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To receive and consider a report from the Director of Law and Governance outlining details of a call-in received on the Cabinet  Decision taken on Quarterly Corporate Performance Report (Report No. 141)

The decision that has been called in was a Cabinet Decision taken on 16 October 2019 and included on the Publication of Decision List No: 34/19-20 (List Ref: 1/34/19-20) issued on 18 October 2019.

It is proposed that consideration of the call-in be structured as follows:

· Brief outline of the reasons for the call-in by representative (s) of the members who   have called in the decision

· Response to the reasons provided for the Call-in by a Cabinet Member responsible for taking the decision

· Debate by Overview and Scrutiny Committee and agreement of action to be taken

The Committee received a report from the Director of Law and Governance outlining details of a call-in received on the Cabinet decision taken on-

Quarterly Corporate Performance Report (Report No:141)

Councillor Erbil reminded everyone of the Purdah guidance and that discussion on the call-in should not be a political debate. An argument would need to be made to persuade members to revert the Cabinet decision back for their reconsideration, or the decision should stand.

Cllr Erbil advised that the committee will deal with all reasons, responses and comments other than the environment item. She will then leave the room and the environment section will be discussed.

Cllr Anderson was invited to outline the reasons for calling in the report other than the section on Waste, Recycling and cleanliness.

Cllr Anderson thanked officers for the initial response that had been provided and highlighted the following:

·         He does not feel that the response has provided assurance or addressed all his points.

·         He did not agree with the comments on the Community Safety section that the authority has limited or no influence in these areas. He stated that there is a Cabinet Member with responsibility for this area; a Community Safety team at the council and the Crime Scrutiny Panel so there is clearly a role as an authority and a responsibility to hold people accountable. He highlighted concerns over massive deterioration in Community Safety section

·         He drew attention the lack of consistent colour codes and Q1 targets throughout the report.

·         The report was not clear for the layperson and you would need to go back to the previous reports to work out trends over time, without targets you cannot determine value.

·         Temporary accommodation as an example he reiterated that the deteriorating figure should be colour coded red instead of not colour coded at all. Recovery of Council properties is colour coded green but without a quarter 1 target this is not clear why.

·         The social care targets have no comparator, colour coding or narrative so it is not clear if the figures are good, bad or indifferent.

·         Public Health confusing to have two categories or pages 7 and 13, not clear why these have been split up. The DAAT has no values and the comments appear to be the same from previous report and do make sense. The obesity targets on page 13 have national and London figures but no figures for Enfield.

·         The Executive Summary states that Appendix 2 focuses on a selection of priority measures where performance is currently off target and or direction or travel is negative. It states that for each measure there is a action plan with delivery timeframes, however these plans are not shared so there is a lack of timeframes in evidence across the 4 areas identified

·         Cllr Anderson appreciates that this is an evolving process that is subject to change, but the report should show clearly how the council is doing.

·         Customer Experience is not meeting targets and felt that this should be escalated  ...  view the full minutes text for item 330

To receive and consider a report from the Director of Law and Governance outlining details of a call-in received on the Cabinet  Decision taken on Quarterly Corporate Performance Report (Report No. 141)

The decision that has been called in was a Cabinet Decision taken on 16 October 2019 and included on the Publication of Decision List No: 34/19-20 (List Ref: 1/34/19-20) issued on 18 October 2019.

It is proposed that consideration of the call-in be structured as follows:

· Brief outline of the reasons for the call-in by representative (s) of the members who   have called in the decision

· Response to the reasons provided for the Call-in by a Cabinet Member responsible for taking the decision

· Debate by Overview and Scrutiny Committee and agreement of action to be taken

NOTED that this item had been deferred to a meeting of OSC on Thursday 21 November 2019.