Issue - meetings

To consider a joint report of the Corporate Director for Services to People and Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration.

The report details the Final Update Portfolio Performance and Resource Reports for the Adult Care Services, and Economic Development and Regeneration Portfolios.  These provide a summary of progress in delivering the portfolio priorities, budgets and capital programmes during the third quarter of 2014/15, and include full-year forecast performance and financial data for the Portfolio. The reports also include a progress report and updated risk assessment of the portfolio savings programmes. 

In addition to the Adult Care Services Portfolio Report, the Committee is also asked to review the housing elements of the Economic Development and Regeneration Portfolio Report, with the remainder of this being considered separately by the Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee.   

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to:-

(i)            Consider the Final Update Portfolio Performance and Resource Reports,  

(ii)          Review the progress against priorities, performance, budgets and savings targets for 2014/15;

(iii)         Highlight key areas of and responsibility for taking forward corrective action to address any performance or resource issues.

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

Officer contacts: Adult Care Services (Gaynor Alexander/ Simon Finch on 474 3186/ 4019 or email: gaynor.alexander@stockport.gov.uk / simon.finch@stockport.gov.uk

Economic Development and Regeneration (Joe Conmee/ Michael Cullen on 474 5396/ 4631 or email: joseph.conmee@stockport.gov.uk / michael.cullen@stockport.gov.uk

Representatives of the Service Director (Adult Social Care) and the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a joint report (copies of which had been circulated) providing a detailed overview of performance which related to the Adult Care Services and Housing Scrutiny Committee.

Information was provided in the form of the Final Update Portfolio Performance and Resource Reports for each of the Portfolios having functions within the remit of the Scrutiny Committee namely, Adult Care Services and the housing element of the Economic Development and Regeneration portfolio.

The Executive Councillors for Adult Care Services (Councillor Keith Holloway) and Economic Development & Regeneration (Councillor Patrick McAuley) attended the meeting to answer members’ questions.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

Adult Care Services

·         With regard to the allocation of funding towards Stockport’s Better Care Fund plan, it was enquired what proportion of funding had been allocated to (i) the six schemes identified in the report; and (ii) the protection of existing health and social care services.

·         It was requested that a report be submitted to a future meeting of the Scrutiny Committee relating to the Deprivation of Liberty Standards and the increase in the number of applications that had progressed to ‘action first’ and the ability of the service to respond to those numbers.

·         The report referred to the proposed development of creative industries in the Market Place in the town centre and it was stated that the £400,000 allocated for this project had been returned to the Adult Care Services budget as unallocated.  It was queried whether this was the case as members were aware of proposals for a similar scheme taking place using these monies in Castle Yard.

Economic Development and Regeneration (Housing)

·         It was not anticipated that there would be a need to draw down on contingencies to support the Disabled Facilities Grant as demand had fallen within Quarter Three and there was sufficient funding to support the current level of applications.

·         It was requested that copy of the draft Stockport Homes Older Persons Housing Strategy be circulated to members of the Scrutiny Committee.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.