Effective overview and scrutiny
should:
·
provide constructive ‘critical friend’
challenge
·
amplify the voices and concerns of the public
·
be led by independent people who take responsibility
for their role
·
drive improvement in public services and strategic
decision-making
Successful scrutiny should
enhance accountability and ensure transparency of decision-making,
contribute to service improvement, and act as a check and balance
on decision-makers.
Although Overview and Scrutiny
Committees do not take decisions, they have a role in policy
development as well as holding the Executive to
account.
Guildford’s Overview and
Scrutiny Committees fulfil their general remit in relation to the
following service areas:
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Committee
|
Remit
|
|
Overview and Scrutiny Committee
– Resources
|
Communications & Customer
Services
Housing Services
Assets &
Property
Finance
Legal & Democratic
Services
Organisational
Development
|
|
Overview and Scrutiny Committee
– Services
This Committee is the
Council’s designated crime and disorder committee under
Section 19 of the Police and Justice Act 2006.
|
Community Services
Environmental
Services
Regulatory Services
Commercial Services
Regeneration and Planning
Policy
Planning Development
|
If an item within the remit of
the Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Services has
substantial revenue or capital funding implications then the
Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Resources may, with the
agreement of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Overview
and Scrutiny Committee – Services, assume responsibility for
its scrutiny.