Issue - meetings

David Ayton-Hill presented a power point presentation and informed the committee on the following points:

• The Communities OSC had 11 KBM (key business measures), two could not be reported on as they were annual updates.
• Out of the nine reported 5 were on track
• KSIs (killed or seriously injured) were lowed then predicted for the second year running
• Recorded crime reduced because of the pandemic, it was expected to rise when restrictions ease
• There were more new businesses then expected because of the economic work done
• Unemployment was higher than pre-pandemic (7.8% instead of 3.3%)
• There was a significant overspend on the forecast budget because of Covid-19. There would e an underspend otherwise
• All this information was accessible from Power-BI

In response to Councillor Sinclair, David Ayton-Hill stated that they were still seeing was post-pandemic looked like but with the new performance indicator framework they were starting to see new trends now.

Resolved

That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee: (i) Considers and comments on the progress of the delivery of the Council Plan 2020 - 2025 for the period as contained in the report.