Issue - meetings

To consider a joint report of the Corporate Director (Place) & Deputy Chief Executive and Corporate Director (Corporate & Support Services) & Deputy Chief Executive. 

Policy priorities for 2021/22 were set out within the Council Plan, which was adopted at the Budget Council Meeting in February. This incorporates the shared outcomes from the Borough Plan alongside specific priorities of the Cabinet.  

These priorities, re-shaped to take account of One Stockport and Building Back Better (building on Covid19), are articulated within the Portfolio Agreements, which form the basis for regular in-year reporting. Portfolio and Corporate Performance and Resource Reports (PPRRs and CPRRs) will assess progress against key objectives, priorities, outcomes and budgets, enabling Scrutiny Committees to hold the Cabinet to account and for the Cabinet to identify current and future risks to delivery. 

This report presents the draft 2021/22 Agreements for the Citizen Focus and Engagement and Resources, Commissioning and Governance Portfolios for consideration and comment by the Committee.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to review and comment on the draft Portfolio Agreements.

Officer contact: Peter Owston, Strategy and Performance Manager (CSS)

peter.owston@stockport.gov.uk   (0161 474 3274)

Paul Graham, CSS Manager (Specialist) Finance

paul.graham@stockport.gov.uk   (0161 474 4674)

The Corporate Director (Place) & Deputy Chief Executive and Corporate Director (Corporate & Support Services) & Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the draft 2020/21 agreements for the Citizen Focus and Engagement and Resources, Commissioning and Governance portfolios for consideration by the Scrutiny Committee.

The agreements articulated the policy priorities for 2021/22 that were set out within the adopted Council Plan , incorporating the shared outcomes from the Borough Plan alongside specific priorities of the Cabinet. These priorities, re-shaped to take account of One Stockport and Building Back Better (building on Covid19), are articulated within the Portfolio Agreements, which form the basis for regular in-year reporting.

The Cabinet Member for Adult Care and Health (Councillor Jude Wells) attended the meeting to respond to Members’ questions.

The following comments were made/issues raised: -

·         It was commented that sport and physical activity was a key part of prevention and remaining active and engaging with the older and younger people was vital to mental health and it was recommended that a report on Active Communities be submitted to a future meeting. It was noted that the Active Community Strategy was due to be submitted to the September meeting.

·         Clarification was sought regarding Priority Three – Developing our Reporting Capabilities and ‘reducing failure demand’. In response, it was stated that it related to the communication of the right information to the right service e.g. referrals.

·         Clarification was sought regarding Priority Three – Prospectus of All Age Living and the ‘Amazon of Things’. In response, it was stated that it referred to building on the positive things that people could do and not the negative things. Looking at the strengths in the way people live in their own homes and having access to a plethora of things, rather than a ‘one size fits all’ approach.

RESOLVED: (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the Active Communities Strategy be submitted to a future meeting.