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Appendix 1 - Draft Corporate Delivery and Improvement Plan 2024-25

Perth and Kinross Council · 31 January 2024
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Appendix 1
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Draft Corporate Delivery and 
Improvement Plan 2024/25 
A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life
well, free from poverty and inequalities.

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Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Improvement activity: Tackling poverty ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
Improvement activity: Tackling climate change and supporting sustainable places .............................................................................................. 7
Improvement activity: Developing a resilient, stronger and greener local economy ............................................................................................ 11
Improvement activity: Enabling our children and young people to achieve their full potential ............................................................................. 15
Improvement activity: Protecting and caring for our most vulnerable people ...................................................................................................... 21
Improvement activity: Supporting and promoting physical and mental wellbeing ................................................................................................ 25
Improvement activity: Working in partnership with communities ......................................................................................................................... 27

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Introduction
Welcome to our draft Corporate Delivery and Improvement Plan
(CDIP) for 2024/25. 
This is a new element of the Council’s strategic planning and
performance framework. Introduced this year as part of new
performance reporting and strategic planning arrangements, it
complements the Annual Performance Report by setting out key
proposed improvement activity for the year ahead at an
organisational level. Together the CDIP and the APR demonstrate
how we are delivering on the commitments we set out in our
Corporate Plan to work towards our vision of:
a Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from
poverty and inequalities.
This draft Corporate Delivery and Improvement Plan sets out
proposed activities within the 2024/25 year of the Corporate Plan
cycle to work towards this vision. The proposed strategic
improvements included within this plan are for areas where
performance reporting shows more attention is needed, or where
new activities to support the delivery of our priorities have been
identified through customer feedback, self-evaluation,
benchmarking and other strategic reports.
Where our performance reporting shows that we are doing well and
that current approaches are achieving or exceeding targets we are
not proposing additional improvement activity. This work will
continue where it is necessary to maintain performance. As will the
large volumes of business-as-usual activity which ensure the
effective delivery of our statutory duties and local commitments. 
Similarly, previously identified supporting improvements and
transformation and change activities - such as consolidation work
and our new strategic operating model for the organisation - which
will help us deliver the Corporate Plan priorities, are not detailed
here. This work is ongoing, and progress will continue to be
monitored and reported through agreed Transformation and
Change governance arrangements.
We will continue to report back on ongoing and improvement
activity through the Annual Performance Report and have updated
the performance targets for 2023/24 and future years against each
of the performance indicators within our corporate plan.
Elected members will be invited to provide comment and feedback
on the areas of activity in this draft Corporate Delivery and
Improvement Plan through a range of opportunities during the
2024/25 budget setting cycle. Alongside this we will gather public
feedback through our annual budget priorities consultation. Once
the final budget for 2024/25 has been set in early 2024, an updated
Corporate Delivery and Improvement Plan based upon the agreed
and funded improvement areas will be reported back to Council for
final approval.
Councillor Grant Laing,  Thomas Glen,
Council Leader   Chief Executive

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Improvement activity: Tackling poverty 
Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements do
we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we
have been
successful?                     
Baseline Data Strategic
Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
Prevent and
mitigate the
impacts of poverty
for children living
in Perth and
Kinross 
A co-ordinated and
collaborative
approach with
partners and
communities to
mitigate the impact
of poverty.
During 2023/24 we are
developing an
overarching poverty
strategy for Perth and
Kinross. Key strategic
actions for 2024/25 to
prevent and mitigate the
impacts of poverty for
children living in Perth
and Kinross will be
established as part of
that strategy.
Performance
measures will
be agreed as
part of the
Poverty
Strategy.
To be agreed as
part of the Poverty
Strategy.
Strategic
Planning,
People &
Performance
March 2026 Poverty Strategy
(in development)
Local Child
Poverty Action
Report 2022/23
and Local Child
Poverty Action
Plan 2023/24
Ensuring that costs
of participation in
school activities
are minimised or
mitigated to reduce
the impact this has
on the outgoings of
Increasing uptake of
free school meals for
eligible children. 
A 5% increase
in uptake of
free school
meals
compared to
previous year. 
2022/23:
Primary: 65% 
Secondary: 43%           
Education &
Learning 
March 2025 Poverty Strategy
(in development)
Local Child
Poverty Action
Report 2022/23
and Local Child

