To report

i                 the Council’s performance for the first eight months of 2007-08 against the Annual Operating Plan 2007-08 and national performance indicators used externally to measure the performance of the Council;

ii               partnership performance for the first six months in delivering the Local Public Service Agreement, Local Area Agreement and Herefordshire Community Strategy; and

iii              

performance against revenue and capital budgets and corporate risks, and remedial action to address areas of under-performance.

THAT   

(a)          performance to the end of November 2007, and the adequacy of the proposed remedial actions to address areas of under-performance, be considered; and

(b)           

Cabinet recommend that the Herefordshire Partnership Performance Management Group address under performance on indicators that are led by partner organisation

The Council’s current Corporate Plan sets out the Council’s objectives, priorities and targets for the three years 2007-10.  The Annual Operating Plan (AOP) is the detailed action plan for the first of these years, 2007-08; it includes all the indicators in the Local Public Service Agreement (LPSA), the Local Area Agreement (LAA) and the Herefordshire Community Strategy (HCS), as well as the Council’s own indicators.

None.