Decision details

The purpose of this report is to set out principals for how Huntingdonshire District Council will manage, report and scrutinise performance through the proposed Performance Management Framework 2023.

The Cabinet received a report (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) that provided an updated version of the Performance Management Framework that had been approved in 2017. The main points of the discussions on the report may be summarised as follows:

The Cabinet:

v  Noted that the framework is important because it sets out the principals of how Huntingdonshire District Council will manage, report, and scrutinise performance.

v  Noted that this refresh of the Councils Performance Management Framework is needed following the adoption of a new Corporate Plan that has set out a fresh approach to monitoring, managing, and reporting the Councils performance, with greater focus on the delivery on outcomes.

v  Agreed that there is a clear and understandable expectation that the Council is accountable for and transparent about the services and outcomes are delivered to local residents and service users. It is the Councils responsibility to manage performance of its services in a way that is open, accessible, suitable, complies with statutory duties and appropriate to local needs.

v  Noted that the Framework also references recent changes to how Government will monitor performance and will help prepare for expected amendments to statutory guidance on the Best Value Duty, as set out in a recent consultation.

v  Agreed that Performance management also informs how we can be as efficient and effective as possible while delivering good quality, high value for money services.

As a result of discussions on the report the Chair moved and it was

RESOLVED

(a)  that the revised Performance Management Framework be approved; and

(b)  that the Chief Executive be authorised to set out a timetable for corporate or finance peer challenges and make arrangements for these to take place.

As outlined in the report.

As outlined in the report.

As outlined in the report.