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Cabinet received a report that detailed the performance of the key performance measures reported through the Corporate Performance Framework for 2021/22. Latest performance outturns and targets for the quarter 2 period were reported alongside trend and benchmarking information, where available.

RESOLVED –

(1)               That the Council’s performance for the Quarter 2 period 2021-22 be noted.

(2)               That the actions being taken to improve performance, where required, be noted.

John Chilver, Cabinet Member for Finance, Resources, Property and Assets introduced the report which comprised the following two items:

·                      The performance report, which provided details of the key performance measures reported through the corporate performance framework for 2021/22.  Latest performance outturns and targets were reported alongside trend and benchmarking information, where available. The report also includes several indicators without targets for this year, that were being monitored to establish a baseline level of performance and monitor trends. Commentary was provided for each indicator explaining what was being measured, explaining the narrative behind each outturn and detailing improvement actions.

·                      The performance scorecard, which provided information on four key elements of performance for the Council covering Finance, Customer Service, Performance and Human Resources indicators. These are arranged in four quadrants.

Within the performance report and performance scorecard, outturns that were performing at or better than target are classified as Green, those that were within 5% of the target were Amber and those that were more than 5% of the target were Red. At the end of Quarter 2, 84 indicators had outturns reported with a Red, Amber or Green status. Of these, 53 were Green (63%), 7 were Amber (8%) and 24 were Red (29%).  Cabinet were informed that the majority of the red performance indicators had been impacted due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cabinet Members then provided comprehensive explanations for the performance marked as red where performance was more than 5% off the target for each of their portfolio’s, these were as follows:

Leader

·                     Unemployment Claimant Rate – the indicator measured the unemployment claimant count in Buckinghamshire and the result was 70% of the national rate against a target of 55%.  The Leader commented that he would speak with the Local Enterprise Partnership and Bucks Business First to understand the reason for being below target and what action could be taken. Work would also be undertaken with the Economic Growth and Regeneration Service via an Employability and Skills Taskforce and also through Bucks Skills Hub.

·                     Strategic Infrastructure projects: % profiled spend achieved – the target was 50% against the current value of 33.94%. This related to the South East Aylesbury Link Road which had been delayed because of the Compulsory Purchase Order/Side Road Order Open Space Inquiry from June to November.

Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment

·                     % of waste collected for recycling, reuse, composting or anaerobic digestion from household sources (household collection and Household Recycling Centres) – target of 60% against a current value of 53.19%. As reported earlier there was some disruption with kerbside collections due to driver shortages and food waste had been sent to disposal – energy from waste in the south administration area. Better incentives were being offered to drivers and figures were improving.

·                     % of Missed Bin Collections – 0.16 against a target of 0.15% this was an improvement since Q1 and a marked improvement against the previous year – this was due to introduction of a new more reliable fleet.

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