Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Chief Executive which presented an overview of progress towards delivering the key priorities within the Council Plan 2023-27 in line with the Council’s corporate performance framework. The report covered performance in and to the end of quarter three, 2023/24, October to December 2023 (for copy of report, see file of minutes).

Matthew Peart, Strategy Team Leader was in attendance to deliver the report and highlighted areas within the report.

Councillor Crute referred to weight problems that had become worse since COVID and asked that this be presented to the Children and Young People’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee. He referred to one in five children in primary school being overweight and one in three when leaving primary school were overweight. He stated that he would pick this up at the Children and Young People’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee and asked if there was any data to show what was happening.

The Strategy Team Leader responded that healthy weight was a complex issue and was not down to a single thing and was a progressive issue and was a whole life approach.

Councillor Crute stated that they needed to get this right in the early years.

Resolved: That the overall position and direction of travel in relation to quarter three performance, and the actions being taken to address areas of challenge be noted.