Agenda item

The minutes of the meeting held on 28 September 2015 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Matters Arising

The Head of Planning and Performance referred to the matters arising from the previous meeting and in particular, paragraph 1 and the point raised by Councillor L Armstrong, regarding child poverty statistics. It was noted that this information had now been provided.

Moving on to paragraph 3 it was reported that Councillor Shield had now met with the Corporate Improvement and Scrutiny Manager regarding the presentation of graphs. Councillor Shield added that he was not satisfied with the response however would accept that he would agree to differ.

The Head of Planning and Performance referred to Item 7, relating to Quarter 1 Performance and in particular paragraph 1, of page 6. She advised that Councillor Martin had now spoken to the Revenues and Benefits Manager and the query on Discretionary Housing Payment figures had been resolved.

In addition issues raised by Councillor Wilkes and J Hillary in paragraphs 3 and 4 of page 6, had been addressed and would be discussed under Item 6 of the agenda. In addition the Head of ICT Services was in attendance to answer any ICT related issues.

With regard to Item 8, paragraphs 4 and 5 of page 7, it was reported that the Finance Manager had now provided detail to Councillor Wilkes regarding the re-profiling of capital budgets. In addition details regarding ICT overspends had now been provided to Councillor Hillary.