Overview and scrutiny is a statutory activity of the Council, its powers
and responsibilities are set out in detail the Council’s Constitution. The
Council will appoint members to 2 Overview Committees and 2 Scrutiny
Committees:
·
People
and Health Overview Committee
·
People
and Health Scrutiny Committee
·
Place
and Resources Overview Committee
·
Place
and Resources Scrutiny Committee
Each Overview and Scrutiny Committee will perform all those functions
conferred on it by the Local Government Act 2000.
The Overview Committees shall:
·
Review
and develop policy at their own initiative and at the request of the Cabinet.
·
Oversee
major consultations and make recommendations to Cabinet and full Council.
·
Monitor
performance of services in accordance with the targets in the Corporate Plan.
·
Provide
a clear focus on finding efficiency savings in accordance with requirements in
the Council’s financial strategy.
·
Monitor
expenditure against available budgets and make recommendations to the Cabinet.
·
Make
reports and recommendations to the full Council or the Cabinet on matters which
affect the authority’s area or its inhabitants.
For information about public speaking, filming and how to get
involved in committees, please see this page.
In the absence of any alternative joint
arrangements having been entered into, the Overview Committee and the Scrutiny
Committee with primary responsibilities for:
·
“People
and Health” shall be the Council’s Overview Committee and the Council’s
Scrutiny Committee for the purposes of fulfilling the Council’s statutory
duties in relation to crime and disorder
·
“People
and Health” shall be the Council’s Scrutiny Committee for the purposes of
fulfilling the Council’s statutory powers in relation to health scrutiny
·
“People
and Health” shall be the Council’s Overview Committee and its Scrutiny
Committee for the performance of the Council’s statutory functions in relation
to education matters.