Issue - meetings

A verbal update will be provided.

The Board received a report setting out the progress that had been made towards agreeing the thirty-five National Indicators to be included within the new Local Area Agreement (LAA).

The Board was advised that a second meeting had taken place between the HSP Performance Management Group (PMG) and GOL on 25 January where GOL had confirmed that the HSP was on track to meet the June deadline for selection of the targets. However, GOL had proposed a number of amendments at that meeting and these were now being considered by each of the Thematic Boards. 

It was noted that several Local Indicators were also included within the new LAA. Although there was not a statutory obligation to report on Local Indicators they would be monitored and form an important role in the LAA.

There was a general consensus that the LAA Workshop held during the previous week had provided a useful forum to discuss a variety of issues attached to the LAA and how, in practical terms, Partners could work together to deliver the targets contained within the new LAA.

The Chair underlined the need to ensure that targets were measurable and deliverable and requested that a report be brought to the Boards next meeting setting out how the Board intended to deliver on it’s targets. He noted that the report should also set out the responsibilities of specific Partners in meeting the targets.

RESOLVED:

1. That the verbal report provided be noted.

2. That a report be submitted to the Boards next meeting setting out how the Board intended to deliver on it’s targets and the responsibilities of each of the Partner organisations in meeting the targets.