2015/16 Corporate Plan. Appendix 1 to the report set out progress against a suite of agreed indicators. The indicators related to a range of pledges under the three Wirral Plan themes of People, Business and Environment. This performance report affected all wards within the borough. It was not a key decision.

Corporate Plan performance was monitored against the targets set at the start of the year. For each measure, a Red, Amber or Green (RAG) rating was assigned depending on the performance level against the target.  The report also showed the direction of travel illustrating for each indicator whether performance was improving, deteriorating or sustained.

The Cabinet noted that of the 21 indicators in the report, 13 were rated green, 3 were rated amber and 5 were rated Red.

For indicators rated amber and red, the responsible officer had indicated in the commentary the reasons for under performance and the action being taken.  Of the 19 indicators where it was possible to indicate a direction of travel (DoT), 11 were improving, 5 were deteriorating and 3 were showing performance being sustained.

Councillor McLachlan informed that Staff Appraisals and Sickness Absence Management were not moving at the pace that they should.  Consequently, they would be monitored by the Employment and Appointments Committee going forward.

RESOLVED:

That the content of the report be noted.