Issue - meetings

That the report be noted.

The Housing Regeneration & Strategy Manager introduced the report for the Committee to note and consider elements of the 2014/15 Improvement Plan Monitoring Report relevant to the Committee for the period April to July 2014.

He gave a short presentation on performance within each of the sub-priority areas, highlighting work which had been undertaken to improve performance and areas where improvement was needed, as outlined within each report.  It was noted that there were no areas with a red ‘RAG’ status within the report.

Councillor George Hardcastle asked about the impact of Welfare Reform on households to date, particularly those who had suffered debt problems.  The Housing Regeneration & Strategy Manager reported that the rollout of claims for Universal Credit accepted by Shotton Job Centre was being widened to include some other claimants.  A detailed update report on Welfare Reform was scheduled for consideration at the next meeting of Committee.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.