To report performance for the whole of the operating year 2007-08 against the Annual Operating Plan 2007-08, Best Value Performance Indicators, and the Direction of Travel indicators used previously by the Audit Commission.

THAT

(i)                 performance in 2007-08 be noted; and

(ii)               Directors ensure that the issues are addressed within their respective areas, including the updating of service improvement plans.

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.