Derbyshire Committees

People Scrutiny Committee

Scrutiny

Recent meetings

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01 May 2026

2:00 pm

People Scrutiny Committee - Friday, 1 May 2026 2.00 pm

The People Scrutiny Committee of Derbyshire Council was scheduled to discuss future options for the Derbyshire Adult Community Education Service (DACES) and a redesign of the Children's Services home to school transport policy. The meeting also included a r...

06 Feb 2026

2:00 pm

People Scrutiny Committee - Friday, 6 February 2026 2.00 pm

The People Scrutiny Committee of Derbyshire Council was scheduled to discuss the Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board's Annual Report for 2024-2025, a consultation on the future of the Derbyshire Adult Community Education Service (DACES), and proposed redes...

31 Oct 2025

People Scrutiny Committee - Friday, 31 October 2025 2.00 pm

The People Scrutiny Committee was scheduled to meet to discuss the Adult Social Care and Public Health Joint Prevention Strategy, and review their work programme for the coming year. The meeting was also scheduled to include a period for public questions, a...

03 Oct 2025

People Scrutiny Committee - Friday, 3 October 2025 2.00 pm

The People Scrutiny Committee of Derbyshire County Council met on 3 October 2025 to discuss a call-in regarding the decision to declare five county council buildings as surplus to service need, and to receive a briefing on Special Educational Needs and Disa...

About

Our Scrutiny Committees aim to improve the services that you use by monitoring the work of the county council and its local partners including local health services and making recommendations to improve the services that are provided.

 

Scrutiny committees also look at issues affecting the wider community in order to fulfil the council’s power to promote community wellbeing.

 

We have four scrutiny committees in place which are:

 

·            People

·            Places

·            Resources

·            Health

 

People Scrutiny is made up of nine members - six Reform UK, 2 Conservative and one Labour.

Members

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Melandra Smith · Chair
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Nephi Somerville · Vice-Chairman
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Alex Dale · Member
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Jodie Brown · Member
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Kevin Harper · Member
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Lewis Whitbread · Member
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Ruth George · Member
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Stuart Bent · Member
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Susan Hobson · Member