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements do
we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we
have been
successful?                     
Baseline Data Strategic
Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
families in or at
risk of poverty.
Reduce the cost of the
school day. 
Increasing uptake of the
National Entitlement
Card for free bus travel
to reduce travel costs.
Schools will be
using the Cost
of the School
Day toolkit and
action plans
will be in place. 
A 5% increase
in uptake of the
National
Entitlement
Card amongst
under-22s.
Data from 2024/25
will be used to
establish a baseline
for this measure as
it is new. A Short
Life Working Group
has been
established to
facilitate rollout, and
to support schools
in creating and
delivering actions
plans. 
2022/23: 12,257
Under 22’s with a
National Entitlement
Card. 
Customer &
Digital
Services
Poverty Action
Plan 2023/24
Mitigate cost of
living pressures for
households
Reduce
dependency on
foodbanks. 
Develop cash first
partnerships with the
third sector in localities
to allow support to be
Foodbanks
reporting
Data from 2024/25
will be used to
establish a baseline
Strategic
Planning,
March 2026 Poverty Strategy
(in development)

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements do
we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we
have been
successful?                     
Baseline Data Strategic
Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
experiencing and at
risk of poverty
provided to those in
need in a way that is
easily accessible within
their local communities.
reduction in
demand. 
Number of
established
cash first
partnerships. 
for this measure as
it is new. 
Data from 2024/25
will be used to
establish a baseline
for this measure as
it is new.
People &
Performance

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Improvement activity: Tackling climate change and
supporting sustainable places 
Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful?                              
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
Supporting the
prioritisation of
sustainable,
cleaner, and
greener transport
Develop a
long-term
sustainable
strategy for
increasing and
maintaining the
electric vehicle
charging
network in
Perth and
Kinross.
During 2023/24 we are
developing an electric
vehicle strategy for Perth
and Kinross. Key
strategic actions for
2024/25 to develop the
electric vehicle charging
network in Perth and
Kinross will be
established as part of
that strategy.
Performance
measures will be
established as
part of the
electric vehicle
strategy.
To be agreed as part of
the EV Strategy.
Economy,
Development &
Planning
March 2025 
Ensure we
have a cleaner
and greener
Council fleet.
Develop an electric
vehicle transition plan for
moving council vehicles
from diesel/petrol to
electric or other zero
direct carbon fuel
technologies.
Increase in
number of council
vehicles with
electric or other
zero direct
carbon fuel
technologies. 
2020/21: 23         
2021/22: 23
2022/23: 17    
Environment &
Infrastructure
April 2024

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful?                              
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
Integrate
active travel
options into the
development
of large
infrastructure
schemes.
By delivering active
travel measures as part
of the Cross Tay Link
Road, including new and
improved paths,
controlled crossing
facilities, bus stop
provisions, a green
bridge and a park and
choose facility.
Monitoring usage
of active travel
measures
resulting in a
20% reduction of
vehicle
kilometres. 
2019 Transport
Scotland Active travel
measures:
Walking: 22%
Driving: 53%
Passenger: 13%
Cycling: 1%
Bus: 8% 
Taxi: 1%
Rail: 1%
Other: 1% 
Total number of vehicle
kilometres in P&K in
2019 was 12,547km
per person per year. 
Economy,
Development &
Planning
March 2025 Local
Development
Plan 2
Mobility
Strategy (in
development)
Perth
Transport
Futures
Improve the energy
efficiency of our
buildings, and
encourage our
partners and
private
householders to
consider
improvements
Improved
energy
efficiency and
reduction in
carbon
emissions in
the Council
estate.
During 2023/24 we are
developing a Local Heat
and Energy Efficiency
Strategy (LHEES). Key
strategic actions for
2024/25 to improve
energy efficiency and
reduce carbon
emissions in domestic
properties across Perth
Performance
measures to be
established in the
LHEES.
To be agreed as part of
LHEES.
Environment &
Infrastructure 
March 2025 Climate
Change
Strategy
LHEES (in
development)

