Purpose

This report invites the Cabinet
to approve its response to the Scrutiny
recommendations originally
presented in the Stage 1 report to the Cabinet meeting
held on the 23 July 2025. This
response includes:
- Action plans for the
implementation of agreed recommendations, or;
- Indicating where a
recommendation is already in progress, or;
- Reasons for rejecting the
recommendations.
 
Following approval by Cabinet,
the response to the scrutiny recommendations will
be reported back to the next
meeting of either the Scrutiny and
Overview
Committee or the relevant
Sub-Committees.
 
The Constitution requires that
in accepting a recommendation, with or without
amendment, from a Scrutiny and
Overview Committee or Sub-Committee, Cabinet
shall agree an action plan for
the implementation of the agreed recommendations
and shall delegate
responsibility to an identified officer to report back to
the
Scrutiny and Overview Committee
or Sub-Committee, within a specified period, on
the progress made in
implementing the action plan.
 
Scrutiny’s
recommendations highlight potential opportunities for
reinforcing
performance management,
strengthening governance, and increasing transparency
for residents. They are
presented for consideration, focusing on options that
may
improve oversight of
performance, and service
delivery.
 
Should these recommendations be
taken forward, they could help deliver the
priorities in the Executive
Mayor’s

Content

For the reasons set out in this
report and appendices, Cabinet, is AGREED to:
 
1 Approve the responses and
action plans attached to this report in
Appendices 1, 2 & 3;
and
 
2 Delegate authority to the
officers identified in Appendices 1, 2 & 3 to report
back to the Scrutiny and
Overview Committee, or relevant Sub-Committee,
within the periods specified in
the agreed responses and action plans, and
on progress made in
implementing any action plan.