Purpose

This report invited the Cabinet
to approve its response to the Scrutiny recommendations originally
presented in the Stage 1 report to the Cabinet meeting held on the
24 September 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
Mayor’s Business Plan - embedding good governance (Outcome 1,
Priorities 1 & 4).

Content

For the reasons set out in this
report and appendices, the Executive Mayor and Cabinet,
AGREED to:
 
1 Approve the responses and
action plans attached to this report in Appendix 1; and
 
2 Delegate authority to the
officers identified in Appendix 1 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.