Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

The Annual Portfolio Performance and Resource Reports (PPRRs) for the Support and Governance, and Safe and Resilient Communities Portfolios are presented for consideration by the Committee. These provide an update on key activity during the fourth and final quarter of the year, with a summary of progress in delivering portfolio priority outcomes through the Investing in Stockport programme and other key projects since the mid-year report. They include out-turn performance and financial data for the Portfolios, along with an update on the portfolio savings programmes.

Recommendations

·         Scrutiny Committee is asked to:

·         Consider the Annual Portfolio Performance and Resource Reports;  

·         Review the progress against delivering key projects, priority outcomes, targets and budgets during 2015/16;

·         Highlight key areas of and responsibility for taking forward corrective action to address any performance or resource issues;

·         Highlight any significant issues or changes to be fed back to the Executive alongside the Corporate Performance and Resource Report;

·         Identify how areas of strong performance and good practice can be shared in other services.

Officer contact officers for accessing background papers and discussing the report;  Peter Owston, Policy, Performance and Reform (CSS), peter.owston@stockport.gov.uk (474 3274)  Susan Wood, Head of Management Accounting susan.wood@stockport.go.uk (218 1032)

The Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the Annual Portfolio Performance and Resource Reports for the Support and Governance and Safe and Resilient Communities Portfolios.  The report provided a summary of progress in delivering the portfolio priorities, budgets and capital programmes during 2015/16, and included out-turn performance and financial data for the Portfolio. The report also included a progress report and updated risk assessment of the portfolio savings programmes.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         In response to an enquiry in relation to a contract that had been awarded to KPMG, it was stated that this was in relation to the provision of support to develop the infrastructure around a traded services offer for Corporate and Support Services.  It was further reported that the contract was valued at £89,000 with the flexibility to extend to £100,000.

·         With reference to the transition to electronic based transaction mechanisms within HR, it was asked what efforts were being made the eliminate the remaining 1,400 paper transactions that were still taking place.  In response, it was stated that there were a number of areas of the Council where employees were unable to routinely access online services, however work was taking place to identify and address this.

RESOLVED - That the report be noted.