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful?                              
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
and Kinross will be
established as part of
this strategy.
Key strategic actions for
2024/25 to be set as part
of the domestic/non-
domestic
decarbonisation plan
being developed in
2023/24. 
Property
Services
To conserve and
enhance the
biodiversity of our
natural
environment
Increase
provision of
biodiversity
sites.
Developing a long-term
plan for managed
grassland areas.
Delivery of UK Shared
Prosperity Fund funded
Biodiversity Towns and
Villages Project and the
Greening Industrial
Estates Project. 
Making provisions for
biodiversity within the
Cross Tay Link Road
Volume of uncut
areas are
increased.
Increase in
number of
biodiversity
interventions. 
Increases in
observed
biodiversity
TBC 
2022/23 – 64
biodiversity
interventions
completed (305 agreed
actions for the period of
2016-2026 in 2022/23
21% (64) of this was
completed).
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
Environment &
Infrastructure 
Economy,
Development &
Planning
March 2025 Climate
Change
Strategy
Tayside
Biodiversity
Action Plan

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful?                              
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
project, i.e., green bridge
and wetland area.
markers (insects,
animals, and
wildflowers).
measure as it is new.
(Measures have not yet
been implemented i.e.,
green bridge and
wetland area).
To adapt to and
mitigate the impact
of climate changes
on the way we
operate
Reduce carbon
emissions
caused by
traffic in Perth
city centre.
Delivery of Cross Tay
Link Road to divert traffic
away from the city
centre.
Preparing for phase 4 of
Perth Transport Futures
by scoping investment
activity in active
travel/public transport.
Air quality and
traffic modelling.
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new
(project is not yet
completed)
Economy,
Development &
Planning
March 2025 Local
Development
Plan 2
Perth
Transport
Futures
Air Quality
Action Plan

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Improvement activity: Developing a resilient, stronger
and greener local economy
Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful?                                       
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
Support and
promote business
growth and
investment
Unlock new
investment and
housing land to
support
business
growth.
Commence Perth West
Eco Innovation Park. 
Level of business
interest in Perth
West (by leasing
or buying land) 
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new.  
Economy,
Development &
Planning
March 2025 
Make Perth a
more
competitive
inward
investment
destination.
Developing and
improving the Invest in
Perth information and
advice website.
Working closely with
business gateway and
key businesses and key
sector representatives.
Increased levels
of interest and
awareness in
inward
investment
opportunities in
Perth 
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new
(New Business Enquiry
Management System
from 2024). 
Economy,
Development &
Planning
March 2025

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful?                                       
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
Increased
number of
businesses in
the creative
industry.
Renewed focus on the
Visitor, Cultural and
Creative Economy, as a
result of greater
collaboration through
the new strategic
operating model.
Demand for
business space
for creative
industries will
increase. 
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new
(New Cultural Database
in progress for 2024)
Economy,
Development &
Planning
March 2025 
Invest in
innovative green
power and smart
technology
solutions
Have a Smart
Energy
Programme
supported by
public and
private
investment.
Develop a pipeline of
smart energy projects. 
Develop a decision
toolkit to develop
business cases for
investment.
Increased
investment in
smart energy
projects (Number
of strategic cases
approved for
delivery which
include financial
investment). 
Increase in
number of
registered
businesses in
energy.
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new. 
2020/21: 140                
2021/22: 140               
2022/23: 145
Economy,
Development &
Planning
March 2025

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful?                                       
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
Promote what our
city and towns
have to offer to
businesses,
investors and
tourists
More people to
choose Perth
and Kinross as
a destination
for holidays
and day trips.
Increased promotion of
consumer and visitor
offer via Perth City and
Perth and Kinross
Towns website and
social media channels.
Deliver national and
international tourism
campaigns with
VisitScotland.
Attend or be
represented at national
and regional travel trade
events.
Increased
consumer and
visitor
expenditure,
dwell time and
overnight stays 
Direct tourism
expenditure 2022:
£463.48 million 
Average length of stay
(staying visitors) 
2022: 3.1 days 
Economic impact of
tourism 2022: £646.50
Economy,
Development &
Planning
March 2025 Culture
Strategy
2023-2028 
Support people
into work and
encourage
business to access
initiatives to create
new opportunities
Further
enhance our
employability
outreach
capacity,
supporting
individuals in
community
settings.
Review and increase
the number of
employability outreach
locations and frequency.
Increased
numbers of
individuals
supported in
targeted
locations and
overall increase
in number of 
Number of people
supported in outreach
locations: 
2022/23: 215 
Economy,
Development &
Planning
March 2025 Economic
Wellbeing
Plan 2020-
2028

