Committee details
Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Purpose of committee
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:
Membership
- Councillor Sebastian Field (Chair)
- Councillor Terry Pullen (Vice-Chair)
- Councillor Andrew Durdey (Spokesperson)
- Councillor Lyn Ackroyd
- Councillor Lorraine Campbell
- Councillor Linda Castle
- Councillor Paula Dee
- Councillor Sylvia Evans
- Councillor Jeremy Hilton
- Councillor Justin Hudson
- Councillor Jaro Kubaszczyk
- Councillor Steve Morgan
- Councillor Brendon O`Donnell
- Councillor Sarah Sawyer
- Councillor Declan Wilson
- Councillor Shamsuz Zaman (Litu)
Contact information
Support officer: Democratic and Electoral Services.
Postal address:
PO Box 3252
Gloucester
GL1 9FW
Phone: 01452 396127
Email: democratic.services@gloucester.gov.uk