Scrutiny

What is scrutiny?

Scrutiny in local government is the careful examination of a policy or issue resulting in recommendations to those who are responsible for the service.

• Find: Meetings, minutes, agendas and reports
• Watch: Webcasts of meetings

Contact us

To contact the scrutiny team or to suggest a topic:

• Email: scrutiny@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
• Telephone: 01244 975972
• Write: Scrutiny Team, HQ, 58 Nicholas Street, Chester, CH1 2NP

Scrutiny Committees and Panels 2011/12

• Corporate Scrutiny Committee
• Children and Education Scrutiny Committee
• Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee
• Locality Working Scrutiny Committee
• Public Accounts Scrutiny Panel
• Safeguarding Scrutiny Panel

The role of scrutiny

This enables us to scrutinise other bodies and agencies as well as ourselves – such as the Primary Care Trusts, the emergency services and national agencies such as the Environment Agency. Scrutiny does not begin and end with the public sector. We can also invite voluntary organisations, charities, businesses and individuals to participate too.

It is important that anything we recommend is based on properly researched evidence. Everyone who wants to participate is given an opportunity to get involved.

Hot Topics

• The integration of Assessment Teams across health and social care and review of assessment process
• The Deprivation of Liberty safeguards
• Development of Northgate surgery
• Healthcare provision in the Northwich area
• Pre budget scrutiny (November)
• Transfer of Public Health functions to the local authority
• Carers' strategy
• Reablement 
• Neighbourhood Planning
• Locality Governors – APBs and Community Forums
• Our Place
• Worklessness
• Parking Enforcement
• Attainment for Looked after children
• Health and Emotion Wellbeing of Cheshire West Children
• Family Support
• Appointment of Co-optees (New term of office)
• Capital Vision – Underspends carried forward (in conjunction with the Public Accounts Scrutiny Committee)
• Chester Theatre site
• Council Owned Farms
• Implementation of Asset Management Strategy
• Community Empowerment- scrutiny of celebratory events management and Youth Parliament co-optees to come forward with further ideas on community empowerment
• Performance management
• Annual review of Safer, Stronger Communities Thematic Partnership
• Public transport
• Children’s Safeguarding
• Adults Safeguarding
• Budgeted financial savings and shortfalls
• Value For Money
• Budget planning and consultation
• Delivery of Capital Programme and Vision
• Asset disposal
• Section 106 monies
• Repatriation of Business Rates