Report of Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services and Director of Children and Adult Services

The Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services and Director of Children and Adults Services submitted a report (previously circulated) to provide Members with performance data against key performance indicators for Quarter 2 2019/20.

It was reported that 36 indicators that reported to this Scrutiny Committee, six Housing indicators, six Culture indicators and twenty four Public Health indicators.

At Quarter 2, data was available for nine of the twelve Housing and Culture indicators. It was noted that two indicators which had a target to be compared against, HBS 016 – Rent arrears of current tenants in the financial year as a % of rent debit (GNPI 34) and HBS 016 – Rent collected as a proportion of rents owed on HRA dwellings *including arrears b/fwd, were both showing performance not as good as their target; and that, of the nine indicators reported quarterly, three indicators demonstrated an improved performance compared to the same point in the previous year whilst six indicators, which included the three Culture indicators, showed a performance not as good as that recorded at the same time in the previous year.

In relation to Public Health indicators it was reported that three of the twenty-four indicators had data available at quarter 2, those indicators being PBH 044 – Alcohol related admissions to hospital, PBH 046 – Cumulative percentage of eligible population aged 40-74 offered an NHS Health Check who received an NHS Health Check in the five year period and PBH 052 – Adjusted antibiotic prescribing in primary care by the NHS; and all three indicators were showing performance better than the same point in the previous year.

RESOLVED – That the performance data reported for Quarter 2 2019/20 be noted.