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Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 25th March, 2026 7.00 pm
The Overview and Scrutiny Board met to discuss a call-in of a recent Cabinet decision regarding a "build to rent" scheme at the Local Housing Allowance. The Board ultimately voted not to uphold the requisition, meaning the Cabinet's decision can be implemen...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Tuesday, 17th March, 2026 7.00 pm
The Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting on 17 March 2026 discussed corporate HR metrics, including sickness absence and agency worker usage, alongside an update on the Council's commercial strategy. Key decisions included noting improvements in sickness abs...
Budget Scrutiny, Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 4th February, 2026 6.30 pm
The Overview & Scrutiny Board meeting on 04 February 2026 addressed significant concerns regarding the Council's financial sustainability, the effectiveness of its contracts, and the proposed budget for 2026/27. Key decisions included noting the Council...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 8th January, 2026 7.00 pm
The Overview & Scrutiny Board met to discuss the Cabinet's decision on the future of former library premises in Gidea Park, Harold Wood, and South Hornchurch. The Board voted to uphold a requisition of the Cabinet's decision, meaning the matter will be ...
Extraordinary Meeting, Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 8th January, 2025 7.00 pm
The Overview & Scrutiny Board met on 8 January 2025 and unanimously upheld a requisition to call in a Cabinet decision regarding the office-to-residential conversion of Chesham House to accommodate homeless families. The Board's decision means the Cabin...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 9th October, 2025 7.00 pm
The Havering Council's Overview and Scrutiny Board met to discuss budget savings, HR metrics, the improvement and transformation action plan, and cabinet responses to scrutiny recommendations. Councillors reviewed progress on savings targets, scrutinised wo...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 3rd July, 2025 7.00 pm
The Overview and Scrutiny Board met to discuss the council's savings progress, HR metrics, customer service strategy, and annual report. Councillors expressed concerns about savings targets, agency worker usage, sickness absence, and the need for improved c...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 16th April, 2025 7.00 pm
The Overview & Scrutiny Board of Havering Council met on 16 April 2025 to discuss the Havering Volunteer Centre (HVC) and review the Board's work programme. The Board made several recommendations regarding the HVC's funding and operational future, and a...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 13th February, 2025 7.00 pm
14 attendees · 9 documents · 2 media files
Council Tax Scrutiny, Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 29th January, 2025 7.00 pm
17 attendees · 12 documents · 1 media file
OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY BOARD The Overview and Scrutiny Board acts as a vehicle by which the effectiveness of scrutiny is monitored and where work undertaken by themed sub-committees can be coordinated to avoid duplication and to ensure that areas of priority are being reviewed. The Board also scrutinises general management matters relating to the Council and further details are given in the terms of reference below. The Overview and Scrutiny Board has oversight of performance information submitted to the Council’s executive and also leads on scrutiny of the Council budget and associated information. All requisitions or ‘call-ins’ of executive decisions by Councillors are dealt with by the Board. The Board’s focus is strategic and policy-orientated which means that it isn’t the place to consider individual complaints or concerns. Specific areas that the Board is tasked with scrutinising include, but are not exclusive to:
· Strategy and Commissioning
· Partnerships with Business
· Customer Access
· E-government and ICT
· Finance
· Human Resources
· Asset Management
· Property Resources
· Facilities Management
· Communications
· Democratic Services
· Social inclusion
· Councillor Call for Action
The Board is keen to hear of any matters that residents feel could be examined by scrutiny. If you would like scrutiny to consider any area please let us know using the form on our main website, if it is something the Board can help with we will let you know.