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful?                                       
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
people
supported.
Remove
barriers to
employment
for parents.
Improving access and
availability of registered
quality childcare.                                           
Launch a pilot of
community
childminding.
Use the Parental
Employment Support
Fund to connect
childcare, employability,
and transport.
Increased
number of
registered
childcare
providers. 
Feedback from
pilot.
Increase in
priority groups
supported into
employment.
Work is underway to
develop meaningful
measures for this area
and will be baselined in
2024/25.
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new.
Parents provided with
employability support: 
2022/23: 57 
Parents supported into
employment: 
2022/23: 12 
Economy,
Development &
Planning 
Education &
Learning
March 2025 Local Child
Poverty
Action Report

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Improvement activity: Enabling our children and young
people to achieve their full potential
Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful? 
Baseline Data
Strategic
Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
Ensure inclusive
and quality
education for all
and promote
lifelong learning
Attainment at
key milestones
is raised for all
children and
young people.
Using health and
wellbeing census data to
inform school level
improvement plans.
Implementation of the
Literacy, Numeracy and
Learning and Teaching
Frameworks 2-18
through a programme of
professional learning.
PKC attainment
for each of the
indicators within
the Corporate
Plan will increase
to at least target
levels. 
% of children meeting
expected developmental
milestones when
entering primary school: 
2020/21: 82%                     
2021/22: 82%                     
2022/23: 81% 
% Primary School pupils
(P1, P4 & P7 combined)
achieving expected
levels in literacy and
numeracy (average): 
2020/21: 74%                     
2021/22: 78%                     
2022/23: 78%   
Proportion of school
leavers attaining 1 or
more passes at SCQF
Level 5: 
Education &
Learning
Feb 2026
(due to
timing of
publication
of data for
2024/25)
Raising
Attainment
Strategy 2020-
2023  
Education
Service
Improvement
Plan 2023-24

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful? 
Baseline Data
Strategic
Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
20/21: 89%                         
21/22: 89%                         
22/23: Feb 24 
Proportion of school
leavers attaining 1 or
more passes at SCQF
Level 6: 
20/21: 71%                         
21/22: 66%                         
22/23: Feb 24
Increase the
number of
young people
going into
positive
destinations
such as work
experience,
further
education,
volunteering
and
employment.
By placing an
Employability Youth
Worker in each locality
to liaise with schools.
Early intervention
approach in school and
delivery of employability
programmes.
Increase in
participation
measure of
school leavers
entering positive
destinations.
Proportion of 16–19-
year-olds participating in
learning training or work
(%): 
20/21: 94%                         
21/22: 94%                         
22/23: 95%
Education &
Learning
March 2025

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful? 
Baseline Data
Strategic
Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan 
A school
atmosphere
conducive to
learning and
personal
development,
where children
and young
people feel
safe, secure,
listened to and
have their
views taken
into account on
issues that
affect them.
Implementation of the
updated Anti-Bullying
Strategy. 
Key strategic actions for
2024/25 will be
established in the
updated Anti-Bullying
Strategy.
Schools will have
robust
procedures to
reduce bullying in
line with
improving
relationships.
Reported
incidences of
bullying in
schools. 
Increase in
wellbeing
measures
recorded at
school and Local
Authority level.
Next academic year will
see the launch and
implementation of the
Anti-Bullying Strategy
and Operational
Guidance with related
professional learning. 
Work is underway to
facilitate consistent
collation across all
schools to reflect the
impact of the Anti-
Bullying Strategy more
accurately.  Baseline to
be established 2024/25.
Local authority wide
measures are being
developed. Data from
2024/25 will be used to
establish a baseline for
this measure.
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Learning
March 2025

