Archives for June 2013

Services for looked after children scrutiny inquiry – final report agreed

The Looked After Children Scrutiny Inquiry Panel has completed its inquiry into services for looked after children and how they can be improved.  The report, which was presented to the Scrutiny Programme Committee on Monday 10th June, contains the conclusions and recommendations from the panel after six months of evidence gathering. Why carry out this inquiry? Services for […]

Councillors analyse evidence from public transport scrutiny inquiry

The Public Transport Scrutiny Inquiry Panel met yesterday to look at all the evidence it gathered during the inquiry and used the evidence to identify conclusions.  The conclusions will then help the panel formulate recommendations which will be presented to the Cabinet Member for Place for consideration. Overall, the panel concluded that good quality, accessible public transport […]

Tourism Scrutiny report published

The Tourism Scrutiny Inquiry Panel has completed their inquiry into Tourism entitled ‘Are we making the most of Swansea’s potential as a destination for tourists’.  The report, which was presented to the Scrutiny Programme Committee on Monday 10th June, contains the conclusions and recommendations from the panel after 6 months of evidence gathering. Why carry out this inquiry? […]

Child & Family Services Performance Panel talks to Cabinet Member for Target Areas

The Child and Family Services Scrutiny Performance Panel meets on Tuesday next week.  This important panel has spent the last 12 months examining performance in areas such as numbers of looked after children and the looked after children strategy.  As a result of  previous question and answer sessions with officers the panel identified some additional performance […]

The Economic Inactivity Panel met with Higher Education Providers & Support Services

Yesterday the Economic Inactivity Panel members met up with representatives from Swansea University, Gower College Swansea, Careers West Wales and Info-nation.  The Panel were keen to find out what what work is currently being carried out to help improve the situation in respect of economic inactivity in Swansea. It was interesting to learn about initiatives such as the Steps […]

Looking at school performance

The schools performance scrutiny panel met with the Headteacher and Chair of Governors of Cwmglas Primary School.  They were impressed with the work and standards at the school given the challenging environment in which the school is positioned.  The impact on the school of supporting and educating children in an area of high social and economically […]