Archived decisions

Recommendation

Response

Officer responsible

Target

date

Ensure the planning and delivery of all the Council's services reflect the corporate aim for achieving economic prosperity in Hampshire

The Corporate Performance Steering Group is working with the District Auditor to develop service planning across the authority. The improved process is aimed at ensuring that Heads of Service make explicit links between their service objectives and all the Corporate Strategy aims.

In addition, as outlined in the Outcomes Report, we will be publishing a Business Plan which will elaborate on the County Council's commitment to economic prosperity across all services. This Plan will be reviewed and outcomes monitored.

JH / CPSG

JRE/GD

Implementation from April 2003

End 2003

Consult at an early stage with individual departments, partners and stakeholders on the Council's plans for improving the service to ensure it reflects their priorities

Consultation is ongoing, with survey material being sent out at regular intervals by Corporate Communications Team. (MORI polls, Business/Citizen's Panels).

The EDO also consults regularly with all relevant parties via feedback material and will continue to do so.

Following approval of the improvement plan by Cabinet, the review team leader will consult with all stakeholders involved in the review on the final improvement plan and feed the results into the action plan.

Corporate Comms./ EDO

JRE

Ongoing

End 2002/03

Re-examine whether some of the Council's plans for improving the services could be better delivered in partnership with others;

The Council will be exploring mechanisms to ensure that the improvement plan continues to be driven in a cross-organisational way. Identification of a corporate champion or network group will provide the opportunity for continuing dialogue.

As well as the work undertaken within this review, HCC have recently undertaken an audit of our partnerships - how we could improve on existing partnerships, where our contribution to partnerships should be reduced and where there is a need for increased partnership-working. The results of these should guide future policy and planning in the relevant services.

JRE to formulate proposals

Mid 2003

Check trends in the local economy so that services can adapt and focus their efforts on the areas of greatest need

Research is currently undertaken by Planning Department on an annual basis and fed through to all departments in the County Council to be built into their service planning (cf. `A Profile of Hampshire').

An initiative to develop a corporate research forum, to ensure accurate collection and dissemination of this information is being led by the Policy Unit.

Consideration of the information and its impact should form part of the proposals for continued cross-cutting working on this aim.

R & I Group, Planning Dept

MC

JRE

Ongoing

To be confirmed

mid 2003

Measure the contribution individual services make to economic prosperity so that the Council's overall impact on the local economy can be monitored and coordinated to the maximum affect

A basket of the relevant performance indicators, published in the Corporate Strategy, will be monitored and reported on alongside the ongoing review of the Economic strategy.

JRE

Ongoing

Set performance indicators and targets that show local people whether the Council is meeting its objectives for economic prosperity

A basket of the relevant performance indicators, drawn from the Corporate Strategy and more detailed measures produced by the R & I Group within Planning will be monitored.

Results will be published via the Best Value Performance Plan. Appropriate extracts will be included in the summary performance information published annually in Hampshire Now and delivered to all households.

JRE

JH / SS

Ongoing

Annual (March and June)

Prepare a procurement strategy which sets out the Council's preferences for purchasing goods and services in the light of its aim to promote economic prosperity.

The Corporate Management Team are considering the approach and timetable for developing a procurement strategy which develops existing policy documents to take account of recent government guidance.

The new Corporate Procurement Network will be instrumental in developing the procurement strategy and the Head of Economic Development will be seeking to represent local economic prosperity objectives to that group, so they can be considered alongside other strategic procurement and statutory factors.

Andrew Smith

JRE

To be confirmed by CMT

From November 2002