Agenda item

Report of the Chamberlain.

The Committee considered a report of the Chamberlain which provided a year end summary of delivery against the objectives and expected outcomes stated in the Chamberlain’s Business Plan for 2015/16. The report advised that in the main, progress was good, with many key milestones met according to anticipated timescales.

The Chamberlain updated Members that the Internal Audit Plan had reached 94% completion by the end of March 2016, rather than 84% as stated within the report.

A Member asked for further information regarding why the Department had been unable to achieve the target of collecting 99.75% of Non-Domestic Rates. The Chamberlain explained that the target set was very challenging and forced the Corporation to rely, to an extent, on timely payment from ratepayers. The Chamberlain explained that the performance of 99% of rates collected was still very good performance, indicating a low level of bad debt, and therefore was not a cause of major concern.

RESOLVED – That the Committee notes the report.