Agenda item

Report from the Executive Director of Corporate Services.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Note the overall position in relation to the Year Ahead Delivery Plan activities.

2.    Note the Quarter 2 data for the Council Plan performance measures.
 

3.    Note that a progress report covering the remainder of the year will be presented to Cabinet in July 2026.  

Consideration was given to the report which presented the first progress report on the Council Plan and Year Ahead Delivery Plan for 2025-26. Appendix 1 to the report set out the Council Plan Progress Report – Mid-Year Report for 2025/26 and Appendix 2 was a summary of this report.

The Year Ahead Delivery Plan milestone trackers (included in Appendix 1) outlined progress against the 89 actions within the Year Ahead Plan. As of 8 December 2025, the activities within the Year Ahead Delivery Plan were rated as follows:

·       24% (21) complete

·       49% (44) on track

·       18% (16) are delayed by less than 3 months

·       9% (8) will not be met within 3 months of original target date.

The Year Ahead Delivery Plan also included a performance tracker (included in Appendix 1) which provided an analysis of the Council’s performance against the 27 performance measures and 12 social care measures; each were given equal priority.

For the report covering Quarter 2, the status of the performance measures was as follows:

·       Performance was on or above target – 20 measures (74%)

·       Currently performance was not at expected levels. Confidence that the target would be achieved by year-end – 1 measure (4%)

·       Performance was not currently on target. High risk that year-end target would not be achieved – 5 measures (18%)

·       Target could not be assessed this quarter (i.e. Annual measure or awaiting publication of data) – 1 measure (4%)

·       Information measure targets not applicable (i.e. Volume / Demand measures where ‘good’ is neither high or low) – 0 measures (0%)

For the report covering Quarter 2, the status of the 12 social care measures was as follows:

·       Performance was on or above target – 5 measures (41%)

·       Currently performance was not at expected levels. Confidence that the target would be achieved by year-end – 0 measures (0%)

·       Performance was not currently on target. High risk that year-end target would not be achieved – 2 measures (17%)

·       Target cannot be assessed this quarter (i.e. Annual measure or awaiting publication of data) – 2 measures (17%)

·       Information measure targets not applicable (i.e. Volume / Demand measures where ‘good’ is neither high or low) – 3 measures (25%)

During the meeting, Cabinet Members highlighted achievements from their portfolio’s along with known delays and the reasons for those delays.

The report was considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board who advised that the recommendations be supported.

Resolved:

That Cabinet:

1.    Note the overall position in relation to the Year Ahead Delivery Plan activities.

2.    Note the Quarter 2 data for the Council Plan performance measures.

3.    Note that a progress report covering the remainder of the year will be presented to Cabinet in July 2026.