When Swansea Council introduced a single committee for scrutiny in November 2012 the idea was simple – to have a model that was member led, responsive, flexible and able to involve every backbench councillor according to their interests. This idea has since been developed and refined into what we think is an effective and distinctive […]
Want to know what is going on in the world of scrutiny?
January 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Between the Scrutiny Programme Committee, the four performance panels, the two running inquiry panels not to mention the working groups, follow ups and regional work there is a lot of scrutiny going on. If you want to keep up to date on all this exciting work then sign up to our monthly email. This simple […]
Improving our scrutiny inquiry process
January 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
We have made some changes to our scrutiny inquiry process over recent months and, as they have been positively received by scrutiny councillors, I thought I would share. OK, you probably have to be a bit of a scrutiny geek but, if you are, I hope it’s useful. Much of what we have changed flows […]
Public question time introduced
December 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Public Question Time is now on the scrutiny agenda. There is now more opportunity for the public to get involved in the work of scrutiny and participate in meetings. Scrutiny councillors are committed to getting more members of the public contributing in the work of scrutiny so that they can reflect […]
Scrutiny of ERW: Our regional education consortium
December 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Swansea scrutiny team is excited to be working with scrutiny councillors and officers across South West Wales to provide scrutiny of ERW; the education partnership for the region. ERW (or Education through Regional Working) is a consortium of six councils that supports educational improvement. Each of the six councils makes a contribution ‘in kind’ to […]