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Page 54This experience will be useful as we establish a standing commission to support children’sservice improvements following Ofsted’s critical inspection report. Scrutiny’s contribution willbe based on the expertise of service users, backbenchers and those who have successfullyturned round similar services.In the coming year the OSC will build on what has worked well in the new scrutiny systemwhilst minimising the problems we encountered. To help us more effectively track council,police and NHS services we are populating a grid with key performance indicators,upcoming changes and people responsible. Along with better liaison between the committeeand service directors we hope to better align the scrutiny programme with the priorities of thewhole council and our partners. This should enable more timely interventions and greaterflexibility.With more public service and benefits cuts coming the coming year promises to be aschallenging as this one particularly for our most vulnerable residents. By seeking to givethose residents, service users and backbenchers more of a voice scrutiny will continue to tryto lessen risks and improve services in tough times.Cllr Ed DavieChair Overview and Scrutiny Committee2
Page 551. ContextThis report provides an account of the activities of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee andits commissions during the 2014-15 municipal year.2. Introduction: the scrutiny process and structure in LambethThe purpose of scrutiny and the activities undertaken by scrutiny councillors is to enablemembers who are not part of the Cabinet to engage with and influence the policydevelopment and decision-making of the council. They do this by reviewing or scrutinisingdecisions made by the council (and by some key partners), by contributing to thedevelopment of strategies and policies, and by making reports and recommendations onmatters which are the responsibility of the authority or which affect the local area.Scrutiny provides backbench members with the opportunity to question cabinet members,senior officers and other statutory partners on their proposals and hold them to account fortheir decisions and for the delivery of anticipated outcomes. Additionally through short-termcommissions, scrutiny councillors undertake in-depth investigations on specific issues andcan make recommendations to support the ambitions of the authority. Scrutiny also seeks toinvolve the public and provide a voice for local people on the local issues that affect them ormay be of concern.In recognition of the significant changes the council has undergone, at the end by theprevious council administration in 2014 it was agreed that Lambeth’s scrutiny arrangementsbe amended to better reflect the changes to the structure of the council and Lambeth’s moveto a cooperative commissioning council.Accordingly a new arrangement for overview and scrutiny in Lambeth came into effect at theannual meeting of Council on 4 June 2014. The basis of the new model is the establishmentof a single Overview and Scrutiny Committee which is responsible for the statutory scrutinyfunctions including health scrutiny and crime and disorder scrutiny (effectively encompassingthe remit and responsibilities of the previous Overview and Scrutiny Committee and its fivesub-committees) and a much more enhanced use of task and finish groups ‘scrutinycommissions’.2014/15 has therefore been the first year of the new arrangements.Terms of reference and operational arrangements for overview and scrutiny are set out inthe council’s constitution (Part 3, Section 6). This sets out that Overview and ScrutinyCommittee is responsible for overseeing and scrutinising the whole range of the Authority’sfunctions and responsibilities, as well as other public service providers’ work and its impacton the local community. The committee’s remit also extends to all matters which impact onthe economic, social and environmental wellbeing of those who live, work, and study or useservices in the borough.Alongside the constitutional remit, meeting themes were prescribed for the six scheduledOverview and Scrutiny Committee meetings in 2014/5. These themes comprised CouncilStrategy; Jobs and Growth; Clean and Green; Budget and Finance; Safe and Secure;Housing. The prescribed themes were subsequently amended in-year to include a focus onhealth and social care.3
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