Issue - meetings

(i)       in relation to the Developing the Young Workforce projects (page 35 of the report), to note that the Council was a Young Person’s Guarantee employer and therefore signed up to the practices within that, but that the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development would review the projects to ensure that fair work was embedded;

(ii)       in relation to pages 59/60 of the report, to note that the Chief Officer – Data and Insights would review the commissioning intentions against Stretch Outcome 2 to ascertain if they were listed against the correct stretch outcome;

(iii)      in relation to page 68, to note that the Chief Officer – Education would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting in respect of the figures relating to day nursery places and childcare provision to provide context to the data included in this section;

(iv)      in relation to page 82 and the increase in household waste compared to the drop in recycling figures for the reporting period, to request that the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services provide information outwith the meeting to Members on any initiatives being undertaken to address this; and

(v)      to otherwise note the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Customer Services which presented the annual report which highlighted progress in respect of the Council Delivery Plan for the year 2021/22, which had been approved by the Council at its meeting on 10 March 2021.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee note the report and provide comments and observations

on the information contained in the report, set out at appendices A and B.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       in relation to the Developing the Young Workforce projects (page 35 of the report), to note that the Council was a Young Person’s Guarantee employer and therefore signed up to the practices within that, but that the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development would review the projects to ensure that fair work was embedded;

(ii)       in relation to pages 59/60 of the report, to note that the Chief Officer – Data and Insights would review the commissioning intentions against Stretch Outcome 2 to ascertain if they were listed against the correct stretch outcome;

(iii)      in relation to page 68, to note that the Chief Officer – Education would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting in respect of the figures relating to day nursery places and childcare provision to provide context to the data included in this section;

(iv)      in relation to page 82 and the increase in household waste compared to the drop in recycling figures for the reporting period, to request that the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services provide information outwith the meeting to Members on any initiatives being undertaken to address this; and

(v)      to otherwise note the report.