The Overview and Scrutiny Committee
is the overall body responsible for co-ordinating
scrutiny at Gloucester City Council. It conducts both pre and
post-scrutiny of Cabinet and Council 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 Council and Cabinet
decisions.
Acting as a
‘critical friend’ for Council and Cabinet.
Tracking the progress of recommendations made by Task &
Finish groups once they have received a Cabinet
response
Undertaking scrutiny
work required by legislation, such as Comprehensive Area
Assessments, Crime and Disorder or Councillor Call for
Action
Monitoring the
Forward Plan and deciding which policy areas to scrutinise, for
example:
Corporate Performance
General Scrutiny Issues
Corporate Governance (Scrutiny)
Financial Monitoring
Managing overall scrutiny work plan
and resolving resource issues
Pre-scrutiny of Executive
decisions
Scrutiny of bodies external to
Gloucester City Council
You may find the following link to the Centre
for Public Scrutiny helpful: