Agenda item

To consider a report of the Leader of the Council.

The Annual Corporate Performance and Resource Report (CPRR) provides a summary of progress in delivering the Council’s priority outcomes and budget since mid-year, with a particular focus on the fourth and final quarter of 2018/19 (January to March 2019).

As previously agreed, these reports are focused around highlights and exceptions, so are significantly reduced in length. This ‘light touch’ approach is being used across all Portfolio and Corporate Reports from 2019/20 onwards.

A key element of this approach is reducing duplication across and within the reports. Hyperlinks to the seven published PPRRs are therefore included in the CPRR, whilst a comprehensive update on the Corporate Risk Register was considered by Audit Committee in February. National and regional policy drivers are summarised from those highlighted within the PPRRs. The most recent update on the Implementation Plan and Performance Dashboard for the Greater Manchester Strategy is elsewhere on the Cabinet agenda.

As this is the first report under the new Leader and Cabinet, the Leader’s Report is now subsumed within the CPRR introduction.

Cabinet is asked to:

·         Review progress against delivering Council priorities and capital schemes alongside budget and performance outturns contained within the report;

·         Note the key policy drivers identified and progress in managing corporate risks set out in section 2;

·         Approve the virements to the Revenue Budget set out in section 3.2;

·         Note the cash limit and non-cash limit outturn positions for 2018/19 as set out in section 3.3;

·         Approve the carry forward of the non-cash limit surplus within general fund balances, as set out in 3.3.7;

·         Note the Dedicated Schools Grant, Housing Revenue Account and Collection Fund outturn positions as set out in sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6;

·         Note the appropriations to/from reserves and balances as set out in section 3.7 and note the resulting reserves and balances position as at 31 March 2019;

·         Delegate to the Borough Treasurer, in conjunction with the Leader of the Council and the relevant Cabinet Member the approval of changes to the 2018/19 outturn positon following the completion of the external audit.

·         Note the Outturn position for the 2018/19 Capital Programme as set out in section 4.1;

·         Note the re-phasing of capital schemes during the quarter as set out in 4.5;

·         Approve the proposals for resourcing and additional resources required for the Capital Programme as set out in 4.3 and 4.6;

·         Approve the 2018/19 actual prudential indicators as set out in section 4.7; and

·         Identify key areas for further investigation and responsibility for taking forward corrective action to address any existing or outturn issues or risks.

Office contact: Peter Owston / Jonathan Davies, 0161 474 3274 / 218 1025

peter.owston@stockport.gov.uk / jonathan.davies@stockport.gov.uk

The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Devolution submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing the Cabinet with an annual Report on the delivery of the Council’s priority outcomes and budget since mid-year 2018/19, with a particular focus on the fourth and final quarter. The report provided a focussed summary of highlight and exceptions for the year.

The Leader of the Council highlighted the following significant issues:-

·         the establishment of the Mayoral Development Corporation for Town Centre West and the anticipated improvements this would bring to housing supply;

·         successful investment in libraries through the roll-out of Open Plus to extend access;

·         the development of the Greater Manchester Industrial Strategy and the alignment with local skills and workforce development;

·         continued uncertainty around the UK’s departure from the European Union and potential impact on the next Comprehensive Spending Review;

·         the publication of the NHS 10 Year Plan, the response of Greater Manchester through the GM White Paper and the still awaited adult social care green paper.

The Leader also referred to the discussion at the recent Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee in relation to performance and highlighted that while overall performance appeared to have dropped, this was in part to the use of annualised measures. The development of the real-time performance dashboard would improve responsiveness and allow for the development of more appropriate measures.

The Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning & Governance highlighted a number of key financial outturn positions, including:-

·         the outturn position was positive and the £3.8m surplus achieved at year end would go back into reserves for future investment in reform;

·         continued pressure on adult social care from residential nursing care, short term placements and learning disability placements;

·         continued pressure on children’s services budget through increasing costs on placements;

·         the larger than anticipated dividend from the Manchester Airport Group and reducing borrowing costs had contributed to the positive outturn position;

·         surpluses had also been achieved on both Council Tax and Business Rates collection that was a credit to staff in the collection teams;

·         underspends in the Capital Programme in 2018/19 had been rephrased into the 2019/20 programme, bring the total to approximately £190m

·         the Council continued to do well in managing extremely tight revenue budgets.

RESOLVED – That in relation to the Corporate Performance and Resources Annual Report for 2018/19

·          progress against delivering Council priorities and capital schemes alongside budget and performance outturns contained within the report be noted;

·          the key policy drivers identified and progress in managing corporate risks set out in section 2 of the report be noted;

·          the virements to the Revenue Budget set out in section 3.2 of the report be approved;

·          the cash limit and non-cash limit outturn positions for 2018/19 as set out in section 3.3 of the report be noted;

·          the carry forward of the non-cash limit surplus within general fund balances, as set out in 3.3.7 of the report be approved;

·          the Dedicated Schools Grant, Housing Revenue Account and Collection Fund outturn positions as set out in sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 of the report be noted;

·          the appropriations to/from reserves and balances as set out in section 3.7  of the report and resulting reserves and balances position as at 31 March 2019 be noted;

·          the Borough Treasurer, in conjunction with the Leader of the Council and the relevant Cabinet Member, be authorised to approve any changes to the 2018/19 outturn positon following the completion of the external audit;

·          the Outturn position for the 2018/19 Capital Programme as set out in section 4.1 of the report be noted;

·          the re-phasing of capital schemes during the quarter as set out in 4.5 of the report be noted;

·          the proposals for resourcing and additional resources required for the Capital Programme as set out in 4.3 and 4.6 of the report be approved; and

·          the 2018/19 actual prudential indicators as set out in section 4.7 of the report be approved.