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Policy Review and
Policy
Development
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Policy Reviews for all Council areas
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Policy development for all Council areas
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Coordinate and manages
all policy development and reviews.
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Set up ad hoc Policy Review Groups for pre decision
scrutiny;
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Utilise the skills and interest of non-executive
members when setting up PRG group’s membership;
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Set the terms of reference and ensure that the group
work within the agreed parameters.
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Receive and approve final reports of the Policy
Review Groups.
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Consider the
implementation of projects/ schemes/ legislation that impact upon
the whole council.
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Such as:
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City Deal;
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Change Programme;
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Fairness Equalities and Impact Assessments;
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Welsh Language Scheme;
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Wellbeing of Future Generations Act;
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Corporate Assessment;
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Public Engagement;
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Risk Register
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Performance Management Framework;
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Scrutiny of Corporate
plans, strategies and frameworks
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Consultation on Corporate strategies, plans and
frameworks;
Such
as
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Corporate Plan;
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Strategic Equalities Plan;
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Director of Social Services Annual
Report;
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Consider the Draft
Budget Proposals and coordinate the response from Scrutiny on the
draft budget proposals.
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Consider the draft Budget Proposals from a strategic
point of view.
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Coordinate the comments from the Performance
Scrutiny Committees on the budget proposals and ensure that there
is no duplication within the comments;
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Consider the effectiveness of the budget process,
and the public engagement process.
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Manages Scrutiny
Member Training
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Ensure adequate training is available for scrutiny
members;
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Identify any training needs of scrutiny members;
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Manage Scrutiny Seminar list.
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Approve and monitor
the Scrutiny Annual Report
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Consider improvements that should be made within the
scrutiny process;
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Approve the Scrutiny Annual Report;
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Monitor the implementation of the actions within the
Annual Report.
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Recommendations
monitoring on Scrutiny Recommendations resulting from
reviews
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Undertake regular monitoring of recommendations made
by Scrutiny;
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Ensure that recommendations have been implemented
appropriately;
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Assess the extent to which the intended outcome has
been achieved;
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Determine if further work/ investigation/review is
required following the initial recommendation.
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Coordinate the
programme for the Performance Scrutiny Committees
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Receive the meeting schedule, minutes from the
Performance Scrutiny Committees and receive updates on the
implementation of the work programmes.
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