Issue - meetings

(a)       That the reports be noted; and

(b)       That the comments of the Committee be forwarded to the Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee, who are responsible for the overview and monitoring of performance.

The Chief Officer (Education and Youth) introduced a report on the 2014/15 Improvement Plan Monitoring Report relevant to the Committee.  The report covered the period July – September 2014. 

The Chief Officer (Education and Youth) advised that the following Improvement Plan sub-priority reports were attached to the report for the Committee’s consideration:

·         Modernised and High Performance Education

·         Apprenticeships and Training

The Chairman invited members to raise questions.

Mr. David Hytch queried the Red, Amber and Green (RAG) risk status for raising standards through effective use of new technologies on page 107 and asked why this was Green as work was in progress with the last school not being provisioned until a forecasted date of March 2015.  He also queried the RAG outcome for ensuring best quality educational support during implementation of the national model for Regional working on page 108.  He asked why the outcome was Green when only 20 schools had responded. 

Referring to page 118, Mr. Hytch commented on the 10% reduction in the repair and maintenance budget for school buildings and drew attention to the outcome identified in the risk trend column which he said conflicted with the information provided on page 76 of the mid-year Chief Officer report. 

The Chief Officer responded to the comments and concerns raised and referred to the positive evaluation which had been made by the Welsh Government Programme LIDW team on the progress achieved in Flintshire.   

RESOLVED:

 (a)      That the reports be noted; and

(b)       That the comments of the Committee be forwarded to the Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee, who are responsible for the overview and monitoring of performance.