Recommendations
The Grants Committee is asked to:
Note that:
a) At priority level, the outcomes for:
i) Priority 1 (combatting homelessness) overall were 15 per cent above profile in 2017-18 (Year 1, Q1-3)
ii) Priority 2 (tackling sexual and domestic violence) overall were 4.5 per cent below profile in 2017-18 (Year 1, Q1-3)
iii) Following a complete programme review Priority 3 (ESF tackling poverty through employment) has been re-based as the priority was 70 per cent below profile (reported to the Grants Committee in November 2017).
b) The number of interventions delivered in the relevant quarters is as follows:
i) Priority 1 (combatting homelessness) -16,585
ii) Priority 2 (tackling sexual and domestic violence) - 75,232
iii) Priority 3 (ESF tackling poverty through employment) - 2,538
c) At project level:
i) Priority 1&2: In the red, amber, green (RAG) system, 12 projects are green and one is amber.
ii) Priority 1&2: The direction-of-travel arrows show that the performance of two of the projects is falling. Further information is provided in section 4.2 on these projects as well as five other projects with particular issues.
iii) Priority 1&2: Officers propose to concentrate performance management effort on the project that is rated amber, and those reported under the project issues section 4.2.
iv) All Priority 3 projects have been re-based due to significant under-performance in 2017. Performance management actions, both taken and planned, to address this under delivery are outlined in section 3.6 of this report.
d) Note the progress on the administration of £100,000 per year for two years on behalf of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) to enhance training to front-line professionals on identifying harmful practices, as set out in section three.
e) Endorse the approach taken by officers to review outcomes for Standing Together Against Domestic Violence (STADV) to ensure these are more in line with the issues raised in the Grants Review as set out in Section 4.2.
f) Endorse the approach taken by officers to review the scoring ranges of the Red, Amber, Green (RAG) performance rating framework, as outlined in Appendix One.
g) Endorse the communications plan set out in Appendix Three, which has been provided in response to requests at the November meeting of the Grants Committee for additional information on communications strategies.
h) Discuss the approach to reporting for the July Grants Committee AGM, which will be the first annual report on the 2017-21 Grants Programme, as outlined in Section Five of this report and the draft agenda included at Appendix Four.