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2009/10 Performance and Financial Review

Presentation by: Jim Wilkie Council Excellence O & S Committee Cabinet – 8th July 2010

Key Achievements

• Almost £1.5 million secured for new, affordable rented homes
• Bristol-Myers Squibb is investing £3.5million pounds which will

support approximately 100 existing jobs

• Tulip Ltd has announced the creation of 270 new jobs at its

production facility in Wirral

• Crime is falling more rapidly in Wirral than in other parts of the

region and the borough has the lowest rate of recorded crime in Merseyside

• Wirral became the first borough in the North West to achieve

National Healthy School Status (NHSS) for every school

• Life expectancy is improving across the borough

To create more jobs, achieve a prosperous economy and regenerate Wirral

What worked well

• 738 jobs created and 545 jobs safeguarded during 2009/10
• 252 businesses supported through the council’s business

start programme continue to operate 12 months after commencement

• Wirral Council has committed funding for over 200 subsidised

apprenticeship places with local businesses via its highly successful programme The Wirral Apprentice

• Plans for economic regeneration are moving forward, e.g.

2nd phase of ‘Brand New Brighton’

To create more jobs, achieve a prosperous economy

and regenerate Wirral

Key Performance issues

• Recession is impacting on performance of economic indicators

Key risks

• The economic environment remains the biggest risk, impacting
• n levels of employment, the creation of new businesses, the

viability of existing businesses and the delivery of new commercial developments.

Create a clean, pleasant, safe and sustainable environment

What worked well

• ‘CRed Wirral’ launched in Dec 2009 to help people cut pollution

from energy use at home, work and through travel. The initiative will contribute to the Council’s target to reduce carbon emissions 60% by 2025

• Road safety partners in Wirral have made significant progress in

reducing the number of traffic casualties in the borough across all ages, particularly children

• A successful bid under the Governments Local Authority New

Build Programme which will see 23 units of affordable homes delivered

• Homelessness has reduced by a further 74% in 2009/10

Create a clean, pleasant, safe and sustainable environment

• Crime is falling more rapidly in Wirral than in other parts of

the region and the borough has the lowest rate of recorded crime in Merseyside

• 14125 anti-social behaviour incidents have been reported

during 2009/10. This is lower than the target set and an improvement on performance at the same stage as last year

• All indicators measuring youth alcohol referrals exceeded

annual targets

Create a clean, pleasant, safe and sustainable environment

Key Performance issues

• Net additional homes provided is below target
• Levels of detritus not achieving targets.
• Vulnerable households assisted under Warm Front is below target
• Planning to adapt to climate change has not met the target set

Key risks

• Whilst the economic position also poses a threat to our target for

new homes, the Council and its partners have continued to experience success in accessing various funding streams to assist with both market recover and new building

• Severe adverse weather in January and February presented

significant challenges to highway network

To improve health and wellbeing for all, ensuring people who require support are full participants in mainstream society

What worked well

• Mortality rate from circulatory diseases continues to improve
• Alcohol related hospital admissions and smoking quitters is ahead
• f target
• Delayed transfers of care continues to exceed quarterly target
• A new multi-agency team has been established to support young

people with complex special needs as they make the transition to adolescence

• Adult Social Services development of ‘Personal Budgets’ is helping

to ensure that support is more personalised and people have more choice and control over where and how they live their lives

To improve health and wellbeing for all, ensuring people who require support are full participants in mainstream society

Key Performance Issues

• Repeat incidents of domestic violence
• Social care clients receiving Self Directed Support
• Completed self assessments
• Adults safeguarding and dignity (red flag)

– Progress made since red flag in November which has been reflected in the revised red flag narrative

To improve health and wellbeing for all, ensuring people who require support are full participants in mainstream society

Key risks

• The challenge presented by increasing numbers of young

people with complex needs as they reach maturity remains

• significant. The Transitions Team in the Department of Adult

Social Services is now in place and detailed procedures covering the operation of a transition protocol are being developed.

• The work led by Adult Social Services on the transformation

agenda remains critical in helping to deliver improvements and this programme is being monitored as part of the Council Strategic Change Programme.

