Issue - meetings
Productivity Plan
Meeting: 09/07/2024 - Cabinet (Item 34)
34 PRODUCTIVITY PLANS 
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REPORT OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
The purpose of this report is to seek approval of the Council’s Productivity Plan, drafted in response to the Productivity in Local Government request, from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). The Plan requires Member approval and must be submitted to DLUHC and published on the Council’s website by 19 July 2024.
Additional documents:
- 240416 - DLUHC letter co Chief Execs - Productivity plans in Local Government.pdf, item 34
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- North Herts Council Productivity Plan.docx, item 34
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- Appendix - (DCN) Productivity Plan, item 34
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- [DCN] Productivity plans – central government barriers to local government productivity, item 34
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Decision:
RESOLVED: That Cabinet approved the Productivity Plan attached at Appendix B for submission to MHCLG.
REASON FOR DECISION: The recommendations are to ensure that the Council complies with the requirements set out by MHCLG to produce a Productivity Plan.
Minutes:
Audio recording – 4 minutes 22 seconds
The Chair invited Councillor Matt Barnes, as Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, to present the referral on this item. Councillor Barnes advised that:
· A Productivity Plan was a requirement of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
· Providing more statistics would help to support the decisions made.
· After some debate, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee agreed to support the report and voted in favour Recommendation 2.2.
The Leader of the Council presented the report entitled ‘Productivity Plans’ and expressed his thanks to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for their work and debate over the choice of two Recommendations. However, as no further proposed additions or amendments had been received, the Plan was ready to be submitted, as outlined under Recommendation 2.1.
Councillor Ian Albert advised that Hertfordshire County Council had adopted a similar Productivity Plan and that he supported this Productivity Plan.
The Managing Director advised that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) had been renamed as the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and should therefore be reflected as this in the wording.
Councillor Ian Albert proposed and Councillor Mick Debenham seconded and, following a vote, it was:
RESOLVED: That Cabinet approved the Productivity Plan attached at Appendix B for submission to MHCLG.
REASON FOR DECISION: The recommendations are to ensure that the Council complies with the requirements set out by MHCLG to produce a Productivity Plan.