Agenda item

Charlotte Pomery, Assistant Director for Commissioning, introduced this report as set out. The report provided an update on the new Borough Plan priorities, outcomes and indicators. It was highlighted that, as this was Quarter 1, there was a limited amount of information available.

The Chair suggested the comment on ‘Priority 1 Housing’ at page 65, that “… the 1000 council homes programme is a fundamentally new area of work in which the council has limited experience” be explored bythe Housing and Regeneration Scrutiny Panel. The Chair also suggested the Environment and Community Safety Scrutiny Panel explore the comment on ‘Priority 3 Place (Outcome 12)’, that “…the ORC satisfaction survey…show that Haringey residents feel led safe both during the daytime and after dark than the national average”.

The Chair suggested the Overview and Scrutiny Committee explore at future meetings the negative recording for resident satisfaction in ‘Priority 5 Your Council (Outcome 18)’ regarding getting the right information and advice from the Council’s customer feedback. It was considered helpful if any future report on the matter contained comparators with other Council’s to see how Haringey compared.

Following discussion, it was noted:

·         With regard to ‘Priority 1 Housing (Outcome 2) Reduce Homelessness’, the Committee sought an update on the Temporary Accommodation forecasting model and how a reduction in the number of households in temporary accommodation has been achieved. On street homelessness, Officers noted additional funding had been provided from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to cover the winter period. Haringey was also working with Islington to street homelessness areas which jointly affected both boroughs.

·         With regard to ‘Priority 3 Place (Outcome 9) A healthier, active, greener place’, the Committee sought greater detail on the survey produced by Veolia, including the number of responses, to provide context to the stated 80% satisfaction with park cleanliness.

·         With regard to ‘Priority 4 Economy Support growth in business and jobs’, the Committee sought the Council to be more proactive in its ambition to increase the number of workers in Haringey earning the LLW or above.

·         With regard to ‘Priority 5 Your Council (Outcome 19) Being an able, positive workforce’, the Committee requested the actual number of BAME staff members in the top 5% of Haringey earners.

·         With regard to ‘Priority 3 Place (Outcome 10) A cleaner, accessible and more attractive place’, the Committee sought to explore in greater detail the rate of people killed or seriously injured on Haringey roads.

·         With regard to ‘Priority 2 domestic abuse with injury’, it was noted this was displayed as green on the Council’s website, despite it still being a high figure, as a result of the downward trajectory of the statistic. Officers accepted this could be presented more clearly.

·         With regard to ‘Priority 2 (Outcome 6) Pathway to success’, the Committee sought for greater clarification on what the Council was doing to address the large disparity in results achieved by white British children compared to black Caribbean children at GCSE level.