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.