Archived decisions

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Record of an Executive Decision:

The following decisions were made:

1.1. That Cabinet requests departments to engage with Local Area Agreement (LAA) theme leads, to enable performance information to be available at local (district) levels in order to assist partners to assess, monitor and manage performance.

1.2. That Cabinet requests that departments continue to support LPSA2 (Local Public Sector Agreement 2) target leads in improving performance, particularly in relation to the target areas that are still able to be influenced.

1.3. That Cabinet requests departments to continue actions to address three areas within the Corporate Business Plan identified as requiring further work and report progress to the Corporate Performance and Efficiency Group (CPEG).

1.4. That the opportunity given by the relaxation in the statutory requirements around an annual Performance Plan be taken so as to develop an `Annual Report of the County Council'.

1.5. That Cabinet formally acknowledges the importance of the role played by the County Council's Select Committees in monitoring the performance of both County Council partner agencies and the County Council itself.

1) Reasons for the decision:

1.1. Cabinet is asked to agree the above recommendations (outlined in paragraph 1.1 - 1.3 above) in order to ensure that the County Council continues to make excellent progress in relation to its own and partnership priorities.

1.2. Regarding the recommendation in 1.4 above, the statutory requirements around an annual Performance Plan have been relaxed, allowing the opportunity for the County Council to develop an `Annual Report of the County Council'. This will provide an annual summary of the performance, financial and workforce position and achievements of the Council and will flow from implementation of the new `Driving Success' corporate Performance Management Framework.

2) Other options considered and rejected:

None

3) Conflicts of Interest:

3.1. Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision-Maker:

a) None

3.2. Conflicts of interest declared by other Executive members consulted:

a) None

4) Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee:

None

5) Any reasons for the matter being dealt with urgently:

None

6) Statement from the Decision Maker: