Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Chief Executive.

Cabinet noted 

1)    Performance against the selected measures mapped to the Council’s strategic priorities. 

2)    Progress in transitioning to the new Risk Management Policy. 

Reason for Proposals 

To provide Cabinet with a quarterly update on measures used to monitor progress against the 10 missions laid out in Wiltshire Council’s Business Plan 2022-32, and progress transitioning to the new Risk Management Policy. 

Cllr Richard Clewer, Leader of the Council, presented a report providing an update on the progress against the stated missions in the Council’s Business Plan using measures of performance available at the end of the first quarter of the financial year, and risks as available at the time of the report’s production.

Cllr Chris Williams, Vice-Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, reported that the Management Committee considered the report on 12 September 2024 where questions and debate concentrated on issues such as the issuing of Education Health and Care Plans, repeat referrals to Children’s Social Care, Section 42 outcomes, take-up of NHS health checks, the percentage of care leavers in Education, Employment or Training, Electric Vehicle charging points, Housing Register waiting times, and staff vacancies in the Antisocial Behaviour team.

Cllr Ian Thorn, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, paid tribute to Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling in relation to the substantial increase in the number of visits to leisure centres. He also commented on the Education Gap for KS4 especially the differences between maintained schools and academies. Cllr Laura Mayes, Deputy Leader, reminded members that the majority of secondary schools in Wiltshire were now academies with only 4 secondary schools being maintained by the council. She shared the frustrations in the education gap detailed in the report and reported that a special school scrutiny group was being set up to examine this further.

Cllr Richard Budden commented on the metrics for Road Safety and questioned whether the repair of potholes, resurfaced roads and speed watch related to this area of highway activity. He was concerned about the level of accidents in southwest Wiltshire and felt that this was a serious issue. The Leader stated that the Environment Select Committee had been encouraged to examine these metrics in more detail and explained that the metrics covered the county as a whole rather than individual locations.

Resolved:

Cabinet noted 

1)    Performance against the selected measures mapped to the Council’s strategic priorities. 

2)    Progress in transitioning to the new Risk Management Policy. 

Reason for Proposals 

To provide Cabinet with a quarterly update on measures used to monitor progress against the 10 missions laid out in Wiltshire Council’s Business Plan 2022-32, and progress transitioning to the new Risk Management Policy. 

The meeting was adjourned between 11:40am and 11:45am.