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9.1

The Committee considered a report of the
Director of Finance and Commercial Services which presented the
first Outcomes Framework report to committee for the 2025/26
financial year, including current, historic and comparator data for
the Council Plan Outcome measures.

9.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the
Finance and Performance Policy Committee:-

(a) 
Notes the Council Plan Outcomes Framework Q1 Report that evidences
our improvements and shows distance travelled against each Council
Plan priority;

(b) 
Agrees to continue to receive quarterly reports that provide an
overview of performance against the Outcome measures, describing
performance strengths, challenges, interventions taken, and the
results of changes made; and

(c) 
Agrees to include the proposed additional Outcomes Framework
measures through 2025/26.

9.3

Reasons for
Decision

9.3.1

The Outcomes Framework underpins how we
measure progress and monitor impact of the Council Plan. It is
aligned to our four-year Medium Term Financial Strategy and the
outcomes will increasingly become the focus for our budget,
Directorate and Service Plans.

9.3.2

Council Plan Outcomes Framework performance
provides measurable evidence of distance travelled against the
Council Plan as part of a systematic process of robust corporate
performance reporting.

9.3.3

To ensure that Finance & Performance
Policy Committee contributes to the performance management process
and drives improvement across the organisation.

9.4

Alternatives
Considered and Rejected

9.4.1

Previous decisions made require officers to
proceed with implementing the full performance framework to
underpin how we measure progress and monitor impact of the Council
Plan. It is aligned to our four-year Medium Term Financial Strategy
and the outcomes will increasingly become enabling elements for our
priority-based budget, Directorate and Service plans going forwards
and set a key deliverable for the Council.

9.4.2

Beyond some nuance of how we implement some
details of the framework, the measures, performance system and
reporting cycles are agreed, removing the alternative options
available for implementation of the framework.