Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee

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Terms of Reference:

Policy Review and Policy  Development

•            Policy Reviews for all Council areas •            Policy development for all Council areas

Coordinate and manages all policy development and reviews.

•            Set up ad hoc Policy Review Groups for pre decision scrutiny; •            Utilise the skills and interest of non-executive members when setting up PRG group’s membership;

•            Set the terms of reference and ensure that the group work within the agreed parameters. •            Receive and approve final reports of the Policy Review Groups.

Consider the implementation of projects/ schemes/ legislation that impact upon the whole council.

Such as: •            City Deal; •            Change Programme; •            Fairness Equalities and Impact Assessments; •            Welsh Language Scheme; •            Wellbeing of Future Generations Act; •            Corporate Assessment; •            Public Engagement; •            Risk Register •            Performance Management Framework;

Scrutiny of Corporate plans, strategies and frameworks

•            Consultation on Corporate strategies, plans and frameworks; Such as -           Corporate Plan; -           Strategic Equalities Plan; -           Director of Social Services Annual Report;

Consider the Draft Budget Proposals and coordinate the response from Scrutiny on the draft budget proposals.

•            Consider the draft Budget Proposals from a strategic point of view.  •            Coordinate the comments from the Performance Scrutiny Committees on the budget proposals and ensure that there is no duplication within the comments; •            Consider the effectiveness of the budget process, and the public engagement process.

Manages Scrutiny Member Training

•       Ensure adequate training is available for scrutiny members; •       Identify any training needs of scrutiny members; •       Manage Scrutiny Seminar list.

Approve and monitor the Scrutiny Annual Report

•       Consider improvements that should be made within the scrutiny process; •       Approve the Scrutiny Annual Report; •       Monitor the implementation of the actions within the Annual Report.

Recommendations monitoring on Scrutiny Recommendations resulting from reviews

•       Undertake regular monitoring of recommendations made by Scrutiny; •       Ensure that recommendations have been implemented appropriately; •       Assess the extent to which the intended outcome has been achieved; •       Determine if further work/ investigation/review is required following the initial recommendation.

Coordinate the programme for the Performance Scrutiny Committees

•       Receive the meeting schedule, minutes from the Performance Scrutiny Committees and receive updates on the implementation of the work programmes.

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