Decision details

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

1.     Approved the Q2 2025-2026 dashboard; and

2.     Considered any matters arising from the Overview and Scrutiny Panels.

KEY DECISION:

Yes

PORTFOLIO:

Leader / all

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED/REJECTED:

As set out in the report.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST:

None

DISCUSSION:

The Leader presented the report and reminded Cabinet that the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) were an important tool for ensuring the delivery of the Council’s Corporate Plan commitments. It was explained that the Quarter 2 report had been  considered by each of the Council’s Scrutiny Panels. Commentary and monitoring of the KPIs that were below target was important, and the Council would keep these measures under review. 

The Performance and Insight Manager explained that there were 30 KPIs in the dashboards. He highlighted that the KPIs had undergone extensive discussion by the Scrutiny Panels.

A non-executive member acknowledged the positive data within the dashboards and appreciated that there were many measures that would not be fully understood until the end of the year. He raised concerns over the issue of fly-tipping and it was discussed how work was ongoing with partners and that although the issue affected many residents across the Forest, that NFDC did not have a remit in many of the incidents. 

A query was raised on the performance of the number of households in external emergency accommodation. The Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness explained that positive progress had been made over the past two months as a significant number of new social rent dwellings had been created and that many households had been moved from temporary accommodation into the new social rent dwellings in New Milton and Hythe. This in turn had freed up temporary accommodation which enabled the Council to move some households out of emergency to temporary accommodation. Therefore, the Portfolio Holder reported that the numbers of households in external emergency accommodation had declined dramatically.