Issue - meetings

The Leader introduced the performance report for the third quarter period ending 31 December 2014 in respect of the priority projects and performance indicators agreed as part of the Corporate Delivery Plan.

Arising from the discussions, the following issues were highlighted:

·  NEETS (ref. no. 27) - The Cabinet Member for Education and Schools advised that the reduction in the proportion of 16 to 18 year olds not in education, employment or training was encouraging but the issue would continue to be one of her main priorities going forward.  She referred to improvements in data collection and confirmed that the latest information for February 2015 showed that the level of ‘unknowns’ amongst the NEET data set was now lower than the averages for neighbouring Boroughs and also the London and England averages.

·  Looked After Children with up-to-date Health Checks (ref. no. 32) - The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health commented on the poor performance and undertook to raise the issue with Health partners and, if necessary, at the Health and Wellbeing Board.

·  Housing Re-lets (ref. no. 36) – The Director of Housing advised on the reductions to the specification which had brought the current turnaround of void properties to an average of 35 days.

·  Complaints and Members’ Enquiries (ref. no’s. 50 and 52) – It was noted that the services were going to be the subject of a full review.

·  Barking Riverside (Priority Project) - The Cabinet Member for Regeneration asked for reference to a new railway station to be included.

The Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and Social Care reiterated his wish for a review of the presentation of the performance information and suggested that there should be enhanced narrative, particularly for areas of underperformance, to give a greater understanding of issues and trends.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Note the revised schedule of key performance indicators; and

(ii)  Note the performance for the priority projects and KPIs as at 31 December 2014, as set out in Appendices 1 and 2 to the report.