Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration.

The Mid-Year Portfolio Performance and Resource Report (PPRR) for the Economy and Regeneration Portfolio is presented for consideration by the Committee. This provides a summary of progress in delivering the portfolio priorities, reform programme and other key projects in the first half of the year, with a particular focus on the second quarter (July to September 2018). It includes forecast performance and financial data (where this is available) for the Portfolio, along with an update on the portfolio savings programme.

The report is based on the 2018/19 Portfolio Performance and Resource Agreement. This was considered by the Scrutiny Committee on 5 July 2018 and approved by the Cabinet on 17 July 2018.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to:-

·         Consider the Mid-Year Portfolio Performance and Resource Report;  

·         Review the progress against delivering key projects, priority outcomes, targets and budgets for 2018/19;

·         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 Cabinet alongside the Corporate Performance and Resource Report;

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

Officer contact: Alan Lawson on 0161 474 5397 or email: alan.lawson@stockport.gov.uk / Kora Yohannan on 0161 474 4032 or email: kora.yohannan@stockport.gov.uk

The Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the Mid-Year Portfolio Performance and Resource Report which summarised progress in delivering the portfolio priorities, reform programme and other key projects in the first half of the year, with a particular focus on the second quarter (July to September 2018). The report also included forecast performance and financial data for the Portfolio, along with an update on the portfolio savings programme.

The report was based on the 2018/19 Portfolio Performance and Resource Agreement. This had been considered by the Scrutiny Committee on 5 July 2018 and approved by the Cabinet on 17 July 2018.

The Cabinet Member for Economy and Regeneration (Councillor Kate Butler) attended the meeting to respond to Members’ questions.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         An update was requested on the work of the Work and Skills Commission which had met the first time on 31 October 2018.

·         In response to a Member’s question on rail performance, the Scrutiny Committee was advised that the Council was doing everything it could to monitor the situation by holding regular meetings with Northern Rail and there was the opportunity for Councillors to raise issues on rail performance with the Council’s representatives on Transport for Greater Manchester.

·         Footfall in the market had dropped in Quarter 2 in common with most other town centres because of the hot weather.

·         The Corporate Director undertook to keep the Scrutiny Committee updated on the Government’s announcement of additional funding to deal with the problem of potholes.

·         Work on Stockport’s Local Plan continued and the Scrutiny Committee would be updated when there were any further announcements with regard to the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.