West Northamptonshire Council operates an Overview and Scrutiny
function that undertakes a number of roles, including:
a)
Monitoring decisions of the Cabinet;
b)
Advising the Council on forthcoming decisions;
c)
The development and review of policy; and
d)
Call-in of a decision made by the Cabinet but not yet
implemented.
The Overview and Scrutiny function will develop a work plan as well
as supporting policy development, providing pre-decision scrutiny
where appropriate, holding decision-makers to account and
exercising the formal call-in of executive decisions to review andy
concerns about the making of the decision.
West Northamptonshire Council operates four Overview and Scrutiny
Committees, and these are as follows:
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Adult Social Care and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee
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Children, Education and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee
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Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee
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Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Further details are set out in the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure
Rules in the Council’s Constitution.