Agenda item

(To receive a report by Jasmine Sodhi (Performance and Equalities Manager) which presents the Council Business Plan performance indicators which fall within the remit of the Board and which are reported on an annual basis.  The report and views of the Board will be presented to the Executive on 3 July 2018)

Consideration was given to a report by the Executive Director of Finance and Public Protection on the 2017/18 Council Business Plan Quarter 4 which would also be considered by the Executive on 3 July 2018.  The report also presented the Council Business Plan performance indicators which were within the remit of the Board and presented on an annual basis.

Jasmine Sodhi, Performance and Equalities Manager, introduced the report and advised that all 17 commissioning strategies were reported in Quarter 4. 

The following four commissioning strategies had performed really well, with all measures reported in Q4 achieved:-

·       Children are safe and health;

·       Safeguarding adults;

·       Sustaining and growing business and the economy; and

·       Sustaining and developing prosperity through infrastructure.

The following ten commissioning strategies performed well and all, except one measure, reported in Q4 achieved the target:-

·       Adult Frailty, long term conditions and physical disability;

·       Community resilience and assets;

·       How we effectively target our resources;

·       Learn and achieve;

·       Readiness for Adult Life;

·       Readiness for School;

·       Specialist adult services; and

·       Wellbeing.

The following three commissioning strategies continued to show mixed performance:-

·       Carers;

·       Protecting the Public; and

·       Protecting and sustaining the environment.

The Board was given a presentation of the infographics and was referred to Appendix 1 A to the report.

Members were invited to ask questions, during which the following points were noted:-

·       The report indicated that the contract with the Lincolnshire Research Observatory (LRO) was to come to an end in 2019 and that Wordpress would be the new platform to host the Council Business Plan performance data from Quarter 1 2018/19.  One Member expressed concern that this was one of the most widely used platforms in the world and one which was the most widely attacked.  Reassurance was sought that the system was secure;

·       Page 223 of the report indicated that the Public Services Network connection compliance was non-compliant and assurance was sought that the information presented in the report at minute number 18 of these minutes was full and correct; and

·       Page 211 of the report noted that there had been an increase in 'primary fires' during the same period last year.  Although this appeared to be a national trend, Members requested that more comparative information be provided.

The Chairman thanked Members for their comments and summarised the comments to be passed to the Executive for their consideration:-

·       The Board recommended that appropriate IT security measures were in place in relation to the move of the Performance Data from the Lincolnshire Research Observatory (LRO) to Wordpress from Q1 2018/19.  This was due to Wordpress being a worldwide platform and one which had been, reportedly, widely attacked;

·       The Board highlighted the increase of 51 primary fires as an area of concern and recommended that this be explored further; and

·       The Board highlighted concern in the performance of the Public Services Network connection compliance and highlighted the need for maintaining compliance as part of the new agreement to continue with these arrangements.

RESOLVED

1.    That the recommendations to the Executive as set out in the report be supported; and

2.    That the comments of the Board, as noted above, be passed to the Executive as part of the consideration of this item.