To receive a formal report on the receipt of the Corporate Assessment and Joint Area Review undertaken earlier this year and to consider the timetable for addressing the Improvement Plan.

THAT the receipt of the Corporate Assessment and the Joint Area Review be noted and the arrangements for improvement planning set out in the report be approved.

Although invitations were extended both to Cabinet and to Strategic Monitoring Committee and the opportunity was, therefore, given to attend the feedback sessions in relation to the Corporate Assessment and the Joint Area Review it is important that arrangements are made for those assessments to be formally received by Cabinet and that Cabinet has the opportunity to contribute to the development of the Improvement Plan process.

There are no realistic alternative options.