Committee Meetings
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Lead Officer / Executive Member |
Notes |
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24 June 2026 (additional meeting) |
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Allocations Policy |
Pauline Stuchfield, Katherine Proctor / Cllr Pavlovic |
Pre-decision scrutiny |
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Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) Strategy |
Martin Kelly, Karoline Silcock / Cllr Webb |
Pre-decision scrutiny |
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8 July 2026 |
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Community Safety Strategy 2026-29 |
Pauline Stuchfield, Tanya Lyon / Cllr Pavlovic |
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Housing Repairs Task and Finish Group Remit |
Julie Gallagher |
Task and Finish report |
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8 September 2026 |
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York Learning Strategic Plan Performance |
Angela Padfield / Cllr Webb |
Pre-decision scrutiny |
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Adult Social Care Strategy and Delivery Plan |
Sara Storey / Cllr Steels-Walshaw |
Pre-decision scrutiny |
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26 October 2026 (additional meeting) |
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Community Safety Strategy 2026-29 |
Pauline Stuchfield, Tanya Lyon / Cllr Perrett |
Pre-decision scrutiny |
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Public Space Protection Orders |
Pauline Stuchfield, Tanya Lyon / Cllr Perrett |
Pre-decision scrutiny |
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18 November 2026 |
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Welfare Benefits Task and Finish Group Interim report |
Cllr Fenton (Chair of TFG) |
Task and Finish report |
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Food Insecurity Task and Finish Group report |
Cllr Nelson (Chair of TFG) |
Task and Finish report |
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20 January 2027 |
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Adult Social Care CQC action plan update |
Sara Storey / Cllr Steels-Walshaw |
Update against action plan; follows item in March 2026. |
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Families First multi-agency delivery model |
Martin Kelly / Cllr Webb |
TBC |
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Housing Repairs Task and Finish Group report |
Cllr Waller (Chair of TFG) |
Task and Finish report |
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10 March 2027 |
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SEND reforms |
Martin Kelly / Cllr Webb |
TBC |
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Pauline Stuchfield, Sara Storey / Cllr Perrett, Cllr Steels-Walshaw |
Update |
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Potential or unallocated topics
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Item |
Lead Officer / Executive Member |
Notes |
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Finance and Performance Quarterly Reports |
Debbie Mitchell, Ian Cunningham / Cllr Lomas |
Regular quarterly briefing to be shared with members via e-mail. |
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Urgent Care Update |
Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw/ ICB colleagues |
Follows update to former Health, Housing and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee (HHASC) in November 2024. Suggested for a briefing during 2026/27. |
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Trauma Informed City Council Motion – possible wider discussion |
Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw |
Follows March 2024 Council Motion and update from TEWV at HHASC in May 2025; suggested for a briefing during 2026-27. |
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Dentistry Provision Update |
Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw / ICB colleagues |
Suggested for a briefing in late 2026; follows reports to HHASC in December 2023 and April 2025. |
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Corridor Care, flow through hospital and discharge into community services |
Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw / ICB colleagues |
TBC |
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0-19 Services |
Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw |
TBC |
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Drugs Action Plan |
Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw |
Suggested for briefing |
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Gardening Assistance |
Pauline Stuchfield / Cllr Pavlovic |
Originated June 2025 People Scrutiny discussion; suggested for briefing on assistance offered and closure of list. |
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Neighbourhood Policing Review |
Pauline Stuchfield / Cllr Pavlovic |
Originated with former Children, Communities and Culture Scrutiny Committee (CCC); suggested for committee report. |
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Update on Gypsy and Traveller matters |
Pauline Stuchfield / Cllr Pavlovic |
Suggested for briefing. |
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Dignity in Retirement Council Motion |
Debbie Mitchell / Cllr Lomas |
Follows September 2024 Council Motion. |
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Adult Social Care Market Position Statement |
Sara Storey / Cllr Steels-Walshaw |
Possible pre-decision scrutiny item? |
