Democracy Spraffa

Item 11 - Resources Delivery Plan 2024-25 - Mid-year Progress

West Dunbartonshire Council · 6 November 2024
Back to Corporate Services Committee — 6 November 2024 and its agenda

Text extracted from the council's PDF. Layout and reading order may differ from the original.

Original council PDF · Download plain text

Some pages contain no extractable text. They may be blank, graphics or scanned pages. OCR has not been applied.

Page 1

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL
Report by Chief Officer - Resources
Committee: Corporate Services Committee 6 November 2024
Subject:Resources Delivery Plan 2024/25 - Mid-year Progress
1 Purpose
1.1 This report sets out the mid-year progress of the Resources Delivery Plan
2024/25.
2 Recommendations
2.1 It is recommended that Committee notes the progress achieved at mid-year.
3 Background
3.1 In line with the Strategic Planning & Performance Framework, each Chief
Officer develops an annual Delivery Plan which sets out actions to help deliver
the Strategic Plan and address the performance challenges and service
priorities identified in the planning process. The Plan also provides an
overview of services and resources, including employees and budgets, sets
out the performance indicators (PIs) for monitoring progress and considers the
relevant risks.
3.2 The Resources Delivery Plan 2024/25 was presented to Corporate Services
Committee on 22 May 2024 with a commitment to report mid-year progress
and year-end progress in November 2024 and May 2025 respectively.
4 Main Issues
4.1 Full details of mid-year progress are set out in Appendix 1.
4.2 The progress of the Plan’s 18 actions is summarised below:
Progress No. (%)
Completed 2 (11%)
In progress and on track 14 (78%)
Overdue 1 (6%)
Cancelled 1 (6%)
4.3 The overdue action relates to the following, with further details set out in the
appendix:
 Complete the Internal Audit & Corporate Fraud Plan 2023/24 and report to
Audit Committee as part of the Annual Assurance Statement.
ITEM 11

Page 2

4.4 The cancelled action relates to the following, with further details set out in the
appendix:
 Incorporate Earmarked Reserve spend through the Ledger. While
preparatory work has been completed, this action will be implemented at a
later date once the new Financial Management System is in place.
4.5      Six of the Plan’s 19 PIs are monitored quarterly. Performance is summarised
below.
Performance Against Target Q1 Q2
Target significantly missed 0 0
Target narrowly missed 2 1
Target met or exceeded 4 5
Total No. of PIs 6 6
5 People Implications
5.1 There are no direct people implications arising from this report.
6 Financial & Procurement Implications
6.1 There are no direct financial or procurement implications arising from this
report.
7 Risk Analysis
7.1 Failure to deliver on the actions assigned to Resources may have a direct
impact on the delivery of the Council’s Strategic Plan. It is essential that
remedial action is taken to ensure strategic delivery plans achieve the
commitments detailed and approved.
8 Equalities Impact Assessment
8.1 Screening and impact assessments will be carried out on specific activities as
required.
9 Consultation
9.1 The delivery plans were developed through consultation with officers from the
strategic service areas.
10 Strategic Assessment
10.1 The delivery plans set out actions to support the successful delivery of the
strategic priorities and objectives of the Council.

Page 3

Chief Officer: Laurence Slavin
Service Area: Resources
Date: 17 October 2024
_____________________________________________________________
Person to Contact: Lynn Henderson
lynn.henderson@west-dunbarton.gov.uk
Appendices: Appendix 1: Resources Delivery Plan 2024/25 - Mid-year
Progress
Background Papers: Resources Delivery Plan 2024/25 - Corporate Services
Committee, 22 May 2024
Strategic Planning & Performance Framework 2022/27
Wards Affected: All

Page 4

No embedded text on this page.