Committee details

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee co-ordinates scrutiny at Gloucester City Council. It conducts both pre- and post-scrutiny of Cabinet decisions, and commissions Task & Finish Groups to investigate specific policy areas. Its main responsibilities can be summarised as follows:

• Co-ordinating and leading scrutiny of Cabinet decisions.
• Acting as a ‘critical friend’ for Cabinet.
• Tracking the progress of recommendations made by Task & Finish groups once they have received a Cabinet response
• Monitoring the Forward Plan and deciding which policy areas to scrutinise
• Managing overall scrutiny work plan

• Scrutiny of bodies external to Gloucester City Council.