Supplementary A - London Borough of Hillingdon

Last Amended: 15 January 2007 Council Plan 2006 Appendix A
Ref No. Key Objective Task
(Short Term Target)
Corporate
Director to
end Sept
Lead
Officer
Key Actions Sub Key Actions Target
Dates
Key Actions
Completed
Progress Comment
56 Achieving value for
money
Deliver £8.5m of budget
savings of which
£7.2m are efficiency
savings as set out in our
annual efficiency
statement by, for example,
supporting more older
people to remain in
their own homes.
CN PWh Develop and implement a
recovery plan to deliver the
savings required to balance
the budget in 2006/7
Mar-07 In progress Original requirements to
deliver the MTFF savings
overtaken by need to
develop recovery plan to
deal with DfES asylum
pressure. £13.7m recovery
plan now agreed and in the
process of being
implemented. Latest
monitoring in month 8
shows an underspend.
57 Achieving value for
money
58 Achieving value for
money
58.1 Achieving value for
money
Implement the
commissioning strategy for
placements for looked
after children by, for
example, recruiting,
retaining and developing
inhouse
foster parents to reduce
the costs of
purchasing from the
independent sector.
Move towards improving
the use of resources
score in the CPA under
value for money from
3 to 4.
Move towards improving
the use of resources
score in the CPA under
value for money from
3 to 4.
JM CB Implement commissioning
strategy.
CN PWh Maintain score of 3 out of 4 in
2006 despite challenges the
DfES asylum funding issue
poses to the Use of
Resources score
CN PWh Plan and implement
improvement work to plug the
remaining gaps to get an
overall score of 4.
1. Review use of in-house foster carers 1. 30/09/06
to ensure value for money, effectiveness. 2. 31/03/07
2. Increase the number of in-house foster
care placements by 20
1. Yes
2. On
target
1. Completed review of inhouse
foster care resource.
2. On track - ongoing
recruitment campaigns
underway for foster carers.
Action plan is underdevelopment,
to be
informed by recently
completed CSCI fostering
inspection.
Nov-06 Completed Score of 3 out of 4
achieved
2008 In progress Self assessment has
highlighted gaps that
remain. Service plans for
2007/8 and 2008/9 will
address these gaps.
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Green - Completed/On Track
Amber - Some Slippage
Red - Serious Slippage 23