Committee details

People Scrutiny Committee responsbilities:

·       Develop & maintain close working with Corporate Parenting Board and York Schools & Academies Board and deliver complimentary agendas where appropriate;

·       Children’s Social Care

·       The Virtual School for children in care

·       Early Years and childcare

·       School effectiveness and achievement, including school attendance and school safeguarding

·       School services: School place planning and capital maintenance; School transport; Admissions; The School governance service and SENDIASS; Behaviour and attendance; Elective home education; Children missing education

·       SEND services & Educational Psychology

·       Skills, including monitoring of York Skills Board; York Learning

·       Neighbourhood Working, Community Centres

·       People & Neighbourhoods Strategy & Policy

·       Community Safety including Safer York Partnership, Substance Misuse, Anti Social Behaviour

·       Youth Services

·       Voluntary Sector

·       Digital inclusion strategy

·       Develop & maintain close working with Health & Wellbeing Board in order to deliver complimentary agendas and avoid duplication; hold HWB board to account on HWB Strategy

·       Public Health

·       Maintain oversight of Health Services as appropriate to Scrutiny, including monitoring of the Integrated Care Strategy

·       Consider any substantial changes to Health service provision within the local authority area

·       Services for carers

·       Adult Safeguarding

·       Adult Social Care Provision

·       Adult Social Care Community Teams

·       Commissioning, Quality Improvement and Partnerships

·       Early Intervention and Prevention

·       Housing Revenue Account

·       Housing Services

·       Housing - Building Services, Repairs and maintenance, Standards and Adaptations

·       Older People’s Accommodation Programme

·       Landlord services

·       Homelessness and rough sleeping

In addition to the general powers and delegated authorities of Scrutiny Committees of the Council, the People Scrutiny Committee is also responsible for:

a) the discharge of the health and scrutiny functions conferred on the Council by the Local Government Act 2000

b) undertaking all of the Council’s statutory functions in accordance with section 7 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001, NHS Reformed & Health Care Professional Act 2002, and section 244 of the National Health Service Act 2006 and associated regulations, including appointing members, from within the membership of the Committee, to any joint scrutiny committees with other local authorities, as directed under the National Health Service Act 2006.

c) reviewing and scrutinising the impact of the services and policies of key partners on the health of the City's population

d) reviewing arrangements made by the Council and local NHS bodies for public health within the City

e) making reports and recommendations to the local NHS body or other local providers of services and to evaluate and review the effectiveness of its reports and recommendations

  f) delegating functions of scrutiny of health to another Local Authority Committee

g) reporting to the Secretary of State of Health when:

i. concerned that consultation on substantial variation or development of service has been inadequate

ii. it considers that the proposals are not in the interests of the health service.

This committee succeeded the Children, Culture and Communities Scrutiny Committee (https://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=1066) and the Health, Housing and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee (https://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=1056) as of 22 May 2025.