Recommendations
1) The Grants Committee is asked to note that:
a) At priority level, the outcomes for:
i) Priority 1 (homelessness) overall were 27% above profile in 2015-17 (Q1-6)
ii) Priority 2 (sexual and domestic violence) overall were 12 % above profile in 2015-17 (Q1-6)
iii) Priority 3 (ESF tackling poverty through employment) will begin reporting on outcomes in January 2017. Of the six new projects, four have funding agreements in place.
iv) Priority 4 (capacity building) overall were -5% below profile in 2015-17 (Q1-6)
b) This performance in the last six quarters means that the number of interventions delivered in the 14 quarters combined since the start of the programme is as follows:
i) Priority 1 (homelessness) –69,788
ii) Priority 2 (sexual and domestic violence) – 251,274
iii) Priority 3 Delivery information on the new programme will be available in January 2017
iv) Priority 4 (capacity building) – 15,722
c) At project level
i) In the red, amber, green (RAG) system, 21 projects are green and four are amber. Six have no rating this quarter as these are ESF projects that have not submitted delivery information to date.
ii) The direction-of-travel arrows show that the performance of one of the projects is falling (green).
iii) Officers propose to concentrate performance management effort on the four projects that are rated amber
iv) The attached tables showing the outcomes of each priority in each borough in 2015-17 Q1-6 (2013-17 Q9-14).
d) The arrangements for the close of the programme outlined in section six.