Issue - meetings

To consider the Chief Executive’s Corporate Performance Overview Report for quarter one (April to June) of the 2010/11 financial year.

In view of the size of the agenda, the Chairman has asked that any questions arising from the report should be referred to the Assistant Chief Executive in advance and only raised in the meeting if you consider the issue requires wider discussion.

The Commission received and noted the Chief Executive’s Corporate Performance Overview Report (CPOR) for the first quarter, April to June 2010/11.

Arising from questions –

• The increase in placements for Looked After Children resulted in a projected overspend.  The increase reflected the national trend and increased sensitivity to these issues following the Laming Report and the Baby Peter case which may have made professionals more cautious.  This topic was investigated by the Working Group on Safeguarding Children and the Commission noted that Bracknell Forest research and a review of cases by the Government Office for the South East concluded that the cases were properly justified.  Councillor Worrall referred to a programme on this evening’s South Today television programme on this subject.

• Councillor Harrison referred to the shortfall in income at Downshire Golf Course and questioned whether that land could be built upon.  It was suggested that he could raise that point at Monday’s meeting of the Commission to consider the call-in.

• For LAA indicator 177, bus passenger journeys, information on progress against the target was awaited.