Issue - meetings

The Director of Customer and Community Services submitted an exception report on performance indicators relating to Community Scrutiny Committee for the period February to March 2011.

The Performance Officer provided updates on indicators grouped by corporate priority.  Councillor N Symonds complimented the work of revenues and benefits and requested that the Head of Revenues and Benefits and staff be thanked for their excellent service.

The Chairman referred to the decline in usage of swimming for those 60 years and over and queried whether this was a result of the withdrawal of the subsidy.  He asked Officers to seek further information from SLM as to whether those swimmers had been lost completely or were just not visiting as frequently.  Officers undertook to ask SLM to include a discussion on this issue at their annual visit to this committee.

The Committee noted the report and asked Officers to request SLM to consider the issue of swimming within their Annual Report, specifically whether those swimmers (i.e. the over 60s) had been lost or were just not visiting as frequently.

RESOLVED – that (A) the report be noted; and

(B)   SLM be requested to consider the issue of swimming in their Annual Report in terms of those swimmers lost, i.e. the over 60s, or whether they were just not visiting as frequently.