Agenda item

RESOLVED: that

1.         the mid-year assessment of the Council’s performance as set out in this report and Appendix A, including the delivery of key commitments and priorities at the end of Quarter 2 of 2023/24, and the actions being taken to ensure the effective delivery of the Corporate Plan 2023-26 be noted.

2.         the response to any recommendations made by the Policy Review and Performance Scrutiny Committee (PRAP) (Appendix C) in relation to the draft Mid-Year Assessment be considered and agreed.

3.         authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation & Performance to make any consequential amendments to the draft Mid-Year Assessment required to reflect the response to PRAP Scrutiny Committee recommendations (agreed under recommendation 2).

It was noted that a scrutiny letter from the Policy Review and Performance Scrutiny Committee was circulated.  The Leader noted that the two recommendations made had been fully accepted.  In addition, the Council’s Performance Panel also discussed the report, and made 11 recommendations of which 10 were fully accepted and 1 partially accepted.

The report draws upon a number sources of performance information to assess progress against the Well-being Objectives.  The report highlights areas of success such as Cardiff becoming the first British city to be awarded Child Friendly City status, good progress towards delivery the Children’s Services Strategy, sustained support for residents during the cost-of-living crisis, progress towards the delivery of 1000 new homes, a greater level of integration with the NHS to get people out of hospital quicker, support for refugee and asylum seekers, good progress towards improving public and green spaces, progress on the roll-out of universal free school meals.

However, areas of strategic challenge were noted such as; sustained increase in the scale and complexity of demand across Council services – this includes children’s’ services,  education, adult social care sector and extraordinary pressures on the housing system.  Other areas of challenge are the Council’s ability to continue to ensure financial resilience, workforce pressures and the ability to respond to new and emerging risks. 

RESOLVED: that

1.         the mid-year assessment of the Council’s performance as set out in this report and Appendix A, including the delivery of key commitments and priorities at the end of Quarter 2 of 2023/24, and the actions being taken to ensure the effective delivery of the Corporate Plan 2023-26 be noted.

2.         the response to any recommendations made by the Policy Review and Performance Scrutiny Committee (PRAP) (Appendix C) in relation to the draft Mid-Year Assessment be considered and agreed.

3.         authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation & Performance to make any consequential amendments to the draft Mid-Year Assessment required to reflect the response to PRAP Scrutiny Committee recommendations (agreed under recommendation 2).