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 Departmental Business Plan for 2016/17. The report advised Members that, in the main, progress had good, with many key milestones met according to anticipated timescales.

A Member commented that, in relation to this and the subsequent reports on the agenda, Members had been provided with a large amount of information regarding plans and progress within the Chamberlain’s Department, but it was difficult for Members to understand the current position in terms of performance, particularly in relation to IT. The Member also noted that, while underinvestment had been cited as the root cause of the IT issues, he was not aware of any instances in which additional funding for IT had been refused by Members. Members also commented that it may be helpful to provide information regarding any performance issues, such as had been the case with IT, in the summary of future reports.

A Member commented that there were significant issues with IT equipment for Members. The Deputy Chairman requested that Members copy him in to correspondence with the Chamberlain’s Department on this matter, so that he could be aware of the scale of the problem.

The Chamberlain commented that the Court of Common Council had agreed that additional funding be provided to address the issues in relation to the Corporation’s IT services. He explained that he expected the current transformation programme would succeed in delivering significant improvements in IT performance by the end of 2017.

RESOLVED – That the Committee notes the report.