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful? 
Baseline Data
Strategic
Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
Reduce the
poverty-related
attainment gap
Improved
understanding
of causes of
attainment gap
so that
effective
interventions
can be
identified and
implemented.
Review and refresh the
PKC interventions toolkit
to address the needs of
key priority groups.
All schools will
plan, record and
track pupil
progress via the
Closing the Gap
tool. 
A reduction in the
poverty-related
attainment gap,
particularly for
those most
deprived and in
key priority
groups.
Percentage gap
between SIMD 1 and
SIMD 5 for school
leavers attaining 1 or
more passes at SCQF
Level 5:
20/21: 28% 
21/22: 24% 
22/23: Feb 24   
Percentage gap
between SIMD 1 and
SIMD 5 for school
leavers attaining 1 or
more passes at SCQF
Level 6:
20/21: 41% 
21/22: 35% 
22/23: Feb 24
Education &
Learning
February
2026 (due
to timing of
publication)
Raising
Attainment
Strategy 2020-
2023  
Ensure that Looked
After Children and
children with
additional support
needs achieve
comparable
outcomes
Improve
support to
children and
young people
with additional
support needs
Through the Additional
Support for Learning
Transformation
Programme.
Maintain or
reduce placement
within
independent
schools.
Total Tariff Points
for school leavers
Data for this measure is
currently being
gathered. Baseline to be
established 2024/25. 
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
Education &
Learning
March 2025 Raising
Attainment
Strategy 2020-
2023

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful? 
Baseline Data
Strategic
Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
to realise their
potential.
with additional
support needs,
including those
who are care
experienced.
Proportion of
school leavers
with additional
support needs,
including those
who are care
experienced, in
positive
destinations.
baseline for this
measure. 
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure. 
ASN
Transformation
Programme
Increase in
community
placements for
children and
young people
responding to
immediate
need.
Increase the recruitment
and range of community
placement providers.
Support more kinship
carers.
Reduction in use
of residential
placements.
Increase in
available
community
placement
providers.
Feedback from
children and
2020/21: 4% (12)
2021/22: 6% (18)
2022/23: 6% (15) 
This measure is being
developed. Data from
2024/25 will be used to
establish a baseline. 
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Families &
Justice
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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we make
these improvements?
How will we
know if we have
been
successful? 
Baseline Data
Strategic
Lead Target date Linked
strategy/plan
young people
placed with
community
providers or in
kinship care
placements.
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new.

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Improvement activity: Protecting and caring for our most
vulnerable people
Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements do
we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we know if
we have been
successful?                         
Baseline Data Strategic
Lead
Target
date Linked strategy/plan
Ensure we quickly
identify children,
young people and
adults at risk of
harm and abuse
and take the
necessary actions
to keep them safe
Take a trauma-
informed approach
to interviewing
children for evidence
to inform ongoing
care and protection
planning.
Implement the
Scottish Child
Interview Model.
Number of interviews
which have been carried
out using the Scottish
Child Interview Model. 
Quality of evidence
gathered and suitability
for use in ongoing care
and protection planning.
Data from 2024/25
will be used to
establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is
new.
Data from 2024/25
will be used to
establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is
new.
Children,
Families &
Justice
March
2025 
Ensure that people
get the right care,
accommodation
and support where
Enhance our
housing support offer
by implementing an
Intensive Housing
Support Service for
Commission a
third sector
provider to
deliver intensive
housing support.
Repeat homelessness
presentations will be
minimised and tenancy
sustainment for
previously homeless 
2019/20: 25
2020/21: 30
2021/22: 15     
2022/23: 5    
Housing &
Communities
March
2025
Local Housing
Strategy 2022-2027

