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Report No: CAB/FH/18/021

Portfolio Holder: Stephen Edwards            Lead Officer: Rachael Mann

Chairman of Committee: Simon Cole

RESOLVED:

That the West Suffolk Information Framework, attached as Appendix A to Report No: OAS/FH/18/007, be approved.

(Report No: CAB/FH/18/021)

Councillor Stephen Edwards, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance, presented this report which sought approval for a new West Suffolk Information Framework.

A joint Task and Finish Group, comprising Members of Forest Heath District and St Edmundsbury Borough Councils’ Overview and Scrutiny Committees, had been established to devise a new Information Framework.  The Framework represented a revised approach to data and the way the West Suffolk Councils used it.  It provided a high level summary of the current position and proposed an approach that sought to maximise the Councils’ data assets through aligning data across the West Suffolk Councils and its partners to improve the services provided and create better outcomes for residents, customers, visitors, businesses, partners and communities.

The vision and key principles of the Information Framework were summarised in paragraph 1.1.3 of the Cabinet report.  Its aim was to provide Councillors, staff, partners and interested members of the public with an overview of the Councils’ direction of travel and its intent with regards to data and information and was, therefore, not a delivery document.  Detailed individual plans, strategies and service-specific business cases that accorded with this framework would come forward at a later stage.

Councillor Edwards also wished to express his thanks to both Overview and Scrutiny Committees for their involvement and input into this document.

It was proposed, seconded and with the vote being unanimous, it was

RESOLVED:

That the West Suffolk Information Framework, attached as Appendix A to Report No: OAS/FH/18/007, be approved.