The Director of Children’s Services introduced the report of the Executive Director for Strategy that provided the 2016/17 Quarter 4 (January – March 2017) performance report for Wirral Plan pledges under the People theme. The Quarter 4 report was included as Appendix 1 to the report, and provided a description of the progress in Quarter 4 that included available data in relation to a range of outcome indicators and supporting measures. 

The Year End closedown report was included as Appendix 2 and provided a summary analysis of improvement of performance against measures and delivery of Pledge strategy actions at year end.

The Director  of Children’s Services informed that following restructure of the Council’s Scrutiny function, future reports would be broken down to align with the Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee Terms of Reference.

Members commented on a number of Wirral Plan Indicators of concern, namely those relating to domestic abuse, family intervention, self-harm and child poverty, seeking reassurance that these matters would remain high priorities for the Council and its partners. The Director of Children’s Services confirmed that these subjects formed part of a cross-cutting area of work that included a number of preventative actions across services.

Resolved – That the report be noted.