URL: https://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4670

Decision Maker: Finance and Performance Policy Committee

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose:

Content: 9.1 The Committee considered a report of the Director of Finance and Commercial Services which presented the first Outcomes Framework report to committee for the 2025/26 financial year, including current, historic and comparator data for the Council Plan Outcome measures.     9.2 RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Finance and Performance Policy Committee:-   (a)  Notes the Council Plan Outcomes Framework Q1 Report that evidences our improvements and shows distance travelled against each Council Plan priority; (b)  Agrees to continue to receive quarterly reports that provide an overview of performance against the Outcome measures, describing performance strengths, challenges, interventions taken, and the results of changes made; and (c)  Agrees to include the proposed additional Outcomes Framework measures through 2025/26.     9.3 Reasons for Decision     9.3.1 The Outcomes Framework underpins how we measure progress and monitor impact of the Council Plan. It is aligned to our four-year Medium Term Financial Strategy and the outcomes will increasingly become the focus for our budget, Directorate and Service Plans.     9.3.2 Council Plan Outcomes Framework performance provides measurable evidence of distance travelled against the Council Plan as part of a systematic process of robust corporate performance reporting.     9.3.3 To ensure that Finance & Performance Policy Committee contributes to the performance management process and drives improvement across the organisation.     9.4 Alternatives Considered and Rejected     9.4.1 Previous decisions made require officers to proceed with implementing the full performance framework to underpin how we measure progress and monitor impact of the Council Plan. It is aligned to our four-year Medium Term Financial Strategy and the outcomes will increasingly become enabling elements for our priority-based budget, Directorate and Service plans going forwards and set a key deliverable for the Council.     9.4.2 Beyond some nuance of how we implement some details of the framework, the measures, performance system and reporting cycles are agreed, removing the alternative options available for implementation of the framework.      

Date of Decision: September 22, 2025