Agenda item
Annual Scrutiny Work Programme Review 2016/17.
Minutes:
The Chair presented the Annual Work Programme Review 2016/17. She also noted that she had attended Audit Committee to present the 2015/2016 Scrutiny Annual Report. She reported that the Audit Committee commended the Annual Report and work carried out.
The Scrutiny Co-ordinator highlighted that the report contained a summary of the work completed throughout the year as well as some performance data and the results of the Annual Councillor Scrutiny Survey. As it was the last scrutiny meeting of the municipal year, he noted that this was an ideal time to reflect on the scrutiny experience in consideration of the following questions: -
· What has worked particularly well?
· What has not worked so well?
· Whether the scrutiny work programme focused on the right things?
· What would help scrutiny to be better?
A discussion ensued surrounding the posed questions which focused on the following: -
· The scrutiny of Commissioning Reviews had been a positive step forward, but this would be further improved by having more time to scrutinise such important cabinet reports
· The Scrutiny Team were to be commended for their work, advice and support.
· The need to ensure that future scrutiny work focuses on strategic topics to have maximum impact, and spend less time on very specific and smaller, nonetheless interesting, topics.
· The relationship with cabinet and cabinet members in relation to inquiry reports and response to recommendations. There was some concern whether reports and recommendations, in which much time has been invested, were fully understood and given due consideration.
· The need for more councillors to be involved in scrutiny.
The Chair thanked the Scrutiny Team for their excellent work as well as all Councillors who had been involved in Scrutiny.
RESOLVED that the report and comments be noted.
Supporting documents:
- 09 - Annual Work Programme Review 2016-17, item 177. PDF 153 KB
- 09A - SPC Terms of Reference, item 177. PDF 57 KB
- 09B - Committee Work Plan, item 177. PDF 73 KB
- 09Ci - Scrutiny Activity Timetable 2016-17, item 177. PDF 9 KB
- 09Cii - Progress - Panels & Working Groups, item 177. PDF 88 KB
- 09D - Scrutiny Lead Member & Officer Contacts, item 177. PDF 60 KB
- 09E - Scrutiny Statistics, item 177. PDF 49 KB
- 09F - Scrutiny Survey 2017 - Cllr results, item 177. PDF 121 KB