Agenda item

(A)   Efficiency Plan – to consider a report outlining a proposed Efficiency Plan for the period through to 2019/20.

For Decision

20 September 2016

(A) Publication of an Efficiency and Sustainability Plan

At its 3 March 2016 meeting, the Court of Common Council had agreed that an efficiency plan should be published. Subsequently, during July of that year, the Efficiency and Performance Sub-Committee, Finance Committee and Resource Allocation Sub-Committee were all consulted on a proposed efficiency framework and draft Efficiency and Sustainability Plan. A final proposed version of the Efficiency Plan was then considered and approved by the Finance Committee on 20 September 2016 the Policy and Resources Committee on 6 October 2016.

The Plan was intended to be a high-level document which focused on the existing Service Based Review programme and other agreed transformation initiatives, along with the framework being developed for continuous efficiency improvement for 2017/18 and later years. In addition to this Plan, further internal plans for driving forward efficiency initiatives would be developed, with implementation overseen and monitored by the Finance Committee.

Publication of the Efficiency and Sustainability Plan, set out at Appendix 1 to the report, was required by 14October 2016 and the Court was recommended to approve the Plan and its publication accordingly.

Resolved – That the Efficiency and Sustainability Plan set out be approved and published accordingly.