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements do
we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we know if
we have been
successful?                         
Baseline Data Strategic
Lead
Target
date Linked strategy/plan
and when they
need it
people with complex
needs.
people with complex
needs will increase.
Feedback from people
with complex needs will
be positive with better
outcomes being
reached. 
Data from 2024/25
will be used to
establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is
new.
Rapid Rehousing
Transition Plan (Home
First) 2019-2024 
Maintain sibling
relationships for care
experienced children
to deliver on the
principles of The
Promise.
Ensure children
and young
people are
listened to and
helped to have a
say through
Family Group
Decision-Making
and access to
Independent
Advocacy.
Create Lifelong
Links plans for
every care
experienced
child,
incorporating
Feedback from care
experienced young
people.
Data from 2024/25
will be used to
establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is
new. 
Children,
Families &
Justice
March
2025
Perth and Kinross
Corporate Parenting
Plan 2021-2024

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements do
we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we know if
we have been
successful?                         
Baseline Data Strategic
Lead
Target
date Linked strategy/plan
links with
brothers and
sisters, where
relevant and
where the young
person wishes
this.
Prepare for the
establishment of
the National Care
Service and
continue to strive
for excellent health
and social care
outcomes for the
people of Perth
and Kinross
In June 2023, the
Scottish Parliament
extended the
deadline for the
completion of Stage
1 of the National
Care Service
(Scotland) Bill to
January 2024. It was
then announced in
July 2023 that
accountability for the
National Care
Service would be
shared between the
Scottish
Government, NHS
and local authorities.
As part of this the
latter will continue to
We will continue
to monitor
national
developments
and consider
activity as
required.

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements do
we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we know if
we have been
successful?                         
Baseline Data Strategic
Lead
Target
date Linked strategy/plan
employ staff and be
responsible for
assets such as
buildings.

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Improvement activity: Supporting and promoting
physical and mental wellbeing
Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we
know if we
have been
successful?                                            
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target
date
Linked
strategy/plan
Improve health
and wellbeing in
Perth and
Kinross by
increasing overall
participation in
sport and
physical activity
and promoting
the wellbeing
benefits of time
spent in our
natural
surroundings
Increase uptake
of sport and
physical
activities.
Work with key
partners to
develop
programmes
which optimise
opportunities for
physical activity.
Social
prescribers
encouraging the
use of outdoor
activities. 
Numbers of
participants
have
increased. 
Reduction in
health and
social care
issues related
to inactivity.
2019/20: 1.258M                       
2020/21: 63K                            
2021/22: 546K                          
2022/23: 1.002M 
Data from 2024/25 will be
used to establish a baseline
for this measure as it is new. 
Economy,
Development &
Planning 
Health and
Social Care
Partnership 
March
2025
Physical Activity
and Sports
Strategy 2023-
2028 
Health and Social
Care Strategic
Commissioning
Plan

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Corporate Priority
Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we
know if we
have been
successful?                                            
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target
date
Linked
strategy/plan
Work with
schools and
sport groups to
increase the
number of
opportunities for
children and
young people to
take part in
physical activity.
Education and
Learning 
Improve health
and wellbeing in
Perth and
Kinross by
ensuring that
people have
access to
wellbeing support
when they need it
Reduce waiting
times for people
to access Mental
Health Services.
Redesigning
specialist
community
mental health
services across
Tayside.
Increase access
to preventative
and community
support.
Reduction in
waiting lists
(numbers and
time). 
Waiting times for people to
access Mental Health
Services (weeks) 
2021/22: 33 weeks                    
2022/23: 36 weeks
Health and
Social Care
Partnership
March
2025
Community
Mental Health
and Wellbeing
Services
Strategic Delivery
Plan

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Improvement activity: Working in partnership with
communities
Corporate
Priority Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we know
if we have been
successful?                        
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target
date
Linked
strategy/plan
Establish
locality
multidisciplinary
teams working
with our
community
planning
partners and
residents to
identify and
address local
solutions to
local needs
Deliver a clear,
consistent, and
joined up
approach to
supporting
communities and
households with
the help and
support they
need to mitigate
and move
beyond poverty.
Develop multi-
disciplinary
locality working 
focussed on
locally identified
needs. 
Feedback from
communities and
staff on the
effectiveness of the
multi-disciplinary
team approach.
Strengthened
partnerships within
localities with case
studies to evidence.
Baseline qualitive data
and feedback will be 
established in 2024/25. 
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new. 
Strategic Planning,
People &
Performance
March
2025
Local Child
Poverty Action
Report 
Transformation
& Change
Strategy 2022-
2027 
Increase the
supply and
availability of
rural housing
Provide more
affordable homes
to support
liveable and
Deliver PKC’s
affordable
housing
programme of
Maintain 53% / 47%
split across urban
and rural areas. 
2020/21: Total 109
homes                         
(71 buybacks/empty
homes; 26 new rural
homes (68%) and 12
Economy,
Development &
Planning
2027 Local Housing
Strategy 2022-
2027

