Revised Scrutiny Service Plan Responsibilities

Corporate Scrutiny Committee

· To act as the Council’s statutory scrutiny committee

· To oversee and co-ordinate/support the work of the Scrutiny Committees in its capacity as the Council’s statutory scrutiny committee. This will include:

a) Allocating responsibility for issues which fall between more than one Scrutiny Committee;

b) Allocating, in consultation with the relevant Chair and Vice-Chair, urgent issues to be considered by an appropriate committee (including ad-hoc scrutiny committee), as may be necessary;

c) Reviewing progress against the work plans of the Scrutiny Committees, as may be necessary and receiving updates from Chairs of those scrutiny committees, as required;

d) Receiving periodical progress reports, as appropriate, on specific scrutiny reviews.

e) Considering and commenting on any final reports arising from completed reviews produced by the Scrutiny Committees, as required.

· To provide an annual report to Full Council on the work of the overview & scrutiny function

· To consider all post-decision Call-in for scrutiny in accordance with the Scrutiny Procedure Rules as set out in Appendix 5 of the Constitution and to question any Executive Member, as may be required

· In consultation with the Monitoring Officer, to periodically review the scrutiny procedures to ensure that the function is operating effectively and recommend to Council any appropriate constitutional changes relating to the scrutiny structure or procedural rules.

· To receive details of petitions received by the Council in line with the Council’s published arrangements and responses or proposed responses to those petitions. To consider using its powers as a scrutiny committee to support the Council in responding appropriately to issues raised by such petitions and, in so doing, to promote public engagement.

· To monitor progress and actions taken in response to motions approved by Full Council

· To be responsible for monitoring performance of the following areas:

a) Legal Services

b) Corporate Governance Team

c) Civic & Democratic Services

d) Electoral Services

e) Corporate Finance and Procurement

f) Human Resources and Organisational Development

g) Customer, Resident and Exchequer Services

h) Digital and ICT

· To monitor major capital projects

· To have strategic oversight of the Council’s 10 year strategies

· Develop and maintain a closer working relationship with the council’s Audit and Governance Committee

To have detailed oversight of the Council’s Climate Change responsibilities and actions, specifically:

· The production and delivery of the Climate Change Strategy and Climate Change Action Plan, which provides the framework for the council and city to be net zero carbon and climate ready.

· Annual emissions reporting to monitor progress against our climate change ambition, reviewing the Council’s practices, policies, and procedures to understand our impact and identify improvements.

· The development of projects and programmes that contribute towards the Council’s climate change ambition, including resilience measures to enable communities to address the consequences of climate change, and the identification of resources that can contribute towards delivery of actions

· Collaboration with local and regional stakeholders, including the York Climate Commission, and engaging communities to understand their needs and deliver direct benefits for them,

As part of the committee’s Climate Change responsibility

· To review best practice across the UK and other international cities

· To provide opportunities for the committee to contribute to reducing carbon emissions, in the context of environmental responsibility, economic prosperity, social equity and cultural vitality

Place Scrutiny Committee:

· 10 Year Economic Strategy, Economic Growth & Inward Investment

· 10 Year Transport Strategy

· Local Transport Strategy

· Accessibility in public areas including City Centre Access Strategy

· Parking Services (inc Digital ResPark)

· Highways

· Planning & Development Services

· Strategic Housing Provision

· Regeneration & Asset / Property Management

· Public Realm

· Waste Services

· Fleet

· Public Protection (Trading Standards, Environmental Health, Food Safety Licensing)

· Client Management: Make it York, GLL

· Client Management: YorWaste

· Emergency Planning, Flood Risk

· Monitor Emissions Impacts across the City

· Consider MCA Joint Committee Decisions as relate to this Committee

· Culture, inc York Theatre Royal, Museums, Music Venues Network (& elements of MIY)

· Libraries & Archives

People Scrutiny Committee:

· 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, inc monitoring of York Skills Board; York Learning

· Neighbourhood Working, Community Centres

· People & Neighbourhoods Strategy & Policy

· Community Safety inc 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