That the progress achieved during Q4 of 2019/20 be noted and the contents of the report be endorsed.

Councillor Cutler introduced the report and stated that its contents had been considered by a meeting of the Performance Panel on 14 June 2021 and also informally at a pre-meeting of Scrutiny Committee.  He noted that the notes of the Performance Panel had inadvertently been omitted from the Cabinet agenda pack (although they had been included with the papers for Scrutiny Committee on 19 July 2021) and requested that this be rectified.

At the invitation of the Leader, Councillor Horrill addressed Cabinet as summarised briefly below.

Emphasised the questions raised by the Performance Panel for further consideration by the Scrutiny Committee which had not yet taken place.  She believed that it was important the Committee be given this opportunity at a future date.

Cabinet agreed the following for the reasons set out above and outlined in the report.

RESOLVED:

That the progress achieved during Q4 of 2019/20 be noted and the contents of the report be endorsed.