Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

Members noted the progress made during Quarter 4 (Q4 – January to March

2016) against the refreshed 2015-17 Community and Children’s Services Business

Plan. It shows what has been achieved and the progress made against our five

departmental strategic aims:

· Safeguarding and early help

· Health and wellbeing

· Education and employability

· Homes and communities

· Efficiency and effectiveness.

Departmental performance and progress for Q4 are overall good. This strong

performance in Q4 is echoed in the full year performance for 2015-16 with some

areas of outstanding performance. At the end of year reporting period, 10

performance indicators were achieved or exceeded and three were within the

tolerance of -10% of the set target. One indicator was below the tolerance of -10% of the set target. Three indicators are linked to education performance and the

information on these will not be available until the end of the academic year.

Resolved – that the update be received.