To help children and young people achieve their full potential

What worked well

• Wirral has seen a reduction in teenage conceptions in Wirral
• Wirral became the first borough in the North West to achieve

National Healthy School Status for every school

• The local roll out of a ground-breaking scheme to give low income

families a free computer and free internet access

• Targets achieved for placements of looked after children and

looked after children for adoption

• Schools providing access to extended services
• Secondary school persistent absence rate has performed better

than the target set

To help children and young people achieve their full potential

Key Performance Issues

• Reduction in number of schools where fewer than 30% of

pupils achieve 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE and equivalent

• Number of schools judged as requiring special measures
• Achievement gap between pupils eligible for free school

meals and their peers achieving the expected level at key stage 2

• Special Educational Needs (SEN)/non-SEN gap achieve 5 A*-C

GCSE in English and Maths

• 16 to 18 year olds who are not in education, employment or

training

To help children and young people achieve their full potential

Key risks

• The reduction in economic activity continues to impact on the

number of job opportunities for younger people.

• In terms of safeguarding children, an increase in the number
• f referrals has affected the time taken to undertake
• assessments. However the additional resources previously

allocated by the Council have started to reduce the backlog.

To create an excellent council

What worked well

• Balanced budget set for 2009/10
• Successfully retained Investor In People status (IiP)
• Wirral has achieved level 3 of the Equality Standards for

Local Government

• Council tax collections are being maintained
• Sickness absence is reducing

To create an excellent council

Key risks

• Delivery of the Strategic Change Programme is critical to

Council ambitions

• Economic downturn continues to impact upon demands for

services including Housing Benefit, and the position continues to be regularly monitored

Sickness absence

The number of days/shifts lost due to sickness absence 8.85 days/shifts lost due to sickness absence is provisional data

The number of working days/shifts lost due to sickness absence (provisional data)

8.85 10.1

8 8.5 9 9.5 10 10.5

Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4

• No. of days

2008/09 2009/10 Target

Overall Performance Summary

Performance Indicators On Target summary

Green/Over performing (74) 73% Amber (10) 10% Red (17) 17%

Projects within the Corporate Plan

Green (87) 81% Amber (21) 19% Withdrawn (1) 1%

Overall performance summary for Council Excellence Overview & scrutiny Committee

Projects relating to Council Excellence O & S

Red ( 3) 6% Green / Complet ed ( 38) 74% Amber ( 10) 20%

Performance Indicators On Target Summary

Red (3 ) 11% Green/ Over Performing (2 2 ) 8 2 % Amber (2 ) 7%

Financial Headlines

• Budget 2009/10 assumed year-end balance of £6 million
• One-off VAT reimbursements 2009/10 of £3.1 million
• Increased investment into services
• Budget 2010/11 expected balance of £10.7 million at March

2010

• Overspends of £2.4 million would reduce balance to £8.3 million
• Capital programme spend of £96 million in 2009/10
• Includes £70 million of external grant funding
• Working on year-end accounts – report to June Cabinet

Revenue Budget 2009/10

Department Original Forecast Over/under £ million £ million £ million Adults 86.1 88.2 +2.5 Children’s 77.9 78.2 Nil Corporate 5.6 5.9 Nil Finance 28.8 20.1

• 1.0

Law, HR & AM 2.5 8.2 Nil Regeneration 46.5 48.3 +0.1 Technical 41.9 43.8 +0.8 Note : The Forecast includes a re-allocation of the Original Budget and projected over / under spends.

Revenue Budget 2009/10

Description £m £m Originally Projected Balance at 31 March 2010 6.0 Approved spend – libraries 0.8 Approved spend – C/Tax scheme / CAT 0.8 Approved spend – roads, rate relief 0.5

• 2.1

Approved reduction – energy contract savings 0.8 Approved reduction – pay inflation 1.5 +2.3 One off - VAT reimbursements 3.1 One off - release of reserves 1.6 One off – adjustment for 2008/09

• 0.2

+4.5 Not approved - Potential overspends

• 2.4

Projected Balance at 31 March 2010 8.3

Capital Programme 2009/10

Service Original Forecast £ million £ million Adults 0.1 3.5 Children’s 39.9 48.6 Corporate 2.9 3.2 Finance 2.4 Law, HR & AM 8.2 1.7 Regeneration 17.1 23.8 Technical 11.9 13.2 Total 80.1 96.4

Capital Programme 2009/10

• Increase in programme reflects Government grant increases

for schools (Woodchurch), New Brighton and cessation of Neighbourhood Centre investment

• Extra care housing facility in Bromborough and in Wallasey

progressing and will provide 119 extra units of accommodation for people over 55 years old

• Woodchurch School - £19 million spend in year and on target
• Park Primary School commenced in year
• Support for businesses through Think Big Fund
• Oval Sports Centre successfully re-opened
• New Brighton Phase 2 commenced - grant of £3.9 million
• Bidston Moss viaduct progressing (£80 million scheme)
• West Kirby Marine Lake successfully completed