Performancež Policy and Scrutiny

"To improve significantly the quality of life for Shropshire people"

This statement is at the heart of everything Shropshire County Council does. This is our vision and the work of Performance, Policy and Scrutiny helps to make it a continuing reality.

The Unit comprises of two main functions:

• Performance and policy
• Scrutiny

The team:

• Wendy Marston, Head of Performance and Scrutiny
• Barbara Stafford-Cairns, Corporate Performance Officer
• Ed Bailey, Local Area Agreement Performance Officer
• Holly Aspinall, Corporate Projects Officer
• Kal Parkash, Diversity Officer
• Liz Adams, Performance Improvement Officer
• Stefanie Bell, Strategic Policy Officer

Services of the Performance, Policy and Scrutiny unit include:

• co-ordinating the strategic planning for the County Council, for example co-ordinating production of the Corporate Plan, and development of the Local Area Agreement (LAA).
• leading on Equalities and Diversity.
• leading on the development of Scrutiny across the council.
• presenting Corporate performance monitoring reports to track progress on the authorities priorities.
• publishing an annual Performance Plan in line with government guidelines, including 3 year targets on all best value performance indicators.
• supporting the delivery of the Local Area Agreement, including providing performance management reports to the Public Service Board, co-ordinating the delivery planning process and producing Annual Review and Refresh information to Government Office West Midlands and the department for Communities and Local Government.

Further information
For more information about the role of Scrutiny and scrutiny panels at Shropshire County Council; equalities and diversity; the Local Area Agreement and the Shropshire Partnership please follow the links on this page.