Issue - meetings

The Chief Executive and Director of Customer and Community Services submitted a report on the performance of key indications relating to Community Scrutiny Committee for the period January to March 2013 and the performance outturns for 2012/13.

The Chief Executive apologised to Members for the missing data on page 85 in respect of East Herts Performance Indicator (EHPI) 181 – time taken to process Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit new claims and change events.  This was due to a data quality issue that had been picked up late in the 2012/13 civic year, which showed a mis-match in reporting periods.  This had now been corrected.

In response to a query from Councillor M Wood in respect of EHPI 64, in respect of the 10 dwellings that had been brought back into use where 3 had been empty for more than 10 years, the Chief Executive undertook to provide a written response after the meeting in terms of whether these dwellings were privately owned or were owned by a Housing Association.

In respect of EHPI 154, Councillor R Beeching commended the estimated net additional provision of 440 homes in East Herts in 2013/14.  The Committee received the report.

RESOLVED – that the performance in respect of key indicators relevant to Community Scrutiny Committee for the period January to March 2013 be received; and

(B)       performance outturns for 2012/13, as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘C’ of the report now submitted, be received.