Issue - meetings

(To receive a report which presents proposals for amendments to the reporting of the existing Council Performance Measures beyond March 2020)

That approval be given, in principle, to the proposed changes to the measures used in reporting Council performance generally, as detailed in Appendix A, and including the tabled addition.

Consideration was given to a report from the Executive Director – Commercial, which presented proposals for amendments to the reporting of the existing Council Performance Measures beyond March 2020.  New performance measures would be developed through the next phase in organisational planning, linked to the ambitions in the Corporate Plan.

Following the approval of the Corporate Plan by the County Council in December 2019, directorates and service areas had been asked to identify any changes to their existing performance measures and targets.  The proposed changes were detailed in Appendix A to the report.

The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board advised that the Board had considered the report on 27 February 2020 and had agreed to support the recommendation to the Executive.  The comments of the Board had been tabled.

The Chairman of the Board referred to the new measure on The number of victims of domestic abuse who received support (including Independent Domestic Violence Advisors IDVA, Outreach, and Targeted Support) including Children and Young People, which focused on those aspects of performance that the Council could influence and control. It was highlighted that this new measure would not include all domestic abuse figures, and that the measures on reported incidents of domestic abuse (M7) and repeat referrals of domestic abuse to MARAC (M9) had been removed. The Board had suggested that the number of domestic abuse cases and repeat referrals to MARAC should be reinstated in the Council Business Plan for 2020/21.

In response to the Board's request, it was advised that new legislation relating to domestic abuse was expected, which may require upper-tier authorities to establish a domestic abuse partnership board involving key partners.  It was not known if these would be required to be held in public.  It was anticipated that a key function of the board would be to collate and monitor domestic abuse data.  This would provide a more accurate and fuller picture of the levels of domestic abuse in Lincolnshire.

Reference was made to the Youth Offending Service's proposal to report Juvenile First Time Offenders as a rate per 100,000 instead of actual number of offenders.  The Executive requested that the actual figures were also included as part of performance reporting.

It was confirmed that the Council Business Plan 2020/21 and the Corporate Plan Success Framework 2020-2023 would run alongside each other until the end of 2020/21, acting as a transition period. It was requested that a timeline for the transition arrangements be provided to the Executive.

RESOLVED

That approval be given, in principle, to the proposed changes to the measures used in reporting Council performance generally, as detailed in Appendix A, and including the tabled addition.