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Supported Employment |
Sara Storey / YNYCA colleagues |
Possible briefing item; information about York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) work in this area circulated to committee Members by email. |
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Children’s Services and Education – possible briefing topics |
Martin Kelly, Maxine Squire, Danielle Johnston / Cllr Webb |
· Annual Reports of Safeguarding Partnership, Regional Adoption Service, Virtual School, Independent Reviewing Service · Annual Update on School Standards · Council response to various new government policies |
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Housing Landlords Annual Report |
Garry Taylor, Katherine Proctor / Cllrs Perrett, Merrett |
Pre-decision scrutiny, date TBC (postponed from Sept. 2026). |
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Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy |
Garry Taylor, Denis Southall / Cllr Perrett |
Pre-decision scrutiny, date TBC (Autumn 2026). |
Agreed Task and Finish Groups (TFGs)
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Topic |
Membership |
Notes |
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Food Insecurity TFG Date for consideration of draft report: autumn 2026 TBC |
Cllrs Nelson, Knight |
Originated with former CCC Scrutiny Committee, following Council resolution 20/07/2023: ‘Request that the council’s scrutiny function undertakes a review of community food growing opportunities and makes recommendations to Executive to expand these opportunities, including considering the prospects for expanding an Edible York project in Tang Hall to other parts of the city to bring more underused gardens into use for food growing’. |
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Welfare Benefit Changes TFG Date for consideration of interim report: autumn 2026 TBC. |
Cllrs Fenton (Chair), Burton, Coles, Runciman, Steward |
Originated with Corporate Scrutiny Committee (CSC), following Council resolution 27/03/2025; full details at https://democracy.york.gov.uk/documents/s183012/Annex%20A%20Task%20and%20Finish%20Proposal%20v0.3.pdf
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Adult Social Care Financial Challenges Joint TFG Date for consideration of draft report TBC. |
Cllrs Ayre, Burton, Moroney, Nicholls, Runciman
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Joint TFG with Corporate Scrutiny Committee, which is ‘parent’ committee. Established following recommendation from Budget and Medium-Term Financial Strategy TFG; full details at https://democracy.york.gov.uk/documents/s187596/Item%207%20-%20Report%20of%20the%20Budget%20and%20Medium%20Term%20Financial%20Strategy%20Task%20and%20Finish%20Group%20-%20Annex%20A.pdf
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Housing Repairs TFG Date for consideration of draft report January 2027 TBC. |
Cllrs
Waller, Mason, |
Originated with People Scrutiny discussion June 2025. Scoping meeting held and membership agreed April 2026. Agreed remit reported to Committee in July 2026. Meetings with residents’ associations through August 2026. |
Possible Task and Finish Groups (TFGs)
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Topic |
Origin |
Notes |
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Home Care Commissioning |
Former HHASC Scrutiny Committee |
Aims and objectives were agreed by HHASC in March 2024 but no further action taken. Membership was Cllrs Myers, Vassie and Baxter. Suggested that re-commissioning comes for pre-decision scrutiny, late 2027. |
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Review and development of working arrangements with York Youth Council |
People Scrutiny, June 2025 |
Discussed at People Scrutiny Committee in June 2025 and again ; interest expressed but no further action taken until summer 2026: proposal forthcoming for the Committee’s consideration. |
Scrutiny Member Briefings
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Topic |
Committee |
Lead Officer / Executive Member |
Notes |
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30 June 2026 |
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Postponed until autumn 2026. |
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12 October 2026 |
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Integrated Commissioning Strategy |
People Scrutiny Committee |
Sara Storey, James Wanstall / Cllr Steels-Walshaw |
Update on development of strategy |
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Independent Reviewing Service Annual Report 2025/2026 |
People Scrutiny Committee |
Martin Kelly, Danielle Johnston, Sophie Keeble / Cllr Webb |
Annual update |
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22 October 2026 |
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Integrated Care Board (ICB) Changes |
People Scrutiny Committee |
Lisa Pope (ICB, Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw |
Initial briefing on structural changes; to be followed by briefing on implementation phase at an appropriate point. |
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10 Year Anti-Poverty Strategy |
Corporate Scrutiny Committee |
Pauline Stuchfield, Sam Blyth / Cllr Lomas |
Annual update |
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3 December 2026 |
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TBC |
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3 February 2027 |
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TBC |
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