Lead Member - Councillor Robert Macey - Portfolio Holder for Culture and Digital

Report of James Walton, Executive Director of Resources

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet reviewed and considered performance dashboard information alongside this exception report and noted progress to date in achieving the outcomes of The Shropshire Plan (TSP) and commented as appropriate.

Councillor Rob Macey – Portfolio Holder for Culture & Digital, introduced the report, reminding all members of the council of the need to review and consider performance dashboard information alongside it.   He referred to the close focus on the alignment of finances to the Shropshire Plan and the need for evidenced decision making to ensure a sustainable future for the Council.  He drew attention to the four KPIs currently highlighted as exceptions, explained that this was starting point and that work was underway to review targets, tolerances and benchmarks.  The work of the Transformation and Improvement Scrutiny Committee and Cabinet on development of further KPIs.  Group Leaders were asked to draw attention to the availability of Power BI datasets

Discussion of the report covered the need to compare performance with similar authorities rather than geographical authorities, for example in relation to school preferences and admissions.    It was reiterated that there was more work underway to establish meaningful targets and baseline figures.

Responding to comments on meeting secondary school preference, the Executive Director of Place reported that a briefing for all members was planned on school placement and commended the school admissions team who had worked tirelessly during a difficult year due to the unusually large size of the year group. 

The Portfolio Holder Culture and Digital thanked the Head of Service Improvement and team for the hard work to date inestablishing the system for creation and update of KPIs. 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet reviewed and considered performance dashboard information alongside this exception report and noted progress to date in achieving the outcomes of The Shropshire Plan (TSP) and commented as appropriate.