Committee Meetings

Item

Lead Officer / Executive Member

Notes

24 June 2026 (additional meeting)

Allocations Policy

Pauline Stuchfield, Katherine Proctor / Cllr Pavlovic

Pre-decision scrutiny

Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) Strategy

Martin Kelly, Karoline Silcock / Cllr Webb

Pre-decision scrutiny

8 July 2026

Community Safety Strategy 2026-29

Pauline Stuchfield, Tanya Lyon / Cllr Pavlovic

Pre-decision scrutiny

Housing Repairs Task and Finish Group Remit

Julie Gallagher

Task and Finish report

8 September 2026

York Learning Strategic Plan Performance

Angela Padfield / Cllr Webb

Pre-decision scrutiny

Adult Social Care Strategy and Delivery Plan

Sara Storey / Cllr Steels-Walshaw

Pre-decision scrutiny

26 October 2026 (additional meeting)

Community Safety Strategy 2026-29

Pauline Stuchfield, Tanya Lyon / Cllr Perrett

Pre-decision scrutiny

Public Space Protection Orders

Pauline Stuchfield, Tanya Lyon / Cllr Perrett

Pre-decision scrutiny

18 November 2026

Welfare Benefits Task and Finish Group Interim report

Cllr Fenton (Chair of TFG)

Task and Finish report

Food Insecurity Task and Finish Group report

Cllr Nelson (Chair of TFG)

Task and Finish report

20 January 2027

Adult Social Care CQC action plan update

Sara Storey / Cllr Steels-Walshaw

Update against action plan; follows item in March 2026.

Families First multi-agency delivery model

Martin Kelly / Cllr Webb

TBC

Housing Repairs Task and Finish Group report

Cllr Waller (Chair of TFG)

Task and Finish report

10 March 2027

SEND reforms

Martin Kelly / Cllr Webb

TBC

Neighbourhood Model

Pauline Stuchfield, Sara Storey / Cllr Perrett, Cllr Steels-Walshaw

Update

 

 

Potential or unallocated topics

Item

Lead Officer / Executive Member

Notes

Finance and Performance Quarterly Reports

Debbie Mitchell, Ian Cunningham / Cllr Lomas

Regular quarterly briefing to be shared with members via e-mail.

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.

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.

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.

Corridor Care, flow through hospital and discharge into community services

Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw / ICB colleagues

TBC

0-19 Services

Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw

TBC

Drugs Action Plan

Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw

Suggested for briefing

Gardening Assistance

Pauline Stuchfield / Cllr Pavlovic

Originated June 2025 People Scrutiny discussion; suggested for briefing on assistance offered and closure of list.

Neighbourhood Policing Review

Pauline Stuchfield /

Cllr Pavlovic

Originated with former Children, Communities and Culture Scrutiny Committee (CCC); suggested for committee report.

Update on Gypsy and Traveller matters

Pauline Stuchfield /

Cllr Pavlovic

Suggested for briefing.

Dignity in Retirement Council Motion

Debbie Mitchell / Cllr Lomas

Follows September 2024 Council Motion.

Adult Social Care Market Position Statement

Sara Storey / Cllr Steels-Walshaw

Possible pre-decision scrutiny item?

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.

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

Housing Landlords Annual Report

Garry Taylor, Katherine Proctor / Cllrs Perrett, Merrett

Pre-decision scrutiny, date TBC (postponed from Sept. 2026).

Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy

Garry Taylor, Denis Southall / Cllr Perrett

Pre-decision scrutiny, date TBC (Autumn 2026).

 

Agreed Task and Finish Groups (TFGs)

Topic

Membership

Notes

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’.

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   

 

Adult Social Care Financial Challenges Joint TFG

Date for consideration of draft report TBC.

Cllrs Ayre, Burton, Moroney, Nicholls, Runciman

 

 

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

 

Housing Repairs TFG

Date for consideration of draft report January 2027 TBC.

Cllrs Waller, Mason, Perrett, Rose, Steward

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)

Topic

Origin

Notes

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.

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

Topic

Committee

Lead Officer / Executive Member

Notes

30 June 2026

Integrated Care Board (ICB) Changes

People Scrutiny Committee

Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw

Postponed until autumn 2026.

12 October 2026

Integrated Commissioning Strategy

People Scrutiny Committee

Sara Storey, James Wanstall / Cllr Steels-Walshaw

Update on development of strategy

Independent Reviewing Service Annual Report 2025/2026

People Scrutiny Committee

Martin Kelly, Danielle Johnston, Sophie Keeble / Cllr Webb

Annual update

22 October 2026

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.

10 Year Anti-Poverty Strategy

Corporate Scrutiny Committee

Pauline Stuchfield, Sam Blyth / Cllr Lomas

Annual update

3 December 2026

TBC

 

 

 

3 February 2027

TBC