Issue - meetings

The Deputy Cabinet Member for Performance and Data Insight introduced a report which summarised performance during quarters one and two of 2022/23 against the numerous metrics and deliverables contained in the Council’s Corporate Plan 2020-22.

The Cabinet Member commented that the performance data gave a holistic and balanced insight into the key achievements, challenges and areas of risk across all services.  He highlighted some of those aspects and Cabinet colleagues also referred to areas within their individual portfolios, which included:

·  the Cost-of-Living communications campaign, developed with community, faith and voluntary sector partners as part of the Cost-of-Living Alliance to provide information to residents on the range of support available in the Borough, which was launched in December 2022;

·  the BD Money web platform, which provided a universal source of financial guidance and self-help tools for households struggling with the cost-of-living crisis as well as direct access to financial support and information on the local Credit Union offer, had received over 22,000 views as of November 2022;

·  the negative impact that the economic downturn, increases in labour and material costs and supply issues were having on the viability and deliverability of many schemes within Be First’s development portfolio, although on a positive note it was forecast that 486 new homes would be completed by the end of the financial year;

·  the proportion of Year 12 and 13 pupils in Barking and Dagenham who were not in education, employment or training or whose post 16 destination was ‘unknown’ decreased significantly from 3.7% to 2.9% (the December-February average), which represented the Borough’s best ever position;

·  the poor uptake by ‘priority groups’ in the Borough in respect of the seasonal flu vaccination and COVID-19 seasonal booster vaccination, with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Integration calling on all those who qualified to take advantage of the offer;

·  the range of domestic violence and personal safety support services already on offer and in the pipeline;

·  the increase in waste recycling rates and other service improvements across waste collection services; and

·  the rise in take-up for two- and three-year-old early education places.

Cabinet resolved to note the performance highlights and areas of improvement relating to quarters 1 and 2 of the 2022/23 financial year, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.