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Corporate
Priority Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we know
if we have been
successful?                        
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target
date
Linked
strategy/plan
sustainable
communities. 
1,050 over the
next 5 years 
Achieve an average
of 210 affordable
housing completions
each year.
new urban homes
(32%))
2021/22: Total 422
homes                       
(39 buybacks/empty
homes; 198 new rural
homes (52%) and 185
new urban homes
(48%))
22/23: Total 242 homes
(54 buybacks/empty
homes; 145 new rural
homes (77%) and 43
new urban homes (23%) 
2019/20: 250                      
2020/21: 246                      
2021/22: 310                      
2022/23: 203

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Corporate
Priority Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we know
if we have been
successful?                        
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target
date
Linked
strategy/plan
Develop and
expand our
approach to
working with
communities to
identify local
actions and
priorities and
deliver on these
together
Supporting
community
groups to
manage local
assets, such as
community halls.
Support
community
groups to
develop
Community Asset
Transfer (CAT)
plans.
Carry out
engagement
activity to
promote
Community Asset
Transfer as an
option.
Increase in number
of Community Asset
Transfers. 
Increase in
community groups
applying for
community asset
opportunities.
2019/20: 11                        
2020/21: 5                          
2021/22: 7                          
2022/23: 26 
2019/20: 11                        
2020/21: 5                          
2021/22: 7                          
2022/23: 26
Housing &
Communities
March
2025
Property Asset
Management
Plan
Community
Asset Transfer 
Expand and
improve formal
community
engagement
structures, i.e.,
development
Local Action
Plans.
Implement
recommendations
and actions from
review of current
local decision-
making
committees and
create new
structures where
appropriate.
Increased in
engagement with
community
members through
new structures.
Feedback from
communities about
impact of new local
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new. 
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new.
Housing &
Communities
March
2025

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Corporate
Priority Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we know
if we have been
successful?                        
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target
date
Linked
strategy/plan
decision-making
committees. 
Increased
engagement and
applications from
communities to
the 
Community
Investment Fund
grants
programme. 
Review
application and
assessment
process.
Further strategic
improvements will
be identified
through
evaluation of the
2023/24
Community
Investment Fund
programme.
Increase in the
number of
successful
applications.
Increase in the
number of
people/communities
benefitting from a
CIF funded project.
2021/22: 141
applications across 2
rounds                
2022/23: 85 applications
In 21/22 CIF benefitted
36,115 people.
Housing &
Communities
March
2025 
Deliver our
internal cultural
change
programme
ensuring all
staff contribute
to our
An empowered
and skilled
workforce who
are confident in
engaging with
resident and
communities and
Delivery of action
within the
Employee
Engagement and
Cultural Change
Programme.
Feedback from our
workforce,
managers, and
community
members. 
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new. 
Strategic Planning,
People &
Performance
March
2025
Employee
Engagement
Plan 2023

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Corporate
Priority Action
What
improvements
do we want to
achieve?
How will we
make these
improvements?
How will we know
if we have been
successful?                        
Baseline Data Strategic Lead Target
date
Linked
strategy/plan
commitment to
engage with and
be accessible
and responsive
to our residents
and
communities
demonstrate the
organisational
values and
expected
behaviours at all
times.
Learning and
development
opportunities for
staff on
community
engagement and
participation.
Number of
participants in
leaning and
development
opportunities.
Reduction in
complaints relating
to behaviours or
actions contrary to
our organisational
values and
behaviours.
2021: 2,517                       
2022: 928                           
2023: 1,190                  
(up to 13/12/2023) 
Data from 2024/25 will
be used to establish a
baseline for this
measure as it is new.