Agenda item

(To receive a report from Debbie Barnes OBE, Chief Exeutive, on the Draft Corporate Plan Success Framework 2020-2023 which will be reported to the Executive on the 5 May 2020. The views of the Board will be reported to the Executive as part of its consideration of this item)

During this item, Councillor Mrs J Brockway declared a personal interest due to family involvement.

Consideration was given to a report by the Chief Executive, which invited the Board to consider a report on the Draft Corporate Plan Success Framework 2020-2023, which would be presented to the Executive on the 5 May 2020.

The report sought the approval of the draft Corporate Plan Success Framework 2020-23.

Members were advised that at the meeting of the County Council on 11 December 2019, the new Corporate Plan 2020/30 was approved. The Corporate Plan Success Framework outlined the developmental activity that would be undertaken during the first three year period of the ten year Corporate Plan and included the proposed performance indicators which were intended to demonstrate progress towards achieving the Council's four ambitions for Lincolnshire.

The Chief Executive acknowledged that the Corporate Plan Success Framework had been developed prior to the Coronavirus Pandemic and it was likely that there would be a requirement to update and refresh the success measures once the recovery phase of the pandemic had begun.

Members considered the report and during the discussion the following points were noted:

·         The coronavirus pandemic would impact on the future content of the Corporate Plan Success Framework 2020-23. It was confirmed that as the country moved into the recovery phase, the Corporate Plan Success Framework would need to be refreshed and the performance indicators updated to mitigate the impact and take into account any national recovery plans. A revised Corporate Plan Success Framework would be brought back to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board to reassure the Board that the Corporate Plan Success Framework had been updated to reflect the national recovery plans.

·         With regards to the performance indicators, it was confirmed that the performance targets still needed to be refined using base data to set the target. If it was an existing performance indicator, the 2019/20 quarter four data would be used to set a new target. For new performance indicators, it may not be reported until quarter two of 2020/21 to enable the data in quarter one to be gathered before setting the target.

·         In relation to the aim to increase the number of pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in mainstream schools, concern was raised about the wording of the performance indicator. Parents were worried about their children being placed in the wrong school setting, and the Council needed to reassure parents that placement in mainstream schools would only happen when appropriate. It was confirmed that children needed to be in the right place to thrive whether that was a special school or a mainstream school, and the wording for this indicator would be looked at to ensure it was phrased sensitively.

The Board supported the recommendations to the Executive, as set out in the report.

RESOLVED:

1.    That the Board support the recommendations to the Executive, as set out in the report.

2.    That a summary of the above comments be reported to the Executive in relation to this item.