Issue - meetings

Review of Committee Work Plan

 

 

Meeting: 16/11/2021 - People Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 30)

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To confirm the Committee Work Programme for 2021/22, for presentation to the Coordinating Overview and Scrutiny Group for approval.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED that: the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee:

a)    Agreed the inclusion in its work programme for 2021/22 of topics arising from the work programming event, as set out in the report.

b)    Agreed that items of business be scheduled at forthcoming Committee meetings in 2021/22 as follows:

·         25 January 2022: scrutiny of children’s services performance; school improvement; special educational needs and disability (SEND) support and alternative provision; and an initial briefing on the Healthwatch function

·         1 March 2022: scrutiny of the interim housing strategy; anti-poverty strategy; and Healthwatch function

 

Minutes:

The Democratic Services Assistant Manager introduced the report inviting the Committee to review and update its work programme for 2021/22 following the work programming event on 21 October 2021.  The final work programme would be presented to the Coordinating Overview and Scrutiny Group for approval.

 

The Committee considered potential topic areas identified at previous meetings and at the work programming event.  Members discussed the best way of scheduling forthcoming business to group together relevant items and to take account of the departure of the Director of Children’s Services early in 2022.

 

RESOLVED that: the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee:

a)     Agreed the inclusion in its work programme for 2021/22 of topics arising from the work programming event, as set out in the report.

b)     Agreed that items of business be scheduled at forthcoming Committee meetings in 2021/22 as follows:

·      25 January 2022: scrutiny of children’s services performance; school improvement; special educational needs and disability (SEND) support and alternative provision; and an initial briefing on the Healthwatch function

·      1 March 2022: scrutiny of the interim housing strategy; anti-poverty strategy; and Healthwatch function.