Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

Scrutiny Chairs considered initial proposals for changes to the Council’s Performance and Resource reporting format in November 2018. These were incorporated into the Third Update Reports considered at the most recent cycle of Scrutiny Committees, and feedback on these is provided below.

At the request of the Chair, follow-up briefings were delivered in December to demonstrate the functionality of the dashboards being developed to supplement the new reporting framework.

This report now outlines further proposals for changes to reporting from 2019/20 onwards, informed by feedback from Scrutiny Members.  It will be accompanied at the meeting by an officer presentation, outlining key issues and proposals.

The Committee is recommended to consider and comment on:-

(a)       Proposals for the 2018/19 Annual Reports outlined in paragraph          2.6;

(b)       Options for the 2019/20 reports outlined in 3.3 and 3.5;

(c)       Development and roll-out of Portfolio Dashboards; and

(d)       Opportunities for further engagement in developing this approach.

Officer contact: Peter Owston on 0161 474 3274 or email: peter.owston@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Scrutiny Committee to consider proposals for changes to the Council’s Performance and Resource reporting format for 2019/20 onwards, including the development of a performance dashboard, and informed by feedback from members on the trial of changes during the third quarter 2018/19 reporting cycle.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         Members were broadly supportive of the approach adopted with the Q3 reports.

·         There needed to be further thought given to how written questions submitted in advance were dealt with as there needed to be some way to capture this information so that scrutiny could also be seen to be done.

·         Assurance needed to be provided to councillors that for those indicators where data was updated annually and performance was on target there remained the ability for councillors to have access to this information.

·         Providing data and information specific to Stockport relating to Greater Manchester Strategy targets had been welcomed by the Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny and consideration was needed as to how this could be shared more widely.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the Deputy Chief Executive be requested to provide updates to the Committee on the development of the performance dashboard.