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Performance Update

Decision:

RESOLVED: To consider the performance indicators presented in Appendix 1, the Risk Management Scorecard in Appendix 2, and the current capital monitoring update in Appendix 3.

Minutes:

6.1  The Corporate Head of Audit, Anti-Fraud and Risk Management confirmed that the update on the full corporate register would be presented at the next meeting of the Audit Committee, but highlighted the risks that are new to the register or have escalated in their score:

 

New to the register

 

·  Falling schools rolls; the biggest impact being that the funding model means that if a school is unable to fill places its financial viability can be questioned.

·  Escalating cost of residential care, with specific reference to  looked after children; the risk is related to financial cost and the impact in the number of places the Council can afford.

·  Power outage; added to the register in January and reflected the concerns about the nationwide storage of natural gas and the possible consequences of power cuts.

 

Escalating risks

 

·  Temporary accommodation; there are increasing pressures on both demand and supply and there is also higher competition for accommodation space.

·  Climate change; despite the good work the Council is undertaking, the Climate Action Plan remains at the consultation stage, and whilst that is the case assurance cannot be provided that we will do all that has previously been agreed.

 

6.2  Members of the committee asked questions on what more can be done to mitigate the risks associated with Temporary Accommodation; the impact of the increasing cost of residential care; when the work related to climate change would be agreed; the accuracy of the figures related to domestic waste; staff sickness; and complaints.

 

6.3  In response the Group Director Finance and Corporate Resources, the Group Director of Climate, Homes and Economy, the Corporate Head of Audit, Anti-Fraud and Risk Management, and the Head of Business Intelligence, Elections and Member Services highlighted that;

 

·  In relation to Temporary Accommodation Hackney is already doing all that it can, but we are now having to place people outside of Hackney, and outside of London, and there is no one action that can alleviate the increased demand.

·  There had been a recent Council wide communication from the Head of Benefits and Housing Needs that laid out the cross-Council work that is underway.

·  The impact of the cost of care increasing raises questions as to whether we can provide the same number of places in the future, or whether we exceed the allocated budget.  A more complete answer will be available at the next Audit Committee meeting.

·  The Climate Action Plan is due to be taken to Cabinet in May, followed by submission to Full Council.  There will also be an implementation plan coving the next three years.

·  Decreases in the tonnage of domestic waste being recycled are also being seen in other local authorities, and partly reflects the overall reduction of packaging.  Residents are still recycling the same percentage, but the tonnage has decreased.

·  Waste collected from public bins represent a very small percentage of waste collected by the Council, and skips, and associated waste, are not Council responsibilities.

·  Work is underway focusing on long-term sickness, which is the biggest single contributor to staff sickness levels, but not all cases are simple and it is important to act in the best interest of individual staff members.

·  There has been an increase in complaints received, in line with other local authorities, though Hackney is seeing fewer escalating to the next stage as they are resolved earlier. 

 

ACTION:  4. The Head of Business Intelligence, Elections and Member Services to provide additional information related to domestic waste recycling figures to be shared with Cllr Troughton.

  5. The Head of Business Intelligence, Elections and Member Services to include waste tonnage collected in performance figures.

 

RESOLVED: That the committee consider the performance indicators presented in Appendix 1, the Risk Management Scorecard in Appendix 2, and the current capital monitoring update in Appendix 3.

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