Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director, Corporate and Support Services.

The report provides the First Update Portfolio Performance and Resource Report for the Support and Governance and Safe and Resilient Communities Portfolio’s.  This provides an early update on progress in delivering the portfolio priority outcomes through the Investing in Stockport programme and other key projects during the first quarter of 2015/16. It includes forecast performance data (where this is available) and projected financial data for the Portfolio, along with an update on the portfolio savings programme. 

Scrutiny Committee is recommended to:-

a)    Consider the First Update Portfolio Performance and Resource Report;  

b)   Review the progress against delivering key projects, priority outcomes, targets and budgets for 2015/16;

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

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

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

Officer Contact: Peter Owston on 474 3274 or email: peter.owston@stockport.gov.uk or Susan Wood on 218 1032 or email: susan.wood@stockport.go.uk

The Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing the Scrutiny Committee with the First Update Portfolio Performance and Resource Report for the Support & Governance and Safe & Resilient Communities Portfolio’s.  The report provided an early update on progress in delivering the portfolio priority outcomes through the Investing in Stockport programme and other key projects during the first quarter of 2015/16.  It included forecast performance data (where this was available) and projected financial data for the Portfolio, along with an update on the portfolio savings programme.

The Deputy Executive Leader and Portfolio holder for Support & Governance (Councillor Iain Roberts) and the Executive Councillor for Safe & Resilient Communities (Councillor Shan Alexander) attended the meeting to answer members’ questions.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         The Scrutiny Committee requested information regarding the increase in the number of Young Offenders from 36 in 2014/15 to 62 for the same period although it was noted that Stockport remained one of the lowest in Greater Manchester.

·         There were proposals to increase the current Pooled Budget from £51M to £200M.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.