Issue - meetings

Report by Corporate Directors Dr Carlton Brand, Alistair Cunningham and Terence Herbert.

Cllr Philip Whitehead presented a report which provided an update on performance against the stated aims in the council’s Business Plan 2017-27. The report provided information on key measures as well as the council’s strategic risk register.

In response to a question from Cllr Ian Thorn about the metrics included in the report and how they were used as a management tool, Cllr Whitehead explained that improvements were required in this area and the forthcoming digitisation of services would help in this respect.

In response to further questions from Cllr Gavin Grant about the standards point score achieved by A Level students in Wiltshire compared to the England average and the reduced number of young people attending road safety training in the current quarter, Cllr Mayes explained that the Education Standards Board had considered the standards in A Level results and there were no particular reasons why there was a lower average compared to the national figures.   

Cllr Toby Sturgis commented on an issue raised by Cllr Clare Cape about the successful defence of planning appeals by the Council. He explained that the graph in the report represented both householder and strategic appeals, which detailed an overall picture of appeals, and that he would consider the most appropriate way to represent this information in future performance management reports.

Cllr Richard Clewer reminded members that the graphs and metrics were aligned to various priorities within the current business plan. 

Resolved: To note the updates and outturns

i)     Against the measures and activities ascribed against the council’s priorities.

ii)    To the strategic risk register.

Reason for decision:

The current corporate performance framework compiles measures used to

monitor progress in service areas against planned objectives that relate to the

goals laid out in Wiltshire Council’s current Business Plan 2017-27.

The strategic risk register captures and monitors significant risks facing the

council: in relation to significant in-service risks facing individual areas and in

managing its business across the authority generally.