Scrutiny

Scrutiny Committees were introduced to ensure a greater number of Councillors were involved in influencing Council policy and service improvements, and provided checks and balances on the decisions taken by the Cabinet.

The Constitution outlines the four main roles of Scrutiny. These are:

• Pre Scrutiny (this involves considering decisions to be taken by Cabinet before they are made)
• Performance (this involves monitoring how services are performing)
• Policy and Partnership (this involves considering the impact of policies and holding partners of the Council to account)
• Post Scrutiny (this involves considering the impact of decisions after they have been made)